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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Hey guys, I need a metal education. I'm trying to expand my appreciation of metal but I'm also mostly looking to pick up some more metal on vinyl.
Right now I have Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind and Dio's The Last in Line. I don't like modern metal but want to expand my 80s metal horizons. I'll even dabble a bit into the glam side. I just like searing vocals, the thundering base, awesome solos, and sometimes even the quieter prog rock type songs that appear sometimes on these albums.
What should I be listening to or buying records of?
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Rage- "Perfect Man" or "Trapped"
Riot- "Thundersteel"
Dokken- "Under Lock and Key"
Dream Theater- "Images and Words"
Tank-"Honour and Blood" (guitar solos are awesome)
Racer X- "Extreme Live volume 2"
Tony MacAlpine-"Maximum Security" (No vocals but awesome guitar)
Hericane Alice-"Hericane Alice" (Yeah that's the spelling)
Vitalij Kuprij (songs with Greg Howe on guitar)
Cacophony-"Speed Metal Symphony"
Restless-"We Rock the Nation"
Whitesnake-"Whitesnake" (John Sykes best work on guitar)
Specific songs you might look for:
Tank-Honour and Blood, The War Drags Ever On, Kill, Too Tired to Wait For Love, W.M.L.A
Rage-A Pilgrim's Path, Wasteland, Between The Lines, Power and the Greed, Medicine, Questions, Enough is Enough
Tony MacAlpine-The King's Cup, Hundreds of Thousands (as in notes)
Dokken-Lightning Strikes Again, The Hunter, In My Dreams (guitar solo)
Racer X-Hammer Away (live version)
Cacophony-Concerto
Whitesnake-Children Of the Night, Bad Boys (Cheesy lyrics but great guitar work), Still of the Night