1984

List of Albums and Events in 1984

Albums

 * AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
 * Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
 * Armored Saint - March of the Saint
 * Bathory - Bathory
 * Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
 * Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
 * Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
 * The Cult - Dreamtime
 * Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
 * Dio - The Last in Line
 * Europe - Wings of Tomorrow
 * Iron Maiden - Powerslave
 * Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
 * Kiss - Animalize
 * Manowar - Hail to England
 * Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
 * Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
 * Metal Church - Metal Church
 * Metallica - Ride The Lightning
 * Motorhead - No Remorse
 * Overkill - Power in Black
 * Overkill - Overkill (EP)
 * Pantera - Projects in the Jungle
 * Queensryche - The Warning
 * Ratt - Out of the Cellar
 * Rush - Grace Under Pressure
 * Samson - Don't Get Mad, Get Even
 * Saxon - Crusader
 * Scorpions - Love at First Sting
 * Slayer - Haunting the Chapel
 * Sodom - In the Sign of Evil
 * Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
 * Steve Vai - Flex-Able
 * Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
 * Van Halen - 1984 (Album)
 * Voivod - War and Pain
 * W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
 * Whitesnake - Slide it In
 * Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force

Newly Formed Bands

 * Annihilator
 * Blind Guardian
 * Candlemass
 * Celtic Frost
 * Death
 * Iced Earth
 * Sepultura
 * Soundgarden
 * The Cult
 * Warrant
 * Whiplash
 * Yngwie Malmsteen

Events

 * Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is killed in a car accident. The driver of the car is Vince Neil of Motley Crue
 * Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car accident.
 * Deep Purple reunite
 * Anthrax release debut album.
 * Bathory release debut album.
 * Bon Jovi release debut album.
 * Celtic Frost release debut album.
 * Metal Church release debut album.
 * Queensryche release debut album.
 * Ratt release debut album.
 * Spinal Tap release debut album.
 * Steve Vai release debut album.
 * Voivod release debut album.
 * W.A.S.P. release debut album.
 * Yngwie Malmsteen release debut album.
 * Overkill release first EP.
 * Slayer release first EP.
 * Sodom release first EP.
 * Overkill release first demo.