Lightning to the Nations is the debut album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. The album was recorded in 1979 (after the 1977 and 1979 demos) and released in 1980 through Happy Face Records, a label owned by the producer Muff Murfin of The Old Smithy studio of Worcester, due to lack of interest … Read more
Angel Witch is the first album by British heavy metal band Angel Witch. The album was released in 1980 through Bronze Records, and since then re-released in 4 editions over the years. The cover features a painting formerly attributed to John Martin entitled The Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium. The album made Angel Witch one of … Read more
Battle Hymns is the debut album of the American heavy metal band Manowar, released 7th June 1982 on the Capitol Records label.
Breaker is the third album released by the German heavy metal band Accept. It was once again recorded at Delta-Studio in Wilster with Dirk Steffens producing, and was the first Accept album engineered by Michael Wagener. Bassist Peter Baltes sings lead vocal on “Breaking Up Again”, and the bridge vocal on “Midnight Highway”. After the … Read more
Wheels of Steel is the second studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980 and reached Platinum status in the UK. The album received very positive reviews by critics and is today regarded as being a classic metal album helping to define the genre.
Fire Down Under is the third album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in 1981, and the last with original vocalist Guy Speranza. The song “Flashbacks” is dedicated to Neal Kay, the British DJ who supported heavy metal in the UK during the new wave of British heavy metal. The album was re-issued on … Read more
Somewhere in Time is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 29 September 1986 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the U.S. (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the U.S. in 1998). The studio follow-up to the hugely successful Powerslave/Live After Death pair, … Read more
The Last Command, released on November 9, 1985, is the second album by heavy metal band W.A.S.P.. The album was produced by Spencer Proffer, who was perhaps best known for producing the six-time Platinum selling album Metal Health by Quiet Riot in 1983. The Last Command is the first W.A.S.P. album to feature the work … Read more
Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Three tracks were released as singles, “Freewheel Burning”, “Some Heads Are Gonna Roll” and “Love Bites”. The album is certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Breaking the Chains is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken. It was originally released in Europe as Breakin’ the Chains on the French label Carrere Records, in 1981. This version contains different mixes and titles of songs from the later U.S. edition. “Paris Is Burning” is called “Paris”, and is actually … Read more