Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Metallica Ride the Lightning	Jul 27, 1984	94.5	214	11
2	Iron Maiden Powerslave	Sep 3, 1984	94.5	127	6
3	Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith	Jan 24, 1984	94.1	124	6
4	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Rising Force	Mar 5, 1984	93.8	82	5
5	Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath	Sep 7, 1984	92.3	44	3
6	Scorpions Love at First Sting	Mar 27, 1984	92.5	37	3
7	Dio The Last in Line	Aug 29, 1984	90.9	51	5
8	Van Halen 1984	Jan 9, 1984	92.2	32	4
9	Metal Church Metal Church	1984	89.2	46	4
10	Manowar Hail to England	Jul 1984	92.9	9	0
11	Whitesnake Slide It In	1984	89.3	16	4
12	W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.	Aug 17, 1984	87.2	25	2
13	Queensrÿche The Warning	Sep 7, 1984	87.3	23	4
14	Rush Grace Under Pressure	Apr 12, 1984	91.4	8	1
15	Bathory Bathory	Oct 2, 1984	85	35	4
16	Deep Purple Perfect Strangers	Nov 12, 1984	87.2	20	3
17	Slayer Haunting the Chapel [EP]	Aug 1984	86.9	20	1
18	Ratt Out of the Cellar	Mar 27, 1984	86.6	20	2
19	Twisted Sister Stay Hungry	May 10, 1984	85.1	28	3
20	Manowar Sign of the Hammer	Oct 15, 1984	88.6	11	0
21	Grim Reaper See You in Hell	1984	86.9	16	1
22	Celtic Frost Morbid Tales [EP]	Jun 24, 1984	85.9	20	0
23	Saxon Crusader	Apr 16, 1984	88.8	10	1
24	Triumph Thunder Seven	1984	92.5	4	0
25	Armored Saint March of the Saint	Jun 30, 1984	91	5	1
26	Silver Mountain Universe	1984	89.8	6	0
27	Autograph Sign in Please	1984	92.7	3	0
28	Vow Wow Beat of Metal Motion	Jun 21, 1984	88.4	8	2
29	Sodom In the Sign of Evil [EP]	May 5, 1984	84.4	20	2
30	Europe Wings of Tomorrow	Feb 24, 1984	86.1	13	1
31	Dokken Tooth and Nail	Sep 13, 1984	86	13	4
32	Anthrax Fistful of Metal	Feb 1984	83.4	23	1
33	Jag Panzer Ample Destruction	Aug 1984	85.5	13	0
34	Alcatrazz Live Sentence [Live]	1984	85.3	13	1
35	Madam X We Reserve the Right	1984	89	5	0
36	Queen The Works	Feb 28, 1984	83.6	16	1
37	Warlord And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun...	Oct 1984	86.9	7	0
38	Bon Jovi Bon Jovi	Jan 21, 1984	81.4	23	2
39	Sortilège Métamorphose	1984	88	5	0
40	TNT Knights of the New Thunder	1984	85.8	8	1
41	Trouble Psalm 9	Mar 1984	87	5	0
42	Savatage The Dungeons Are Calling [EP]	1984	84.4	9	1
43	Kiss Animalize	Sep 13, 1984	87.8	4	0
44	Grave Digger Heavy Metal Breakdown	Oct 1984	86	6	0
45	Loudness Disillusion	Jan 21, 1984	82.3	14	1
46	Voivod War and Pain	Aug 1984	85.8	6	0
47	Fates Warning Night on Brocken	Sep 1984	85.1	7	0
48	Omen Battle Cry	Nov 1984	85	7	1
49	Slayer Live Undead [Live]	Nov 1984	80.4	18	1
50	Gary Moore We Want Moore! [Live]	1984	86.8	4	1

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