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Death Metal Discharge Vince Guglielmi
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Death metal. It's a hot trend bleeding into hardcore punk right now. Cool hardcore bands are citing it as an influence. Cool kids are wearing it on vintage longsleeves. How much do we really know about it, though?
Here's a crash course on the genre for hardcore kids, punks and newjacks. I'm going through the Top 40 Death Metal Albums according to British metal magazine Terrorizer and giving my thoughts on each album. I'm hearing most of the albums for the first time.
Come with me on this journey through the most menacing, aggressive form of music around. Let's submerse ourselves in filth.
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80's #16: Misfits - Walk Among Us
The Misfits are a band that I was always weary of checking out because their fans were on some b******t when I was a kid. Now that I'm older and removed from it, I really love the simple brilliance of Danzig and co's brand of fast, catchy punk rock. Check out what's sure to be one of the most hummable records on this list!
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80's #15: Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
I was excited to get into this record after really liking Priest's last record, British Steel. Screaming For Vengeance takes a bit more of a polished, hard rocking approach than the previous record and kinda left me wanting more. Check out my review.
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80's #14: Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
This week we're tackling what I believe to be one of the quinessential NWOBHM records -- Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden. The band reaches a different level on this one in terms of technical and songwriting complexity, laying the groundwork for some of the greatest metal bands to come.
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80's #13: Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
1882 was a pivotal year for underground music, and to kick it off we have one of the most important punk records in history - Hear Nothing by Discharge. This album perfects a simple but effective formula that would go on to be monumentally influential across heavy music.
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80's #12: Venom - Welcome to Hell
This week's album is a huge stepping stone that bridges the gap between the NWOBHM and extreme metal -- Welcome to Hell by Venom. This record takes everything Motorhead was doing and ratchets it up in terms of sheer unapproachability. The results are quite fun.
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80's #11: Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith
Motorhead's No Sleep Till Hammersmith has the unique distinction of being (to my knowledge) the only live record on this list. That makes it kind of hard to talk about in one sense, but also brings up some unique points to touch on. It helps that this record is the band's highest charting material and is considered by critics to be one of the best live records of all time. Check it out!
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Thanks for doing this list! I am a metalhead and sponge up everything about the genre and the music. Great job man!!!!!
I hope that you do more lists like this…maybe how these bands laid the foundation…then expand to the current bands carrying those initial thoughts and ideas in their “new” music….I don’t know I’m no podcast maker…but I would definitely listen!!!!
Thanks again!!!!!