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…
TESTAMENT The Legacy
Here we go with the second wave of thrash metal and genre leaders TESTAMENT with their album The Legacy. Released in 1987 by Nuclear Blast records, Testament quickly grew their…
ROTTING CHRIST
Formation and early line-up Formed in Athens in the late 1980s, Rotting Christ became one of the most prominent faces of Greek extreme metal. The band grew out of a…
IMPALED NAZARENE Tol Compt Norz Norz Norz
Here’s another classic of the Black Metal genre, Impaled Nazarene Tol Compt Norz Norz Norz (which translated means “All numbered 666”) was released by the Finnish group in 1993. By…
Motörhead Overkill
OK, here we go with Motörhead Overkill, the second album from this legendary and pioneering group. Released in early 1979. This for me is basically the quintessential Motörhead sound. The…
OZZY OSBOURNE
Obviusly we all know about the recent passing of OZZY OSBOURNE. It took me a few days to want to do this post but as a metal site we obviously…
PILEDRIVER Metal Inquisition
This is not the greatest of metal albums by any stretch but it always makes me smile when I put it on. Piledriver Metal Inquisition was released in 1984 and…