Haven't done this for a while so let's have a bit of fun with it. The theme this time out is places, the only stipulation being that, of course, they all have to be Heavy Metal songs of one stripe or another.
Let's kick it off with Manowar's classic “Gates of Valhalla”
Follow that up with the title track to Axxis's “Doom of destiny”, which is subtitled “Arabia”
Interesting one from Anthrax, from their debut, this is “Across the river”
Can't forget good ol' Black Metal! This is “Witchery”, with “Midnight at the graveyard”
Something more progressive, and totally the other end of the scale, from Christian metal band Theocracy, this is “Bethlehem”
One of Batty's favourites, this is Suffocation, with “Images of Purgatory”
And one of mine. Straotvarius, with “The hills have eyes”
One from the undisputed masters of Metal, this is Black Sabbath with “Jerusalem”
Bit of fun from Tankard, with “Cities in flames”
and we close on another Batty favourite, soon to be featured in the Viking Metal section, Bathory, with “Oden's ride over Nordland”.