The Official Hard Rock / Classic Metal Music Discussion and Memorabilia Thread!

[wolfking]

I had a look through that list, but I'm still listening through the podcast as there is still a lot I don't know.

That Riot track was really cool.  I only have Thundersteel and Fire Down Under from them and they are both solid.  This track is no different.  Mike DiMeo is awesome.

Always meant to check Sacred Mother Tongue due to Andy James, and I thought that was killer.

[bl5150]

Thought you would like the Sacred Mother Tongue - another wolfking roulette leftover that would've done much better than some of the stuff I ended up sending

[wolfking]

Thought you would like the Sacred Mother Tongue - another wolfking roulette leftover that would've done much better than some of the stuff I ended up sending

I aactually could say that about a few here to be honest.   

Cause, that Steve Grimmet was fucking awesome, loved that one.  The Human Fortress was solid too.  But I loved the Eldritch.  I only have one of their very first albums, but this song right here is fucking money!!

[Big Hath]

Podcast #1

Dio - Stand up and Shout
Running Wild - Rolling Wheels
Sammy Hagar - When the Hammer Falls
Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil
Winger - Seventeen
Vanden Plas - Push
Tyketto - Strength in Numbers
Guardian - Time and Time Again
Anthrax - Medusa
Loudness - Red Light Shooter
Nation - Nation
Pretty Maids - Until It Dies
McAuley Schenker Group - Anytime
Metal Church - Fake Healer
Lizzy Borden - Voyeur
Armored Saint - Tainted Past
Europe - Break Free (Jpn bonus)
Enuff Z'nuff - The World is a Gutter
Firehouse - Reach for the Sky
Destinations Calling - Revolution in Mind
Vicious Rumors - When Love Comes Down
Def Leppard - Foolin'
Bon Jovi - Love is War
Kiss - Detroit Rock City
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady

[Big Hath]

Podcast #2

Testament - The Electric Crown
Accept - Dark Side of My Heart
Breaker - Ten Seconds In
Waysted - Heroes Die Young
Helloween - I Want Out
Van Halen - I'm The One
Van Halen - We Die Bold
Y&T - Surrender
Cinderella - Night Songs
Black 'N Blue - 12 O'Clock High
Crimson Glory - Lonely
Spinal Tap - Bitch School
Warlord - Deliver Us From Evil
Ozzy Osbourne - You Can't Kill Rock and Roll
David Coverdale - The Last Note of Freedom
King Kobra - Ready to Strike
The Black Roses - Soldiers of the Night
Magnus Karlsson - When The Sky Falls
Bonfire - Ready For Reaction
Nation - You'll See
Love/Hate - Don't Fuck With Me
Saidian - Pale Moon Rider
Stratovarius - Uncertainty
Queensryche - 46 degrees North
21 Guns - Little Sister
Def Leppard - Women
AC/DC - Caught With Your Pants Down
Kix - Dirty Boys
Paul Gilbert - Fuzz Universe

[Big Hath]

Podcast #3

Queensryche - Queen of the Reich
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Rainbow - Stargazer
Black Sabbath - Danger Zone
Alice Cooper - Freedom
Envenomed - Mechanical Enemy
Rose Tattoo - We Can't Be Beaten
Aftershok - Armed and Dangerous
Baton Rouge - Hot Blood Movin'
Pretty Maids - Jump The Gun
Bon Jovi - Raise Your Hands
Lillian Axe - Living in the Grey
Circle II Circle - Untold Dreams
Twisted Tower Dire - The Reflecting Pool
Demons & Wizards - Love's Tragedy Assunder
Yngwie Malmsteen - On The Run Again
Talisman - All Wound Up
Brazen Abbot - Eye of the Storm
Moon'Doc - Foolin'
Unisonic - Night of the Long Knives
Motley Crue - Looks That Kill
Lawless - Is This the End of the World
Dokken - Back For The Attack
Burn - Pray For Rain
Gotthard - Standing in the Light
Takayoshi Ohmura - Never Surrender
Siam - Sleepwaves
Black Fate - Rhyme of a False Orchestra
Lillian Axe - Here is Christmas
Kiss - 100,000 Years
AC/DC - Back in Black
The Brave - Big World
Rush You - Baby Animals
Vinnie Moore - Cinema

[Big Hath]

Podcast #4

Ted Nugent - Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
Symphony X - Without You
Divided Multitude - Scars
Ratt - Shame Shame Shame
Alien - Dreamer
Arion - Shadows
Manowar - Blood of the Kings
Judas Priest - The Sentinel
W.A.S.P. - The Heretic (The Lost Child)
Bangalore Choir - Angel In Black
Twisted Sister - Ride to Live Live to Ride
Ozzy Osbourne - Party With the Animals
Lord - Digital Lies
Kenny McGee - It Ain't Over
Killer Dwarfs - Dirty Weapons
Panther - Desire
Skrapp Mettle - Shoot the Sherbert
Tuff Luck - Stranger of the Night
Lynch Mob - Love In Your Eyes
Jaded Heart - Anymore
Whitesnake - In The Still of the Night
Rata Blanca - Talisman
Tarot - Descendants Of Power
Mud Slick - Licence To Touch
Zed Yago - Pioneer of the Storm
Savatage - Hounds
Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land
Widowmaker - Easy Action
Extreme - Decadence Dance
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Skid Row - Rattlesnake Shake
Infinite - Masks
Taberah - For King and Country
Kirk - Masquerade
Claudio Cordero - Outatime

[Big Hath]

as expected, podcast #5 was the highest rated podcast by me (excluding the handful of tracks from the Drive album - a couple of the ballads, although competent, dragged it down a bit)

here are the songs I scored 8.5 or higher that I wasn't familiar with

9.0
In Malice's Wake - Eternal Nightfall
Crystal Eyes - Battlefield
Rondinelli - Time
Sacred Mother Tongue - Evolve/Become
Steve Grimmett - Afterglow
Defecto - Excluded
Mercury Falling - Queen of Pain
Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow
Drive - Remember

8.5
Tyran' Pace - Night Of The Wolves
Damien Black - Sky Is Falling
Damien Black - Dead of Winter
Sanvoisen - What I Mean
Vicious Rumors - When Love Comes Down
Titan Force - Chase Your Dreams
Rough Cutt - Dreaming Again
Phenomena - No Retreat, No Surrender
Riot - Turn The Tables
Human Fortress - Schattentor
Snakeyes - Black And White
Jester's March - Rain Falls
Villain - Kamikaze
Kiko Loureiro - Enfermo
Drive - Dream Ceremony
Drive - Brujo


some of those could be moved up in rating with more listens

[TAC]

as expected, podcast #5 was the highest rated podcast by me 

Not through the entire thing yet, but I feel like I've really enjoyed this one particularly.

[wolfking]

Nice work there Jon.

[jjrock88]

From the latest podcast, I hadn't heard of 23 out of the 42 bands played

[TAC]

I'm up through the first Drive tune. I thought it was great. But definitely not a fan of Can't Stop Rockin'. The vocalist on that has a great voice though.
Love the nods to Catch The Rainbow in the Heading For Tomorrow mid section.

And everyone should have that Innerwish album by now. It's fantastic.

[bl5150]

But definitely not a fan of Can't Stop Rockin'. The vocalist on that has a great voice though.

Try a couple of other tracks maybe - Livin In Hysteria , We  Got The Time , We Want It All................if you don't like any of them then the band isn't for you. 


Currently listening to the Best of 1988 ..........it's taken me a year to not only research but put together the albums for this.  Thank God for the internet and digital media because if I was relying entirely on Cds it would've been nigh on impossible and super expensive to get the albums I was missing.

All the good feedback on this podcast has fired me up and I've spent lots of time the last few days and I already have the tracking/mixing done for both of the podcasts (60 songs in each).  Now just need to do the fiddly stuff - getting the timing right , intros, fades etc....so it sounds at least 10% professional   

What a year 1988 was!

[TAC]

From the latest podcast, I hadn't heard of 23 out of the 42 bands played

I hadn't heard of 17!


That Drive Villian tune is great. Kiko too.




Awesome job Ben!! Oy OY 
You too Brent!

Gonna listen to the Drive tracks now.


And yes, a feature album um..feature is a great idea.

[TAC]

Oh, and everyone should be required to post a picture of themselves in 1988 in honor of Brent's 1988 podcast.


Especially JJ!

[jjrock88]

In 1988, I couldn't have cared less about music.  There was nothing that I listened to actually.

My only focus in 1988 was Mike Tysons Punch Out, Blades of Steel, Mario Bros and Tetris.

[TAC]

And......


Pic still expected.

[jjrock88]

And......


Pic still expected.

haha I dont think I have any pictures from 1988

[bl5150]

Here's JJ's pic for 1978..........woo!

[BlobVanDam]

It looks like the kid from the 1984 album cover at birth.

[jjrock88]

Needs a smoke!

[wolfking]

Didn't know this was happening.  Hell yeah! 

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/saxon-video-trailer-for-let-me-feel-your-power-live-album/

[jjrock88]

Getting that live Saxon first day. Plus they are back in the studio for their next album.

One of, if not the most consistent metal band.

[TAC]

Wow! That looks pretty solid!

[wolfking]

Getting that live Saxon first day. Plus they are back in the studio for their next album.

One of, if not the most consistent metal band.

I had Battering Ram in the car over the weekend and it's so damn good.

Will post more podcast thoughts tonight too.

[wolfking]

Wasn't a huge fan of the Fair Warning and Scatterbrain, but I appreciate the variety.

Really liked the Defecto, another one to check out, great stuff there.

The Metal Church is a pretty solid album.

Liked the Snake Eyes, helped Brent get the win in my roulette

That Innerwish is indeed a fantastic album.

The Jester's march was really really good, great old school prog here.

The Sunburst and the Mercury Falling are both excellent.

The Villain is solid but I didn't really like the Heaven's Gate.

The feature album was solid but didn't knock me over.

Brent, no offense but what the hell was with that Heading For Tomorrow edit!!  I might make one for you and send it to you.

[wolfking]

Ah, this is more like it from Pretty Maids;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GbwIimwtaE

Could have come straight from Motherland, good stuff.  Phew!

[bl5150]

Brent, no offense but what the hell was with that Heading For Tomorrow edit!!  I might make one for you and send it to you.

I no doubt could've played around with it and done something that wasn't so sudden but in the end I just took the hacksaw to it     It's way too long , which is a shame.

You could no doubt do a version where you cut out a portion of the midsection and a large portion of the outro and make it sound more like it was intended that way.  I just couldn't be stuffed 

[wolfking]

Brent, no offense but what the hell was with that Heading For Tomorrow edit!!  I might make one for you and send it to you.

I no doubt could've played around with it and done something that wasn't so sudden but in the end I just took the hacksaw to it     It's way too long , which is a shame.

You could no doubt do a version where you cut out a portion of the midsection and a large portion of the outro and make it sound more like it was intended that way.  I just couldn't be stuffed 

I use to like doing shit like this with songs years and years ago.  I might give it a crack if I can get some time.  Don't bother with the live Hedaing For the East version then Brent, it's like 25 minutes long. 

[bl5150]

I need to check out Kai's 30 years in metal album (or whatever it's called) but I have a feeling it's going to be a shocker 

[wolfking]

I need to check out Kai's 30 years in metal album (or whatever it's called) but I have a feeling it's going to be a shocker 

I picked it up on the weekend.  Saw it at JB for 18 bucks.  Only listened to it once and there's a couple of nice songs, but it's pretty crap.  You'll think it's absolute shit I reckon.  Gonna give it a few spins though, there is some nice different ideas but not much to get you going really.  Shame, I fucking love Kai.

[TAC]

That first track released by Kai blew. I would've definitely needed to hear more, but sounds like I'm gonna pass on it.

[bl5150]

Ah, this is more like it from Pretty Maids;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GbwIimwtaE

Could have come straight from Motherland, good stuff.  Phew!

Love the soft intro, love the crunchy riff but the chorus to me is too much the "wall of sound".........or wall of mud.

But yeah.....much better than the Frontiers special we had earlier

[Lowdz]

Hmm. Not grabbing me yet. Those keys are a bit overpowering and annoying.

[wolfking]

I thought the chorus was really good.