A Very Heavy Metal 101 Listener's Guide to the Heavy Metal of the 1980s

Wherein Eric and John create the most complex, elaborate, and delightful list possible of the most essential, awesome metal albums released during the genre's golden decade, the 1980s. Although we here at HM101 are more about the journey than the destination, if you want to skip to the "short list", it can be found starting at approximately 1:14:50. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Music listening break #1- Choose your own adventure! Listen to either Choice A: Iron Maiden- "Aces High" from Powerslave (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60 or Choice B: Warlock- "Without You" from Burning the Witches (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8fZebVCjac Music listening break #2: Slayer - "Angel of Death" from Reign in Blood (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cWi41XGCM Music listening break #3: Manowar- "Battle Hymn" from Battle Hymns (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNqj9g8HJE Visit us at: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠ ⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠ Social media: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. We'll be back again this fall for season #4. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: Epic Heroic Trailer by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / New Hero Infraction - No Copyright Music snowfall - atmospheric/melodic black metal instrumental [free] pekarot E Minor Power Metal Instrumental (No Copyright Music) No Copyright Library For Music Royalty Free Instrumental Death Metal Track AMRPHIS Song: Tigran Papazyan - Unbroken (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3yZzpHU Epic Badass Metal Battle Music | UNBROKEN Song: Tigran Papazyan - Unbroken (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3yZzpHU Song: Tigran Papazyan - Unbroken (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3yZzpHU "Keys of Moon Music - Funny Bubbles - Happy Classical Music" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... / keysofmoonmusic Music promoted by BreakingCopyright 'Omega' by @ScottBuckley 🇦🇺 | Epic Progressive Music (No Copyright) ⛰️ BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Cinematic Adventure Epic Podcast by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Storyteller Infraction - No Copyright Music