Another melodic Iron Maiden song is; The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg on their From Fear to Eternity album.
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Nazareth is my all-time favorite band, in my opinion the heaviest and best record of all time is their Hair of the Dog - the original European version that doesn’t include Love Hurts (great song and performance, but it doesn’t belong on this record). I have listened to it since it was released 1975 and I never tire of it! As I write this, I am listening to Opeth's new record (on cassette, actually, as I just got an awesome Nakamichi deck in the rack) ’The Last Will and Testament’ - it’s great and Opeth is a band I highly recommend exploring. I’ve been collecting obscure records for more more than 30 years (which nowadays are easy to find and listen to on the web) and there’s a lot to discover, if you haven’t. For example, Night Sun - Mournin’, Hairy Sea - Can’t Get Through, Mistreater - Hell’s Fire, and Ocean - God’s Clown are examples of fantastic heavy albums! In the mid 70s there were a lot of great American that released great music: for example Moxy, Starz, Angel, and Legs Diamond. Man, there’s so much... |
@simonmoon +1 for Riverside. I play them a lot... You might give RPWL a try if you haven't heard them. I'm old enough that I was around when some of the great albums were released. I spent most of my money on music. Van Halen debut is probably tops. Also Ted Nugent's early albums, first four Aerosmith albums, Judas Priest, UFO, Nazareth. Lots more not listed. |
@go4vinyl - funny you mention those American bands like Angel, Starz, Legs Diamond, etc; I've got a friend in England, and that was totally what he was in to! Also what he termed '-er bands', like 'Player' and any number of others with similar names. I also like Nazareth.... |
I agree that one persons "heavy metal" is another persons "hard rock' take on things. Me, at age 63 and having discovered "hard rock" about 10 years ago I find my self gravitating towards smaller bands eg. Seether. However Tool is always at the top of my playlist as is Godsmack. Tool's production is just wicked. I can't do speed or thrash metal. |
@johnnotkathi A few that I like are Bad Asteroid, Flatlands, Get it like that, Sittin with a duck on a bay. Worth a listen. |
@johnnotkathi Just found "Better than a stick in the eye" on vinyl in Switzerland. Was my first SNFU title I found in CD in '92, back in Swansea, Wales, where I did my master's project. Also found their first "and no one else wanted to play" also on vinyl in Switzerland. |
@johnnotkathi Re pure HC punk: Canal Terror, Upright Citizens, Razzia's Tag Ohne Schatten, One Way System, Lard as some of the lesser known ones, I really like. I still like it (Dividing lines, Ötzi, Arctic Flowers ...), but gravitate these days a bit more towards post-punk, darkwave, cold wave, neofolk, and weird "pop" (e.g., felte label out of Los Angeles; Hackedepicciotto, Mission to the Sun, Svesor Bhrater). Got away from Flipper, Conflict, GBH, and similar stuff. |
Rush - Moving Pictures - first CD print from West Germany, as a DDD CD the production is phenomenal. This was one of the very early Rock CD’s demoed in many audio stores to show off the introduction of the Compact Disc to the rock crowd. Metallica - Black album, a lot went into this album, a noticible bump in quality from anything from the heavy metal bands before it, rumored is $1M was spent on production. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell - beginning to end, synthesizers and guitar work are the standout, very dynamic album. Queensryche - Empire, great production, very clean, I have the early release CD, the later prints seem to have the gain over annenuated. Seether - Disclaimer, I also have Karma and Effect, I find the production to be solid on Disclaimer, my Karma and Effect album I tend to hear distortion in some peak areas. Pat Benetar - Crimes of Passion, I have all of her albums, but I find this early print to be a standout album on production, you notice it right away with the opening track Treat me Right. Def Leppard - Pyromania, I like the 2 albums before this one more, but the production of this album is off the chart for 1983, the first print CD from West Germany does not dissappoint. Linkin Park - Meteora, I noticed a slight jump in production quality from Hybrid Theory, the Minutes to Midnight album the gain is turned up too high. My go to is the Meteora ablum. Many other good Hard Rock and Heavy Metal genre albums out there, I could keep going, these above come to mind to me for sound quality and dynamics. |
@oberoniaomnia Cool, I have SNFU vinyl of.... In the Meantime and in Between Time, Something Green and Leafy this Way Comes, The One Most Likely to Succeed, And No One Else Wanted to Play, ...And Yet Another Pair of Lost Suspenders and If you Swear You’ll catch No Fish. All good stuff. Love that band. Aside from that, I was in the SF/Bay Area scene heavily from 77-85 and most of my music is from that timeframe, although I do try to stay connected to more current punk/hc. That said, thanks for the suggestions above!!
ps. As for Lard, my band played several gigs with the DK’s....was a blast! |
@johnnotkathi Have those as well plus "Fyulaba" and "If you swear, you'll catch no fish" all on vinyl. My HC stuff is European biased, as I grew up on Switzerland. US band "Artless" was a fun show I caught in a club in Basel. Exploited turned out to be a bunch of a-holes. Toten Hosen (with the true Heino!) at Rote Fabrik was equally fun; live much more of a steamroller than on recordings. Having been in SF, did you get into Flipper from SD? There is a great record by Shatter from Basel, a tribute band to Flipper/Will Shatter. Recently re-listened to it, and the tribute for once is better than the original! I am sure you are aware of Rudimentary Peni, a bit out there, towards Die Kreuzen. |
@oberoniaomnia saw Flipper many times "back in the day." They were regulars at a lot of the Mabuhay Gardens shows. Was never a big fan but respected their originality, etc. Remember seeing them and Bruce Loose got hit in the face with a full can of beer, and did not even flinch. Did not even blink. Not cool someone threw it but pretty impressed how Bruce handled it. Cool logo as well Yes, know both RP and DK, have some of their stuff on vinyl as well. Like them both! |
If you’re looking for melodic riffs, etc, here’s some stuff
James Murphy (from "Testament") - Touching the Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTh2Sw8Dms
Whitesnake - Sailing Ships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4VxVFAmvQ
Whitesnake - Is this love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrIYPZjhMfk Many a times, i’ve wished i had Coverdale’s voice.
Or , if looking at Maiden specifically...a few of these come to mind Iron Maiden - Strange World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkD-jzgMXE
Iron Maiden - Revelations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRqPFEb3CLs
Iron Maiden - Afraid to shoot strangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeFLAALpThU
Iron Maiden - Wasting Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO0D1makMq0
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@johnnotkathi - Hi - I've lived in San Francisco since 1973 and was a regular denizen of the Mab (I started going in late '76 when Jerry Paulsen was still the promoter of punk gigs there a couple nights a week), and have known Jello since he first moved to SF. I also used to shoot concert photos at venues from the Mab to Oakland Stadium. Which band were you in? I may have seen you.... |
@larsman Hey! I lived as a kid in Sunnyvale and went to college at Sonoma State. Got into the scene in high school, about '77. Out of 2,000 kids, there were 3 of us into punk. LOL. My band is Tower of Swine. Played a ton up in Sonoma County (with the likes of Victims Family, etc) and gigs in SF and the south bay. |
Satriani, IMO, is perhaps the best guitarist & composer... of the ones who're still alive today. I went to a deep purple concert back in the early 2000s and he opened for them. It was complete WTH moment watching him live, what he can do with a guitar.
Here are some heavier tracks... Joe Satriani - The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAD7JJGIJEw
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfMK3F08-ho
Here are some more melodious ones, some have electronic elements mixed in, etc
Joe Satriani - Lights of heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAWP-OTelyU
Joe Satriani - Turkey man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9fTGOYw30
Joe Satriani - Engines of creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UrLSxcVOTY
Joe Satriani - Why |
Way too many to mention. I've been a metal-head since I bought my first album (Black Sabbath - Paranoid) in the early 70's and have progressed along with the genre. I'll mention a few of the somewhat relatively obscure post-2000 releases and maybe come back for pre-2000 later. There are tons of great individual songs outside of these albums. If anyone cares maybe I'll mention a few later. Post-2000 (Doom) Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale. (my favorite post-2000 album) Draconian - Sovran (Thrash) Warfect - Exoneration Denied (Death) Aeon - Aeons Black (easily my favorite death metal album) (Metalcore) Cataract - With Triumph Comes Loss |
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