― the next grozart, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jeff Treppel, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jeff Treppel, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Jeff Treppel, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link
What's the best metal year of this decade?
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 April 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh God, my posts from two years ago...
― Kickstart My Heartwork (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 April 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
every year?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 5 April 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Some love, please, for 1980 - with some landmarks, the best post-Purple albums from Coverdale and Gillan, the best Ozzy solo and best post-Ozzy sabs, plus NWOBHM in its youth. Slightly letdown by misses from some big hitters.
Motörhead - Ace of SpadesDiamond Head - Lightning to the NationsAC/DC - Back in BlackRush - Permanent WavesBlack Sabbath - Heaven and HellIron Maiden - Iron MaidenOzzy Osborne - Blizzard of OzzWhitesnake - Ready an' Willing AND Live … In the Heart of the CityJudas Priest - British SteelAngel Witch - Angel WitchSaxon - Strong Arm of the Law AND Wheels of SteelHawkwind - LevitationMichael Schenker Group - Michael Schenker GroupTrust - RépressionVan Halen - Women and Children FirstScorpions - Animal MagnetismThin Lizzy - ChinatownGirlschool - DemolitionGillan - Glory RoadSamson - Head OnTygers of Pan Tang - Wild CatWitchfynde - Give Em HellUFO - No Place to RunDef Leppard - On Through the Night
― ithappens, Monday, 6 April 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I think 1980 sounds like an amazing year - esp. for Maiden, Angel Witch, AC/DC, Mr. Kilmister and Saxon.
Reently been grooving on a few gems from '79:
Saxon - Saxon ("I can feel it in the breeze/It's blowin' through the trees" instantly redeemed by "Switchblade's gleamin'/Engine screamin'/I'm laughin' at fate/I'm living to hate"!)AC/DC - Highway to HellMotörhead - On Parole (- AMAZING - also makes you dig the fact that Lemmy wrote some of 'awkwind's best songs... rec'd in 1975, though so perhaps not eligible, in which case read as Overkill/Bomber)
― Miles Davis Kinda Blew (Rombald), Monday, 6 April 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Mind you, I just got the 3CD Diamond Head set that Universal is putting out. And Am I Evil doesn't sound anywhere near as big and scary as it did when I was 12.
― ithappens, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 09:17 (fifteen years ago) link
So what is the best year for heavy metal in the 70s? I know it would be a shorter list, but what year would be?
― earlnash, Friday, 11 October 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link
1979
Motörhead - Overkill Scorpions - Lovedrive Motörhead - Bomber Legend - Fröm the Fjörds Riot - Narita Motörhead - On Parole Saxon - Saxon The Hand of Doom - Poisonoise Samson - Survivors Accept - Accept Marseille - Marseille Cirith Ungol - 1979 Demo Money - First Investment Nokemono - From the Black World
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 07:51 (ten years ago) link
1978
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Judas Priest - Stained Class Judas Priest - Killing Machine Budgie - Impeckable Sorcery - Sinister Soldiers Heavy Load - Full Speed at High Level Zarpa - Los cuatro jinetes del apocalípsis Black Sabbath - Never Say Die! Sorcery - Stunt Rock Centaurus - Centaurus Speed Limit - First Offence
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 07:53 (ten years ago) link
1977
Scorpions - Taken by Force Judas Priest - Sin After Sin Riot - Rock City Motörhead - Motörhead Quartz - Quartz
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 07:54 (ten years ago) link
1976
Rainbow - Rising Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy Arktis - On the Rocks Blue Max - Limited Edition
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 07:55 (ten years ago) link
1975Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1974Budgie - In for the Kill
1973Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
1972Black Sabbath - Vol 4 Budgie - Squawk Bang - Bang
1971Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Budgie - Budgie
1970Black Sabbath - Paranoid Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 07:59 (ten years ago) link
How can it *not* be 1970?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:00 (ten years ago) link
There's a lot more that opens up if we include stuff that is listed as "Hard Rock"...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:02 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, 1970 has to be it. Deep Purple In Rock also came out that year. Plus Hawkwind's debut. Total quality over quantity.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 October 2013 08:07 (ten years ago) link
1970
Black Sabbath - Paranoid Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come MC5 - Back in the USA Uriah Heep - ...Very 'eavy...Very 'umble Cactus - Cactus UFO - UFO 1 Iron Butterfly - LiveIron Butterfly - Metamorphosis Blue Cheer - The Original Human Being Attila - Attila
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:09 (ten years ago) link
Hawkwind didn't even come up - it's listed as Space Rock but not Hard Rock.
But yeah, I'm not even doing the comprehensive list for any other years.
Even Billy Fucking Joel was metal in 1970! (See: Attila)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:10 (ten years ago) link
1971
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Alice Cooper - Killer Alice Cooper - Love It to Death Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself Deep Purple - Fireball Uriah Heep - Salisbury MC5 - High Time Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride Budgie - Budgie UFO - Flying: UFO II - Space Rock Dust - Dust Pink Fairies - Never Never Land Cactus - One Way...or Another Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk Bull Angus - Bull Angus Cactus - Restrictions Bolder Damn - Mourning Jeronimo - Jeronimo Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord BaltimoreNazareth - Nazareth Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:18 (ten years ago) link
1972
Deep Purple - Machine Head Black Sabbath - Vol 4 Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday Flower Travellin' Band - Made in Japan Dust - Hard Attack Budgie - Squawk Alice Cooper - School's Out Bang - Bang Bang - Mother / Bow to the King Scorpions - Lonesome Crow Lucifer's Friend - Where the Groupies Killed the Blues Jeronimo - Time Ride Elf - Elf Pink Fairies - What a Bunch of Sweeties Black Widow - III Cactus - 'Ot 'n' Sweaty Nitzinger - Nitzinger Bull Angus - Free for All Styx - Styx Thin Lizzy - Shades of a Blue Orphanage
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
1973
Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend Montrose - Montrose Buffalo - Volcanic Rock Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation Nazareth - Razamanaz Nazareth - Loud 'n' Proud Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World Flower Travellin' Band - Make Up Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless Aerosmith - Aerosmith Queen - Queen Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love Geordie - Hope You Like It Styx - Styx II Nitzinger - One Foot in History Lucifer's Friend - I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer Babe Ruth - Amar Caballero
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:28 (ten years ago) link
1974
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties Queen - Sheer Heart Attack UFO - Phenomenon Deep Purple - Burn Budgie - In for the Kill Queen - Queen II Buffalo - Only Want You for Your Body KISS - KISS Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow Aerosmith - Get Your Wings Geordie - Don't Be Fooled by the Name Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes - Tooth, Fang & Claw Nazareth - Rampant Deep Purple - Stormbringer KISS - Hotter Than Hell Thin Lizzy - Night Life Rush - Rush Montrose - Paper Money Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes - Call of the Wild Elf - Carolina County Ball Uriah Heep - Wonderworld Styx - Man of Miracles Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Styx - The Serpent Is Rising
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:32 (ten years ago) link
1975
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Queen - A Night at the Opera Black Sabbath - Sabotage Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare Nazareth - Hair of the Dog UFO - Force It Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent Budgie - Bandolier Thin Lizzy - Fighting The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! Rush - Fly by Night Angel - Angel Rush - Caress of Steel KISS - Dressed to Kill Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band Styx - Equinox AC/DC - High Voltage Elf - Trying to Burn the Sun Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy Babe Ruth - Babe Ruth Montrose - Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! Babe Ruth - Stealin' Home
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:35 (ten years ago) link
Rainbow - Rising Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Rush - 2112 Aerosmith - Rocks Scorpions - In Trance Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox UFO - No Heavy Petting Queen - A Day at the Races Scorpions - Virgin Killer AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap KISS - Destroyer AC/DC - T.N.T. Starz - Starz Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune Led Zeppelin - Presence KISS - Rock and Roll Over Ted Nugent - Free-for-All Angel - Helluva Band Triumph - Triumph The Runaways - The Runaways Styx - Crystal Ball Paris - Paris Y & T - Yesterday and Today Nazareth - Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll Budgie - If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules Montrose - Jump on It Lucifer's Friend - Mind Exploding Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy Nazareth - Play 'n' the Game Uriah Heep - High and Mighty Geordie - Save the World Krokus - Krokus
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:40 (ten years ago) link
Rush - A Farewell to Kings AC/DC - Let There Be Rock UFO - Lights Out Scorpions - Taken by Force Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation Judas Priest - Sin After Sin Cheap Trick - In Color Queen - News of the World Heart - Little Queen Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres KISS - Love Gun Riot - Rock City Starz - Violation Uriah Heep - Firefly Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever Motörhead - Motörhead Nazareth - Expect No Mercy Triumph - Rock & Roll Machine Angel - On Earth as It Is in Heaven Ian Gillan Band - Clear Air Turbulence Aerosmith - Draw the Line The Runaways - Queens of Noise The Dictators - Manifest Destiny David Coverdale - Whitesnake Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim Ian Gillan Band - Scarabus Ram Jam - Ram Jam The Runaways - Waitin' for the Night Sammy Hagar - Sammy Hagar Goddo - Goddo Captain Beyond - Dawn Explosion Sammy Hagar - Musical Chairs Thor - Keep the Dogs Away Krokus - To You All Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:44 (ten years ago) link
Rush - Hemispheres Van Halen - Van Halen Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight AC/DC - Powerage Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo UFO - Obsession The Dictators - Bloodbrothers Queen - Jazz Styx - Pieces of Eight Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is a Hard Rock Ram Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram David Coverdale - Northwinds Gillan - Gillan Whitesnake - Trouble Budgie - Impeckable Y & T - Struck Down Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley Whitesnake - Snakebite The Godz - The Godz Black Sabbath - Never Say Die! Nantucket - Nantucket Goddo - Who Cares Starz - Attention Shoppers! Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel Shakin' Street - Vampire Rock Geordie - No Good Woman The Runaways - And Now... The Runaways Krokus - Painkiller Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:48 (ten years ago) link
Motörhead - Overkill AC/DC - Highway to Hell Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend Scorpions - Lovedrive Motörhead - Bomber Trust - Trust Riot - Narita Gillan - Mr. Universe Cheap Trick - Dream Police Van Halen - Van Halen II Nazareth - No Mean City Triumph - Just a Game Whitesnake - Lovehunter Rainbow - Down to Earth Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Starz - Coliseum Rock Motörhead - On Parole Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors Saxon - Saxon KISS - Dynasty Sammy Hagar - Street Machine Axe - Axe Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts Samson - Survivors Ted Nugent - State of Shock Blackjack - Blackjack Talas - Talas Legs Diamond - Fire Power Goddo - An Act of Goddo Fist - Round One TKO - Let It Roll Helix - Breaking Loose The Godz - Nothing Is Sacred
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:52 (ten years ago) link
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Yeah, 1970 has to be it. Deep Purple In Rock also came out that year. Plus Hawkwind's debut. Total quality over quantity
All of this OTM. (You had me on SLB.) Throw in borderline stuff like Fun House, Thank Christ For the Bomb, Free Your Mind & Your Ass Will Follow, Plastic Ono Band, etc. Waning days of psychedelia, blues boom meeting new amplification techniques, all of that stuff.
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Thanks guys, this thread is killer to check out some different records and bands on youtube! What is wild about heavy metal in the early days is that a listener pretty much could know almost all of the legit bands before it exploded out into myriads of groups and sub categories.
― earlnash, Friday, 11 October 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/14/heavy-metal-thrash-1985-defining-year-metallica-anthrax-slayer
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 14 August 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
1970 totally the year for general heaviness. Add Yeti to the mix.
― Corn on the macabre (Jon not Jon), Friday, 14 August 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
nycnative still 86 for you?
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 15 August 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Something makes me smile about the idea of metallers getting together and discussing which was the best vintage, as if heavy metal were wine, y'know. "Oh my, such a fine crop harvested in '88 by the harvesters of sorrow... and what's this?" ... "This be 'Reign In Blood', '86 vintage!" ... "Oooh, this is totally on the nose"
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 15 August 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
"I'm getting... *clicks fingers*... hints of apocalyptic doom, I'm getting sick riffs, I'm getting... *clicks fingers* whiffs of thundering blastbeats... this should go well with a serving of sweat and headbanging at the Headbanger's Ball"
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 15 August 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
"I heartily don't recommend the '97 vintage 'Re-Load', tastes like brine with a vague hint of piss" ... "Oh yeah, that's fair!"
*at this point, Devin Townsend enters the room*
HevyDevy: "Olive?"
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 15 August 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
1985 was the weakest year on the 80s, easily. I'll post an attempt at a 1988 list right away here.― A. Begrand, Wednesday, April 4, 2007 12:54 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
1985 was the year the music died. punk, hardcore, new wave. everything started to sound shittier too. i'll never understand it. everything in 1984 sounded glorious and in 1985 records sounded like phil collins tin can nightmares. must have been the new technology. things got better later on.
― scott seward, Saturday, 15 August 2015 13:45 (nine years ago) link
(hardcore especially. 1980 to 1984 a genius record every week and then all of a sudden MRR covers nothing but mr. t experience and doggy style or bl'ast! thank god for sweden and finland....)
― scott seward, Saturday, 15 August 2015 13:49 (nine years ago) link
this is great, by the way:
http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal
― scott seward, Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
I'll never understand it. everything in 1984 sounded glorious and in 1985 records sounded like phil collins tin can nightmares. must have been the new technology.'
Two words: Digital Reverb
― earlnash, Saturday, 15 August 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I mean it's kind of an oversimplification but I consider 84 to be the tail end of analog synth pop and by 86 we are fully into digital workstation synth pop. Metal gets all hissy and tinny the further the decade goes on. SST is basically over by 86. I feel like once the whole flyte time and freestyle models are fully digested things get good again but middle of 80s is rough
― Corn on the macabre (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 15 August 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
Was going to say, two more words: drum triggers, but apparently those came along a few years later.
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 15 August 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
I always liked 1992 in general
― Odysseus, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
I haven't read the thread yet but 72 is my initial answer but will probably change once I can Think about it for awhile.
― calstars, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
Cheesy, but I do really like the harmony guitars in the break on Orion. Great to hum while waiting to cross the street
― calstars, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Maybe OP was right doe. I mean 86 has Efilnikufesin
― calstars, Friday, 28 April 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
maybe brian needs to poll this so we can get a definitive answer
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link