It’s really hard to find good heavy metal vinyl collections, this is a rare exception. I managed to pick this one up with someone in Pittsburgh who answered my ad seeking vinyl collections. I paid a pretty penny for this collection, but it’s well worth it as is all the vinyl is in near-mint condition and contains many HUGE TILES (most first press). Check out this video of the unboxing.
You could check out this page where I listed the contents of all these albums, they are from the golden age of metal circa 1984 to 1989. A lot of good thrash metal and some hard to find hair metal records.
Some titles were added from the Golden Age of Extreme Metal 1981-1992 This list is not my list and was originally posted online (now deleted), and the years on the records were incorrectly labeled 1981-1985. This is why I reposted it here.
Abattoir “Vicious Attack” – Obscure but great speedmetal from the sunurbs of LA.
Kill for gain or shoot to maim But we don’t need a reason The Golden Goose is on the loose And never out of season Blackened pride still burns inside This shell of bloody treason Here’s my gun for a barrel of fun For the love of living death
[Pre-Chorus] The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed The glamour, the fortune, the pain Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain Don’t you pray for my soul anymore?
[Chorus] Two minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom Two minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb
[Verse 2] The blind men shout “Let the creatures out We’ll show the unbelievers” Napalm screams of human flames For a prime time Belsen feast, yeah! As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy We oil the jaws of the war machine And feed it with our babies
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The Number of the Beast Iron Maiden
Aces High Iron Maiden
The Trooper Iron Maiden
[Chorus] Two minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom Two minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb
[Instrumental Break 02:45-04:22] [Guitar Solo: Dave Murray] [Guitar Solo: Adrian Smith]
[Verse 3] The body bags and little rags of children torn in two And the jellied brains of those who remain To put the finger right on you As the madmen play on words And make us all dance to their song To the tune of starving millions To make a better kind of gun
[Pre-Chorus] The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed The glamour, the fortune, the pain Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain Don’t you pray for my soul anymore?
[Chorus] Two minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom Two minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb
[Post -Chorus] Midnight Midnight Midnight It’s all night Midnight Midnight Midnight It’s all night
The album combines black metal and thrash metal elements, ultimately creating a black metal-influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory. On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties. Kreator’s Endless Pain was released in 1985 with very raw production. It is now a cult classic.
Kreator Endless Pain Album 1985!
Endless Pain
Total Death
Storm of the Beast
Tormentor
Son of Evil
Flag of Hate
Cry War
Bone Breaker
Living in Fear
Dying Victims
Kreator IN 1985:
Mille Petrozza – guitars, vocals Rob Fioretti – bass Jürgen “Ventor” Reil – drums, vocals
Metal Compilation With Hades, The Beast, Tortured Dog, Sneak Attack from Megaforce 1984
Born To Metalize is a compilation issued in the very early days of Megaforce; it had a bunch of bands that never really did anything; perhaps the biggest of these obscure metal bands was Hades, which would later sign with Combat Records. I’m not sure what happened to the rest.
Listen To Born To Metalize
Tracklist
A1 – Unknown Artist Intro – One Night In Old Bridge 0:38 A2 – The Beast – Randall Flagg 3:20 A3 – The Beast – Is This Life 2:44 A4 – The Beast – The Shape 3:15 A5 – Sneak Attack – Ultrasonic Metal 4:25 A6 – Sneak Attack – Dirty Harry – (The Enforcer) 4:50 A7 – Sneak Attack – Sneak Attack 3:50 B1 – Tortured Dog – Can’t Run From Evil 4:25 B2 – Tortured – Dog Witch Hunter 3:41 B3 – Tortured Dog – Tortured Dog 4:14 B4 – Hades – Rogues March 4:14 B5 – Hades – Gloomy Sunday 5:27
Credits
Recorded At – Music America Studios, Rochester Mastered At – Sterling Sound Manufactured By – Megaforce Records, Inc. Marketed By – Important Record Distributors, Inc.
War and Pain is the debut album from Canada’s Voivod. It was released on August 1984 on Metal Blade Records. War and Pain had a much rawer punky sound than what would later characterize their later period progressive metal output. According to a 1986 TV interview – it sold over 40,000 copies within two years of its release.
The original cassette version also had a track after “Nuclear War” named “Condemned to the Gallows.” This was the track they recorded for the compilation album Metal Massacre V. Aside from one cassette pressing, “Condemned to the Gallows” was the only track that never appeared on the original LP or CD, nor has it been re-recorded for any future Voivod releases. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
How On Guy From Sweeden, Some Lawnmowers, and Poor Production Became A Template For “Real Black Metal” Sound
The Return (of the Darkness and Evil) was the second album by the Swedish black metal “band Bathory”. Bathory was not a “band” in the true sense of the word. Bathory was “the Foo-Fighters of black metal”. Quarton played every instrument, including drums. The Return was released on May 27 1985.
I can remember listening to “The Return”. I was like 13 and still lived with my parents. I was scared I was in the presence of Satan; my Catholic guilt made me hide the album under my bed. The Return later spawned a slew of copycat bands, especially in the Norwegian “true black metal” scene.
Band Photos (Even Though There Was No Real Bnd)
Listen On YouTube
FROM MY PLAYLIST OF METAL BAND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER THE FULL BATHORY “THE RETURN” LP
1.”Revelation of Doom (Intro)” -3:27 2.”Total Destruction” – 3:50 3.”Born for Burning” – 5:13 4.”The Wind of Mayhem” – 3:13 5.”Bestial Lust (Bitch)” – 2:41
Side ‘Evil’
1. “Possessed” – 2:42 2. “The Rite of Darkness” – 2:05 3. “Reap of Evil” – 3:28 4.”Son of the Damned” – 2:48 “Sadist (Tormentor)” – 3:00 5.”The Return of the Darkness and Evil” -3:49 5. “Outro” -0:25
Quarton from Bathory
Art Work and Inner Sleeve
Who Was Actually In The Bathory Band
Many people don’t know this, but Bathory was a one-man band. Hence, the lack of live performances over the years. For some odd reason, other musicians credited even though Quarton himself played guitar, bass, drums, and did vocals. It is quite apparent when you listen to that album, as you can hear the tempo-shifting in the drums.
This is style of raw production was copied by Bands like Darkthrone, who wanted that “scary” lo-fi in the first 2 Bathory albums. Quarton would later admit that this was not by design. He said the album sounded that because of “lawnmowers passing the studio and a poor budget.”
The Death Of Quarton
Quarton died of a heart attack on June 7th 2004, in Stockholm, Sweden. Although never confirmed, drug use was suspected to be a contributing factor. He was 39 years old.
SIDE A “Torture Me” – Omen – 3:26 “Condemned to the Gallows” – Voivod – 5:09 “Call on the Attacker” – Attacker – 3:35 “Nightmare” – Future Tense – 3:50 “Death Rider” – Overkill – 3:52 “Soldier Boy” – Fates Warning – 6:20
SIDE B
“The Brave” – Metal Church – 4:27 “Destroyer” – Lethyl Synn – 3:27 “The Warrior” – Final Warning – 3:49 “Crucifixion” – Hellhammer – 2:50 “Marching Saprophytes” – Mace – 4:07 “End of Time” – Jesters of Destiny – 3:20
LISTEN TO THE FULL ALBUM ON YOUTUBE
Metal Massacre Bands: Where Are They Now?
Several huge metal bands have had their debuts on the Metal Massacre compilations from Metal Blade Records, perhaps most notably Metallica who have their name misspelled on Metal Massacre 1. Early on they featured “hair bands” like RATT until Metal Blade became the go-to record label for thrash metal and started working with better bands like Cryptic Slaughter, Slayer and Hirax.
Mettallica or Metallica? – Misspelling on Metal Massacre 1
Metal Massacre Graduates
ABOUT: Metal Massacre was started1981 Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, he continued to release more volumes of the collections. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
Bonded by Blood is the debut studio album by the Bay Area thrash metal band Exodus. Although the album was completed in the summer of 1984, it was not released until 1985 due to issues with Exodus and their record label. It is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums ever. It is also the only full-length studio album of Exodus to feature Paul Baloff on vocals, though he was also on their 1982 Demo. Baloff was back in Exodus for five years (from 1997 to his death in 2002), and appeared on their 1997 live album Another Lesson in Violence.
In 2008, Exodus re-recorded Bonded by Blood and re-released it as Let There Be Blood, featuring a new line-up of members aside from drummer Tom Hunting and guitarist Gary Holt who played on the original. (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
1. “Bonded by Blood” 2. “Exodus” 3. “And Then There Were None” 4. “A Lesson in Violence” Holt 5. “Metal Command” 6. “Piranha” 7. “No Love” Baloff 8. “Deliver Us to Evil” HoltWhitaker 9. “Strike of the Beast” Total length: 40:49
EXODUS BAND LINE-UP IN 1987
Listen To Blonded By Blood Full CD On Youtube
Bonded By Blood Art and Sleeve
EXODUS BAND LINE-UP IN 1984 WITH ORIGINAL SINGER PAUL
Morbid Tales is the debut album by the Swiss extreme metal band, Celtic Frost, released in November 1984. It was originally released in Europe as a mini-LP with six tracks. However, the first American release by Enigma/Metal Blade added two tracks, bringing the release to the length of a regular LP.
Some Little-Known Celtic Frost Facts
Although Reid St. Mark was credited, Stephen Priestly is the actual drummer (as a session drummer).
Tom G Warrior does not drink or smoke.
Co-Founder and bassist Martin Ain quit the band before To Mega Therion. He is credited but does not play on the album.
The band’s final tour was with Type O Negative. Peter Steel was a band fan and said, “Type O show be opening for them.”
Celtic Frost played their final show in Mexico in 2008.
Tom G. Warrior now has a band Triptykon. They include a lot of Celtic Frost material in their set.
Celtic Frost co-founder Marian Ain died of a heart attack on October 17th, 2017, at the age of 50. After the 2nd go-round with Celtic Frost, he became a DVD store owner.
Stephen Priestly is now 53 and hasn’t been active in music since playing on Morbid Tales.
Classic Album: Morbid Tales On Youtube
Early Celtic Frost Not Far Past The Hell Hammer Days
In 1999 a remastered edition of Morbid Tales was released on CD by Noise Records, which also contained the tracks from their 1985 EP Emperor’s Return, and a 2017 remastered edition was released by the same label on CD and Vinyl formats. (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
Editors Note: As the band continued, they went from a less black metal direction into a more glam style that disappointed many fans.
US version Side One
1.”Into the Crypts of Rays” (Warrior)3:39 2.”Visions of Mortality”4:49 3.”Dethroned Emperor” (Warrior)4:37 4.”Morbid Tales”3:29
Side Two
5.”Procreation (Of the Wicked)”4:04 6.”Return to the Eve”4:07 7.”Danse Macabre”3:52 8.”Nocturnal Fear”
The Celtic Frost Line-Up on Morbid Tales
Tom Warrior – guitars, lead vocals, co-producer Martin Ain – bass, bass effects, vocals, co-producer Stephen Priestly – session drums (the actual drummer)
Credited: Reed St. Mark – drums on tracks 10-12 (remastered edition)
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