BURZUM Aske
I have mixed feelings about this one. As someone who has take pro active anti racism stances in my time I don’t tend to give this guy that much time.…
ENTOMBED Left Hand Path
Well, here’s an album that changed the path of at least Swedish Death Metal with Entombed Left Hand Path we had in one single release a sound that defined the…
SAXON Strong Arm of the Law
SAXON Strong arm of the Law is the third album from this English group. Also released in 1980 (Later in the year after “Wheels of Steel”) and this is a…
RONNIE JAMES DIO
Introduction Few figures in heavy metal loom as large as Ronnie James Dio. A man barely five and a half feet tall in stature, but a giant in vocal power…
MORTAL SIN Mayhemic Destruction
Up until this point, Australia was really only known for AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Two Great bands, but it was time to get some metal on the radar for my…
CARNIVORE Retaliation
Carnivore Retaliation is the bands second album from 1987. The band is now most famous for featuring front man Pete Steele who went on to form Type O Negative. This…
JUDAS PRIEST Stained Class
Stained Class from 1978 is the 4th Release from These British Heavy Metal Pioneers JUDAS PRIEST and this is where things are really starting to heat things up in the…
CANNIBAL CORPSE
Origins of Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1988. The original lineup featured Chris Barnes (vocals), Bob Rusay and Jack Owen (guitars), Alex Webster (bass), and…
MAYHEM De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Ok things had progressed, fallen apart, been rebuilt and sensationalised a lot by the time MAYHEM was able to put out their second album. The album had been written in…
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Suicidal Tendencies
This is an interesting one to review because it fits in both metal and punk territories. Suicidal Tendencies first album comes straight out of 1983 not far behind Metallica’s “Kill…