ACCEPT
Formation in Solingen Few heavy metal bands can claim the influence and staying power of Accept. The group took shape in Solingen, West Germany in the late 1960s, when guitarist…
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…
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…
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…
IRON MAIDEN Killers
OK, here we go with the second IRON MAIDEN album, Killers. Released in early 1981, the album opens up in fine form with the extremely catchy “Wrathchild” and from the…
GOODBYE BLACK SABBATH
Well, It had to happen at some point I guess. It’s time to say goodbye to Black Sabbath, I really hope the have a long and great retirement. Thank you…
BLACK SABBATH Master of Reality
As I write this BLACK SABBATH have (well I hope they did) finished their last ever live set in England. While I couldn’t be there for it, I thought I’d…
SLAYER Hell Awaits
Here we go with the second album from one of my all time favorate bands. SLAYER Hell Awaits, released in 1985 follows on from their first effort Show No Mercy,…