The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued

I listen to more Heavy Metal music these days than when I was younger, when the music was newly released. For example, Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell is in heavy rotation, especially with my RAAL CA-1a phone and the VM-1a tube headphone amp. My uber rock and roll setup. I never paid too much attention to it back in the day though it got a lot of radio play.

@yyzsantabarbara  I remember driving around in a 86 Pontiac Sunbird (barely legal to drive once upon a time) with "Die Young" from that album turned all the way up as much as the crappy stereo in that car would let me. Imo, Dio's vocals just gelled better with Iommi and Ozzy was better off with his solo works.

I listen to many genres, but, my playtime with this genre has gotten more as the rigs/rooms got better.

So many tracks from the 1st 5 Black Sabbath albums.  I’ll pick a few.

War Pigs - from their 2nd album Paranoid.

Fairies Wear Boots - from their 1st album Black Sabbath.

Children of the Grave - from Master of Reality.

Snowblind - from Volume 4.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - from their 5th album with the same name. 

Iron Maiden - "The Evil That Men Do" From Maiden England 88 Live. The greatest live metal song of all time. If listening to this doesn't get your juices racing then you need a pulse check!

Rites of Spring (self titled) is a gem. Also SNFU as a band. Maybe at the Heavy Metal - HC Punk intersection. If I am going heavy, it is more towards HC punk.

Not my cup of tea at this point in my life. I used to like it in my youth but now would make my tinnitus ring 5 x louder and make me feel more edgy.