I TRULY BELIEVE THE 80'S WAS THE BEST 10 YEAR SPAN FOR PURE METAL...ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE ARE STILL SOME GREAT ACTS OUT THERE AND MORE TO COME...SOME OF MY 80'S PICKS: (and i'm aware of the fact that some of these groups began in the 70's)

-OF COURSE... JUDAS PRIEST
-BLACK SABBATH
-IRON MAIDEN
-SLAYER
-MOTORHEAD
-METAL CHURCH
-VOI VOD
-RAVEN
-HELLOWEEN
-EXODUS
-IRON ANGEL
-EXCITER
-GRAVE DIGGER
.....................TO NAME A FEW....