It certainly has that Frazetta vibe with the mounted warrior.I'm not into this music genre but that could be a Molly Hatchet album cover.Frank Frazetta I believe did their covers or at least it was his art on most of them.
This is the Saxon album that I need to add to the collection. I've got three of the early ones, but I need this one.Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Thank you. And thanks for your contributions thus far.Great info and very balanced opinion - I like your style
My fave Magnum effort would be ' On a storytellers night' which, to me, plays like a greatest hits album.
Gun would be best known for 'Taking On The World' and 'Better Days'. Thunder were best known for 'Back Street Symphony' and 'Love Walked In'
Also - no mention of the great Whitesnake or did I miss that
Well, they eventually went that direction when MTV started playing their videos. Were they a Poison or Motley Crue? Never. But I never really liked anything other than their first two albums which were NWOBHM masterpieces.I would almost put Def Lep in the borderline hair metal myself but I like them too much to besmirch them so
I'm having a second run through with @heavyrock's contribution, Gaskin, a band that I was vaguely familiar with via an 8 disc NWOBHM compilation. Gaskin had one song on the entire 8 discs. That's how deep that set goes.
Actually not listening to the Gaskin compilation that Heavyrock posted but rather the debut album that he said was required listening.
It really is required listening! The album really sums up what the NWOBHM was about better than anything Iron Maiden ever did. (and I'm a huge Maiden fan)
The Gaskin debut album really catches the enthusiasm of the movement. Basic hard rock songs with ramped up driving guitars, massive drum rolls, rich bass lines, abounding tempo changes at every turn and a singer who is proud to sound British and doesn't try to hide it.
Gaskin - End Of The World
1981 Rondelet Music and Records
https://www.discogs.com/Gaskin-End-Of-The-World/master/547142
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LOL, well like I said, there is a ton of NWOBHM bands that I've never heard and even more that I've never even heard of. We were limited to what we learned in the magazines and what our friends were buying and listening to. Funds were limited at that age and you certainly couldn't afford to experiment with unknown bands to your hearts content.
LOL, well like I said, there is a ton of NWOBHM bands that I've never heard and even more that I've never even heard of. We were limited to what we learned in the magazines and what our friends were buying and listening to. Funds were limited at that age and you certainly couldn't afford to experiment with unknown bands to your hearts content.
The reason for this thread is to celebrate the music and to learn more about the genre. Keep on educating.
I know what I know and I know it well, but there is an awful lot that I don't know.
I picked the lp up in the used bins circa 1991-1992 for not much. Plenty I do not know too. And will never know most likely, the well is deep.
Thanks TB and welcome to the thread. Your contributions are always epic on the Metal Thread. I look forward to seeing what "little" you have.
Wow! To actually own this is very impressive. I "acquired" digital copies of Volumes 1 through 8. The hunt is on for Volume 9.
Delmarva made reference to an 8 disc compilation, as far as I know it is 9 discs.
Very nice as well. I've seen the one on the left. The one on the right looks great. Can only make out the two tapes on the bottom, but they are stone cold fav's of mine.Not related to the series but worth referencing are these cds too:
