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Rainbow Rising
A gloriously bombastic album full of amazing songs and performances
Favourite song is a strong contender for one of the greatest metal songs of all time, the awesome Stargazer
#albumcoveraday
#Rainbow
#HeavyMetal
#Dio
#RitchieBlackmore
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Can we all just take a moment out of our busy schedules to acknowledge the genius of King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime by Faith No More
Often unfairly overlooked due to the preceding two albums
How many genres can you fit in one album?
#FaithNoMore
#FNM
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
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There's a lot of good natured disagreement on here about music
But surely we can pretty much all agree that stargazer is one of the all time great metal/rock songs
Everything about it is perfection
#Rock
#HeavyMetal
#Dio
#Blackmore
#Rainbow
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Megadeth Rust In Peace
An album so full of outstanding songs and technical musicianship that Metallica gave up trying to be a thrash metal band once they heard it
#NowPlaying
#Megadeth
#HeavyMetal
#thrashmetal
#DaveMustaine
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Iron Maiden Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
My favourite album of theirs and an album I never get bored of
Favourite song is Infinite Dreams
#albumcoveraday
#IronMaiden
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No skips allowed; repost a perfect 10/10 album, in your opinion?
My pick:
Faith No More - Angel Dust
No skips allowed; repost a perfect 10/10 album, in your opinion?
My pick:
Judas Priest - Painkiller
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Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On
A full tilt banger from Piece of Mind that doesn't get enough love on here
Probably doesn't help that it falls in between all time classics Flight Of The Icarus and The Trooper
#IronMaiden
#HeavyMetal
#PieceOfMind
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AC/DC Powerage
A lot of the songs may not be as well known as on some of the other Bon era albums but this is a great big, dirty rock album drenched in attitude
#ACDC
#NowPlaying
#Rock
#rocknroll
#BonScott
#Angus
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I think we can all agree that The Sound of White Noise by Anthrax is better than The Black Album, Countdown to Extinction or Diabolus in Musica
#Big4
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A fantastic six album run. Considering the state of them at the time, it's amazing things didn't fall apart a lot sooner
Their guitarist had one or two good ideas
Vol4 is my personal favourite
#BlackSabbath
#HeavyMetal
#Doom
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Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind
I can forgive the abomination that is Quest For Fire, the rest of the album is fantastic. Probably my second favourite Maiden album
Revelations is a thing of beauty and Where Eagles Dare is delightful
#NowPlaying
#IronMaiden
#HeavyMetal
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Happy 40th birthday to the one and only Pyromania by Def Leppard
A gold plated monster of an album full to the brim with irresistible hooks and classic songs
That said for some it was the beginning of the end
#DefLeppard
#Pyromania
#Glam
#Rock
#HardRock
#HeavyMetal
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As much as I enjoy all the Dio (band) albums, the first three with Vivian Campbell is the peak for me
Holy Diver in particular is an all time heavy metal classic
#Dio
#RJD
#Rock
#HeavyMetal
#HolyDiver
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Most people on here know I prefer pre 1987 Whitesnake
That said, only a fool would deny that Still Of The Night is an absolute monster of a track
John Sykes and Sir David of Coverdale combine with heroic, timeless results
#Whitesnake
#HeavyMetal
#Glam
#Rock
#HardRock
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Queensryche -Queen Of The Reich
All it takes is one listen to Tates scream at the start to know you're in for an absolute treat
A classic tune
#Queensryche
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
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Metallica - Disposable Heroes
A top 3 Metallica song for me
Hetfield at his precise down picking best
A furious slab of angry thrash and a highlight on an album stuffed full of classics
#Metallica
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#DisposableHeroes
#MasterOfPuppets
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Pantera - Cemetery Gates
What a tune, loved it from the moment I heard it back in 1990
Epic stuff
#NowPlaying
#Pantera
#HeavyMetal
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Corrosion of Conformity - Clean My Wounds
Sweet suffering mother of fuck, this song grooves like a complete bastard
Blew me away when I first heard it back in 94, so different to what I was used to with Blind
#CorrosionOfConformity
#Rock
#COC
#HeavyMetal
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#Doom
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Name and share a band that did ok but should've blown up much bigger!
Corrosion of Conformity
I don't know anyone who doesn't like them yet it's never translated to mainstream success
A band that deserves to be huge
Name and share a band that did OK but should’ve blown up much bigger!
I’ll start:
Diamond Head
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Iron Maiden
One of the great metal debuts. Raw and ambitious, the sound of a band ready to take on the world
My favourite track is Phantom Of The Opera
#NowPlaying
#HeavyMetal
#IronMaiden
#NWOBHM
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Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Time for another 90s ripsnorter
This song just oozes attitude and grooves like a complete bastard
#Prong
#HEAVYMETAL
#GrooveMetal
#AlternativeMetal
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@_evelynrae
Tell me you don't understand what toxic masculinity is without saying you don't understand what it is
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Slayer Seasons In The Abyss
Easily one of my top 10 albums of all time. When Slayer mix up their tempos they are that more powerful
Favourite song is Dead Skin Mask
#albumcoveraday
#Slayer
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As much as I enjoyed Schizophrenia, Sepultura really hit their stride with Beneath The Remains and Arise which is probably my favourite album of theirs
Two albums of blistering thrash metal perfection. Phenomenal stuff
#Sepultura
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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#BigGavPlays
Megadeth Youthanasia
An album of top quality heavy metal
It was so good that the members of Metallica gave up on playing metal altogether once they heard it and became a rock band
#NowPlaying
#Megadeth
#HeavyMetal
#Metallica
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Metallica - Dyers Eve
The perfect end to Metallica's greatest album
Precision riffing from Hetfield and lyrics that most of us felt we could have identified with at some point in our lives
An absolute humdinger of a song
#Metallica
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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What a run of albums Faith No More produced, the number of genres explored and mastered is amazing
Patton deservedly gets a lot of credit but the whole band are on another creative level
#FaithNoMore
#FNM
#Rock
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Funk
#EasyListening
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Even though they aren't my favourite, I genuinely think Anthrax have the strongest catalogue of the Big 4
Of course some albums are stronger than others but there are no complete turkeys in it like the others have
#Anthrax
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Big4
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Anthrax - Keep It In The Family
An absolute bone cruncher of a song from my favourite Belladonna era album. The guys in Anthrax taking no prisoners in calling out racists and bigots
Christ, 90 was a super year for metal
#Anthrax
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Faith No More - Zombie Eaters
A track from The Real Thing that doesn't get the credit it deserves. Compositionally perfect and Patton's vocals are fantastic
His addition brought out the best in them
#FaithNoMore
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
#Alternative
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Down - Bury Me In Smoke
Get a bunch of mates together to jam in their spare time and end up with a stoner anthem for the ages and one of the greatest doom/stoner metal albums ever
#Down
#HEAVYMETAL
#Stoner
#StonerMetal
#Doom
#DoomMetal
#Rock
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#albumcoveraday
Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath
Back to where it all started with four oiks from Birmingham
Favourite track is N.I.B
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Metallica Load
Contains some of Hetfields most personal lyrics and some great songs
Who knew all it took to make millions of Metal fans publicly shit themselves was short hair, playing rock and some make up
#NowPlaying
#Metallica
#Load
#Rock
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Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
Easily my all time favourite Slayer song
For me it's hard to beat Slayer when they slow things down a bit. Jeff had a knack for writing eerie guitar lines and coupled with the churning riffs, this is sheer perfection
#Slayer
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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It's hard to believe that Slayer released Seasons In The Abyss 34 years ago today
It hasn't aged a day in that time. Still their best album and one of the greatest thrash albums of all time
#Slayer
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Said it before and I'll happily say it again but the strength of Saxon's catalogue is second to none. The albums they've put out in the past ten or so years are easily as good as their classics. Live they put bands half their age to shame
#Saxon
#HeavyMetal
#NWOBHM
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Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast
Work tunes
Despite a few weaker moments this is still an all time classic and home to some timeless anthems
#NowPlaying
#IronMaiden
#HeavyMetal
#NWOBHM
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Happy birthday to this bad boy, 54 years young today
It's hard to get anymore influential than creating a genre or two with your debut album
#BlackSabbath
#HeavyMetal
#Doom
#DoomMetal
#Ozzy
#TonyIommi
#GeezerButler
#BillWard
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Ask you whether you think Dawn Patrol brings down the overall quality of Rust In Peace
I’m sitting next to you on the flight ✈️ what do you do ? 👇🏻
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Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
A slight departure in mood from Unskinny Bop. Priest capturing the struggles is mental illness in fine style
Widely regarded as a metal classic and rightly so
#JudasPriest
#HeavyMetal
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Name a perfect album opener.
My pick:
Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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Got to love the first five W.A.S.P. albums
From the rawness of an all time great debut to the change in style on Headless and Crimson there's much to enjoy here
It may be Blackie's band but Chris Holmes is underrated
#WASP
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
#BlackieLawless
#ChrisHolmes
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Slayer South Of Heaven
Slayer dial down the speed but keep the aggression ramped up. Rammed with great songs and superior to RiB
#NowPlaying
#HeavyMetal
#thrashmetal
#Slayer
#SouthOfHeaven
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Machine Head - Davidian
An absolute brute of a song. From the sledgehammer riffs and righteous fury of Robbs vocals, this was a hell of a way to announce yourself to the world
Still sounds amazing almost 30 years later
#MachineHead
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#GrooveMetal
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King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime
This got quite a mixed reception at the time when it came out but I have trouble deciding between this and Angel Dust for which is their best album
Bonkers and brilliant
#NowPlaying
#FaithNoMore
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
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It's crazy to think that in the early 90s Megadeths songwriting was so strong that songs like 99 Ways To Die, Diadems, Angry Again (written for a soundtrack), Breakpoint and Go To Hell didn't make it on to any of their albums
#Megadeth
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Saxon Denim and Leather
Biff and the boys further highlighting why they are one of British metals finest bands
#HeavyMetal
#NWOBHM
#Saxon
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Metallica released 8 of their 11 studio albums in the first half of their career and only 3 in the second half. If that doesn't show a band bereft of ideas I don't know what does
There's no denying the quality of some of their earlier work
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Metallica
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Rainbow Rising
Home of course to the sublime Stargazer but let's be honest, there's not a weak moment on this album
The level of musicianship in the band at this time is simply staggering
#NowPlaying
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
#Rainbow
#Dio
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One of the great mysteries of the modern world is how Annihilator managed to release two great albums in just over a year and have then failed to release a single good song in 33 years
#Annihilator
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Time for a controversial opinion
But Anthrax are the only one of the Big 4 to be releasing material as good as, if not better than their "classics"
Overall have they have the strongest catalogue
#Anthrax
#thrashmetal
#HeavyMetal
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I think it's pretty safe to say that between 87 and 93 Sepultura were pretty much untouchable
#Sepultura
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Sepultura Beneath The Remains
Seminal thrash metal classic, a big step up in quality from Schizophrenia with a more accomplished sound
Favourite track is the mostly mid paced bludgeon of Inner Self, an anthem for the downtrodden if ever there was one
#Albumcoveraday
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Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
Mike Muir and his not so many chums addressing mental health issues in the way only ST can do
Just the motivation for getting the dinner cooked 😂
#SuicidalTendencies
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Crossover
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Prong Beg To Differ
Taut, muscular thrash with a dollop of hefty grooves
Still sounds fresh over 30 years later
#NowPlaying
#Prong
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Groove
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Of course metal wasn't as mainstream in the 90s as it had been in the 80s and some of the bigger bands struggled but it gives me a good laugh when people claim the 90s was a shit decade for heavy music
#HeavyMetal
#DeathMetal
#BlackMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Doom
#Stoner
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Saxon Denim and Leather
Biff and the boys third classic in just over a year. Chock full of rousing anthems
Favourite track is Princess of the Night, there's a reason why this is the final song they play. An absolute metal classic
#albumcoveraday
#Saxon
#HeavyMetal
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Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What!
When it comes to their first four albums some people foolishly overlook this one
Despite rampant drug abuse Megadeth managed to get out another classic
#Megadeth
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#NowPlaying
#SoFarSoGoodSoWhat
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Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
Immense from beginning to end
Partly inspired by a drug induced outburst in Antrim and The Punisher
Razor sharp riffs and great lyrics combine to produce a thrash classic. Unstoppable
#Megadeth
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz
All killer, no filler. One hell of a debut
The guitarist wasn't too bad either
#NowPlaying
#Ozzy
#RandyRhoads
#HeavyMetal
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AC/DC Highway To Hell
One "Mutt" Lange comes on board to tidy up a few of the rough edges
An album full of finely crafted anthems
Hard to pick a favourite song but possibly Love Hungry Man or Night Prowler
#NowPlaying
#HardRock
#Rock
#ACDC
#BonScott
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It's hard to believe it took a live version of Mother to give Danzig their big breakthrough given the strength of their material
The first three albums are phenomenal and even though they started to change their sound, 4 is still really strong
#Danzig
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
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Faith No More Angel Dust
One of the greatest albums of the 90s. So many disparate genres and influences thrown together shouldn't gel as well as they do here
Jizzlobber is a whole other level of crazy
#NowPlaying
#FaithNoMore
#AngelDust
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
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Slayer Seasons in the Abyss
Their finest album, the perfect mixture of RiB style thrash and the more mid paced style that they experimented with on SoH
#NowPlaying
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#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Slayer
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#BigGavPlays
Testament Low
Having followed along with most of their peers and experimented with the The Ritual, Testament went the opposite direction on Low and release one of the best thrash albums of the 90s
Absolutely brutal
#NowPlaying
#Testament
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
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Iron Maiden Somewhere In Time
Great album but not one I reach for too often. Some of my favourite songs from this period are actually the B sides That Girl and Reach Out
#NowPlaying
#IronMaiden
#HeavyMetal
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W.A.S.P. - The Heretic (The Lost Child)
After loving the first 3 W.A.S.P. albums I finally got round to The Headless Children, I nearly had to check I had the right cassette when this song blasted out of the speakers. What a change, phenomenal stuff
#WASP
#HeavyMetal
#HardRock
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Anthrax -Only
Bought the single on the day it came out and it was the sound of a band reborn, fantastic stuff
Pummelling music and a great way to introduce John Bush to the fans
James Hetfield supposedly once called it the perfect song.
#Anthrax
#Only
#HEAVYMETAL
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I'll do another.
A strong album where the follow-up was even better.
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Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
Riffs!!
Everybody knows the way to make an awesome song ever better is to add a hefty dollop of Neil Fallon as expertly highlighted here
Harpoons thrust in the sky indeed
#Mastodon
#NeilFallon
#HeavyMetal
#Sludge
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We were in a music shop earlier killing some time and Jack asked if he could get a guitar, I asked which one he would like and he went straight to a black Jackson Flying V
All that Megadeth being blasted around the house has paid off. So proud of him
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Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
A band that generally bore the living daylights out of me these days but this album is amazing from beginning to end and I'll always love it
#NowPlaying
️
#HeavyMetal
#IronMaiden
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Considering they have 19 studio albums Overkill have to be one of the most consistent bands going
They've mixed their sound up over the years and have a knack for delivering strong material (WFO missing)
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#Overkill
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A few more pics from the mighty Crowbar tonight at the Limelight in Belfast
#Crowbar
#HeavyMetal
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#BigGavPlays
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
A good solid late period Priest album. A thoroughly enjoyable listen that's probably better than a band of their vintage has any right to be
#NowPlaying
#JudasPriest
#InvincibleShield
#HeavyMetal
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#BigGavPlays
Alice In Chains Dirt
Dark, depressing, haunting
Still as powerful today as the day it was released
#NowPlaying
#Dirt
#HeavyMetal
#Grunge
#Rock
#AiC
#AliceInChains
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Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Hard to believe this came out 30 years ago today
I remember getting the cassette the day it was released. Took a few listens to get into it compared to CFH and Vulgar but quickly grew to love it
#Pantera
#HeavyMetal
#FarBeyondDriven
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#BigGavPlays
Sepultura Chaos A. D.
They may have dialed down the thrash but this is still a complete politicised bruiser of an album from beginning to end
#NowPlaying
#HeavyMetal
#Sepultura
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White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
Another 90s anthem that grooves like a complete bastard. This sounded amazing blasting out in rock club
#WhiteZombie
#HeavyMetal
#Rock
#Alternative
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#BigGavPlays
Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What!
Often gets unfairly overlooked when it comes to Megadeth's first run of albums but any album that has Hook In Mouth, Mary Jane, Set The World Afire, Liar etc is going to be great
#NowPlaying
#Megadeth
#ThrashMetal
#HeavyMetal
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Metallica The $5.98 EP Garage Days Re-Revisisted
Just the thing for getting dinner ready at the O'Connor household
May have been a stopgap release but they've rarely sounded better. Raw as fuck and in your face
#Metallica
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#NowPlaying
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Happy 30th birthday to this glorious bastard of an album
With Sound Of White Noise and John Bush they were a band reborn
#Anthrax
#HeavyMetal
#ThrashMetal
#SoundOfWhiteNoise
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