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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, …
BETWEEN FORCE AND FATE (VIRGIN RECORDS, 2005) War is Peace opens the album and perfectly sets the tone for what you’re about to hear over the next 38 minutes. That is, if you’re listening to the Between Force and Fate at once — the way we used to listen to our music, you know? So, I also gotta …
W.A.S.P. (CAPITOL, 1984) I Wanna Be Somebody is the first track from the debut album by W.A.S.P. In the late 90s, when the originally intended opening track was added to the reissues, I Wanna Be Somebody became the second track — the first one being Animal (Fuck Like a Beast). And I don’t think I’m wrong in saying …
BANISHED BY SIN (REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC, 2024) Banished by Sin is a song by Deicide — and the ninth track from their 2024 release of the same name. I really love this album, though to be fair, I don’t have anything bad to say about any of Deicide’s releases. That said, a few albums in …