MERCYFUL FATE
Formation and Early Years (1981-1982) Mercyful Fate was formed in 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark, by vocalist King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen) and guitarist Hank Shermann (born René Krolmark). The…
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…
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…
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…
MEGADETH
Dave Mustaine’s Departure from Metallica Again I’m sure we all know the back story of Dave Mustaine getting kicked out of Metallica. Megadeth’s story begins with Dave Mustaine, a guitarist…
METALLICA
Well here we go with what could be the biggest metal band ever to tread the stages of the world, Metallica. Formed in 1981 by a young Lars Ulrich (Drums)…
ANVIL
Anvil were on of the more tragic heavy metal stories. This Canadian band formed 1n 1978 (For perspective this was 3 years before Metallica) but had been going in one…
IRON MAIDEN
Oooh yeah, here we go with one of my favourite bands of all time, Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden formed in 1975 by bass player extrodinaire Steve Harris (same year as…
MOTORHEAD
Well, it’s time now to acknowledge one of the most influential of all time, Motorhead and in particular, frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. Lemmy formed Motorhead after being kicked out of…
RAVEN
The next cab off the rank is British heavy metal band Raven. Formed in 1974 in Newcastle a few years after both Sabbath and Priest. Raven hit the ground running…