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[The Wretch]

Testament  - The legacy. Fucking great stuff.

Still my favourite of everything they have done.

[Carnage]

Testament  - The legacy. Fucking great stuff.

Still my favourite of everything they have done.

37 years old yesterday, apparently.

[Don Gately]

Yes I saw that too on planet rock I think and said lets give that a whirl.

[Maggot Colony]

Septage - Septic Worship
Dipygus - Bushmeat
Dipygus - Dipygus

Dipygus are fucking filthy.

[Anvil]

Vulture - Sentinels
Megaton Sword - Might and Power
Hardraw - Abyss of Mankind
The Wizards - The Exit Garden
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

[jobrok1]

Whitesnake - Little Box O' Snakes

All the Sunburst releases from the Snakebite EP up to Saints & Sinners.
Pure blues rock magic. Love this era of the band to bits.

[The Wretch]

Whitesnake - Little Box O' Snakes

All the Sunburst releases from the Snakebite EP up to Saints & Sinners.
Pure blues rock magic. Love this era of the band to bits.

Fantastic stuff. Great songwriting from aul Cov, Moody and Marsden, with stellar musicianship, especially when Jon Lord and Ian Paice were there. One of my first introductions to heavy rock was 'Live In The Heart Of The City/Live At Hammersmith' on cassette. Still one of my favourite live albums. 

N.P. MAGNUM - Chase The Dragon (1982)

Another one of my early introductions to heavy rock, as well as pomp/prog. I was really sad when Tony Clarkin passed early this year. He was a great guitarist, and a massively underrated songwriter, if there was any justice the Brits would have elevated him to national treasure status.

Even when Magnum made concessions to the label to break America/have more hit singles, Clarkin was producing some absolute belters, and creating a style of melodic rock with a depth most artists of that genre - and even many critically acclaimed artists of other genres - couldn't even come close to. Their later albums are excellent and unfairly overlooked as well actually, they were remarkably consistent.

But that late 70's - mid 80's period was absolute magic.

[Anvil]

Whitesnake - Little Box O' Snakes

All the Sunburst releases from the Snakebite EP up to Saints & Sinners.
Pure blues rock magic. Love this era of the band to bits.

Bought this when it was released.  Magic stuff indeed!   

[jobrok1]

Got one of the re-issued versions.
The original with DVDs and 7" goes for silly money.

[Cailleach]

Elegiac- Father of Death

[Paul keohane]

Rotting Christ -Theogonia,haven listened to it in years.They released a few good albums around the mid/late 2000s.

[Don Gately]

Judas Priest- Nostradamus. Never listened to this album til today. Wasn't listening to much metal in 2008 when it came out. And due to the slating it has received I avoided it till now.
Saw a review recently where this album was praised and gave it a spin tonight while cutting the lawn.
It's fucking fantastic lads.
Some belting tunes some lovely piano work too. On first listen songs like Prophecy, Revelations, Exiled and Alone stand out. One to listen to in full I'd guess if you have the time
 
Were we wrong about Nostradamus?

[Carnage]

I admire its ambition more than the end result but it's definitely better than it's given credit for. Prophecy, Pestilence And Plague and the title track are all fantastic and it features some of Halford's best vocal work to date.

[The Wretch]

Frankly, for all of it's inconsistency, it is at least interesting in some way, and has some inspired moments. The last two are just average to decent at most IMO. Halford's voice aside, they could be made any power metal band. I don't understand the overwhelming praise for their new stuff at all. 

[Carnage]

I thought Firepower was fantastic, on a par with Angel Of Retribution if not better, a real return to form. Haven't heard Invincible Shield (I was gonna pick up the deluxe version with the bonus tracks but it's a bit pricey) and Redeemer was awful from start to finish.