Ruthless Metal: 1984


						THE YEAR IN REVIEW: 1984

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1984

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FORMED

Candlemass
Blind Guardian
Frehley's Comet
Annihilator
Celtic Frost
Helloween
Sepultura
Nuclear Assault
Mayhem
Fates Warning
Morbid Angel

DISBANDED

Hellhammer (Celtic Frost rose from their ashes)

LINEUP CHANGES

Vocalist Neil Turbin and bassist Dan Lilker were fired from Anthrax soon after the release of
their debut album 'Fistful of Metal was released. Dan Lilker then formed Nuclear Assault
with John Connelly.

Former Saxon drummer Pete Gill joined Motörhead.

Agent Steel vocalist John Cyriis was briefly in Megadeth.

IMPORTANT EVENTS

Deep Purple reforms after an eight year long break.

Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash.

Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is killed in a car accident. The driver of the car is Mötley
Crüe's Vince Neil.

Doom metal legends Saint Vitus and Trouble releases their debut albums.

The metal mockumentary Spinal Tap was released.

Anthrax released their debut album 'Fistful of Metal'.

'Hair metal' was at it's peak with Van Halen's 1984, Ratt's Out of the Cellar, Dokken's Tooth
and Nail, Europe's Wings of Tomorrow, W.A.S.P.'s W.A.S.P. and Whitesnake's Slide It In.

Queensrÿche laid the groundwork for the progressive metal genre with their debut album
The Warning.

Metal magazine Metal Hammer launched in Germany.

IN MEMORIAM

Razzle (Hanoi Rocks)

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