Hardcore, Punk & Heavy Metal > Impetus; Cadillac Hardcore, Punk & Heavy Metal

Advantages: So relax to hear the song with a high pitch tone
Disadvantages: if you are not good singer, maybe you can't reach the tones

When I was young, I think I'm already 6 years old. I heard one of the song of Scorpions the "Wind of Change". At first, I really don't mind who is the author of that song and I'm too young to be curious to that. When I reach the age of teens, I am curious to know the author and I know now " Scorpions" . I really like all of their song but the first song I've heard is "Wind of Change". That's song I can't forgot of the Scorpions because I've heard ...
...and it's played a background sound of one of the famous dramas here in my country. The songs of the scorpions is too high pitch for me, I can't reach the tone of the voice. I just sometimes sing their song with my guitar, that can't make me bored. I bought some of their CD's and until now I played it.. but because now I have my own internet, I just see their videos here in my computer. So relax to hear their song, indeed! ... Read review

Advantages: just great
Disadvantages: none

...developing nicely since their beginning in the 1990s . The crew backing Shagrath's lead vocals -- killer guitar by Erkekjetter Silenoz and some wonderfully harmonic backing vocals that are near operatic, or at least influenced by Jon Anderson and Yes -- have become a brand in metal. The transitions in tunes such as "The Conspiracy Unfolds" and "The Sacrilegious Scorn," the former with its intense blastbeats and ranging power riffs and the latter ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent inventive record
Disadvantages: Tinny noise, badly produced, sloppy at times

Welcome to Hell is a superb debut album by Venom. Released in January 1981 on Neat Records, it brought a whole new meaning to heavy metal as this Newcastle NWOBHM band produced the hardest album with the darkest material to date at that time. Even now, it doesn't sound tame and still comes across as hard albeit incredibly raw. The producing is poor and the musicians are quite sloppy at times but this just adds to the devil spawn that is Welcome ...
...first Black Metal album (although the band's 2nd album coined the term) but where it betters later albums is that it has catchy punk elements to the music and lyrics worthy of Motorhead when they are on top form. Despite the dubious musicianship on the album, the riffs and choruses in particular are so catchy that they are very memorable and easy to sing along to.. "Welcome to Hell", "Schizoid" and the chanting type track "In League with Satan" ... Read review

Advantages: Supreme catchiness with dark subject matter
Disadvantages: None

Venom's Black Metal album was released on the Neat label in November, 1982 - about 20 months after their debut album. This album retains a lot of the catchiness from the first but the production is considerably clearer and better, the musicianship is tighter but still a little sloppy, a lot of tracks start off with cracking riffs and the clear but croaky vocals belt out anthem like tracks with choruses necessary to sing a long to. It's not a carbon ...
...would become a mainstay of black metal (a genre which name derived from this album), just about every track has satanic lyrics, much more vivid and detailed than bands had done in the past and my favourite track of the album is "Buried Alive" which takes a while to get going due to the early instrumental work but proves to be a corker of a track. Countess Bathory also starts off with a wonderful retro sound, a top tune to bounce around to, if ever ... Read review

Advantages: Eclectic mix of styles, quite catchy and good covers of traditional tracks
Disadvantages: Bit poppy for my liking

...from the Norse god Tyr. Eric the Red was the band's 2nd album released in 2003 on the Faroese label Tutl. The band are often labelled as Viking Metal but there's not a single hint of it on this album and the only connection can surely be geographical. Eric the Red would easily be described as folk metal and the riffs and guitar solos which are often excellent but are actually quite poppy when paired up with the clean vocals of Heri Joensen in that ...
...give you a cover of Ireland's "The Wild Rover" 1. The Edge 07:44 2. Regin Smidur 06:08 3. Dreams 05:32 4. The Wild Rover 04:12 5. Styrisvolurin 06:57 6. Olavur Riddararos 04:36 7. Rainbow Warrior 05:28 8. Ramund Hin Unge 04:31 9. Alive 07:24 10. Eric the Red 07:42 ... Read review