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In regard to your Samson post.
You can buy their first album now with extra bonus tracks of Bruce Dickinson singing the songs off it.
I believe they were considering re-releasing the album with his vocals but decided against it for whatever reason.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 1089506)

Just saw that on wiki, to be honest I don`t remember too much about the "Survivors" album as its yonks ago that I heard it.

I only downloaded it for 'I Wish I Was the Saddle of a Schoolgirl's Bike'

I'm assuming of course that Venom and Raven will make it onto the list? *shakes fist threateningly*

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1089521)

I'm assuming of course that Venom and Raven will make it onto the list? *shakes fist threateningly*

Of course both are already pencilled in and I wouldn`t miss out Venom, especially with that crappy sounding production of theirs!

This thread better have some Raven love.

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1089488)

The definitive years of the NWOBHM were 1979-1982 when nearly all the bands put out their best material, but it 1980 that was the killer year!!! The amount of great metal that came out that year is legendary. The first essential listen really needs to start with one of the best known albums and bands and that is the Iron Maiden debut and a great place to start.

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden 1980
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Charlotte the harlot, show me your leg. Charlotte the harlot, take me to bed.
Charlotte the harlot, let me see your blood. Charlotte the harlot, let me see love.

The band needs no introduction but the Paul D`Anno era with the band was unforgettable, the band were raw and hungry and their later efforts never quite matched that hunger. Paul D`Anno unlike a lot of metal vocalists had a real guttural punk sound as opposed to the more soaring vocals of other metal vocalists. It was also on this album that bass player Steve Harris quickly started to emerge as the leading songwriter of the band. The album is littered with power chord tracks and sees the birth of the Iron Maiden stage favourites and epics such as Remember Tomorrow, Running Free, Phantom of the Opera and Charlotte the Harlot, but the whole track listing on the album is superb and a must hear. This ranks without a doubt as one of the bands best albums and will always be a my personal favourite from the band and no NWOBHM collection is complete without it.

This is one of my very favorite albums evar, i'd consider a definitive album for punk/metal/punkmetal .

Raven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEEAAAARRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Il Duce (Post 1089672)

Raven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEEAAAARRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree .

The third essential release has to be this Saxon album, which is also featuring now in Metal Wars so place your vote. BTW I`m posting these albums in no particular order of preference.

Saxon Wheels of Steel 1980
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You know she`s cruisin one-forty she`d do even more. I`m burnin solid rubber I don`t take no bull. Cause my wheels of steel are rolling!

Saxon were fronted up by Bill Byford "Biff" one of the most impressive, evocative and charasmatic vocalists of the whole scene and he was blessed with a great raw but melodic voice, and along with guitarist Paul Quinn has been ever present in the band and in Peter Gill they had a diamond of a drummer as well, before he jumped ship to Motorhead. The band were one of the biggest and most important of the NWOBHM movement and despite being huge here in the UK and Europe, they never quite achieved the same success in the USA. The Wheels of Steel album was one of two stellar albums that the band released in 1980, with the other being Strong Arm of the Law. Both albums are pretty essential but this album takes it and its littered with killer tracks covering great metal fanfare such as motorbikes. Essential songs to listen to are Motorcycle Man, 747 (Strangers in the Night), Wheels of Steel and Freeway Mad. If ever an album was designed for cruising a chopper down a freeway then its this album.