Metal Church - Metal Church [1984]

Artist: Metal Church

Album: Metal Church
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal 
Web: https://youtu.be/NTiywaTDKig / https://metalchurchofficial.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Beyond the Black

2. Metal Church

3. Merciless Onslaught

4. Gods of Wrath

5. Hitman

6. In the Blood

7. (My Favorite) Nightmare

8. Battalions

9. Highway Star (Deep Purple cover)

Witness: -[*]-
I still remember the party I was at when I first heard this album. That was a good night for many reasons ;)  The second half of the album tails off a bit, but side one was/is classic and will always be some of my favorite songs from that time period in metal.

Ruthless - Metal Without Mercy (EP) [1984] (Re-issue 2009)

Artist: Ruthless

Album: Metal Without Mercy
Year: 1984
Genre: Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ZfZni7asbI8
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Gates of Hell
2. Metal Without Mercy
3. Bury the Axe
4. The Fever
5. Mass Killer
6. White Death (Bonus Track)
7. The Winds of War (Bonus Track)

Witness: -[*]-
Ruthless is from LA and still active it seems. I heard this album much later than '84 but I appreciate it because it is a prime example of power metal back in that time period.

Spartan Warrior - Spartan Warrior [1984]

Artist: Spartan Warrior

Album: Spartan Warrior
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DH3kgQ1uRYQ
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 128 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Assassin
2. Black Widow
3. I'm on Heat
4. Son of a Bitch
5. Sentenced to Die
6. Hanging On
7. Mercenary
8. French Girls
9. Broken Promises

Witness: -[*]-
Another album from my teenage years that I used to listen to pretty heavily. This is definitely not an album I would expect to find on a death metal blog, but hey it's my blog, so I can do whatever the Hell I want.

Helstar - Burning Star [1984]

Artist: Helstar

Album: Burning Star
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal / Speed Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Pm2XSWCEm5w
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Burning Star
2. Toward the Unknown
3. Witch's Eye
4. Run with the Pack
5. Leather and Lust
6. Possession
7. The Shadows of Iga
8. Dracula's Castle

Witness: -[*]-
This is one of my favorite albums from back in that time period. Helstar were so far ahead of other bands back then, and I was the first one in my circle who knew about them, so I would take this album to every party that I went to back then, and convince the party giver to play it or commandeer the sound system and play it myself. Killer metal and my own rip \m/\m/

Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction [1984]

Artist: Jag Panzer

Album: Ample Destruction
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ruxGZAgM0Rk
Country: United States
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. Licensed to Kill
2. Warfare
3. Symphony of Terror
4. Harder than Steel
5. Generally Hostile
6. The Watching
7. Reign of the Tyrants
8. Cardiac Arrest
9. The Crucifix

Witness: -[*]-
I have to admit that I have not really listened to much of Jag Panzer's later work but I found this back in the day and I knew then that I had discovered something awesome. This album was one of the early prototypes of the style that would become US power metal \m/\m/

Exciter - Violence & Force [1984]

Artist: Exciter
Album: Violence & Force
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal / Speed Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/koAOIjBRgJ4
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Oblivion
2. Violence and Force
3. Scream in the Night
4. Pounding Metal
5. Destructor
6. Swords of Darkness
7. Delivering to the Master
8. Saxons of the Fire
9. War Is Hell

Witness: -[*]-
Another of my early '80s favorites. At the time, I would take over the stereo at every party I went to and play the hell outta this album. Exciter was a 3 piece band and somewhat unique in that the drummer; Dan Beehler, was also the vocalist. This album was all power chords and blasting drums, good shit!

Witch Cross - Fit For Fight [1984]

Artist: Witch Cross
Album: Fit For Fight
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/WitchCross/
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Night Flight to Tokyo
2. Face of a Clown
3. Rocking the Night Away
4. Killer Dogs
5. Fight the Fire
6. Axe Dance
7. Light of a Torch
8. Alien Savage

Witness: -[*]-
When I found this album in my local record store back in '84, I took it home and fell in love with it. I must say that at times the vocals were a bit too melodic, but I still liked this album immensely. I mean, tracks like Face of a Clown, Killer Dogs, the instrumental Axe Dance, and Alien Savage showed so much musical talent & ability back then and now.

Savatage - Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling [1984] (Re-issue 1988)

Artist: Savatage

Album: Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling
Year: 1983, 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: http://www.savatage.com/index3.html
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
Sirens: 
1. Sirens
2. Holocaust
3. I Believe
4. Rage
5. On the Run
6. Twisted Little Sister
7. Living for the Night
8. Scream Murder
9. Out on the Streets

The Dungeons Are Calling:
10. The Dungeons Are Calling
11. By the Grace of the Witch
12. Visions
13. Midas Knight
14. City Beneath the Surface
15. The Whip

Witness: -[*]-
This was one of my favorite bands in the early '80s and there are about 9 very good tracks here from their early career and I liked their next release, Power of the Night a lot as well. Criss Oliva was a very good guitarist but he and his brother didn't always make consistent music or hold the band together and then Criss died too soon (RIP) \m/\m/

Helstar - Burning Star [1984]

Artist: Helstar
Album: Burning Star
Year: 1984
Genre: Power Metal / Speed Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/m8sTHepX38U
Country: United States
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. Burning Star
2. Towards the Unknown
3. Witch's Eye
4. Run with the Pack
5. Leather and Lust
6. Possession
7. Shadows of Iga
8. Dracula's Castle

Witness: -[*]-
Heavy, progressive speed metal from Houston. The beginnings of the Texas scene, all fans of the genre should hear this offering if you haven't.

Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling (EP) [1984]

Artist: Savatage
Album: The Dungeons are Calling
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/v5o5VLJVk4o
Country: United States
Quality: 256 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Dungeons Are Calling
2. By the Grace of the Witch
3. Visions
4. Midas Knight
5. City Beneath the Surface
6. The Whip

Witness: -[*]-
Savatage was one of my favorite bands from the heyday of the '80s, and the first 4 tracks on this EP are a good illustration of the potential that they had. In my opinion, their downfall was that they could never quite put together an entire album of killer tracks, and the fact that their guitarist; Criss Oliva died much too young (RIP) \m/\m/

Witch Cross - Fit For Fight [1984]

Artist: Witch Cross
Album: Fit For Fight
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/LIOojpMPmYA
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Night Flight to Tokyo
2. Face of a Clown
3. Rocking the Night Away
4. Killer Dogs
5. Fight the Fire
6. Axe Dance
7. Light of a Torch
8. Alien Savage

Witness: -[*]-
This bands only studio release, it's very melodic and tame by today's standards, but I used to wear this album out back in the day.