The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued


Not a very popular genre on this forum, it appears, but, HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL FANS, feel free to share some worthwhile tracks.

 

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@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.

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.