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As the back cover sez… Aces High:
The Top 250 Heavy Metal Songs of the
‘80s is the heavier, hairier
follow-up to Riff Raff: The Top 250
Heavy Metal Songs of the ‘70s and
yes, things have intensified. The
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
kicks the decade off and then after
that there’s the thrash of the big
four and beyond duking it out with…
hair metal! But not only that, some
of your favourite ‘70s legends have
something to say, although a studied
comparison with the ‘70s book will
reveal that many have simply
disappeared from metal
consciousness.
The results of our ranking—250
songs, each with analysis and author
quote and presented in reverse
order---are derived from a massive
worldwide poll asking heavy metal
fans to pick their favourites and
send in a list of either ten or 25
ranked or unranked. A bunch of
quantitative analysis was applied
and here we have it, the cream of
the crop perfect for a 20-CD box set
and/or Spotify playlist.
Look also for rare photography of
your favourite bands in action, as
well as dozens of 45 picture sleeves
that take you back to what many call
heavy metal’s first real decade, and
less contentiously, the golden age
of heavy metal. A few geeked-out
appendices complete our expansive
trip, arranged from #250 on the
march toward the #1 heavy metal song
of the ‘80s as picked by you.
Celebrating Priest, Maiden,
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
and even pretty strong showings by
the likes of Manowar, Mercyful Fate,
Ratt and Queensrcyhe… who’s got the
#1 greatest metal anthem of the
‘80s? Who rules the Top 40? The Top
100? Who snuck onto the lower rungs?
In short, which ‘80s anthems have
you the headbanging masses
designated as classics? In that
light, Aces High: The Top 250 Heavy
Metal Songs of the ‘80s is sure to
create as much controversy as Riff
Raff did, but to reiterate, we’re
just presenting the results and then
writing about them and letting the
rock stars explain themselves. The
ranking itself reflects the will of
the people—let the clips fall where
they may!
This is now completely sold out.
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