The Top Ten Heavy Metal films from the '80's.

Heavy metal has always been the musical underdog, constantly struggling for mainstream acceptability and radio play. It's no major surprise when you see a film soundtrack stuffed full of chart music and radio-friendly tunes; it makes sense that the producers want to shift as many copies of these things as they can, and appeal to all bases. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as every film needs to have music that suits it tonally. It's just sometimes, you really wanna rock out with a film, know what I mean? Thank fuck for the 80's then, when not only could we get big rock artists giving tracks to some great soundtracks, but sometimes the entire film became about the spectacle that is heavy metal it self. I've compiled my favourite films that not only have some rockin' soundtracks, but also take on the ethos that make metal such a fun genre to feature on film. No doubt there will be some disagreements over the placing on this list, but hey! It's my list, deal with it!

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