The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued

@stuartk - not so much albums as individual songs; wish I could find that list I made up a few years ago of 'prettier Iron Maiden songs' as I had 6 or 7, but two I could suggest right offhand would be 'Still Life' off of the 'Piece of Mind' album, and 'Infinite Dreams' from 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'.... 

@jastralfu  +1 on Fair Warning, my favorite VH album also. 

  It always reminded me of Fleetwood Mac Rumors, there was so much turmoil in the band at the time and it came thru on the writing/recording.

Another melodic Iron Maiden song is; The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg on their From Fear to Eternity album.

Masterpiece

Pantera - Cemetery Gates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZf8ZYHV7o

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...