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BLIZZARD OF OZZ (JET RECORDS, 1980) Crazy Train is the debut solo single from Ozzy Osbourne, featured on his first solo album. I’m fairly sure it was also the first Ozzy video I ever saw, although that must have been years after both the album and the video were originally released. The song is one …
ACTIVE: 1990- The Prodigy are one of the most successful electronic groups of all time, having sold a massive amount of records. They’ve been around since the early nineties, if I’m not completely mistaken. The first time I heard them, I actually found their music really irritating — but this must have been around 1992–1993, …
BETWEEN FORCE AND FATE (VIRGIN RECORDS, 2005) Water is Getting High is the second track on Velcra’s Between Force and Fate. This and the opener, War is Peace, are by far the best songs from the album. Don’t get me wrong — the rest of the record is really good too, but these two simply …
NO MORE TEARS (EPIC RECORDS, 1991) No More Tears is the fifth track on the sixth studio album (with the same title) from Ozzy Osbourne. It’s also my favourite “solo” album from him. Two of my favorite tracks from Ozzy are on this album: the title track and Hellraiser. Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead contributed on …
STAY HUNGRY (ATLANTIC, 1984) I Wanna Rock is the fifth track from Twisted Sister’s Stay Hungry album. The album is by far their most-known release. It includes the band’s two signature songs, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”, both of which had iconic music videos on heavy rotation on various music shows. …
ELEGY (RELAPSE, 1996) Better Unborn is the opening track of Elegy, the third Amorphis album. This was the first Amorphis album that was a bit more melodic, less death metal, and had more variety in songwriting — at least compared to the first two albums. But out of the early records, this one, in my opinion, …
ACTIVE: 1967-2025 Well, here’s another name that really needs no introduction: John Michael Osbourne. Yes, Ozzy! The legend who, sadly, passed away in 2025. Mr. Osbourne co-founded Black Sabbath, the very foundation of heavy metal. I first got into his music through his solo material from the eighties and discovered his work in Black Sabbath …
ACTIVE: 1968-2025 Black Sabbath is a band without which none of the music I listen to would even exist. There really is no other way to describe their importance to the metal genre. I consider myself late to the party with this band — I only really started listening to them around 1996. Sure, I …
ACTIVE: 1990- Amorphis is an absolutely killer metal band from Finland. I’ve been following them since early 1993, when they were still playing actual death metal. They released quite a few good albums during the nineties. After that they started travelling on a less-metal path for several years. Fortunately, they got their focus back on …
NECROTICISM – DESCANTING THE INSALUBRIOUS (EARACHE RECORDS, 1991) Incarnated Solvent Abuse is the fifth song from Necroticism album. It is by far the best album Carcass ever released… and it’s also the first one I heard from them. Been hooked ever since! Every track on this record is 110% perfection. Although my personal favorite is the second track, Corporal Jigsore Quandary, …