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Best power metal artists of the 1980s

Cheap drum machines and the first affordable samplers changed who was allowed to make a record. Hip-hop moved from a party you had to be at to a 12-inch you could buy, and MTV made how a song looked part of the argument.

Everyone who released a power metal album in the 1980s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Blind Guardian№ 1Blind Guardian2 albums here4.1Weighted score4.2 avg · 21 ratings
  1. 2Metal ChurchMetal Church1 album here4.14.3 avg · 4 ratings
  2. 3HelloweenHelloween11 albums here4.04.0 avg · 53 ratings
  3. 4ManowarManowar6 albums here3.83.8 avg · 83 ratings
  4. 5X JAPANX JAPAN1 album here2 ratings
  5. 6Running WildRunning Wild6 albums here
  6. 7Virgin SteeleVirgin Steele4 albums here
  7. 8DomainDomain2 albums here
  8. 9Espionage1 album here
  9. 10OmenOmen3 albums here

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