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My musical taste has always been growing heavier during the 80s.
In 1982 or so I started listening to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest,
and Deep Purple, besides the usual pop stuff. Probably the NDW
(Neue Deutsche Welle) has influenced my taste most heavily <g>
in this time. Most notably I remember Fehlfarben, Grauzone and Ideal.
In late 1986 I discovered Metallica and Slayer through a friend
and began collecting metal albums. My taste went swiftly and strongly into the
thrash direction, but also into death, doom, avantgarde (Celtic Frost, Voivod)
and progressive (Watchtower) metal, and hardcore punk.
Recently I went a little 'back to the roots' (where I never had been before)
and bought a lot of 70s rock stuff, like Deep Purple, Led Zep,
Thin Lizzy, Rainbow, Slade, UFO and more...
Years ago, I wrote some short reviews
(in German) of metal albums, gave them a
humorous title (silly puns :) and published them
in a small communication mag.
Cum On Feel The Noize (Playlist)
- Virgin Steele Invictus
- Rhapsody Symphony of Enchanted Lands
- Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony
- Death The Sound of Perseverance
- Fear Factory Obsolete
- Lizzy Borden Best of
- Asphyx Embrace the Death
- Solitude Aeturnus Adagio
- Iced Earth Something Wicked this Way Comes
- S.O.D. Live at Budokan
- Judas Priest Unleashed in the East
Time Does Not Heal
Which songs go through your mind all the time? Here are (some of) mine:
- Agent Steel Agents of Steel
- Agent Steel Rager
- Apocalyptica Refuse/Resist
- Asphyx Incarnation of Lust
- Candlemass Solitude
- Celtic Frost I Won't Dance
- Dark Angel We Have Arrived
- Dark Angel Hunger of the Undead
- Dark Angel Pain's Invention, Madness
- Death Zombie Ritual
- Death Evil Dead
- Death Angel Thrashers
- Exodus Bonded by Blood
- Hades Masque of the Red Death
- Heir Apparent Running from the Thunder
- Holy Terror Guardians of the Netherworld
- Holy Terror Distant Calling
- Holy Terror Immoral Wasteland
- Manilla Road Crystal Logic
- Manowar Hail to England
- Metal Church Battalion
- My Dying Bride The Bitterness and the Bereavement
- Omen Be My Wench
- Overkill Second Son
- Overkill Sonic Reducer
- Overkill In Union We Stand
- Protector Delirium Tremens
- Siren Over the Rainbow
- Solitude Aeturnus Opaque Divinity
- Testament Over the Wall
Through The Ages (All Time Charts)
It's hard to choose just a few albums when so many master pieces
are available. I haven't even mentioned Iron Maiden, Judas Priest,
Rage, Atheist, Blind Guardian,
Forbidden, Trouble and many others :-(
It is remarkable that nearly all
of these were released between 1984 and 1989...
- Possessed Beyond the Gates
- Metal Church Metal Church
- Metal Church The Dark
- Voivod Killing Technology
- Omen Battle Cry
- Exodus Another Lesson in Violence
- Death Leprosy
- Watch Tower Energetic Disassembly
- Heir Apparent Graceful Inheritance
- Bolt Thrower War Master
- Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
- Hades Resisting Success
- Dark Angel Darkness Descends
- Jag Panzer Ample Destruction
- Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
- Paradise Lost Gothic
- Helloween Walls of Jericho
- Sabbat History of a Time to Come
- Overkill Taking Over
- Dark Millennium Ashore the Celestial Burden
- Agnostic Front Liberty & Justice For...
- Obituary Slowly We Rot
- Asphyx God Cries
- Slayer Show No Mercy
- Bathory Under the Sign of the Black Mark
- Bathory Blood on Ice
Walk This Way (Interesting Web Sites)
Stairway To Heaven (Band Home Pages)
Nearly every band has a web site nowadays. I won't start to collect
them all, but here are a few of my favorites.
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Created by hjb
Updated 2007-12-15