Omen - Battle Cry (1984)
For reasons that escape a True Metalhead, power metal has become a dirty word throughout poseurdom. **** that ****. But even the lamest of losers can't deny the awesomeness of Omen. ****ing OMEN!!! Like a lowbrow Iron Maiden for people with more beer than brain cells, Omen were early 80s power/heavy/speed/proto-thrash metal in a time when the distinctions between genres was a headache for future generations. Call this what you want, Omen is simply all that was metal in 1984 and any other year worthy of mention.