1984 metal albums
Las Vegas had 5 ‘METAL ONLY” stores where the record shops were METALLLIC ELITIST, and practiced METAL ELITISM, the rest of the stores were mainstream record shops. And WASP “WASP” was dropped right in the middle of this golden age….!!!! It was very easy for me to tell which band were the heavy metal bands of this era and which bands were the commercial metal bands. Which is the mid-point of the GOLDEN AGE OF GOTHIC METAL, January 1st, 1993 to July 27th, 2004….THE GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL was from August 1st, 1981 to October 31st, 1986. I attended a concert every day from 1983 to 1991, all the way to 1999. Subjectively Metallica is a pretty killer live band from 1982 to 1986, but objectively WASP is one of the greatest live bands of all-time !!! Without the albums Mötley Crüe “To Fast for Love” December 15th, 1981 Leathur Records, WASP “WASP”, HALLOWEEN “DON’T METAL WITH EVIL” this webzine does not exist, these bands were my 1st taste of the actual outre’ and there is a DARKNESS to the psycho-drama of a Mötley Crüe/ WASP/ HALLOWEEN CONCERT, that makes thrash metal seem blasé/passe, and part of the reason the THRASH METAL genre died out by 1991, with the other factor of most of the speed/power/metal bands suffered the slow down syndrome, with some of those bands selling out, or worse going off the rails….but seeing those bands live a few dozen probably a hundred times during the GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL, really left a inedible mark on my psyche. I got to see Armored Saint/ WASP/ Metallica live a few times during the GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL….and out of the 3 I enjoyed WASP the most, since they were the most KICK ASS out of the 3. I have seen the band LA Guns a million billion times live since 1987/1988. I have seen the and Halloween the most, more than Metallica, Exodus, Slayer combined. Out of all the bands I have seen live since 1982. W.A.S.P (Los Angeles, California) W.A.S.P CAPITOL RECORDS AUGUST 17th, 191-2 TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1984 TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM KICK ASS METAL RATING 100 OUT OF 100 BLOOD DRIPPING FUCKING DRIPPING SKULLS FUCKING ESSENTIALĪugust 17th, 1984 first day buyer of this TIMELESS MASTERPIECE.