Kai vs RYM metal charts: 1980
I'm a frequent visitor of RYM, as I'm sure any music obssessive is. Granted it's not as fun as it used to be (i.e. the metal fans got overrun by the new wave hipsters and Kendrick Lamar fans), but it is a fun mental exercise to get a sample of taste. One feature of the site is the "chart." This function essentially allows you to look at a year and determine users favorite albums of such, even of genre. So I decided to look at the top 10 highest rated albums of the year and give my two cents and whether or not I think they should make a top 10, and whether they would make mine! I'm not gonna do the 70s because while metal was born in the 70s, there wasn't enough of anything to make a top 3 at times, never mind a top 10. So let's start at a nice, easy agreeable point like the year 1980. 1. Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell 30 Years ago people hated this fuckin thing, and anything to do with Black Sabbath that didn't involve one John Michae...