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…
METALLICA Kill Em All
Ok, most (if not all of you guys) will be familiar with this one, it’s Metallica’s first record Kill em All. This album marked the start of what would become…
NASTY SAVAGE
I’m not going to go so far as to say Nasty Savage is a Death Metal band, but when you look at this release from 1985 I can definitely see…
BATHORY
Bathory has long been an enigma of the Heavy Metal world. His “one man” approach to making heavy metal music was unique at the time, recording virtually everything on his…
POSSESSED Seven Churches
Possessed formed in 1982 and this was their first real album release and what a cracker it was too! This one was released late 1985 and is betweeen this and…
SODOM In the Sign of Evil
From the outset of this review, I’ll have to say that Sodom are one of my all time faves. I’ve always admired how they stuck to their thrash metal guns,…
HELLHAMMER APOCALYPTIC RAIDS
This was an interesting one. Hellhammer existed from 1982-1984 and their only official release was this, Apocalyptic Raids (There were some demo’s too which got released later) was released in…
SADISTIC INTENT Resurrection
Well, dammit. This is one of the darkest slabs of death metal I’ve ever heard. Sadistic Intent hail from California USA having formed in 1987 they’ve not had a huge…