Old School Metal
 

Before we had a whole list of ridiculous sub-genres of Metal we had:

Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Speed Metal
Death Metal

and that's it. I know music is always evolving. I am just getting all nostalgic for when Metal was simplified and we did'nt have to label every band or invent a new sub-genre. Here are some of my faves from the 80's.

Dio-Holy Diver (1983)


He's a short arse git and his lyric are terrible yet he represents Heavy Metal succinctly in the 80's. OTT, preposterous but essential. (just noticed this is an edited version-gutted!)

Slayer-Raining Blood(1986)

Still the greatest Thrash Metal track ever. 22 years old and still astonishing.

Tankard-The Morning After(1987)

Legendary German booze heads whose albums were just a blur of speed and beer references (they were'nt supposed to be taken seriously!) yet despite the tomfoolery, were musically very tight.

Death-Open Casket(1988)

Many fans cite the later Death years as the best but this where the genre grew and formed. The drumming on this track is nothing short of amazing-check the drums out at 2:45 onwards.

Yes there are many many more tracks that could sum up this era but these are definitely some defining moments.

First off, thank you for posting this.
The trend of no two metal bands being in the same genre has never made any sense to me. Metal is metal, why does it have to be complicated more than that. Mid 70's to late 80's has to be my favorite time frame. That is when metal evolved to what I love. Metal was at the forefront throughout the 80's and was able to make some major changes and grow. To bad glam took most of the spotlight.
Its funny how certain songs bring memories back. They say that smell has the closest tie to memory, but I think sound does. Mostly music for me. I can remember Holy Diver playing when my family was packing up to move from Washington to North Carolina. I caught my first football from my dad with Subdivisions playing.

Of course I have memories tied to other songs, but I'll just toss out a few others without any explaination.

NWOBHM made it possible. I think metal might have been a flash in the pan without it. Thank you UK.

MotorHead: Ace Of Spades and Orgasmatron

But Lemmy still doesn't want to be known as a heavy metal band.

Iron Maiden: The Trooper and Run To The Hills




So much good music from that time frame. Where do you start, where can you even consider ending. It shaped my taste and left me wanting more. I always end up back here.

Thanks for the vids. Just a couple of things to clear up . Orgasmatron was 86 and not NWOBHM. Lemmy despises the HM tag and quite rightly so. Motorhead are a Rock n Roll band . Plain and simple.

Let's keep the nostalgia going people!

thanks for the clips.
The trooper was one i liked:laughing:

I'll See your Iron Maiden and Raise you this:


and this:

Never been much for King Diamond, But I'll counter your Anthrax with:

This one Makes me immune to your attack and lets me pull any metal band i want outta' my ass!

Take that

I may not be able to beat your Priest, but I can double match it.




And I'll throw this in for shits and grins.

Just when you think ya' got me:

Black metal was around before Death Metal if you want to be pedantic.

But anyways, here's some Kreator.