Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It is 2025, which means that the metal albums released in 1985 will turn 40 this year. There are way too much to show, so this is just a little selection of records. From thrash metal classics to forgotten underground albums, the arguably first death metal album and legendary albums from the French metal scene. Nothing but heavy metal records from 1985.