@leevcleef@QtheMetal@Pantera They changed metal music in the 90โs. Metal bands started copying their image. And Dime was a guitarist no one had ever seen before.
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Darrell's guitar was a force of nature, and his riffs were just amazing.๐ฅThe band was really at a peak.๐คPantera remains one of the most influencial band from metal, mainly because of this two almost masterpieces - Cowboys from hell and Vulgar display of power.๐ถ
My birthday was yesterday and my wife surprised me with these! She asked she I wanted and since I donโt need anything I gave her a list of albums and these were in it! She said there was one more coming and she gave her mom the list as well so now Iโm really curious. These are four albums I bought on cassette in the 80โs and have been on my โalbums I want to get on vinylโ list.
Judas Priestโs 1980 British Steel is an all time metal classic with Living After Midnight and Breaking The Law becoming two of their most well know songs and can you really have an 80โs record collection without British Steel? Next is 1981โs Point Of Entry. I know this is one where the fan base is divided but me, I love this album. It was their third album to feature the more commercial sound they adopted on Killing Machine but this one was geared more towards hard rocking radio metal and some of the fans just could get into it. There were also two different album covers for this one and the band apparently hated both of them. Then you have the 1980 debut On Through The Night from Def Leppard. This is a fan favorite because itโs the most raw and metal sounding the band has ever been. You take the music from the album and combine it with their look and they were destined to be part of the NWOBHM that exploded in the early 80โs with Def Leppard, Raven, Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Tygers Of Pan Tang. As we all know they would move away from this sound on the following albums which alienated some of their early fans while they were being embraced by the general rock fan and would go on to become one of the biggest bands in the world. Then last up is another polarizing Judas Priest album, 198&โs Ram It Down. This was the second album by Priest to have stereo and synth guitars and really glossy production like its predecessor Turbo. Originally the band wanted to do a doing album called Twin Tuboโs with one being hard rocking pop metal and the other being a more classic heavy metal sound. Their label said no way so they put out the more commercial songs on Turbo. Then in 1988 they followed it up with Ram It Down. Four of the songs, Hard As Iron, Monsters Of Rock, Ram It Down and Love You To Death were written for the Twin Turboโs album. The cover of Johnny B. Good, which was done for the 1988 movie Johnny Be Good, ended up on the album and it was used as the first single which turned some of the hard core fans off. I thought it was a great cover and have played it a couple of times on HAIR ME OUT. My favorite song on the album though is probably Blood Red Skies. Who else loves these albums or maybe was turned off by them? #hairmetal#hardrock@HBBasement@HDBGChronicles@NatesHiddenGems@TheHunterCarnes@UniqueHiFi@FromHairTo4Ever@Bad_Hair_Decade@HairMetalGuru@ColdasBryyyce@ThaHeathen@bsmntdwllr73@Grizzard_Goober@bsmntdwllr73@AndyLeRock@reidworld@pvmckeown@BerserkerBill@CTMetsfan124@KillahRoxxMusic@BillLam54414323@BOBinBroadview@coolasice232@jamiecaste73635@JenniferSi33633@dean_maiers@Racer24@ipmuniversal@gjgp89@Nico8x8@Jackson1556@GTAK_Weld@GrumpyDrop@XIBILXIC@GlitterLitter13@reidworld@JGSixxgun@jay6_29@rjknecht41@MoMetalTrax@LFCMFighter@LindaS72@shaun_pinney@pb1505thfc@rob37316784@RobbCar13@RonSwanson1971@AddFlan1@6969nyc@lipstickNL13@NeedleOfSteel