When people talk about rock/metal music and the classic albums that these genres have produced, the names Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden,Judas priest, Guns n' Roses, AC/DC, Slayer, Megadeth come to mind.....don't they? Black Sabbath gave the world what we call 'heavy metal'..the song Iron Man was the first ever 'metal song'. Iron Maiden perfected and epitomized what we know as NWOBHM or New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Judas Priest walked this path aongside Iron Maiden and were among the first bands of NWOBHM. AC/DC gave the world rock n' roll metal, Back In Black remains the highest selling rock/metal album to date. Gn'R gave metal its mass appeal again in late eighties when it was supposed to be dying. Metallica are the mighty lords of thrash metal and arguably the most important band in metal history. Megadeth; contemporaries and an offshoot of Metallica have also given the metal world many a masterpieces. Slayer's Reign In Blood is responsible for whatever we hear in extreme music today.
Master Of Puppets, Reign In Blood, Rust In Peace, Number Of The Beast, Back in Black etc etc have been reviewed and hailed soooooooooo many times. What I'm gonna do in the next few posts is review a not so well known album which I deem to be a classic...let's see where that goes:)
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