80s Metal Bands A to Z : Full Version - Heavy Metal Bands from the 1980s

[Maidensfan1]

Where's Destruction???

[Sephiroth0031]

I was born 1989. and love 80s Metal. When we can travel back in time i wanna be forever in the 80s. ;)

[CCRFACEBOOK]

STRYPER IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[8257fen]

you forgot sammy hagar!

[GALATEACANS]

muy buen video

[epistte]

This list must have been complied by someone who found their parents CD collection because many of those songs suck.

[TheWadafac]

(3)... Bang your head, Roudn & round, - , Hall of the mountain king, Power and the glory, Big city nights, Youth gone wild, Up all night, South of heaven, Free, Hang tough, - , Phantom rider, I wanna rock, not enough, love kills, love is a killer, all we are, Down boys, wild child, wait, slide it in, Seventeen, Inside out, - , - // I don't know all of the songs, that's why I wrote a "-", :D

[Rocke1985Rs]

@TheWadafac Great

[TheWadafac]

(2)... Don't Treat Me Bad, - , - , Call to the heart, Rock me, See you in hell, Welcome to the jungle, Don't you ever leave me, Rock you, Halloween, Run to the hills, Breakin' the law, - , Doesn't matter, Do you like it, lick it up, don't close your eyes, eat the rich, The ballad of Jayne, back to the cave, me against the world, let it go, - , No more Mr nice guy, One, watch the childrens pray, wild side, ace of spades, anytime, - , bark at the moon, talk dirty to me, - , ...

[TheWadafac]

(1) Indians, Black in black, Balls to the wall, Into the night, Ragdoll, God Blessed, Bed of nails, Hammer Swings Down, Winter's call, Someone like you, Hold on to 18, Heaven & hell, Jelly roll, - , You give love a bad name, Girl School, Smooth Up In Ya, Shake Me, Bang Bang, Teas'n Pleas'n, Mother, Foolin, Rainbow in the dark, Into the fire, New thing, The final countdown, toxic walts, bathroom wall, - ...

[Rocke1985Rs]

@TheWadafac Good Song´s MaNN

[wolfeman351]

Rock on !! I bet we are mostly in our 40's if we remember these bands. They will live forever. Or at least their hair will!!

[METALL1CA69]

9:20 \,,/

[justdino1969]

Glad Y&T made it in, always been a unrated band

[xbox802]

is this metal what about bathory and venom.

[mrmarilynmansooon]

warlock song? any1 ..

[Toto99fan]

@mrmarilynmansooon its called 'all we are'

[mrmarilynmansooon]

@Toto99fan THANKS!!!:D

[Toto99fan]

@mrmarilynmansooon No problem:)

[CrazySquirel23]

They are all shit except for Metallica!

[mrbuddha2026]

@CrazySquirel23 Nah.

[Rocke1985Rs]

My favorite bands for heavh metal 80´s "My Opnion"

1º Judas Priest,2ºAccept,3ºQuiet Riot,4ºScorpions,5ºDokken,6º Def Leppard,7ºSavatage,8ºBon Jovi,9ºKrokus,10ºDio

List the Glam Metal Band´s 80´s

1ºMotley Crue,2ºRaTT,3ºW.A.S.P,4ºFaster Pussycat,5ºTwister Sisters,6ºPoison,7º Britny Fox,8ºFuck System Of a Down,9ºFuck Avenged Sevenfold,10º Fuck Dragon Force

[captaindavejudasfan]

my top 5 heavy metal and hard rock bands are 1 judas priest 2 bon jovi 3 def leppard 4 motley crue 5 deep purple. great music great memories the music now is purely shit kids dont know music. ps one band they did not put in the list even if they are a one trick pony kick axe with on the road to rock.

[ThisIsWar734]

Danzig FTW

[PaulYorkandBabyVegan]

This compliation is mostly hair bands / pop music -- not real heavy metal (except for Anthrax, Exodus, Grim Reaper, Helix, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Lita Ford, Megadeth, Metallica, Metal Church, Motohead, Overkill, Ozzy, Quiet Riot, WASP, Savantage, Saxon, Scorpions, Slayer, Testament) - but it's entertaining because it's so silly -- very Spinal Tap. How can anyone seriously call Ratt or Poison or Warrant "heavy meta"l? Also, Testament, Slayer, and Exodus are actually thrash.

[wormsinfestedfetus]

@PaulYorkandBabyVegan Ratt fucking rules, a million times better then Metallica, even THESE DAYS!

[zak1996100]

@wormsinfestedfetus thats not what the world says

[MsGoliath69]

oh yeah, forgot one more;

- Autograph

[MsGoliath69]

Overall great job! Reminded me of some bands long forgotten... some will remain that way.

I thought of a few that were missed;

- Armored Saint

- King Kobra

- Lee Aaron (can't you remember her smash hit "Metal Queen"?)

- Rough Cutt

[oathzine]

You missed on the list one of the best Heavy Metal band's in the whole f... world - RUNNING WILD !!!

And so... where are the... Sodom, Tankard, Kreator, Possessed, Venom, Celtic Frost, Coroner, Sabbat, Gamma Ray, Rage, Voivod, Dark Angel, Death Angel...

[Cabanas380]

Quiet Riot, One of my Favorite!

[Nexus974]

That's a lot of hair!

[parka715]

the only true metal inthe whole video is 2:04

[Rocke1985Rs]

QuieT Riot++ Perfect And "Judas Priest"

[Rocke1985Rs]

AccepT,Faster Pussycat,Def Leppard,Motley Crue,Scopions,RaTT,W.A.S.P

All MonterS

[lord447ful]

Europe



[lord447ful]

where is STEALHEART

[Cabanas380]

@lord447ful Stealheart is one of thr best i think!

[lord447ful]

outfield

[lord447ful]

you forgot "SLADE"

[MyPoKeMoNmAsTeR1996]

ac dc not metal

[TMscorpion1000]

Crimson Glory were good.. :c

[classic80camaro]

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH good stuff

[60camarochick]

@classic80camaro I totally agree!

[classic80camaro]

@60camarochick I like your youtube name :D

[bilsh]

God damn it....they don't make em like this anymore

[ProWayne]

14:45, what is band?

[Teenbeater]

@ProWayne Y&T

[rabidfreak12]

@ProWayne mighty yesterday and today! Y&T!

[celicniopanak]

Danzig !

[ps3seank98]

aerosmith is rock not metal

[Steve4206]

you Also forgot 80,s metal band Haven remnember them ?:)

[MetalABCPaulista]

Great video! It's on my list.

[MetalABCPaulista]

Metal is the law ! 80 classic

[METALKILLSemosNpunks]

Ac/dc and guns and roses are not metal and this video mainly shows glam metal bands. I hate glam cause all they cared about was money,sex, and drugs and not about the music. I prefer mostly thrash and old school death metal.

[clem070605]

Whilst I have to admit this is a very good and comprehensive list I'm a bit annoyed that Cacophony, Impellitteri, Racer X, MSG, Nitro, Phantom Blue and, most importantly, Yngwie J Malmsteen weren't included in the list. Admittedly those first three bands didn't have any music videos but the others did. I certainly think MSG and Yngwie were important enough to merit inclusion.

[ladycplum]

HEADBANGER'S BALL FLASHBACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Danger Danger was my favorite band of that era.

[CROSSBONESXIII]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!



[TheMarcosxdd]

MetallicA \m/

[MJFAN216]

goooooood!! finally someone put Hanoi Rocks in the list the best goddamn band in the world

[vada2000]

just remember young ones these guys paved the way for the rock bands of today

[mcardella12345]

wow that covered everything. Only forgot David lee roth and extreme

[Bass5er]

My boss listen to this crap all day long. It drives me nuts.

Iron maiden is the only good one.

[gusemblindo]

Stryper rocks!!!!

[momn5]

Ima grow my hair out like that!! lol seriously...

[alejandra85392]

yeaahahhhhhh 80´s

[DeppCobain]

Hi, am i the only girl here??

i'm 17 years and i love 80's metal music!!

\m/

Rock On!!!

[Toto99fan]

@DeppCobain There is another girl here!! haha.

[TheWadafac]

@DeppCobain You're not the only one ;) I'm 17 too & I f*ckin' love this music!

Long live rock & metal! lml

[357daedalus]

@DeppCobain wes. unfortunityly you are probably the only girl girl here. always does my heart goog to see young 'ens get into this music. i grew up in the 80s and can tell you it was a BLAST!! these bring back memories.

[357daedalus]

@DeppCobain of corse back then we had a real president that wasn't a moron

[peparoni1]

The song of Manowar is Blow Yoyr Sreakers

[wanawjecy]

what's the manowar  song??? I really need to know it, please!!!

[kh888ni]

The greatest facking band of all of this

9:20

[KurdtKobain09]

@kh888ni They have literally the world's most hated drummer...I just...Metallica aren't bad, but they are undescribably overrated.

[mywilly558]

Half of the bands aren't even metal.also they also sound exactly the same

[CLIFFBURTONNEVERDIES]

I think many people waited for this 09:11 and FOR THIS 9:23 \m/

[KikiRock1112]

which is the Megadeth's song?

[erxzHDZ]

@KikiRock1112 No more Mr. Nice Guy

[metal4332]

wath ..bon jovis is heavy metal ??

[boywomack]

Not a bad list but not all of the bands where metal example: Ac/dc and we all know metallica is at the top of the list haha megadeth second sorry megadeth fans haha

[Quaaludedude714]

I,m Impressed - thanks for this :) QC

[Christistruth1]

EZO? Crimson Glory?

[Mctallicaful471]

U forgot Destruction, Nuclear Assualt, Vio-lence and a whole bunch of others i can't remember right now dammit!

[TheMetalheart1992]

@Mctallicaful471 Yes Sepultura, Sodom, Riot, old school death metal is from 80's too. But does it matter? Despite of everything the video and the bands are great. 80's realy kicked and kick ass))

[portlandskiy]

MetallicA :) \m/



[alphatoddio]

Spudnutscoffee ur an idiot for sure go back to listening to your blink 182and limp biscuit.

[alphatoddio]

This list is awesome...i had most of this music on cassette back in the day...lol

[alphatoddio]

10 dislikes... They must like justin beiber...lol

[IamRockDemon]

Nice list. Good job.

[Lederfresser]

Most of them are in my really big metal collection! I love and miss the good old 80's !

The soundtrack from FASTWAY - Trick or Treat is my fav album.

Thanks for posting!

[mrmarilynmansooon]

Bulletboys song?

[mrmarilynmansooon]

Bullet Boys song??

[gurras100]

King Kobra??!!

[EVILEOFICIAL]

what song is of exodus n saxon please?

[TheMetalheart1992]

Impressiv, why was i born so late....

[jamsmanblue]

Joan Jett??

[madmaxxmayhem]

@jamsmanblue  joan jett isnt metal..lmao

[madmaxxmayhem]

Respond to this video... im not gonna knock this list cuz some bands are missing,,like heavy pettin,,icon...odin ,steeler,rough cutt,teeze,,,ect,but you cant list every single metal band,,its just nice to see someone who cares enough to make a list at all..good job dude!

[spudnutsncoffee]

What's sad about this video is that it proves that 99% of the metal bands in the 80's were crap and have long sense been forgotten.

[ThatDankGuy]

Impellitteri?



[whitemetalguitar]

Hey you guys. Don't you think most of this bands are Hard Rock? i count a lot of them!

[XeroAsuka]

Heavy Metal is definitely different now than it was in the 80's 0_o

[Patryksssss]

@XeroAsuka It's still awesome :F

[Tellyrabbit01]

who ever put this together knows ther music like todays music pretty much is just as good rock will never die...........

[lautimetal]

excellent video¡¡¡¡ long live rock´n rolllllllllllllll

[jinbojin95]

Yees !

[Weissmenchland]

Bang Tango is great!!

[DerOferdinger]

aerosmith = heavy metal ?????

[danyaurinegra]

guns n roses is hard rock

[DoctorStrangeFate]

Awesome video. Most of them look like Lions.

[TheDTG2011]

Very good summary. From Spain :)

[LychaonNightspell]

\m/ MOTORHEAD \m/

[powerofthepunch3]

forgot pantera, they started in 87 i believe and they released cowboys from hell in 1989

[jarksonarkus]

what is that song by hanoi rocks?

[ERGUID]

@TheKissarmysoldier you suck 

[TheKissarmysoldier]

@ERGUID vinnie vincent screwed kiss

[TheKissarmysoldier]

vinnie vincent sucks

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

GREAT stuff "HEAR"!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!

[mrmarilynmansooon]

@Hwgts12345

The Alice Cooper song is:

Bed Of Nails:)

[Aaron2560694]

I love how iron Maiden and Judas priest are back to back lol

[5150MT]

Loved the way you had Stryper's name in black and yellow and the rest in white (God I hated that band!!!)

Cool list though , takes me back to my headbanging days (Cafe Club in Dundee) - long lost in the distant past.

[whiteravenmetal]

Exodus between Europe and Faster Pussycat, Slayer between Slaughter and Stryper, LOL, love this list!!

(you gorget Yngwie ntw, but still a cool list)

[christianmendieta1]

ANTHRAX!!!!

[christianmendieta1]

Name of exodus song????

[TOWER7272]

@christianmendieta1 The name of the Exodus song is TOXIC WALTZ

[Orthropox14]

the old metal kicks ass. i fucking love twisted sister, bon jovi, and all that stuff. its awesome as HELL!!

[ajaenchen1]

that was very good

[nightspirit2834]

topppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pp

[wanawjecy]

@Hwgts12345 bed of nails

[macunaima]

I was a fan back in the 80's, but in retrospect they all sound remarkably similar. WIth a few exceptions.

[codmaster456]

probably the most educating video ever...:P ;)))

[santinaranjo]

really good selection...

[DioRonnieRJ]

Alcatrazz - Great!!!

[TheTrooperMB]

LeatherWolf - The Calling .. forgotten :(

[0u8shirt8]

Sorry but hardly any of this shit is metal.

[Kaasboterhammetje88]

@0u8shirt8 this was metal in the 80's but the metal genre got 'rougher' and 'harder'.

[codmaster456]

@0u8shirt8 too good for you?

[Admrs3]

Well,shit,I thought I was a hairband fan,but I think I only know about 2/3 of the bands mentioned........hmmmm...inter­esting. Great vid though. Thanks

[Nehrnutta]

forgot Pantera

[DOOM5353]

that was not black sabbath when Ronnie j DIO was singing it was called "heaven and hell" when ozzy had the band it was called "black sabbath"

[IAMTHESEVENTHSON]

@DOOM5353 Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules are both Black Sabbath albums with Dio onboard, you spastic. They reunited to form a band called Heavan And Hell later after Dio had left and they'd done an album with Ian Gillan and released a whole lotta nothing with that unheard of singer.

[Patryksssss]

What about Riot?

Great but underrated band :/

[1norville]

@Patryksssss Riot were just another wanna be band. That is why they, like many, did not last long. The authentic bands still play today. 

[Patryksssss]

@1norville They still make music...

Go read on wiki if you dont believe:

"On August 12, 2011 it was reported that final mixing is underway for the band's new album, titled "Immortal Soul", which was released first in Japan on October 18 by Marquee Inc., Japan's Avalon label with 13 tracks. It will be release in Germany on October 28th and in Europe on October 31st and in November in North America"

"Riot will open for HammerFall on their forthcoming "European Outbreak 2011" tour" - from Wiki

[russianimp1]

@1norville Yeah, those pesky wanna be's who started in the 70s and relesed their 1st album in 1977 long before half of the bands on this list were even a glimmer a light! This page shouldn't be about the band Riot, but people like you should read a book on music before making stupid comments like that!

[rkhale02]

incorrect black sabbath song to use i think

[Kraxlhuabarin]

Was ist mit Axe, China, DAD, King Kobra, Pretty Maids, Q5, Steelheart, Teaze, Trance, Vice und Victory ????

[iluvtacos82]

Back when def leopard had a 2 armed drummer.

[GenisSage4]

Bands forgotten: Anvil, Autograph, Blue Cheer, Blue Öyster Cult, Budgie, Cirith Ungol, Deep Purple, Grand Funk Railroad, Jethro Tull, Josefus, Lucifer's Friend, Mountain, Nazareth, Pantera, Pentagram, Queen, Rainbow, Running Wild, Rush, Shakin' Street, Steppenwolf, Thin Lizzy, Trust, UFO, Uriah Heep, Vanilla Fudge

[xavierzac1]

man i miss the 80s

[Eyrothath]

Glam metal fucking sucks, best bands of the 80's were Manowar, Motorhead, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Vicious Rumors, Dio, Virgin Steele, Grave Digger, Whiplash, Racer X, Running Wild, Blind Guardian and Savatage(best band from the 80's).. Glam Metal was over the top and over-rated, then again, most mainstream stuff is, glam metal = combination of glam rock + heavy metal, the real bands were the thrash/power metal bands who focused more on their music rather than their image..

[christifreak12]

Winger! The best band IN the world. FUCK YEAH!!! ;D:D

[fortheloveoftunes]

0:34 Yes!

[powershift88]

9:20 is the Best of the World

[christifreak12]

@powershift88 Fuck off and hear some proper music

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

If any one doesn't own Bulletboys debut...GET IT!!!

[scottbubrowski]

As someone who grew up in the 80's I have to say that you forgot Extreme, King's X, Living Colour, Saigon Kick, Steelheart, and Sammy Hagar. Does not seem like a 80's Heavy Metal compilation seems like a 80's hair band compilation.

[skull17FA]

Fuck yeah!! Alcatrazz

[THRASHsandwich]

Not close..... This is depressing

[TheGreatDuck]

Hurricane House Of Lords Barren Cross David Lee Roth Mr. Big Angels Rage Pretty Maids D-A-D King Diamond Icon Shark Island Heir Apparent Nitro TNT Kick Axe Extreme Some bands that had music videos, but you didn't put them here. Will you do AOR, btw? A lot of hair metal bands (like Europe, Bon Jovi, Bad English, Danger Danger) were in fact AOR bands.

[RVengeance13]

Jealous of the 80s (: AC/DC, Metallica, Slayer, Bon Jovi, LA Guns, Guns N' Roses+ \m/