SEPULTURA
In the gritty streets of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during the mid-1980s—a time of political transition and economic hardship—a powerful musical movement was brewing. It was here, in 1984, that Sepultura…
MEGADETH Killing is my Business… And Business is Good!
MEGADETH Killing is my Business… And Business is Good! Is the debut album from the American thrashers. After Mustaine was ejected from his previous band Metallica he immediately set about…
JUDAS PRIEST Sin After Sin
Ok, here we go with the next Judas Priest album after Sad Wings of Destiny. Things have now Improved for the band and their previous album sold alright so they’ve…
W.A.S.P. Wasp
This is certainly going to be annoying to type out with all those dots to include 😀 W.A.S.P. Wasp is the debut album from the band released in 1984 and…
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…
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…
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…
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…