QR (also known as Quiet Riot or Quiet Riot IV ) is the sixth studio album released in 1988 by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. The album featured a major line-up change. Singer and founding member Kevin Dubrow had been fired before the recording sessions began, and replaced by Rough Cutt vocalist Paul … Read more
Delirious Nomad is the second album by American heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released in 1985 on Chrysalis Records and recorded with producer Max Norman who previously worked for Ozzy Osbourne. While recording the album guitarist Phil Sandoval left the band.
Heavy Metal Breakdown is the debut studio album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 20 October 1984 by Noise Records. The music in this album is strongly influenced by German heavy metal band Accept and its then-vocalist Udo Dirkschneider.
Rock the Nations is the eighth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1986. Elton John, who was recording the tracks for his album Leather Jackets in the same studio, is featured on the songs “Party Til You Puke” and “Northern Lady”.
Live After Death is a live album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 14 October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002). It was recorded during the band’s World Slavery Tour.
Sign of the Hammer is the fourth album by heavy metal band Manowar, released on October 15, 1984 In 2005, Sign of the Hammer was ranked number 418 in Rock Hard magazine’s book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time
Restless and Wild is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album to not be recorded at Delta-Studio, the band moving to Dieter Dierks’ studio in Stommeln. It is also the first … Read more
The Dark is the second full-length album released by American heavy metal band Metal Church. It was released on October 6, 1986 on the Elektra label and was the last album featuring the group’s classic lineup of David Wayne, Kurdt Vanderhoof, Kirk Arrington, Duke Erickson, and Craig Wells. 1999’s Masterpeace album reunited the former four, … Read more
March of the Saint is the first album by American heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released in 1984 on Chrysalis Records and recorded with producer Michael James Jackson who previously worked for Kiss. The debut album yielded a minor MTV hit with “Can U Deliver”.
Pound for Pound is the fifth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil.