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1970 | Sir Lord Baltimore | Kingdom Come | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1971 | Sir Lord Baltimore | Sir Lord Baltimore | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1977 | Quiet Riot | Quiet Riot I | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1977 | Riot | Rock City | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1978 | Centaurus | Centaurus | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1978 | Quiet Riot | Quiet Riot II | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1978 | Sorcery | Sinister Soldiers | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1979 | Legend | Fröm the Fjörds | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Traditional Metal |
1979 | Riot | Narita | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1979 | Survivor | All Your Pretty Moves | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1979 | The Plasmatics | Meet the Plasmatics | EP | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1979 | TKO | Let It Roll | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1980 | Beowulf | Slice of Life | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1980 | Cirith Ungol | Frost and Fire | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1980 | Manilla Road | Invasion | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1980 | Snow | Snow | EP | Heavy Metal |
1980 | Sorcery | Till Death Do We Part | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1980 | The Plasmatics | Butcher Baby | EP | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1980 | The Plasmatics | New Hope for the Wretched | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1980 | The Rods | Rock Hard | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1980 | White Boy and the Average Rat Band | White Boy and the Average Rat Band | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1981 | August Redmoon | Fools Are Never Alone | EP | Heavy Metal |
1981 | C.I.A. | Central Intelligence Agency | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1981 | Crysys | Hard as Rock | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1981 | Force | Force | EP | Doom Metal |
1981 | Fortress | Hands In The Till | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1981 | Funeral | Funeral | EP | Heavy/Doom Metal/Punk |
1981 | Funeral | Waiting For The Bomb Blast | EP | Heavy/Doom Metal/Punk |
1981 | Guardian | Sinister Lady | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1981 | Mistreater | Hell's Fire | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1981 | Mötley Crüe | Too Fast for Love | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1981 | Riot | Fire Down Under | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1981 | The End | The End | EP | Heavy Metal |
1981 | The Mentors | Get Up and Die | EP | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1981 | The Plasmatics | Beyond The Valley Of 1984 | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1981 | The Plasmatics | Metal Priestess | EP | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1981 | The Rods | Full Throttle | EP | Heavy Metal |
1981 | The Rods | The Rods | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1981 | Wasted Youth | Reagan's In | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1982 | Bitch | Damnation Alley | EP | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Black Diamond | Black Diamond | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Cities | Hot Blooded Rock | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1982 | Demon Flight | Flight of the Demon | EP | Traditional Metal |
1982 | Dietrich | Red Alert | EP | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Genocide | Too Long | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Hyksos | Hyksos | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Jagged Edge | Jagged Edge | EP | Traditional/Power Metal |
1982 | Joe Step | Sacrifice | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1982 | Leather Angel | We Came To Kill | EP | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Lost Generation | Never Work | EP | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
1982 | Manilla Road | Metal | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1982 | Manowar | Battle Hymns | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1982 | Messendger | Messendger | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1982 | Nitro | Lethal | EP | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Overlord | Broken Toys | EP | Traditional Metal |
1982 | Queensrÿche | Queensrÿche | EP | Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal |
1982 | Riot | Restless Breed | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1982 | Riot | Riot Live | EP | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1982 | Saint | Original Sin | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1982 | Squadron | First Mission | Full-length | Power Metal |
1982 | Stronghold | Fortress Rock | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1982 | The Mentors | Trash Bag | EP | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1982 | The Plasmatics | Coup d'État | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1982 | The Rods | Wild Dogs | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1982 | Twisted Sister | Ruff Cutts: What You Don't Know | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1982 | Twisted Sister | Under the Blade | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1982 | Virgin Steele | Virgin Steele | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
1982 | Wheelz of Steel | Volume One | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1983 | Alcatrazz | No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1983 | Apostle | Metal for the Master | Full-length | Power Metal |
1983 | Argus | Argus | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Armored Saint | Armored Saint | EP | Traditional Metal |
1983 | Aryon | Rebels of the night | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Avatar | City Beneath the Surface | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Bitch | Be My Slave | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Black Virgin | .44 Killer | EP | Power/Speed Metal |
1983 | Cassle | Midnight Fantasy | EP | Heavy Metal/Progressive Rock |
1983 | Culprit | Guilty as Charged | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | D.R.I. | Dirty Rotten LP | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1983 | DarkStarr | DarkStarr | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Desire | Cry at the Sky | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Dio | Holy Diver | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1983 | Dokken | Breaking the Chains | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1983 | Eclipse | Eclipse | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Fighter | No Pain No Gain | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Fury | Fury | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Hawaii | One Nation Underground | Full-length | Speed/Power Metal |
1983 | Hellion | Hellion | EP | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1983 | Ironhawk | To the Point | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Jag Panzer | Tyrants | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Joshua Perahia | The Hand Is Quicker Than the Eye | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Lady Killer | Lady Killer | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Le Mans | On the Streets | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Lost Generation | Military Heroes | EP | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
1983 | Manilla Road | Crystal Logic | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Manowar | Into Glory Ride | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Max Havoc | Max Havoc | Full-length | Melodic Metal |
1983 | Max Lynx | Take One | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Metallica | Kill 'Em All | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal |
1983 | Mind Over Four | Desperate Expression | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Ministry | With Sympathy | Full-length | New Wave (early), Industrial/Electronic (mid), Industrial Rock/Metal (later) |
1983 | Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1983 | Obsession | Marshall Law | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Overlord | Outsider | EP | Traditional Metal |
1983 | Pandemonium | Heavy Metal Soldiers | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Pantera | Metal Magic | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal (early) Groove Metal (later) |
1983 | Prezence | Life in the City | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Quiet Riot | Live Riot | EP | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1983 | Quiet Riot | Metal Health | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1983 | Riot | Born in America | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1983 | Roadrunner | Teenage Warcry | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Rok Bergade | The Attack Is On | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | S.A. Slayer | Prepare to Die | EP | Power Metal |
1983 | Savage Grace | The Dominatress | EP | Power/Speed Metal |
1983 | Savatage | Sirens | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1983 | Serpent's Knight | Released from the Crypt | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Slayer | Show No Mercy | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1983 | Sound Barrier | Total Control | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Spike | The Price of Pleasure | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Steel Moon | Fast foward | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Steeler | Steeler | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Steffan Rodd | Shocker | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Stunn | Crank it out! | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Stutz | Made In U.S.A. | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal Tendencies | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1983 | Tailgunner | Tailgunner | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Takashi | Kamikaze Killers | EP | Traditional Metal |
1983 | The Beast | Power Metal | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | The Rods | In The Raw | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | The Wild | The Wild | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Triple Forte | Triple Forte | EP | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Tsunami | Tsunami | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1983 | Twisted Sister | I Am (I'm Me) | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Twisted Sister | The Kids are Back | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Twisted Sister | You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Twisted Sister | You can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1983 | Verbal Abuse | Just An American Band | Full-length | Hardcore (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1983 | Victim | Power Hungry | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1983 | Virgin Steele | Guardians of the Flame | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
1983 | Virgin Steele | Wait for the Night | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
1983 | Vixen | Made In Hawaii | EP | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1983 | Warlord | Deliver Us | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1983 | Wild Dogs | Wild Dogs | Full-length | Power Metal |
1983 | Xcursion | Xcursion | EP | Traditional Metal |
1984 | 3rd Stage Alert | 3rd Stage Alert | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Ambush | Ambush | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Amethyst | Outside of Nowhere | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Anthrax | Fistful of Metal | Full-length | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1984 | Armed Forces | Let There Be Metal | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Armored Saint | March of the Saint | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Black Death | Black Death | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Blacklace | Unlaced | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Blacklist | The Sign of 4 | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Boss Tweed | Year Zero | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Brocas Helm | Into Battle | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Childhood's End | Childhood's End | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Cirith Ungol | King of the Dead | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1984 | Corrosion of Conformity | Eye for an Eye | Full-length | Crossover, Sludge, Southern Metal |
1984 | Crisis | Armed to the Teeth | EP | Traditional Metal |
1984 | D.R.I. | Violent Pacification | EP | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1984 | Dark Age | Dark Age | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Dark Angel | We Have Arrived | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1984 | Dark Knight | Dark Knight | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Dead Silence | The Long Silence is Over... | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Devil Childe | Devil Childe | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Dio | The Last in Line | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1984 | Divine Rite | First Rite | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1984 | Dr. Know | Plug-In Jesus | EP | Hardcore Punk (1981-87, 1998-), Thrash Metal (1988-91) |
1984 | Dwarr | Starting Over | Full-length | Doom/Heavy Metal |
1984 | Electric Eels | Electric Eels | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Elessar | Defy the King | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Eric Steel | Eric Steel | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Exxplorer | Symphonies of Steel | Full-length | Power Metal |
1984 | Fates Warning | Night on Bröcken | Full-length | Power Metal, Progressive Metal |
1984 | First Strike | Rock of Offense | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1984 | Fury | Sharp Knives, Heavy Chains | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Graven Image | People in Hell Want Ice Water | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Griffin | Flight of the Griffin | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1984 | Halloween | Don't Metal with Evil | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Hammers Rule | Show No Mercy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Hawaii | Loud, Wild and Heavy | EP | Speed/Power Metal |
1984 | Helstar | Burning Star | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1984 | Hexx | No Escape | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal (1984-1986), Death Metal (1988-1991) |
1984 | Icon | Icon | Full-length | Heavy Metal (early), Melodic Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1984 | Jack Starr | Out of the Darkness | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Jag Panzer | Ample Destruction | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Keel | Lay Down the Law | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1984 | Kery Doll | 'Til Death Do Us Part' | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | King's Cross | Gimme | EP | Heavy/Glam Metal |
1984 | Lääz Rockit | City's Gonna Burn | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1984 | Leatherwolf | Leatherwolf | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Liquid Earth | Molten Rock | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Lizzy Borden | Give 'em the Axe | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Lost Generation | Return From Incas | Full-length | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
1984 | M-80 | M-80 | Full-length | Traditional/Heavy Metal |
1984 | Madam X | We Reserve the Right | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Madd Hatter | Madd Hatter | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Manowar | Hail to England | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Manowar | Sign of the Hammer | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Mass | Mass | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Medieval Steel | Medieval Steel | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Messiah | Final Warning | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Messiah Prophet | Rock the Flock | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Metal Church | Metal Church | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal |
1984 | Metallica | Ride the Lightning | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal |
1984 | Mötley Crüe | Helter Skelter | EP | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1984 | New York | Carry the Torch | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Nitro | Lethal + II | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Omen | Battle Cry | Full-length | Power Metal |
1984 | Overkill | Overkill | EP | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1984 | Pantera | Projects in the Jungle | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal (early) Groove Metal (later) |
1984 | Philadelphia | Tell the Truth | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Prophecy | Prophecy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Q5 | Steel the Light | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Queensrÿche | The Warning | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal |
1984 | Quest | Quest | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Quiet Riot | Condition Critical | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1984 | Quiet Riot | Disco Poster | EP | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1984 | Rhett Forrester | Gone with the Wind | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Rising Power | Power for the People | Full-length | Power Metal |
1984 | Ruffkut | Fight for the Right | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Ruthless | Metal Without Mercy | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Sacred Rite | Sacred Rite | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Saint | Warriors of the Son | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Saint Vitus | Saint Vitus | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1984 | Savatage | The Dungeons Are Calling | EP | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1984 | Shire | Shire | EP | Melodic Metal |
1984 | Shok Paris | Go for the Throat | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Sinister Angel | Sinister Angel | EP | Power Metal |
1984 | Slayer | Haunting the Chapel | EP | Thrash Metal |
1984 | Sound Barrier | Born to Rock | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Steel Vengeance | Your Time Has Come | EP | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Steel Warriors | Steel Warriors | EP | Traditional Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Strike | Strike | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Strikeforce | SF84 | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Stryper | The Yellow and Black Attack | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1984 | Stygian Shore | Stygian Shore | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Sweet Poison | Til Death Do Us Part | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Taist of Iron | Metal Beast | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Taist of Iron | Resurrection | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | The Plasmatics | WOW | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1984 | The Rods | Let Them Eat Metal | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Thrash Queen | Manslayer | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1984 | Thrust | Fist Held High | Full-length | Traditional Metal/Power Metal |
1984 | TKO | In Your Face | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Trauma | Scratch and Scream | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1984 | Traveler | A show of strength | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Trouble | Psalm 9 | Full-length | Doom Metal, Stoner/Psychedelic (later) |
1984 | TT Quick | TT Quick | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Twisted Sister | I Wanna Rock | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Twisted Sister | We're not Gonna Take it | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Tyton | Castle Donnington | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Upper Echelon | Surface Tension | EP | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Valhalla | Valhalla | EP | Progressive Metal |
1984 | Vice | Vice | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Vice | Vice | EP | Traditional Heavy/Speed Metal |
1984 | Vyper | Prepared To Strike | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1984 | W.A.S.P. | W.A.S.P. | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1984 | Warlord | ...And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | White Pigs | Evil Stalks the Innocent | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
1984 | White Pigs | White Pigs | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
1984 | Wild Dogs | Man's Best Friend | Full-length | Power Metal |
1984 | Witch | The Hex Is On | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Wynch | Bad Manners | EP | Heavy Metal |
1984 | Wyzard | Knights of Metal | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1984 | Xcursion | Ready To Roll | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1984 | Znöwhite | All Hail to Thee | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Abattoir | Vicious Attack | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Aftermath | Straight from Hell | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Agent Steel | Skeptics Apocalypse | Full-length | Thrash/Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Alcatrazz | Disturbing the Peace | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1985 | Anthrax | Armed and Dangerous | EP | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1985 | Anthrax | Spreading the Disease | Full-length | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1985 | Apostle | White Metal | EP | Power Metal |
1985 | Armored Saint | Delirious Nomad | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1985 | Assassin | License to Kill | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Attacker | Battle at Helm's Deep | Full-length | Power Metal |
1985 | Avalanche | Pray For The Sinner | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Axis | Slightly Tilted | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Axtion | Look Out For The Night | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Barren Cross | Believe | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Bashful | Bashful | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Battle Axe | We're on the Attack | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Glam |
1985 | Battlecry | Red, White & Blue | Full-length | Heavy/Progressive Metal |
1985 | Black Sheep | Trouble in the Streets | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Black Task | Black Task | EP | Thrash/Power Metal |
1985 | Blacklace | Get It While It's Hot | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Blessed Death | Kill Or Be Killed | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Blind Beggar | Winds of War | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Blitzkrieg | Ready for Action | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Blood | Fly All Night | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Bloodlust | Guilty as Sin | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1985 | Carnivore | Carnivore | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Chastain | Mystery of Illusion | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Cities | Annihilation Absolute | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Contender | Contender | Full-length | Power Metal |
1985 | Corrosion of Conformity | Animosity | Full-length | Crossover, Sludge, Southern Metal |
1985 | Crisis | Kick It Out | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1985 | D.R.I. | Dealing With It! | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Damien | Face the Danger | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Ded Engine | Hot Shot | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Defiant | Can't give it up | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Destructor | Maximum Destruction | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Dio | Sacred Heart | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1985 | Dirty Deal | Dirty Deal | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Dokken | Under Lock and Key | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1985 | Dr. Know | Burn | EP | Hardcore Punk (1981-87, 1998-), Thrash Metal (1988-91) |
1985 | Dungeon | Fortress of Rock | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Eden | Eden | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Elysian | Blinded by Sound | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Emmy Strut | Emmy Strut | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Exodus | Bonded by Blood | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1985 | Faith No More | We Care a Lot | Full-length | Avant-Garde/Alternative/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Fast Forward | Message for America | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Fates Warning | The Spectre Within | Full-length | Power Metal, Progressive Metal |
1985 | Flynn | Flynn | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1985 | Fortress | Fortress | Full-length | Traditional/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Glacier | Glacier | EP | Traditional/Power Metal |
1985 | Guitar Pete's Axe Attack | Dead Soldier's Revenge | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Hallows Eve | Tales of Terror | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1985 | Hammers Rule | After the bomb | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Hardcore 918V | Violent Mental Case | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Hatrik | The Beast | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Hawaii | The Natives Are Restless | Full-length | Speed/Power Metal |
1985 | Hawk | Hawk | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Herazz | Yet To Come | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Hirax | Raging Violence | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Holland | Little Monsters | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Icon | Night of the Crime | Full-length | Heavy Metal (early), Melodic Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1985 | Impaler | Rise of the Mutants | EP | Speed Metal |
1985 | Infra Red | Infra Red | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Insurgency | Confused | EP | Crossover |
1985 | Iron Cross | Warhead | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Jack Starr's Burning Starr | Rock the American Way | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Jester | Jester | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Joe Hasselvander | Lady Killer | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Joshua Perahia | Surrender | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Keel | The Right to Rock | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Knightmare | The Battle From Within | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Knightmare II | Death Do Us Part | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Kratos | Iron Beast | EP | Power/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Lääz Rockit | No Stranger to Danger | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Labyrinth | So Wild | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Le Mans | LeMans | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Leatherwolf | Leatherwolf | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Liege Lord | Freedom's Rise | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Lizzy Borden | Love You to Pieces | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | London | Non Stop Rock | Full-length | Heavy/Glam Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Lost Generation | Victim | Full-length | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Lust | Lust | EP | Heavy / Melodic Metal |
1985 | M-80 | Maniac's Revenge | Full-length | Traditional/Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mace | Process of Elimination | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Magnum Force | Straight Ahead | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Maimed for Life | Maimed for Life | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Malice | In the Beginning... | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Manilla Road | Open the Gates | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Manimals | Blood Is The Harvest | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mark Edwards | Code of Honor | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mark Lowrey | Rusty Mark in the Metal Palace | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mass | New Birth | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Maxx Warrior | Maxx Warrior | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business...and Business Is Good! | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal/Rock (1990s) |
1985 | Messiah | Going Insane | EP | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Metalis | Metalis | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mistreater | Mistreater | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Mötley Crüe | Theatre of Pain | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1985 | Mox Nix | Mox Nix | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Nasty Savage | Nasty Savage | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Ninja | The Warriors Of Rock | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | No Mercy | Empty skulls vol.1 | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | Odin | Don't Take No for an Answer | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Omen | Warning of Danger | Full-length | Power Metal |
1985 | Overkill | Feel the Fire | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1985 | Pandemonium | Hole in the Sky | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Pantera | I Am the Night | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal (early) Groove Metal (later) |
1985 | Paradox | Reel Life | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Paradoxx | Plan of Attak | EP | Traditional Metal |
1985 | Pentagram | Pentagram (Relentless) | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1985 | Phantom Lord | Phantom Lord | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1985 | Philadelphia | Search and Destroy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Possessed | Seven Churches | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Prezence | Prezence | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Prophacy | Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Prototype | One of a Kind | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Purgatory | Purgatory | EP | Thrash/Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Q5 | When the Mirror Cracks | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Rhoads | Cheap Talkin' Romance | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Roc Lochner | Roc Lochner | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Rondinelli | War Dance | Full-length | Traditional Metal, Hard Rock |
1985 | Rottweiller | Screams of the Innocent | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Ruffians | Ruffians | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1985 | Sabre | Keepers of the Sword | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Sacred Denial | Life's Been Getting to Me | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (late) |
1985 | Sacred Few | Beyond the Iron Walls | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Sacred Rite | The Ritual | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Saint Vitus | Hallow's Victim | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1985 | Saint Vitus | The Walking Dead | EP | Doom Metal |
1985 | Savage Grace | Master of Disguise | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1985 | Savatage | Power of the Night | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1985 | Seduce | Seduce | Full-length | Heavy / Power Metal |
1985 | Shores of Evening | The Shore of Evening | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Sinful | Gonna Raise Hell | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Slauter Xstroyes | Winter Kill | Full-length | Power/Progressive Metal |
1985 | Slaven | Slave to the Heart | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Slayer | Hell Awaits | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1985 | Snow White | Snow White | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Spectre | Lady of the Night | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Split Image | Split Image | EP | Melodic Metal |
1985 | Steel Vengeance | Call Off the Dogs | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1985 | Steel Warriors | On the Road to Hell | EP | Traditional Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Stormtrooper | Armies of the Night | EP | Power Metal |
1985 | Stormtroopers of Death | Speak English or Die | Full-length | Hardcore/Thrash Crossover |
1985 | Stryker | Stryker | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Stryper | Soldiers Under Command | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1985 | Tattoo | The Original Blood Red | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Thatcher | Destined to Conquer | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | The Accüsed | Martha Splatterhead | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1985 | The Lead | The Lead | EP | Punk Rock (early), Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1985 | The Mentors | You Axed For It | Full-length | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1985 | The Mezmerist | The Innocent, The Forsaken, The Guilty | EP | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1985 | The Plasmatics | Fuck 'n Roll | EP | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1985 | Thrasher | Burning at the Speed of Light | Full-length | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1985 | Titanic | Then There Was Rock | Full-length | Power Metal |
1985 | Traitor | Shot Down | EP | Power Metal |
1985 | Trouble | The Skull | Full-length | Doom Metal, Stoner/Psychedelic (later) |
1985 | Twisted Sister | Come Out and Play | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Twisted Sister | Leader of the Pack | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Tyrant | Legions of the Dead | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Uncontrollable | Uncontrollable | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Valhalla | Valhalla | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Vicious Barreka | Outrage Insanity Profanity | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Victim | DMN | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Virgin Steele | Noble Savage | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
1985 | Vyper | Afraid Of The Dark | EP | Heavy Metal |
1985 | W.A.S.P. | The Last Command | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1985 | Warchylde | Murder by Decibels | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1985 | Warrior | Fighting for the Earth | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1985 | Watchtower | Energetic Disassembly | Full-length | Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal |
1985 | Whiplash | Power and Pain | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1985 | White Zombie | Gods on Voodoo Moon | EP | Industrial, Groove, Post-thrash |
1985 | World War III | World War III | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1985 | Znöwhite | Kick 'em When They're Down | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1985 | Zoetrope | Amnesty | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1986 | 27 North | Strike While the Iron's Hot | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | A.M.Q.A. | Cats are Neat | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | Aaronsrod | Illusions Kill | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Abattoir | The Only Safe Place | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Agent Steel | Mad Locust Rising | EP | Thrash/Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Airstrike | Initial attack | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Alcatrazz | Dangerous Games | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1986 | Alias Mangler | Bite The Metal | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Anvil Bitch | Rise to Offend | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Arch Rival | God Bless America | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Armada | All Four One | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Armed Force | Heavy Artillery | Full-length | Traditional/Speed Metal, Glam |
1986 | At War | Ordered to Kill | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Atlantis | Straight Through the Heart | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Attila | Rolling Thunder | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Attitude Adjustment | American Paranoia | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | Axtion | Live | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Backlash | Backlash | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Bad Axe | Contradiction to the Rule | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Banshee | Cry in the Night | EP | Power Metal |
1986 | Barren Cross | Rock for the King | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Black Ice | Hot -N- Heavy | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Black Task | Long After Midnight | Full-length | Thrash/Power Metal |
1986 | Black Virgin | Most Likely to Exceed | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Blacksmith | Blacksmith | EP | Power Metal |
1986 | Bloodgood | Bloodgood | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Bride | Show No Mercy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro & Caudle | Hollywood | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Carnage | Carnage | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Carnage | Carnage | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Cerebus | Too Late to Pray | Full-length | Traditional / Power Metal |
1986 | Chastain | Ruler of the Wasteland | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Childz Play | First Toy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Cirith Ungol | One Foot in Hell | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1986 | Cities | Annihilation Absolute | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | CJSS | Praise The Loud | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | CJSS | World Gone Mad | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Clown Alley | Circus Of Chaos | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Crimson Glory | Crimson Glory | Full-length | Progressive Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Cro-Mags | The Age of Quarrel | Full-length | Hardcore/Crossover, Thrash Metal |
1986 | Crowhaven | Emotional Adjustment | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1986 | Crumbsuckers | Life of Dreams | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | Cryptic Slaughter | Convicted | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | D.C. Lacroix | Crack of Doom | Full-length | Heavy Metal / Hard Rock |
1986 | Damien Thorne | The Sign of the Jackal | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Dammaj | Mutiny | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Dark Age | Star Trippin' | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Dark Angel | Darkness Descends | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Dead Serios | Screams In The Night | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Death Mask | Split the Atom | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Détente | Recognize No Authority | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1986 | Dezark | Dezark | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Diamond | Diamond | Full-length | Melodic Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Diamond Rexx | Land of the Damned | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Glam (early), Thrash/Groove Metal (later) |
1986 | Dio | Intermission | EP | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1986 | Dio | The Dio E.P | EP | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1986 | Disciple | Disciple | EP | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Dokken | Dream Warriors | EP | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1986 | Doomwatch | Final Hour | EP | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Dr. Know | This Island Earth | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (1981-87, 1998-), Thrash Metal (1988-91) |
1986 | Dr. Mastermind | Dr. Mastermind | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Dresden | Too Many Skeletons | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Druid | Four Curses | EP | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Dwarr | Animals | Full-length | Doom/Heavy Metal |
1986 | Executioner | In the Name of Metal | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Exorcist | Nightmare Theatre | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Fates Warning | Awaken the Guardian | Full-length | Power Metal, Progressive Metal |
1986 | Fearless Iranians from Hell | Fearless Iranians from Hell | EP | Hardcore Punk (early) , Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1986 | Fifth Angel | Fifth Angel | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Filthy Rich | Rock it around | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Firstryke | Just a Nightmare | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Fleury | Fleury | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Flotsam and Jetsam | Doomsday for the Deceiver | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Forces | Talk is Cheap | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Foreplay | Hot 'N' Heavy | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Forever | Forever & Ever | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Forgotten Child | Forgotten Child | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Griffin | Protectors of the Lair | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Grinding Machine | Cosmic Illusion | Full-length | Shred/Heavy Metal |
1986 | Grudge | Barbarians of the New Earth | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Guitar Pete's Axe Attack | Nitemare | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Hallows Eve | Death & Insanity | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Hammeron | Nothin' to Do But Rock | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Harlow | We do what we wanna do | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Have Mercy | Armageddon Descends | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Havoc | The Grip | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Heathen's Rage | Heathen's Rage | EP | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Heavy the World | Runes | Full-length | Heavy/Progressive Metal |
1986 | Heir Apparent | Graceful Inheritance | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Helstar | Remnants of War | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Heretic | Torture Knows No Boundary | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Hexx | Under the Spell | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal (1984-1986), Death Metal (1988-1991) |
1986 | Hirax | Hate, Fear and Power | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal/Crossover |
1986 | Holy Danger | One Way | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Holy Right | Stand As One | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Image | Image | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Impaler | If We Had Brains... We'd Be Dangerous | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Inner Sanctum | 12 a.m. | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Intrüder | Krush, Kill, Destroy | EP | Power Metal |
1986 | Iron Cross | Iron Cross | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Ivory Tiger | Metal Mountain | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Jack Starr's Burning Starr | No Turning Back! | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Jesters of Destiny | Fun at the Funeral | Full-length | Psychedelic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Jim Jones and the Kool-Ade Kids | Trust Me | Full-length | Thrash/Doom Metal with Crossover influences |
1986 | Juggernaut | Baptism Under Fire | Full-length | Technical Progressive Thrash/Speed Metal |
1986 | Keel | Tears of Fire | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Keel | The Final Frontier | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Killer Fox | Going Under | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Krank | Hideous | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Last Lix | Tell All The World | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Leather Nunn | Take the Night | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Legion | Legion of Deth | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Lester Maddox | Gothic Lore | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Letchen Grey | Party Politics | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Lion | Power Love | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Lizzy Borden | Menace to Society | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | London | Don't Cry Wolf | Full-length | Heavy/Glam Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Lords of the Crimson Alliance | Lords of the Crimson Alliance | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Ludichrist | Immaculate Deception | Full-length | Crossover |
1986 | M.A.R.S. | Project : Driver | Full-length | Traditional/Power Metal |
1986 | Mad Reign | Mad Reign | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Mainiax | Boys Night Out | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Malachia | Under The Blade | EP | Melodic Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Malisha | Serve Your Savage Beast | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Mania | No Lullabies | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Manilla Road | The Deluge | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Medieval | Medieval | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal/Rock (1990s) |
1986 | Megattack | Raw Delivery | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Melvins | Gluey Porch Treatments | Full-length | Doom/Stoner Metal/Punk Rock |
1986 | Melvins | Six Songs | EP | Doom/Stoner Metal/Punk Rock |
1986 | Mere Mortals | Omnia In Numerus Sita | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Messiah Prophet | Master of the Metal | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Metal Church | The Dark | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Metal Merchant | Metal Merchant | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Metallica | Master of Puppets | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal |
1986 | Metalwolf | Down to the Wire | Full-length | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Militia | The Sybling | EP | Thrash/Speed/Power Metal |
1986 | Ministry | Twitch | Full-length | New Wave (early), Industrial/Electronic (mid), Industrial Rock/Metal (later) |
1986 | Mistrust | Spin the World | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | MX | MX Rockz | Full-length | Power Metal, Industrial/Country/Rap/Rock |
1986 | Mysstress | Mysstress | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | N.M.E. | Unholy Death | Full-length | Black/Thrash Metal (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
1986 | Napalm | Napalm | EP | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Nasty Savage | Indulgence | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Nineteen | Missing in action | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Nuclear Assault | Brain Death | EP | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Nuclear Assault | Game Over | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Obsession | Scarred for Life | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Omen | The Curse | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Original Sin | Sin Will Find You Out | Full-length | Speed/Power Metal |
1986 | Orphan Allies | Running From the Law | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Panther | Panther | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Phantom Lord | Evil Never Sleeps | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Phernalia | Right to Life | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Possessed | Beyond the Gates | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Post Mortem | Coroner's Office | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Powerlord | The Awakening | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Predator | Easy Prey | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1986 | Prisoner | Rip It Up | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Purgatory | Tied to the Trax | Full-length | Thrash/Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Queensrÿche | Rage for Order | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal |
1986 | Quiet Riot | QR III | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1986 | Racer X | Street Lethal | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1986 | Ravage | Wrecking Ball | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Rellik | Remember the Future | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Rhoads | Into the Future | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | RIP | Give Me the Night | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Ripper | ...And the Dead Shall Rise | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Rude Awakening | Bound for Glory | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Rust | The Last Laugh | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Ruthless | Discipline of Steel | Full-length | Power Metal |
1986 | Sacred Denial | Extra Strength Tylenol Anyone? | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (late) |
1986 | Sacred Rite | Is Nothing Sacred | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Sacrilege B.C. | Party with God | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Saint | Time's End | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Saint Vitus | Born Too Late | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1986 | Salem's Wych | Betrayer of Kings | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Satan's Host | Metal from Hell | Full-length | Heavy Metal (in the 80's) / Black/Death Metal (after the reunion in the 90's) |
1986 | Savage Grace | After the Fall from Grace | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1986 | Savatage | Fight for the Rock | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1986 | Sceptre | Rise To Power | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Sentinel Beast | Depths of Death | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1986 | Sheer Greed | Roadkill | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Siren | No Place Like Home | Full-length | Progressive Metal |
1986 | Slayer | Reign in Blood | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | Smithworks | Covered In Blood | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1986 | Snakebyte | Snakebyte | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Soldier | Babylon | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Sound Barrier | Speed of Light | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | St. Elmos Fire | St. Elmos Fire | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Steel Vengeance | Second Offense | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Straw Dogs | Straw Dogs | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Straw Dogs | We Are Not Amused | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Stryken | First Strike | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Stryken | Rock On | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Stryper | Free | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1986 | Stryper | To Hell with the Devil | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1986 | Sunset | Forgotten Kingdom | Full-length | Melodic Metal |
1986 | Tantrum | Trenton City Murders | EP | Power Metal |
1986 | Tension | Breaking Point | Full-length | Power/Speed/Thrash Metal |
1986 | The Accüsed | The Return of... Martha Splatterhead | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | The Boneless Ones | Skate for the Devil | Full-length | Crossover |
1986 | The Brood | The Brood | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | The Great Kat | Satan Says | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal, Shred |
1986 | The Lead | Automoloch | EP | Punk Rock (early), Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1986 | The Mentors | Up the Dose | Full-length | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1986 | The Plasmatics | Kommander of Kaos | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1986 | The Rods | Heavier Than Thou | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | The Uninvited | Systemwreck | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1986 | Thruster | M.I.A. | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | TKO | Below the Belt | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1986 | Tony MacAlpine | Edge of Insanity | Full-length | Shred, Neoclassical, Progressive Rock/Metal |
1986 | TT Quick | Metal of Honor | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Twisted Sister | You Want What We Got | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Tyrus | Masters of Revenge | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Unleashed | Unleashed | EP | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Verbal Abuse | Rocks Your Liver | Full-length | Hardcore (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1986 | Vicious Rumors | Soldiers of the Night | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Groove Metal |
1986 | Villain | Only Time Will Tell | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Vinnie Moore | Mind's Eye | Full-length | Shred / Metal / Rock |
1986 | Voyeur | First Glance | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | W.A.S.P. | Inside the Electric Circus | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1986 | Wages of Sin | Wages of Sin | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Wanted Breed | Knights In Armor | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1986 | Warminister | Out of the Ashes | EP | Heavy Metal |
1986 | Wasted Youth | Get Out of My Yard! | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1986 | White Pigs | Boot Camp | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
1986 | White Zombie | Psycho-Head Blowout | EP | Industrial, Groove, Post-thrash |
1986 | Wrath | Fit of Anger | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1986 | X-Caliber | Warriors of the Night | Full-length | Epic Heavy Metal |
1986 | Xcel | Deliver This Dream | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Agent Steel | Unstoppable Force | Full-length | Thrash/Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Agentz | Stick to Your Guns | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1987 | Alias | Alias | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Anaconda | Silent Rage | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | Anesthesia | Eight Balls | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Angel of Mercy | The Avatar | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Anthrax | Among the Living | Full-length | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1987 | Anthrax | I'm the Man | EP | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1987 | Apocrypha | The Forgotten Scroll | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Apostle | Chariots of Iron | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Armada | Frontline | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Armored Saint | Raising Fear | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1987 | Asylum | Nowhere Fast | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Attitude | Kein Schlaf Bis Deutschland | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Attitude | The Good, The Bad, The Obnoxious | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Awol | Awol | EP | Jazzy Progressive Rock/Metal |
1987 | Axemaster | Blessing in the Skies | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Baboon Rising | Figwart | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Believer | I'm Free | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1987 | Bitch | The Bitch Is Back | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Black Ice | Heavy Metal Warriors | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Blessed Death | Destined for Extinction | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Blood Feast | Face Fate | EP | Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Blood Feast | Kill for Pleasure | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Bloodgood | Detonation | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Breaker | Get Tough! | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Burning Desire | Break Free | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Burnt Fase | Nature Gone Mad | Full-length | Thrash/Power Metal |
1987 | Cacophony | Speed Metal Symphony | Full-length | Speed / Shred / Neoclassical Metal |
1987 | Carnivore | Retaliation | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Centurion | Cross And Black | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Cerebus | ...Like a Banshee on the Loose | EP | Traditional / Power Metal |
1987 | Chastain | The 7th of Never | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Commander | The High n' Mighty | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Contagious | Be Ready | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Corrosion of Conformity | Technocracy | EP | Crossover, Sludge, Southern Metal |
1987 | Coven | Worship New Gods | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1987 | Cryptic Slaughter | Money Talks | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | D.R.I. | Crossover | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Dark Ages | Medieval Sorcery | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | David Neil Cline | A Fit Of Rage | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | David T. Chastain | Instrumental Variations | Full-length | Shred / fusion |
1987 | Dead Serios | Who's Your Buddy? | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Death | Scream Bloody Gore | Full-length | Death Metal (early), Death/Progressive Metal (later) |
1987 | Death Angel | The Ultra-Violence | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Decoy Paris | Love on the Run | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Devastation | Dispensable Bloodshed | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Devastation | Violent Termination | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Devastation Run | Devastation Run | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Devil's Blood | Alchohol Is The Devil's Blood... | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Diamond Claw | No Hate In Paradise | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Dio | Dream Evil | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Power Metal |
1987 | Dokken | Back for the Attack | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1987 | Dream Death | Journey Into Mystery | Full-length | Doom/Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Drills | Certificate of Penetration | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Dual Edge | Knock 'em Alive | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Dusty Rose | Dusty Rose | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Emerald | Armed for Battle | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | ESP | The Future Is Now | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Excel | Split Image | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | E-X-E | Stricken By Might | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1987 | Executioner | Break the Silence | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Exodus | Pleasures of the Flesh | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1987 | Expatriate | No Sleep 'Til Chugwater | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Faith No More | Introduce Yourself | Full-length | Avant-Garde/Alternative/Heavy Metal |
1987 | Fantom Warior | Fantasy or Reality | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Fearless Iranians from Hell | Die for Allah | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (early) , Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1987 | Fortress | Fortress | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Fortress of Solitude | 14:56 | EP | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1987 | Graven Image | Warn the Children | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | Hades | Resisting Success | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1987 | Hammer Head | Rock Forever | Full-length | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
1987 | Hammer Witch | Return to Salem | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Hammers Rule | Spontaneous Human Combustion | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Hans Naughty | Paint the Town Red | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Harlet | Virgin Wings | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Heathen | Breaking the Silence | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Hellfire | Death to Death | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Hellion | Screams in the Night | Full-length | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1987 | Hendrickson | Maestro | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Herazz | Herazz | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Holy Terror | Terror and Submission | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1987 | I.N.C. | Razorback | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Icon | An Even More Perfect Union | Full-length | Heavy Metal (early), Melodic Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1987 | Impellitteri | Impellitteri | EP | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1987 | Indestroy | Indestroy | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Intrinsic | Intrinsic | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Intruder | Live to Die | Full-length | Technical Thrash/Speed Metal |
1987 | Ion Britton | Eat Metal | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Iron Cross | Church and State | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Iron Cross | Die Like That | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | Jack Starr's Burning Starr | Blaze of Glory | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Jesters of Destiny | In a Nostalgic Mood | EP | Psychedelic Heavy Metal |
1987 | Jim Gillette | Proud to be Loud | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal |
1987 | Joey Tafolla | Out of the Sun | Full-length | Neoclassical Metal/Rock - Shred |
1987 | Juggernaut | Trouble Within | Full-length | Technical Progressive Thrash/Speed Metal |
1987 | Keel | Keel | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Kidd Gloves | Feel The Fire | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Kill Van Kull | Eye of the Storm | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Killen | Killen | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Knightmare | Mindless Mayhem | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Kublai Khan | Annihilation | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Lääz Rockit | Know Your Enemy | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Leatherwolf | Leatherwolf II | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Leggesy | Leggesy | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Lethal Aggression | We Just Killed Rock 'n' Roll | EP | Crossover |
1987 | Liege Lord | Burn to My Touch | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Lion | Dangerous Attraction | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Liquid Mirror | Kicked out of Fantasy | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Lixx Array | Lixx Array | EP | Heavy Metal (early), Hard Rock (later) |
1987 | Lizzy Borden | Terror Rising | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Lizzy Borden | Visual Lies | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Lost Cause | Lost Cause | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | M.O.D. | U.S.A. for M.O.D. | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover |
1987 | Macabre | Grim Reality | EP | Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore |
1987 | Mace | The Evil in Good | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Mädel Fang | She's Alright | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Malachia | Red Sunrise | Full-length | Melodic Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Malice | License to Kill | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Malteze | We Came 2 Rock | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Manilla Road | Mystification | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Manowar | Fighting the World | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Mars | Metaldrone | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Matakopas | Coming Out Ahead | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Mayhem | Burned Alive | Full-length | Heavy/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Medieval | Medieval Kills! | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Mere Mortals | Immortalized | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Mersinary | Choose Death | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Metal Onslaught | Cease to Exist | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Metallica | Garage Days Re-Revisited | EP | Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal |
1987 | Mind Over Four | Out Here | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Mirrors Edge | Reflection | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Mistreated | One More for the Road | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Mistreater | Swami | Full-length | Heavy/Doom Metal |
1987 | Mötley Crüe | Girls, Girls, Girls | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1987 | Mystress | In the Night | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Necrophagia | Necrophagia | EP | Speed, Thrash Metal |
1987 | Necrophagia | Season of the Dead | Full-length | Death Metal |
1987 | Ninja | Forgotten Shadows | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | No Mercy | Widespread Bloodshed Love Runs Red | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Nuclear Assault | The Plague | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Obsession | Methods of Madness | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Odin | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Omen | Nightmares | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | Overkill | Taking Over | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1987 | Overlorde | Overlorde | EP | Traditional Metal |
1987 | Paladin | Paladin | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Pariah | Take a Walk | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Pentagram | Day of Reckoning | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1987 | Phantom | Dead or Alive | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Possessed | The Eyes of Horror | EP | Death/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Post Mortem | The Missing Link | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Powermad | Powermad | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Preacher | Trapped In Hell | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Primal Scream | Volume One | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Prong | Primitive Origins | EP | Crossover/Thrash Metal (early), Post-Thrash/Industrial Metal (later) |
1987 | Rammpage | Rammpage Debut EP | EP | Heavy Metal / Hard Rock |
1987 | Rare Breed | Rare Breed | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Rated X | Matter Of Taste | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Ray Gunn | Ray Gunn | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Razormaid | First Cutt | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1987 | Revenge | Freedom of Choice | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Ritual | Let the Metal Play | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Rough Honor | The Right To Rock | Full-length | Traditional / Power Metal |
1987 | Roxalt | Get Ready | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Roxx | Roxx | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Saber | Call To Glory | EP | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Sacred Child | Sacred Child | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Sacred Denial | North of the Order | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (late) |
1987 | Sacred Oath | A Crystal Vision | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Sacred Reich | Ignorance | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Sanctuary | Refuge Denied | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Satan's Host | Midnight Wind | EP | Heavy Metal (in the 80's) / Black/Death Metal (after the reunion in the 90's) |
1987 | Savage Grace | Ride into the Night | EP | Power/Speed Metal |
1987 | Savatage | Hall of the Mountain King | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1987 | Shok Paris | Steel and Starlight | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | Silent Listener | Veterans Of The Fight | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Sinister | Dawn Of The Apocalypse | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Soundgarden | Screaming Life | EP | Stoner/Heavy Metal/Grunge Rock |
1987 | Stutz | Tearin' Up The Night | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Suicidal Tendencies | Join the Army | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | Suspicion | Hollywood Nites | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1987 | Tempest | A Coming Storm | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1987 | Tension | Epitome | EP | Power/Speed/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Testament | Live at Eindhoven | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Testament | The Legacy | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | The Accüsed | More Fun Than an Open Casket Funeral | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1987 | The Great Kat | Worship Me or Die! | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal, Shred |
1987 | The Lead | The Past Behind | EP | Punk Rock (early), Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1987 | The Mentors | Live in Frisco | EP | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1987 | The Plasmatics | Maggots: The Record | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1987 | The Regime | Dead Serious | EP | Power Metal |
1987 | The Unjust | Hammerhead | Full-length | Speed Metal |
1987 | Tim Donahue | The Fifth Season | Full-length | Progressive Rock/Metal |
1987 | Tony MacAlpine | Maximum Security | Full-length | Shred, Neoclassical, Progressive Rock/Metal |
1987 | Torture | Terror Kingdom | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Toxik | World Circus | Full-length | Technical Speed/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Toximia | War | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Trouble | Run to the Light | Full-length | Doom Metal, Stoner/Psychedelic (later) |
1987 | Twisted Sister | Love is for Suckers | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1987 | Tyranny | Manipulator | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Tyrant | Too Late to Pray | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Tyrant's Reign | Year of the Tyrants | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Tyton | Mind Over Metal | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | U4EA | A Power Greater Than Ourselves | Full-length | Heavy/Traditional Metal |
1987 | Ugly But Proud | Knuckles From Nowhere | EP | Thrash Metal |
1987 | VXN | VXN | EP | Heavy/Power Metal |
1987 | W.T.G. | Don't They? | EP | Crossover/Thrash, Heavy Metal, Punk |
1987 | Warzwolf | Valley of the Shadow | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1987 | Wehrmacht | Shark Attack | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal |
1987 | Whiplash | Ticket to Mayhem | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1987 | White Hott | Angel in Leather | EP | Heavy Metal |
1987 | White Zombie | Soul Crusher | Full-length | Industrial, Groove, Post-thrash |
1987 | Wild Dogs | Reign of Terror | Full-length | Power Metal |
1987 | Wombat | Wombat | EP | Melodic Metal |
1987 | Wrath | Nothing to Fear | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1987 | Zoetrope | A Life of Crime | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | 7th Angel | 7th Angel | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1988 | A.M.Q.A. | Mutant Cats From Hell | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Acrophet | Corrupt Minds | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Afterbirth | Who's in there? | EP | Heavy Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Aftermath | Don't Cheer Me Up | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Akilla | As for Me, As for You | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1988 | Alyze | Alyze | Full-length | Heavy Metal (early), Glam / Hard Rock (later) |
1988 | Anacrusis | Suffering Hour | Full-length | Thrash Metal (1986-1990), Progressive Metal (1991-1993) |
1988 | Anialator | Anialator | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | Full-length | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1988 | Apocrypha | The Eyes of Time | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Aragon | Aragon | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Archangel | Archangel | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Armada | Black & White | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Arsenal | Arsenal | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Arson | Arson | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | At War | Limited Edition EP | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | At War | Retaliatory Strike | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Atrophy | Socialized Hate | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Attacker | The Second Coming | Full-length | Power Metal |
1988 | Attika | Attika | Full-length | Power/Heavy Metal |
1988 | Attitude | To Whom It May Concern | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Attitude Adjustment | No More Mr. Nice Guy | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Avalon | Live Or Die | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Baboon Rising | Songs of the Second Sun | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Baboon Rising | Truth, Justice, and the American Way | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Barren Cross | Atomic Arena | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Battle Bratt | Battle Bratt | Full-length | Power Metal (early), Electronic/Heavy Metal (later) |
1988 | Bitch | Betsy | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Black Spot | Burn | Full-length | Power/Thrash/Speed Metal |
1988 | Blind Illusion | The Sane Asylum | Full-length | Heavy Metal (1979-1985), Progressive Thrash Metal (1986-1989) |
1988 | Bloodcum | Death by a Clothes Hanger | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Bloodgood | Rock in A Hard Place | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1988 | Bloodlust | Terminal Velocity | EP | Speed Metal |
1988 | Bride | Live to Die | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Brocas Helm | Black Death | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Byfist | You Should Have Known | EP | Power Metal |
1988 | Cacophony | Go Off! | Full-length | Speed / Shred / Neoclassical Metal |
1988 | Chastain | The Voice of the Cult | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Contagious | Free Indeed | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Coven | Blessed Is the Black | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Crimson Glory | Transcendence | Full-length | Progressive Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Cruella D'ville | Cruella Dville | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1988 | Cruella D'ville | EP Outtakes | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1988 | Crumbsuckers | Beast On My Back (B.O.M.B.) | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Cryptic Slaughter | Stream of Consciousness | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | D.C. Lacroix | Livin' by the Sword | Full-length | Heavy Metal / Hard Rock |
1988 | D.R.I. | 4 of a Kind | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Damien | Every Dog Has Its Day | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Danzig | Danzig | Full-length | Heavy Metal with Doom/Rock Influences |
1988 | Deadly Blessing | Ascend from the Cauldron | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Deadly Blessing | Deadly Blessing | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Deadspot | Adios Dude | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1988 | Death | Leprosy | Full-length | Death Metal (early), Death/Progressive Metal (later) |
1988 | Death Angel | Frolic Through the Park | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Ded Engine | Hold a Grudge | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Destroyer | Optimum D.S.I. | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Dirge | Soulstorm | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Disturbed | Disturbing the Peace | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Divine Right | Powerchange | Full-length | Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Dog Soldier | Name Your Poison | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Dr. Know | The Original Group... | EP | Hardcore Punk (1981-87, 1998-), Thrash Metal (1988-91) |
1988 | Dr. Know | Wreckage in Flesh | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (1981-87, 1998-), Thrash Metal (1988-91) |
1988 | Dragonne | On Dragon's Wings | EP | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Drive | Characters In Time | Full-length | Progressive Metal |
1988 | Dysfunction | The $235.00 Demo | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Eric Steel | Infectious | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1988 | Evildead | Rise Above | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Exodus | Fabulous Disaster | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1988 | Extra Hot Sauce | Taco of Death | EP | Grindcore |
1988 | Fates Warning | No Exit | Full-length | Power Metal, Progressive Metal |
1988 | Fearless Iranians from Hell | Holy War | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (early) , Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1988 | Flotsam and Jetsam | No Place for Disgrace | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Forbidden | Forbidden Evil | Full-length | Thrash/Post-Thrash Metal |
1988 | Full Armor | Limited Edition 1988 | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1988 | Gargoyle | Gargoyle | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Gargoyle | Limited Edition EP | EP | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Gothic Slam | Killer Instinct | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Gwar | Hell-O | Full-length | Various |
1988 | Hades | If at First You Don't Succeed... | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1988 | Hallows Eve | Monument | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Hari Kari | Hari Kari | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Harlet | 25 Gets a Ride | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Hellion | Postcards from the asylum | EP | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1988 | Helstar | A Distant Thunder | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1988 | Heretic | Breaking Point | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Hero | Risen | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Hexx | Quest for Sanity | EP | Power/Thrash Metal (1984-1986), Death Metal (1988-1991) |
1988 | Hittman | Hittman | Full-length | Power Metal |
1988 | Holocross | Holocross | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Holy Terror | Mind Wars | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1988 | I.N.C. | The Visitor | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Impellitteri | Stand in Line | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1988 | Incubus | Serpent Temptation | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Intense Mutilation | Blowin in the Wind | EP | Death Metal/Noise |
1988 | Ironchrist | Ironchrist | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Jason Becker | Perpetual Burn | Full-length | Shred / Progressive Metal |
1988 | Jekyll | Play Doctor | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1988 | Joshua Perahia | Intense Defense | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | King's Cross | Psychedelic World | Full-length | Heavy/Glam Metal |
1988 | King's X | Out of the Silent Planet | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Rock |
1988 | Knightmare II | Downtown Brown & Heart of Stone | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Last Descendants | One Nation Under God | Full-length | Traditional/Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Lazarus Sin | Intracranial Mass | Full-length | Epic Heavy Metal |
1988 | Legion of Death | Legion Of Death | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Lese Majesty | Surviving | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Lethal Dose | Lethal Dose | Full-length | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1988 | Liege Lord | Master Control | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1988 | Lord | The Second Coming | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Lost Generation | Censored | Full-length | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
1988 | Lucrecia | Lucrecia | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1988 | Ludichrist | Powertrip | Full-length | Crossover |
1988 | M.C. Blade | Step into the Light | EP | Melodic Metal |
1988 | M.O.D. | Surfin' M.O.D. | EP | Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover |
1988 | M-16 | Locked and Loaded | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Macabre | Shitlist | EP | Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore |
1988 | Malicious Grind | Welcome To Life | Full-length | Thrash/Grind/Crossover |
1988 | Mallet-Head | Mallet-Head | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Manilla Road | Out of the Abyss | Full-length | Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Manowar | Kings of Metal | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Marty Friedman | Dragon's Kiss | Full-length | Progressive Rock/Metal, Shred |
1988 | Mass | Take You Home | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Meanstreak | Roadkill | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Megadeth | So Far, So Good...So What! | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal/Rock (1990s) |
1988 | Meliah Rage | Kill to Survive | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Mersinary | Dead Is Dead | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Metallica | ...And Justice for All | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Modern Rock/Metal |
1988 | Midnight Hero | The First Offense | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1988 | Ministry | The Land of Rape and Honey | Full-length | New Wave (early), Industrial/Electronic (mid), Industrial Rock/Metal (later) |
1988 | Morbid Saint | Spectrum of Death | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Mötley Crüe | Raw Tracks | EP | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1988 | MX | Your Parents Are Aliens Tw2 | Full-length | Power Metal, Industrial/Country/Rap/Rock |
1988 | MX Machine | Manic Panic | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Nasty Savage | Abstract Reality | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Necropolis | Contemplating Slaughter | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Neon Cross | Neon Cross | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Neurosis | Pain of Mind | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (early), Progressive Sludge/Post-Hardcore/Tribal/Ambient (later) |
1988 | Ninja | S.W.A.K. | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | No Empathy | Nothing Less than Nothing at All | Full-length | Heavy/Thrash Metal |
1988 | No Warning | Back From the Dead | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Nuclear Assault | Survive | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Num Skull | Ritually Abused | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1988 | O.L.D. | Old Lady Drivers | Full-length | Grindcore (early), Industrial/Avant-Garde Metal (later) |
1988 | Odin | Fight For Your Life | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Omen | Escape to Nowhere | Full-length | Power Metal |
1988 | Outcasts | Outcasts | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Overkill | Fuck You | EP | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1988 | Overkill | Under the Influence | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1988 | Pandemonium | The Kill | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Pantera | Power Metal | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal (early) Groove Metal (later) |
1988 | Powermad | The Madness Begins... | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Prong | Force Fed | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal (early), Post-Thrash/Industrial Metal (later) |
1988 | Proudflesh | Powerbroker E.P. | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Prowler | Prowling Death Squad | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal |
1988 | Quick Change | Circus of Death | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Quiet Riot | Quiet Riot | Full-length | Arena Rock/AOR (Early), Heavy/Glam Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1988 | Racer X | Second Heat | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Shred |
1988 | Raven Bitch | Tear Down the Walls | EP | Traditional/Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Raw Energy | White Stallion | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Realm | Endless War | Full-length | Technical Thrash/Power Metal |
1988 | Recipients of Death | Recipients of Death | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Red Machete | Red Machete | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1988 | Renegade | Social Pressure | Full-length | Power/Progressive Metal |
1988 | Rhett Forrester | Even the Score | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Rigor Mortis | Rigor Mortis | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Riot | Thundersteel | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1988 | S.A. Slayer | Go for the Throat | Full-length | Power Metal |
1988 | Sacred Denial | Exhumed | EP | Hardcore/Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (late) |
1988 | Sacred Denial | Sifting Through Remains | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (late) |
1988 | Sacred Reich | Surf Nicaragua | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Sacred Warrior | Rebellion | Full-length | Melodic Progressive Metal |
1988 | Sacrilege B.C. | Too Cool to Pray | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Sadus | Illusions (Chemical Exposure) | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal |
1988 | Saint | Too Late For Living | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Saint Vitus | Mournful Cries | Full-length | Doom Metal |
1988 | School of Violence | We the People...? | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Screamer | Target: Earth | Full-length | Progressive Power Metal |
1988 | Seduce | Too Much, Ain't Enough | Full-length | Heavy / Power Metal |
1988 | SGM | Aggression | Full-length | Thrash Metal / Crossover |
1988 | Sins of the Flesh | Greed | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crust |
1988 | Siren | Financial Suicide | Full-length | Progressive Metal |
1988 | Slayer | South of Heaven | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Soilent Green | Processed Humanity | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1988 | Sonick Plague | What's The Purpose | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Soundgarden | Fopp | EP | Stoner/Heavy Metal/Grunge Rock |
1988 | Soundgarden | Ultramega OK | Full-length | Stoner/Heavy Metal/Grunge Rock |
1988 | Spazztic Blurr | Before...and After | Full-length | Crossover/Grindcore |
1988 | SpeedFreaks | FreakShow | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover/Hardcore |
1988 | St. Elmos Fire | Warning from the Sky | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1988 | State of Shock | State of Shock | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Steel Vengeance | Prisoners | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1988 | Straightway | Black Or White | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1988 | Stryper | In God We Trust | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1988 | Subvert | The Madness Must End! | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Suicidal Tendencies | How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Tattoo | Blood Red | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Tempered Steel | Precious Metal | Full-length | Power Metal |
1988 | Tempest | Eye of the Storm | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1988 | Terrattack | Terrattack | EP | Power Metal |
1988 | Testament | The New Order | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | The Accüsed | Hymns for the Deranged | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | The Accüsed | Martha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | The Kingdom | The Kingdom | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1988 | The Plasmatics | Ultrafly and the Hometown Girls - Deffest and Baddest | Full-length | Punk, Heavy Metal |
1988 | The Stand | The Stand | EP | Progressive/Power Metal |
1988 | The Unsane | Inverted Crosses | EP | Thrash/Death Metal |
1988 | Torment | The Apparition | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Torn Flesh | Thrashin' EP | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Truce | Nictophobic | EP | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Trytan | Celestial Messenger | Full-length | Progressive Metal |
1988 | Uncle Slam | Say Uncle | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1988 | Valor | Fight For Your Life | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1988 | Vengeance Incorporated | Predator | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Vengeance Rising | Human Sacrifice | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Vicious Rumors | Digital Dictator | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Groove Metal |
1988 | Viking | Do or Die | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Vinnie Moore | Time Odyssey | Full-length | Shred / Metal / Rock |
1988 | Vio-lence | Eternal Nightmare | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Violent Playground | Thrashin Blues | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Virgin Steele | Age of Consent | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
1988 | VXN | The Question | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Wargasm | Why Play Around? | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1988 | Warlords | Second Coming | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Wasted Youth | Black Daze | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
1988 | Waxwing | Appetizer | EP | Heavy Metal |
1988 | Weapon | Weapon | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1988 | White Witch | Hell Is Doomed | EP | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1988 | Wicked Teaze | Wicked Teaze | EP | Heavy/Glam Metal |
1988 | Xalt | Dark War | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal, Hard Rock/AOR |
1988 | Znöwhite | Act of God | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Agony Column | God, Guns and Guts | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Akilla | The Cursed | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Alias | Metal to Infinity | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Ambush | Ambush | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Amulance | Feel the Pain | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Angkor Wat | When Obscenity Becomes the Norm... Awake! | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Anialator | Anialator II | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Animosity | Get Off My Back | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Anthrax | Penikufesin | EP | Speed/Thrash, Groove Metal |
1989 | Apostle | Steel Armada | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Armageddon | The Money Mask | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Asbestos Death | Unclean | EP | Doom Metal |
1989 | Assück | Necrosalvation | EP | Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Atheist | Piece of Time | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal with Jazz and Progressive Influences |
1989 | Atrocity | Hatred Birth | EP | Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Attakk | Attakk | EP | Traditional Metal |
1989 | Attaxe | Attaxe | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Autopsy | Severed Survival | Full-length | Death Metal |
1989 | Baboon Rising | Boglore | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Banshee | Race Against Time | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Barren Cross | State of Control | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Believer | Extraction from Mortality | Full-length | Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal |
1989 | Bellicose | Love on ice | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1989 | Bitch | A Rose By Any Other Name | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Black Master | Caught Red Handed | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Black Spot | Flaps Down | Full-length | Power/Thrash/Speed Metal |
1989 | Blackkout | Ignorance of Man | Full-length | Progressive Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Blacksmith | Fire From Within | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Bloodgood | Out of the Darkness | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Bride | Silence Is Madness | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Burnt Offering | Burnt Offering | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Corrosion of Conformity | Six Songs with Mike Singing | EP | Crossover, Sludge, Southern Metal |
1989 | Coven | Death Walks Behind You | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Cro-Mags | Best Wishes | Full-length | Hardcore/Crossover, Thrash Metal |
1989 | Cruella | Vengeance is Mine | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Cyanide | Sleaze Queen | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Cyanide | World Peace Six Feet Under | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | D.R.I. | Thrash Zone | Full-length | Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | D.V.C. | Descendant Upheaval | Full-length | Death Metal |
1989 | Damien | Stop This War | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Dark Angel | Leave Scars | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | David Neil Cline | Malefic Influence | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | David T. Chastain | Within the Heat | Full-length | Shred / fusion |
1989 | Dead Horse | Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal, Crossover |
1989 | Dead On | Dead On | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Dead Serios | Possessed By Polka | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Deadspot | Built-In-Pain(Razors) | EP | Thrash/Speed Metal |
1989 | Deathcorp | Rest in Pieces | EP | Thrash/Death Metal |
1989 | Defecation | Purity Dilution | Full-length | Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Defiance | Product of Society | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Deliverance | Deliverance | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal, Industrial |
1989 | Devastation | Signs of Life | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Devil's Blood | Uncle Satan | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Diamond Rexx | Rated Rexx | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Glam (early), Thrash/Groove Metal (later) |
1989 | Dirge | Dirge-Matrix EP | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Dirge | Fleshcrawler | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Dirty Virgin | Sloppy Seconds | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Doomwatch | A Symphony of Decadence | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Dream Theater | When Dream and Day Unite | Full-length | Progressive Metal |
1989 | Druid | Vampire Cult | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Epidemic | The Truth of What Will Be | Full-length | Death/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Evildead | Annihilation of Civilization | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Excel | The Joke's On You | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Faith No More | The Real Thing | Full-length | Avant-Garde/Alternative/Heavy Metal |
1989 | Faith or Fear | Punishment Area | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Fates Warning | Perfect Symmetry | Full-length | Power Metal, Progressive Metal |
1989 | Fifth Angel | Time Will Tell | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Final Axe | Beyond Hell's Gate | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Forbidden | Raw Evil: Live at the Dynamo | EP | Thrash/Post-Thrash Metal |
1989 | Forced Entry | Uncertain Future | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Forgotten Child | Rock 'n Roll Salvation | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Gammacide | Victims of Science | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Gothic Slam | Just a Face in the Crowd | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Grey Malcolm | Forced Religion | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Guardian | First Watch | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Pop Rock (later) |
1989 | Guillotine | Bring Down the Curtain | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Guy Mann-Dude | Sleight of Hand | Full-length | Power Metal/Shred |
1989 | Hari Kari | Hari Kari II | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Harter Attack | Human Hell | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Haywire | Painless Steel | EP | Heavy/Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Haywire | Private Hell | Full-length | Heavy/Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Heavy the World | What in The World? | Full-length | Heavy/Progressive Metal |
1989 | Heavyness | Lock Me Out | EP | Power Metal |
1989 | Heir Apparent | One Small Voice | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Hell's Kitchen | If You Can't Take the Heat... | Full-length | Crossover |
1989 | Helstar | Nosferatu | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Herazz | Can't Let Go | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Icon | Right Between the Eyes | Full-length | Heavy Metal (early), Melodic Metal, Hard Rock (later) |
1989 | Immaculate Mary | Through The Eyes Of Youth | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1989 | Indestroy | Senseless Theories | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Infamous Sinphony | Manipulation | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Intense Mutilation | Safe Sex | Full-length | Death Metal/Noise |
1989 | Intruder | A Higher Form of Killing | Full-length | Technical Thrash/Speed Metal |
1989 | Jack Starr's Burning Starr | Jack Starr's Burning Starr | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Jersey Dogs | Don't Worry, Get Angry! | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Jim Dofka | Concerto | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | King's Ransom | Curators of the Realm | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | King's X | Gretchen Goes to Nebraska | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Rock |
1989 | Knightmare | Evil Dreams | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Knightmare II | The Edge of Knight | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Lääz Rockit | Annihilation Principle | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Lady Sabre | Enchanted | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Landslide | Bad Reputation | EP | Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Last Crack | Sinister Funkhouse #17 | Full-length | Progressive Groove Metal |
1989 | Leather | Shock Waves | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Leatherwolf | Street Ready | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Leeway | Born to Expire | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Legacy of Lies | Irons In The Fire | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Lethal Aggression | Life Is Hard-But That's No Excuse | Full-length | Crossover |
1989 | Lion | Trouble In Angel City | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Lizzy Borden | Master of Disguise | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Loss for Words | Prey | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Lost Cause | Chicks Go Wild | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Lynzee | Lynzee | EP | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | M.O.D. | Gross Misconduct | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover |
1989 | Macabre | Gloom | Full-length | Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Mach 1 | Mach 1 | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Malice | Crazy in the Night | EP | Heavy/Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Mallet-Head | Yeah Yeah Yeah | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Mass | Voices in the Night | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Master Fury | Circles Of Hate | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Meliah Rage | Live Kill | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Melvins | Outtakes From 1st 7" 1986 | EP | Doom/Stoner Metal/Punk Rock |
1989 | Melvins | Ozma | Full-length | Doom/Stoner Metal/Punk Rock |
1989 | Mercy Rule | Overruled | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1989 | Metal Church | Blessing in Disguise | Full-length | Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Mind Over Four | Mind Over Four | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Ministry | The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Full-length | New Wave (early), Industrial/Electronic (mid), Industrial Rock/Metal (later) |
1989 | Mirrors Edge | No Laughing Matter | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal |
1989 | Morbid Angel | Altars of Madness | Full-length | Death Metal |
1989 | Mordred | Fool's Game | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Funk |
1989 | Mötley Crüe | Dr. Feelgood | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1989 | Mystic Force | Take Command | EP | Progressive Power Metal |
1989 | Napalm | Cruel Tranquility | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Nasty Savage | Penetration Point | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Natas | Think What You Want | EP | Thrash/Death Metal (early), Hardcore Thrash (later) |
1989 | Neurosis | Aberration | EP | Hardcore Punk (early), Progressive Sludge/Post-Hardcore/Tribal/Ambient (later) |
1989 | Nevermore | Nevermore | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Nightcrawler | Soldier In Time | Full-length | Traditional / Power Metal |
1989 | Nitro | O.F.R. (Out Fucking Rageous) | Full-length | Glam/Heavy Metal |
1989 | No Empathy | Freedom of Flesh | Full-length | Heavy/Thrash Metal |
1989 | No Respect | No Respect | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Nuclear Assault | Handle with Care | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Obituary | Slowly We Rot | Full-length | Death Metal |
1989 | Oblivion | Oblivion | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Obscene Jester | Citadels On Fire | EP | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Oliver Magnum | Oliver Magnum | Full-length | Power/Speed Metal |
1989 | Outrage | Outrage | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Over the Top | Lighting Of The Pyre | EP | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Overkill | The Years of Decay | Full-length | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal |
1989 | Oxbow | Fuckfest | Full-length | Stoner/Doom Metal, Avant-garde |
1989 | Paranoia | The Many Faces Of | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Pendulum | Skull Fuck | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Perfect Isolation | No Fear | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Phantom Blue | Phantom Blue | Full-length | Melodic Power Metal |
1989 | Phil Accardi's Chalice | Take Control | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Progressive |
1989 | Pierce | Pierce | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Pigmy Love Circus | I'm the King of L.A. ...I Killed Axl Rose Today | EP | Heavy Metal/Punk Rock |
1989 | Powermad | Absolute Power | Full-length | Power/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Prowler | Prowler | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Queensrÿche | Overseeing the Operation | EP | Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal |
1989 | Rage of Angels | Rage of Angels | Full-length | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Rayze | Kickin' Your Hyde | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Redrum | Power Corrupts | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Repulsion | Horrified | Full-length | Grindcore/Death Metal |
1989 | Revenant | Distant Eyes | EP | Death/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Reverend | Reverend | EP | Thrash/Power Metal |
1989 | Riff Raff | Riff Raff | EP | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Righteous Pigs | Live and Learn | Full-length | Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Rigor Mortis | Freaks | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Roc Lochner | Seventh house | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Rychus Syn | Licence to Kill | EP | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1989 | Saber | Motions 'N' Time | Full-length | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Sacred Reich | Alive at the Dynamo | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Sacred Warrior | Master's Command | Full-length | Melodic Progressive Metal |
1989 | Savatage | Gutter Ballet | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock |
1989 | Scarlet Rayne | Theater Humanitarian | Full-length | Progressive Power Metal |
1989 | Scarlet Red | Don't Dance with Danger | Full-length | Traditional Heavy/Glam Metal |
1989 | Sceptre | World Record | Full-length | Melodic Heavy Metal |
1989 | Shadow | Iron Umbrella | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Shok Paris | Concrete Killers | Full-length | Heavy/Power Metal |
1989 | Sinister Force | Sinister Force | EP | Power/Heavy Metal |
1989 | Sins of the Flesh | Know Your Enemy | EP | Thrash Metal/Crust |
1989 | Skid Row | Skid Row | Full-length | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
1989 | Skitzo | Derangeous | EP | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Slipknot | Slipknot | EP | Crossover |
1989 | Snake Nation | Snake Nation | Full-length | Crossover |
1989 | Soundgarden | Louder Than Love | Full-length | Stoner/Heavy Metal/Grunge Rock |
1989 | Spectral Incursion | Spectral Incursion | EP | Progressive Heavy Metal |
1989 | Squadron | Fatal Strike | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Steel Fury | Lesser of Two Evils | Full-length | Speed/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Steel Vengeance | Never Lettin' Go | Full-length | Traditional Metal |
1989 | Street Child | Street Child | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Strikeforce | Strike Force | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Suicidal Tendencies | Controlled By Hatred | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Suicidal Tendencies | Feel Like Shit... Deja Vu | EP | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | Terrorizer | World Downfall | Full-length | Death Metal/Grindcore |
1989 | Testament | Practice What You Preach | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | The Braindead | Lost Somewhere In The Horizon | EP | Thrash / Crossover |
1989 | The Crucified | The Crucified | Full-length | Thrash Metal/Crossover |
1989 | The Lead | Burn This Record | Full-length | Punk Rock (early), Crossover/Thrash Metal (later) |
1989 | The Mentors | Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll | Full-length | Traditional/Thrash Metal/Punk |
1989 | The Regime | Knucklesandwich | Full-length | Power Metal |
1989 | Titan Force | Titan Force | Full-length | Progressive Metal/Power Metal |
1989 | Torn Flesh | Crux of the Mosh | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Torture | Storm Alert | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Toxik | Think This | Full-length | Technical Speed/Thrash Metal |
1989 | TT Quick | Sloppy Seconds | Full-length | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Tynator | Living in Pain | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Tyrranicide | God Save The Scene | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Viking | Man of Straw | Full-length | Thrash Metal |
1989 | Violemosh | Of The Dead | EP | Death/Thrash Metal |
1989 | Vitalecco | Serpentile Delusions | Full-length | Technical Thrash Metal |
1989 | W.A.S.P. | Forever Free | EP | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | W.A.S.P. | The Headless Children | Full-length | Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | W.T.G. | Haunting White Castle | EP | Crossover/Thrash, Heavy Metal, Punk |
1989 | Watchmen | Generation | Full-length | Traditional Metal (early), AOR / Hard Rock (later) |
1989 | Watchtower | Control and Resistance | Full-length | Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal |
1989 | Wehrmacht | Biermacht | Full-length | Crossover/Thrash Metal |
1989 | White Pigs | Songs of Sin | Full-length | Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
1989 | White Zombie | God of Thunder | EP | Industrial, Groove, Post-thrash |
1989 | White Zombie | Make Them Die Slowly | Full-length | Industrial, Groove, Post-thrash |
1989 | Widow Maker | Widow Maker | EP | Heavy Metal |
1989 | Wrathchild America | Climbin' the Walls | Full-length | Thrash, Heavy Metal |
1989 | Xenon | America's New Design | Full-length | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock |
1989 | Young Thunder | Young Thunder | EP | Heavy/Speed Metal |
1989 | Zion | Thunder from the Mountain | Full-length | Traditional Metal |