Top Favorite NWOBHM Albums ... rank them

[introclaus]

Any fans of New Wave of British Heavy Metal?

1) List only your top 15 albums ... no "bubblers" or "honorary mentions"
2) List only one (1) album per band.

Go!

1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son ...
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller (I think they are NWOBHM, sue me ...)
3. Satan - Suspended Sentence
4. Venom - Welcome to Hell
5. Saxon - Denim & Leather
6. Cloven Hoof - A Sultans Ransom
7. Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
8. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
9. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
10. Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
11. Def Leppard - Pyromania
12. Blitzkrieg - Absolute Power
13. Hell - Human Remains
14. Praying Mantis - The Journey Goes On
15. Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade

[GaetanL]

I don't know the style very well but I'll try something... I may improve my skills in the future...

1. Judas Priest - Stained Class (If this is NWOBHM) maybe this is the old wave
2. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (May also fit in classic heavy metal, prog metal)
3. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (On a another favorite list I said Pyromania but I love also High 'N" Dry and it fits more to me in NWOBHM)
4. Holocaust - The Sound Of Souls (May also fit in prog metal)
5. Halford - Crucible (If this is NWOBHM) (Great recent discovery!)
6. Bruce Dickinson - ? (I have only "Tattooed Millionaire" and "Balls To Picasso", maybe the one you menrionned would be my favorite as well. On my list of artists to investigate...)
7. Saxon - Crusader
8. Girlschool - Hit And Run (The longest-running all-female rock band still active!)

[John Frank]

I am not as big of a fan of the NWOBHM as you are. I have added a bunch of albums from this category in the past five years, but the only all-time classics for me come from Priest, Maiden, and Satan. Half of that Cloven Hoof album is great, so that could be fourth on my list.

[introclaus]

I don't know the style very well but I'll try something... I may improve my skills in the future...

1. Judas Priest - Stained Class (If this is NWOBHM) maybe this is the old wave
2. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (May also fit in classic heavy metal, prog metal)
3. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (On a another favorite list I said Pyromania but I love also High 'N" Dry and it fits more to me in NWOBHM)
4. Holocaust - The Sound Of Souls (May also fit in prog metal)
5. Halford - Crucible (If this is NWOBHM) (Great recent discovery!)
6. Bruce Dickinson - ? (I have only "Tattooed Millionaire" and "Balls To Picasso", maybe the one you menrionned would be my favorite as well. On my list of artists to investigate...)
7. Saxon - Crusader
8. Girlschool - Hit And Run (The longest-running all-female rock band still active!)

Great list!
I love that you choose the “underdog” releases from Judas Priest and Saxon … I never understood all the hate towards “Crusader”.

[Guillaume]

Well, I'd need to work on a list. But you should have mentioned, name your fave albums from the bands that emerged during the NWOBHM. Cause for me, a NWOBHM faves list should only have albums from between 1980 and 1985, more or less, the true period of this era.

[introclaus]

Well, I'd need to work on a list. But you should have mentioned, name your fave albums from the bands that emerged during the NWOBHM. Cause for me, a NWOBHM faves list should only have albums from between 1980 and 1985, more or less, the true period of this era.

Purist

[Guillaume]

Well, I'd need to work on a list. But you should have mentioned, name your fave albums from the bands that emerged during the NWOBHM. Cause for me, a NWOBHM faves list should only have albums from between 1980 and 1985, more or less, the true period of this era.

Purist

[venidominefan]

Was not easy picking only one album for each artist.

1. Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
2. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
3. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
4. Saxon - Power & The Glory
5. Raven - All For One
6. Mama's Boys - Mama's Boys
7. Fastway - Fastway
8. Heavy Pettin - Lettin' Loose
9. Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound
10. Shy - Brave the Storm
11. Stampede - Hurricane Town
12. Hologram - Steal the Stars
13. Grand Prix - Samurai
14. Tobruk - Wild on the Run
15. Gillan - Future Shock