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2018 U.S. release. True heavy metal is here! Brothers of Metal the hottest new band of the Scandinavian metal scene brings an epic, extremely catchy mix of Power Metal, irresistible melodies, heavy guitar riffs. Prophecy Of Ragnarök will mark the debut for Brothers of Metal. The album was originally released by the band itself in 2017 and has been streamed over 10 million times to date! Now with a label like AFM behind them everything will be raised to a new level.

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2020 release from the Swedish metal warriors. Every song on the album is a heavy metal hymn and will thrill new fans and old fans alike. More epic and more metal than ever before. The hype is real! One must have lived under a rock to not hear of this amazing band from Falun, Sweden: Brothers of Metal are an extraordinary eight-piece which is taking the metal world by storm. Their debut Prophecy Of Ragnarök was officially made available by AFM Records in November 2018, and it became a bestseller right away. Therefore, anticipation and expectations are equally high - and following up a hit debut like Prophecy Of Ragnarök for sure is not an easy task. Though, Brothers of Metal prevail in this battle and their masterfully crafted new weapon Emblas Saga will pave them the way to a lot more future victories.

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Three CD collection. Releasing their self-titled debut in 1984 on the independent Ground Zero Records, their first record shifted in excess of 70,000 copies, a sufficient number of units for them to be snapped up by Elektra Records who reissued the album in 1985. Including 'Gods Of Wrath' and 'Battalions' from their "Four Hymns" demo, plus a high-speed take of Deep Purple's classic 'Highway Star', the Metal Church album is also notable for it's production by Terry Date, who would go on to work with Soundgarden, Slipknot, Pantera and Dream Theater, among many others. Follow up The Dark in 1986 featured the same line-up as their debut, but was co-produced with Mark Dodson, known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and Ugly Kid Joe. The album made a significant dent on the Billboard Top 100 charts, aided by the video for 'Watch The Children Pray' plus the single 'Start The Fire'. This release features the single edit of 'Watch The Children Pray' as a bonus track. This album is respectfully dedicated to Cliff Burton, the Metallica bassist who had tragically died earlier that year. Third release Blessing In Disguise saw the return of Terry Date as producer, as well as a shake-up in the band's ranks, as Vanderhoof stepped down from touring to focus on songwriting, with John Marshall taking his place on guitar, and Mike Howe taking over on vocals. Bonus tracks for the 1989 album are the single edits of 'Badlands' and 'Fake Healer'.

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Influential hard rock legend, reality TV star, Broadway alumni, horror movie director, radio host – Dee Snider, the face and voice of the legendary Twisted Sister, has a career many would kill for. And yet the singer`s thirst is far from being quenched – his thirst for METAL! Dee Snider has inked a deal with Napalm Records for his upcoming solo album For The Love Of Metal produced by Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta and featuring contributions from Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage), Mark Morton (Lamb Of God), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Joel Grind and Nick Bellmore (Toxic Holocaust) and Charlie Bellmore (Kingdom Of Sorrow). Snider comments about For The Love Of Metal: "This is a really incredibly exciting album that I did not expect to make, especially at this point in my life. Jamey Jasta challenged me to make a contemporary rock record. … and I rose to the challenge!“ The result is a full-on anthemic metal album indulging in modern heaviness without neglecting Snider`s Twisted Sister roots. One of the most powerful voices in rock & heavy metal is back...and more ferocious than ever!

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Pat Boone spent much of the '80s and '90s out of the secular media spotlight, but in 1997 he made a splash - charting at #125 on the Billboard Top 200 chart - with In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, a tongue-in-cheek collection of Heavy Metal covers. Joining Boone on the record were some of the original artists like Ronnie James Dio and Alice Cooper.

It was Dick Clark's idea that Alice Cooper and Pat Boone present the award for 'Hard Rock/Heavy Metal' at the 1997 American Music Awards. Much of the singer's Christian contingent failed to get the joke.

What about a heavy metal album? (Excerpted from liner notes.)

Dave Siebels (Musical Director) and our band of youthful musicians and I were killing time between planes in England in 1987. One of the guys suggested again, 'Hey Pat, why don't we go in a studio and do some recording together?'

Dave said, 'What about a heavy metal album?' And we all had a hearty laugh at the absurdity of the suggestion.

But Dave was serious...

The news hit the wire services, and our phones lit up; Larry King, Howard Stern, Entertainment Tonight, 48 Hours, People Magazine.

Bruce Resnikoff of MCA called me and said, 'If you're serious about this metal project, we want it.'

Even before we were joined by Sheila E., Lenny Castro, and Dweezil Zappa, the other all-star jazz players felt they were in 'hog heaven,' playing together on these fantastic charts, live-to-two tracks at Ocean Way Studios. That's pretty much the way it went.

The buzz was out, and we were visited by Alice Cooper, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham, Billy Preston, Paula Kelly and others. Ronnie James Dio, upon hearing that we were doing his Holy Diver (on his birthday) also came by and joined in.

It was a party, a slammin, raucous and musically heavy spine tingling celebration.

Who knows? Maybe this unprecedented mix of milk and metal may win over a whole new audience for these very worthy songs. That's my hope, so party hearty, dude.

Pat Boone

Monty Python have got nothing on Pat Boone. You want absurd, this is the pinnacle. No comedy writer in his/her dreams could have dreamt up anything even half as stupid. The mere idea of Pat Boone, Mr. Squeaky Clean himself, (ahem) crooning heavy metal tunes is bad enough, but it gets so much worse. Big name arrangers were brought in to take crunchy power chords and squealing guitar solos and turn them into jazzy riffs and big band horn blasts. Even a few of the artists whose material is covered make guest appearances. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore plugs in on "Smoke on the Water," while vocalist Ronnie James Dio gives a shout out on his band's "Holy Diver." This musical "idiodyssey" actually works a few times. I'm not immune to the kitsch value that the swingin' versions of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)," Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary," or Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" provide. These songs almost sound like they were written for this kind of overblown, slick swing. Very scary. As for the rest, well, let's just say that aside from the fact that they don't really work too well in this format, Boone just ends up sort of speaking the lyrics and sounding completely goofy. If that's not comedy enough for you, surely the extensive liner notes explaining (rationalizing?) why Boone felt the need to make this record are the topper. I liked this guy a lot better when he was pals with the Parents' Music Resource Center. Can't wait for In a Grunge Mood--sometime in the 21st century. --Adem Tepedelen

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Monty Python have got nothing on Pat Boone. You want absurd, this is the pinnacle. No comedy writer in his/her dreams could have dreamt up anything even half as stupid. The mere idea of Pat Boone, Mr. Squeaky Clean himself, (ahem) crooning heavy metal tunes is bad enough, but it gets so much worse. Big name arrangers were brought in to take crunchy power chords and squealing guitar solos and turn them into jazzy riffs and big band horn blasts. Even a few of the artists whose material is covered make guest appearances. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore plugs in on "Smoke on the Water," while vocalist Ronnie James Dio gives a shout out on his band's "Holy Diver." This musical "idiodyssey" actually works a few times. I'm not immune to the kitsch value that the swingin' versions of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)," Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary," or Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" provide. These songs almost sound like they were written for this kind of overblown, slick swing. Very scary. As for the rest, well, let's just say that aside from the fact that they don't really work too well in this format, Boone just ends up sort of speaking the lyrics and sounding completely goofy. If that's not comedy enough for you, surely the extensive liner notes explaining (rationalizing?) why Boone felt the need to make this record are the topper. I liked this guy a lot better when he was pals with the Parents' Music Resource Center. Can't wait for In a Grunge Mood--sometime in the 21st century. --Adem Tepedelen --Amazon.com

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Sixth studio album and was the first album Dieter Dierks produced. Considered as one of the bands best releases to date.

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Three CD set. Although it's roots and influences would stretch much farther, the bands that are loosely bound together under the banner the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (or NWOBHM), flourished across the UK from the late 1970s and well into the 1980s. Spearheaded by the likes of Diamond Head, Saxon and the Tygers Of Pan Tang, as this set illuminates, this underground scene was fertile and highly influential, producing many future rock legends. Often independently released, some of the bands in this set never made more than one now highly prized and collectible 45 or one-off EP. This collection contains 44 tracks from the golden age of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, from 1978 - 1986. Includes tracks by Saxon, Rock Goddess, Paul Di'Anno & Battlezone, Venom, Blitzkrieg, Girl, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Raven, Samson, Girlschool, Diamond Head, and many others. This set was compiled in conjunction with NWOBHM expert and author John Tucker, who also wrote the extensive and informative liner notes.

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Los Angeles' Metal Church stand as one of the most innovative and unfortunately, one of the underappreciated heavy metal bands of the 1980's. And 'The Dark', their second album, is without any doubt, the masterpiece of their hard-driven air-guitar assault. Every track on this album, from the "Ton Of Bricks" attacking your ears at the beginning, to the incredible lament of "Watch The Children Pray" halfway through, right to the equally melodic and pounding "Burial At Sea" and "Western Alliance" at the end, is a classic. David Wayne's vocals did a great job on 'The Dark', giving the album a no-nonsense metal consistency and quality.

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Heavy Metal Thunder will make it's market re-entry together with a brand new bonus CD Live At Bloodstock.