Top Ten Lists - 1980

BNR

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1. Motorhead Ace Of Spades
2. Samson Head On
3. Tygers Of Pan Tang Wild Cat
4. Quartz Stand Up And Fight
5. Angel Witch Angel Witch
6. Judas Priest British Steel
7. Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
8. Def Leppard On Through The Night
9. Saxon Strong Arm Of The Law
10. Saxon Wheels Of Steel

1. Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
2. Judas Priest British Steel
3. AC/DC Back In Black
4. Motorhead Ace Of Spades
5. Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell
6. Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz
7. Saxon Wheels Of Steel
8. Saxon Strong Arm Of The Law
9. Def Leppard On Through The Night
10. Scorpions Animal Magnetism

The debuts by Def Leppard and Iron Maiden sparked my interest in underground metal, and my life has never been the same since. A clean sweep for England here -- the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) is born.