This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) was the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. It was re-released in 2000 with lyrics and two versions of “Christmas with the Devil” as bonus tracks. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in … Read more
Fighting the World is the fifth album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). This was the first Manowar album to feature artwork by long-time collaborator Ken Kelly, and also one of the first heavy metal albums to be recorded and mixed entirely on digital equipment (Turbo album, … Read more
The Ultimate Sin is the fourth studio album by British vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 22 February 1986, and it was remastered and re-issued on 22 August 1995. This album features guitarist Jake E. Lee (formerly of Mickey Ratt, Rough Cutt and Dio). The Ultimate Sin is the first and only Osbourne album … Read more
War Games is the third studio album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released in 1986 through Noise Records.
Blessing in Disguise is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released on February 7, 1989. It was the band’s final release on Elektra Records. This was the first album not to feature the vocals of David Wayne, due to his departure to form the band Reverend. This release featured new … Read more
Seventh Star is the twelfth studio album by Black Sabbath, released in January 1986. It was originally written, recorded, and intended to be the first solo album by guitarist Tony Iommi, but due to pressures by Warner Bros. Records and the prompting of band manager Don Arden, the record was billed as Black Sabbath featuring … Read more
Gutter Ballet is the fifth full-length album produced by the American progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O’Neill and was initially released in 1989. This album was a true turning point for the band, for after Jon Oliva watched Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom … Read more
Speak of the Devil is a live album by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, released on 27 November 1982. It is a double album consisting entirely of live renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne’s previous band Black Sabbath. The album was entitled Talk of the Devil in the UK, that being the more … Read more
Live…In the Raw is the first live album by W.A.S.P. (fourth album overall), released in 1987. This album can be seen as something of a breakwater between the ‘old’ W.A.S.P. of the first three albums and the more mature sound of the releases that would follow. It is also the album to feature “Harder Faster”, … Read more