Best heavy metal band of the 80's

[TheHealer]

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Scorpions
DIO

The rest is conversation

 

[Magic]

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Scorpions
DIO

The rest is conversation

What???!!! no Black Sabbath....blasphemy I tell ya

 

[Nololob]

Only one band and word - Venom.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Some of the choices in here are making me laugh.

 

[TheHealer]

What???!!! no Black Sabbath....blasphemy I tell ya

They would have came in at the top for me in any, best metal band of all time poll but........the 80's?

Sabbath started out the 80's with two killer albums, Heaven and Hell & Mob Rules but the rest of the decade was not a good one for Sabbath...

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

They would have came in at the top for me in any, best metal band of all time poll but........the 80's?

Sabbath started out the 80's with two killer albums, Heaven and Hell & Mob Rules but the rest of the decade was not a good one for Sabbath...

So what is the excuse for skipping Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth?

 

[TheHealer]

So what is the excuse for skipping Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth?

Well, don't shoot me for this.......ummm..... but.........I'm not a big speed metal fan...........there, I said it........

 

[Nololob]

Well, don't shoot me for this.......ummm..... but.........I'm not a big speed metal fan...........there, I said it........

They play thrash metal... I'm just saying.

 

[joe]

^^^Maybe you could describe the differences between speed and thrash metal and which bands you would place in each of these two sub-genres?

 

[gabriel cash]

maiden