There is always debate on what decade was the best for what genre of music, but the one I feel most strongly about is that the 1980's was without a dbout the best decade for heavy metal. It gave birth to badass bands like: Autopsy, Bathory, Blind Guardian, Cacophony, Cannibal Corpse, Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, Coroner, Dark Angel, Death, Destruction, Dio, Exodus, Guns N Roses, Helloween, Immortal, King Diamond, Kreator, Mayhem, Megadeth, Mercyful Fate, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Rigor Mortis, Sacred Oath, Sanctuary, Savatage, Sepultura, Slayer, Sodom, Testament, and Vader. Plus, it still had great bands like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Motörhead that started before the 1980's but were still producing great metal at the time.

As much as I've loved every era of metal, I gotta say that the 1980's was by fat the best decade to be a metalhead, even if a couple of my favorite bands like Nevermore, Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad, Opeth, Amon Amarth, and Nile weren't around yet.

On a side not, my one year anniversery with my girlfriend will be coming up on June 6th. Also, I'm officially going to Testament on June 12th now thanks to Nimatoad2000, and as I'm sure most of you already know I'll be attending Mayhem Fest on July 11th. Should be two great shows. You guys should also be sure to check out my Spore review and let me know what you think. Hopefully everything is going well for all of you, peace out!