SLAYER Show No Mercy
Slayer Show No Mercy is one of my all-time favourite records. It’s not quite the slayer they grew into by the time Hell Awaits came out, but to me this…
IRON MAIDEN Iron Maiden
Here we go with one of the most important albums in Heavy Metal history. It not only started off the career of Iron Maiden but influenced almost every other Metal…
MORBID ANGEL Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel Altars of Madness (released in 1989) has for a long time been considered the greatest of death metal albums by many respected magazines around the world. I’d have…
NOCTURNUS The Key
Well this is certainly something special. This band has for a long time held a special place in the cavity where my heart should be. Nocturnus The Key was released…
SAXON Wheels of Steel
Saxon wheels of Steel is the bands second album from 1980. In much the same way as Judas Priest its their first album that I’d consider metal. The first album…
DEATH Scream Bloody Gore
Depending on where you stand you have right here the birth of Death Metal as we know it today. Some would say its Possessed with their “Seven Churches” album others…
MOTLEY CRUE Too Fast For Love
Motley Crue too fast for Love is the debut album from Glam Metallers Motley Crue (I really wish I knew how to do those Umlaut things) which came out in…
JUDAS PRIEST Sad Wings of Destiny
This is the second Judas Priest album (recorded in 1976) but the first that I would consider classing as a metal album. I don’t mind the Rocka Rolla album from…
SLAUGHTER LORD A Taste of Blood
Here we go with a little know Australian Band, Slaughter Lord A Taste of Blood is one fierce demo. Sadly for me this was a little before my time so…
ANTHRAX Armed and Dangerous
I have to be honest and say a lot of what Anthrax did over the years really lost me. This is their next EP after their first album and armed…