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Blackcrowe | 06.02.2022

	1.	S.A. Slayer - Go For The Throat 1988 S.A.Slayer, originally known as Slayer, was an American heavy metal band formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1981 by the former Blitzkrieg (not to be confused with the UK band Blitzkrieg) guitar duo Robert "Bob Dog" Catlin and Art Villarreal, bassist Don Van Stavern, drummer Dave McClain, and vocalist Chris Cronk (Fates Warning, Jag Panzer, Karion, Talisphere, Target 7)
	2.	Hawaii - One Nation Underground 1983 Hawaii was an American speed metal band, formed in 1981 by former Deuce guitarist Marty Friedman, originally called Vixen.
	3.	Warlord - Deliver Us 1983 was an American heavy metal band, formed in 1980 and based in Los Angeles, California.
	4.	Witchfynde - Cloak And Dagger 1983 Witchfynde are an English heavy metal band, forerunners of the new wave of British heavy metal in the late 1970s.
	5.	Helstar - Burning Star 1984 Helstar began with a basic heavy metal style in 1983 with two demos, followed by their first studio album in 1984 titled Burning Star for Combat Records,making them label mates with Megadeth and Exodus.
	6.	Grinder - Dawn For The Living 1988 Grinder was a late 1980s/early 1990s speed metal/thrash metal band from Germany. They released three full-length albums and one EP before disbanding.
	7.	Hobbs’ Angel Of Death - Hobbs’ Angel Of Death 1988 Hobbs' Angel of Death were an Australian thrash metal band that began in 1987 in Melbourne, and are one of the first Australian groups to perform in that genre.
	8.	Savage - Loose 'N' Lethal 1983 If you know of this Mansfield band at all, chances are it’s because Metallica have covered Let It Loose, thereby making it Savage’s most renowned song. But the band’s 1983 debut album Loose ‘N’ Lethal is among the very finest examples of British metal from that era.
	9.	Picture - Heavy Metal Ears 1981 For a time in the early ‘80s, Picture were on the verge of leading Holland into an exciting era of metal. Formed in 1979, their first two albums Picture 1 (1980) and Heavy Metal Ears (1981) were thrusting, heavy and had a cutting edge British sound.
	10.	Necromandus - Orexis Of Death 1973 A band that was once managed by Mr. Tony Iommi himself, Necromandus originally worked between 1970 and 1973. Although they had a big future ahead of them, things just didn't work out. The story also goes that Ozzy Osbourne wanted to hire some of the Necromandus members for his Blizzard of Ozz project. Bob Daisley did mention unknown drummer and a guitar player in some of the early rehearsals, but it's not sure whether these were the Necromandus guys.
	11.	Sortilège - Larmes De Héros 1986 favorite french record; this is as good as it will ever get! It is almost insane to even begin to think how Sortilege was capable of producing such memorable tracks like the melodic chorus-oriented “Mourir Pour Une Princesse” or the epic ballad “Quand un Aveugle Rêve”.
	12.	White Spirit - White Spirit 1980 were an English heavy metal band from Hartlepool, England, best remembered for guitarist Janick Gers who went on to play with Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson, and ultimately, Iron Maiden.
	13.	Pariah - Blaze Of Obscurity 1989 UK Heavy Thrash Metal
	14.	Pokolgép - Pokoli Színjáték 1987 Hungarian Metal
	15.	Flash Point - No Point Of Reference 1987 Heavy Speed Metal UK Band
	16.	Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend 1970 Now, this is a quality name for a heavy metal band, especially knowing that Lucifer's Friend were formed back in 1970 when such a label was considered controversial. Coming from Germany, their self-titled debut album was pretty revolutionary for the times. Not to mention the uncanny cover artwork. Also, notice how some parts of the opening track resemble Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song."
	17.	Tension US - Breaking Point 1986 Great Thrash Metal band ^Breaking Point^ was release on Combat records alongside Exodus and Megadeth at the time.
	18.	Mordred - Fool's Game 1989 Mordred is an American funk metal/thrash metal band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In their initial career, they released three studio albums and one EP from 1989 to 1994. The album Fool's Game (1989) meets the Bay Area thrash spirit, while The Next Room is more akin a Faith No More album.
	19.	Wrath - Nothing To Fear 1987 Wrath is an American progressive thrash metal band founded in 1982.
	20.	Axe - Nemesis 1983 formed in 1979 and disbanded in 2012. The band is best known for their 1982 song "Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets", and had other hits such as "Now or Never", "I Think You'll Remember Tonight" and "Heat in the Street"
	21.	Crossfire - See You In Hell 1985 Crossfire, along with Killer and Ostrogoth of Mausoleum Records, were the most important Belgian heavy metal bands of the 1980s.
	22.	Fist - Turn The Hell On 1980 Fist are an English heavy metal band founded in South Shields, North East England in 1978.[1] Fist were one of the original bands that were considered to be part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
	23.	Child’s Play - Rat Race 1990 Rat Race is the debut studio album by hard rock/heavy metal band Child'ƨ Play, released in 1990 through Chrysalis Records.It was produced by Howard Benson, who would later go on to produce for Motörhead, Sepultura, and Seether.
	24.	Battleaxe - Burn This Town 1983 Heavy Metal from England
	25.	Tytan - Rough Justice 1985 Another great NWOBHM
	26.	Zebra - Zebra 1983 Hard Heavy Rock The group initially was a cover band, playing Led Zeppelin and other technically proficient rock groups such as Yes, Jethro Tull, and Pink Floyd.
	27.	Holy Moses - Queen Of Siam 1986 Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band active from 1980 to 1994 and again since 2000. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen, who is the only constant member of Holy Moses, and for being one of the first German thrash metal bands. Holy Moses have released 12 studio albums.
	28.	Cyclone - Brutal Destruction 1986 Belgian Thrash influenced by the likes of Anthrax and Exodus. They released their debut, Brutal Destruction, in 1986, and opened for Anthrax, Overkill and Agent Steel that same year. In 1990
	29.	Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum 1988 progressive death-metal masters Pestilence aren't forgotten by any stretch of the imagination, but few remember that they started out as a thrash band. You can hear the influence of Metallica, Slayer and Exodus all over the band's 1988 .
	30.	Messiah - Hymn To Abramelin 1986 Great Swiss Metal
	31.	Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely 2009 Cyclone Temple was an American thrash metal band formed from the remnants of Znöwhite, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Great addition from one of the suggestions never hear it before Technical Thrash Groove Progressive Metal
	32.	Enola Gay - F.O.T.H 1995 Great Power Metal band from Germany really surprised to see in the suggestions.

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Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 03:48 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 07:37 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 I know a few. Also I wouldn't call Helstar and Mordred forgotten or unknown. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 12:21 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Maybe but those are known by a few ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 913 From: France	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 12:27 Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 913 From: France Definitely wouldn't call Sortilège forgotten, they're still having a good amount of success here in their home country Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 13:13 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by Roman Doez on 06.02.2022 at 12:27 Definitely wouldn't call Sortilège forgotten, they're still having a good amount of success here in their home country Yes maybe but outside of France unfortunately are almost unknown ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 13:18 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Written by Blackcrowe on 06.02.2022 at 13:13 Written by Roman Doez on 06.02.2022 at 12:27 Definitely wouldn't call Sortilège forgotten, they're still having a good amount of success here in their home country Yes maybe but outside of France unfortunately are almost unknown Well, in the age of the internet, we are lucky to know bands from all over the world so a band like Sortilege is not unknown anymore. Also Chuck Schuldiner was seen wearing a Sortilège T-shirt so a lot of people got curious about that and tried to listen to the band. He even borrowed one of their riffs in a song, I forgot which though. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 14:01 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Quote: Well, in the age of the internet, we are lucky to know bands from all over the world so a band like Sortilege is not unknown anymore. Also Chuck Schuldiner was seen wearing a Sortilège T-shirt so a lot of people got curious about that and tried to listen to the band. He even borrowed one of their riffs in a song, I forgot which though. Yes Sortilege was a great band and one of my alltime favorite I hope with this post most people will know more bands. not just traditional band old new bands as well ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 06.02.2022 - 15:44 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Written by Blackcrowe on 06.02.2022 at 14:01 Yes Sortilege was a great band and one of my alltime favorite I hope with this post most people will know more bands. not just traditional band old new bands as well ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 06:02 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by JoHn Doe on 06.02.2022 at 15:44 Written by Blackcrowe on 06.02.2022 at 14:01 Yes Sortilege was a great band and one of my alltime favorite I hope with this post most people will know more bands. not just traditional band old new bands as well Great picture of Chuck He always looked for new music and great bands thank you for the picture ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
F3ynman2000 Nocturnal Bro Posts: 2664 From: Germany	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 14:14 F3ynman2000 Nocturnal Bro Posts: 2664 From: Germany I've only heard of Pestilence and Messiah. Well done! Got to go explore some of these... ---- * Music I'm currently enjoying (April 2024) Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 14:18 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Cyclone Temple is really good https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-hate-therefore-i-am ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 17:14 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by F3ynman2000 on 07.02.2022 at 14:14 I've only heard of Pestilence and Messiah. Well done! Got to go explore some of these... Its good to hear the list interested you and always is good hearing new stuff ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 17:16 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by JoHn Doe on 07.02.2022 at 14:18 Cyclone Temple is really good https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-hate-therefore-i-am Yeah necer hear it until you reply, I will add pretty good kind of groove metal ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 17:21 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 17:24 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Written by Blackcrowe on 07.02.2022 at 17:21 glad you liked them. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 19:16 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by JoHn Doe on 07.02.2022 at 17:24 Written by Blackcrowe on 07.02.2022 at 17:21 glad you liked them. I got some more, but i don't want to look like a show off jerk, Thank You that, the idea of the list is share and discover new bands recently I felt a little stagnant with the bands that I like and the last year was very poor on new bands harvest ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 19:24 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Written by Blackcrowe on 07.02.2022 at 19:16 Written by JoHn Doe on 07.02.2022 at 17:24 Written by Blackcrowe on 07.02.2022 at 17:21 glad you liked them. I got some more, but i don't want to look like a show off jerk, Thank You that, the idea of the list is share and discover new bands recently I felt a little stagnant with the bands that I like and the last year was very poor on new bands harvest I edited that post, how did you get that sentence I deleted? I'll post a couple of bands later if not tomorrow. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 07.02.2022 - 21:12 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
antvre Posts: 46	Permalink +1 08.02.2022 - 12:14 antvre Posts: 46 I would say that pestilence is pretty known in the death metal circle.. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink 08.02.2022 - 14:50 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Enola Gay - F.O.T.H (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6v8fDqc4Bk&t=382s ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 08.02.2022 - 21:16 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by antvre on 08.02.2022 at 12:14 I would say that pestilence is pretty known in the death metal circle.. I been in the Death metal a long time and Pestilence is one of the great forgotten metal bands ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 08.02.2022 - 21:18 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by JoHn Doe on 08.02.2022 at 14:50 Enola Gay - F.O.T.H (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6v8fDqc4Bk&t=382s Yes great suggestion I’ve totally forgot that band I was met those guys at the end of the nineties great memories ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 4873	Permalink +1 09.02.2022 - 07:43 JoHn Doe Posts: 4873 Maybe a bit forgotten, not unknown, rather overlooked Veni Domine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_Y713i4Fc ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
majormalfunction Posts: 1453	Permalink +1 09.02.2022 - 09:10 majormalfunction Posts: 1453 There's some bands in your list that I need to check out, some I've never heard of and some are already in my overlong "gonna-give-a-listen"-list. I don't want to be that guy but I wouldn't classify Axe as a metal band. Great band with some of my favourite melodic rock songs but not metal and i'm not sure how forgotten they are. In melodic rock/AOR circles they are often mentioned. ---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 09.02.2022 - 12:42 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by majormalfunction on 09.02.2022 at 09:10 There's some bands in your list that I need to check out, some I've never heard of and some are already in my overlong "gonna-give-a-listen"-list. I don't want to be that guy but I wouldn't classify Axe as a metal band. Great band with some of my favourite melodic rock songs but not metal and i'm not sure how forgotten they are. In melodic rock/AOR circles they are often mentioned. Yes you are right it’s like Blue Oyster Cult, Journey and Molly Hatchet some hard rock melodic, but in nemesis you can find a heavy melodic version of the band. I think Axe with this artwork lyrics and songs can classify in the way hard melodic. ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 09.02.2022 - 12:44 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by JoHn Doe on 09.02.2022 at 07:43 Maybe a bit forgotten, not unknown, rather overlooked Veni Domine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_Y713i4Fc I will check thank you ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...
Mrtvozornik Posts: 11 From: Serbia	Permalink +1 10.02.2022 - 15:45 Mrtvozornik Posts: 11 From: Serbia Great list, but can be endless. I have few recommendation for you, a true, more or less, forgotten gem. You are probably young person, but for some of them, i am sure, you know. Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay 1988 Thrash legend from Germany Aria - Герой Асфальта 1987 Iron Maiden from Russia Crimson Glory - Transcendence 1988 One and only Midnight, impressive singer Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel 1986 One of my favorite US power metal album Gravestone - Victim Of Chains 1984 When progressive rock band progress in true heavy metal on a German way Grim Reaper - See You In Hell 1984 One of the best NWOBHM album Obsession - Methods Of Madness 1987 Mike Vescera, singer, true legend, at his best Reactor - Rather Dead Than Dishonoured 1991 Where Angel Dust stop, Reactor continue Scanner - Hypertrace 1988 True power metal from Germany before flower power metal Shok Paris - Steel And Starlight 1987 For me the best US power metal band. They had everything to be stars, great singer, great songs, exist in right time, and do nothing Sinner - Danger Zone 1984 You know Mat Sinner, legendary bassist from Primal Fear? 15 years before Primal Fear he do one of the best heavy metal album from Germany Loading...
Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile	Permalink 10.02.2022 - 15:50 Blackcrowe Posts: 381 From: Chile Written by Mrtvozornik on 10.02.2022 at 15:45 Great list, but can be endless. I have few recommendation for you, a true, more or less, forgotten gem. You are probably young person, but for some of them, i am sure, you know. Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay 1988 Thrash legend from Germany Aria - Герой Асфальта 1987 Iron Maiden from Russia Crimson Glory - Transcendence 1988 One and only Midnight, impressive singer Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel 1986 One of my favorite US power metal album Gravestone - Victim Of Chains 1984 When progressive rock band progress in true heavy metal on a German way Grim Reaper - See You In Hell 1984 One of the best NWOBHM album Obsession - Methods Of Madness 1987 Mike Vescera, singer, true legend, at his best Reactor - Rather Dead Than Dishonoured 1991 Where Angel Dust stop, Reactor continue Scanner - Hypertrace 1988 True power metal from Germany before flower power metal Shok Paris - Steel And Starlight 1987 For me the best US power metal band. They had everything to be stars, great singer, great songs, exist in right time, and do nothing Sinner - Danger Zone 1984 You know Mat Sinner, legendary bassist from Primal Fear? 15 years before Primal Fear he do one of the best heavy metal album from Germany Great I have to do a part 2 thank you ---- Maybe as his eyes are wide. Loading...