Classic Metal Bands...

Over the past few years I've been checking out very much newer bands, such as Edguy, Kamelot, Falconer, etc... And now when I take a look at my CD collection, I realize I have way too little Classic stuff. Sure, I already got CD's by a lot of older bands, but I figure it's time to check out the Metal past! So I wanna check out 1 CD of each of these bands... Def Leppard, Dokken, King Diamond, Savatage, Stryper, Twisted Sister & W.A.S.P. Yeah, I know It's like cursing in the church, but I don't own a single release by those mentioned, so I need recommendations on which CD I should bye by each of these bands.

Def Leppard - High N Dry

Dokken - Under Lock N Key

King Diamond - Abigail

Savatage - Power of the Night

Stryper - Yellow and Black Attack

Twisted Sister - You Cant Stop Rock N Roll

W.A.S.P. - S/T

I was thinking about this the other day myself. There's tons of stuff I don't have in my collection that people would flip out about. I guess it just comes from being so familiar with the material already, I never really saw a reason to actually own it.

Def Leppard - Pyromania
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

Out of those I first had in mind, you guys seem to agree on at least 2 of them :

Def Leppard - Pyromania
Dokken - Under Lock & Key
King Diamond - Abigail
Savatage - Gutter Ballet
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

Hey, it's all cool. Check out:

Def Leppard - On Through The Night

Dokken - Tooth And Nail

King Diamond - Abigail

Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

Stryper - To Hell With The Devil

Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry

W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

Have fun and enjoy!!!

Accept-Balls to the Wall
AC/DC -Back in Black
Back Sabbath -Heaven and Hell
Diamond Head-Lighting to the Nations
Dio -Holy Diver
Judas Priest-British Stell
Kiss-Lick it Up
Manowar-Into Glory Ride
Mercyful Fate-Melissa
Metallica -Kill'em All
Motley Crue -Shout at the Devil
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne-Bark at the Mon
Saxon-Power & The Glory
Sorpions -Animal Magnetism
Twisted Sister-Yuo cant' stop Rock and Roll
Krokus -Headhunter
UFO -Meckanic
Thin Lizzy -Renegade
Lizzy Borden-Visual Lies
Budgie -Power Suply
Cinderella -Night Songs
Wasp-Wasp
Rose Tattoo-Assault and Batery
Warlock-Burning the Witches
Lita Ford -Lita
Lee Aaron- Metal Queen
Ultimatum -Puppet of Destruction

Def Leppard - Hysteria
Stryper- (this is tough) Either To Hell With the Devil or Soliders Under Command i think if you check one of them out and dig it, you'll probobly like the other

Thanks guys for all the recommendations... unfortunately it seems that there aren't any like-minded Metal heads here. So, I think I'm going for those I first had in mind. Still, have to see how many different opinions on Savatage there is out there.

Zé Metal & Company wrote:

Accept-Balls to the Wall
AC/DC -Back in Black
Back Sabbath -Heaven and Hell
Diamond Head-Lighting to the Nations
Dio -Holy Diver
Judas Priest-British Stell
Kiss-Lick it Up
Manowar-Into Glory Ride
Mercyful Fate-Melissa
Metallica -Kill'em All
Motley Crue -Shout at the Devil
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne-Bark at the Mon
Saxon-Power & The Glory
Sorpions -Animal Magnetism
Twisted Sister-Yuo cant' stop Rock and Roll
Krokus -Headhunter
UFO -Meckanic
Thin Lizzy -Renegade
Lizzy Borden-Visual Lies
Budgie -Power Suply
Cinderella -Night Songs
Wasp-Wasp
Rose Tattoo-Assault and Batery
Warlock-Burning the Witches
Lita Ford -Lita
Lee Aaron- Metal Queen

No Iron Maiden?
Still, that's an awesome list you got there!

Savatage is the best band ever, and that's all you need to know!

Def Leppard - High N Dry
Savatage - Gutter Ballet
WASP - Crimson Idol

kmorg wrote:

Savatage is the best band ever, and that's all you need to know!

Somehow, I was not surprised by your Savatage comment!
You surely give them a lot of praise on your website, and that's kind of the reason why I wanted to check them out in the first place. BTW, I've always wondered, what is your all time favourite metal album, Kmorg?

Savatage is indeed the greatest but co'mon,......its all about Streets: a rock opera!!!!

kmorg wrote:

Savatage is the best band ever, and that's all you need to know!

AMEN BROTHER!!!!!

So... is "Gutter Ballet" a good place to start getting into Savatage?

Def Leppard - High N Dry

Dokken - Under Lock N Key

King Diamond - Abigail or Them

Savatage - Sirens

Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

Twisted Sister - Under the Blade

W.A.S.P. - s/t or The Last Command

Here are my opinions:

Def Leppard-High n Dry- best songwriting from this band before they turned away from their roots

Dokken-Tooth n Nail-great album, so George Lynch's best leads, but be forewarned production is slightly dated

Twisted Sister-You Can't Stop Rock n Roll-Just a great rock album

King Diamond-Abigail-Like a audio Stephen King novel in music form

Savatage-Gutter Ballet-This albums shows you why Criss Olivia is so missed

W.A.S.P.-The Crimson Idol-If The Who had become a metal band this is the concept album they will have created.

Stryper-To Hell With the Devil- Not a major Stryper fan but IMO this album had their best songwriting, production, and was their commerical break thru to the mainstream.

AngelRipper16 wrote:

So... is "Gutter Ballet" a good place to start getting into Savatage?

That's where I started. I saw the video for the title cut on Headbanger's Ball back when Ricky Rachtman hosted it.

tohostudios wrote:

AngelRipper16 wrote:

So... is "Gutter Ballet" a good place to start getting into Savatage?

That's where I started. I saw the video for the title cut on Headbanger's Ball back when Ricky Rachtman hosted it.

Thanks again for the recommendations... Now at least I'm getting my hands on "Abigail", "Gutter Ballet" and "Soldiers Under Command" in the nearest future.

I went to YouTube and saw "Gutter Ballet"... Holy cow! That song is killer! Very special form for Metal, I might say... Never heard anything like it.

Listening to Gutter Ballet, it's not hard to see how Savatage morphed into TranSiberian Orchestra.

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Over the past few years I've been checking out very much newer bands, such as Edguy, Kamelot, Falconer, etc... And now when I take a look at my CD collection, I realize I have way too little Classic stuff. Sure, I already got CD's by a lot of older bands, but I figure it's time to check out the Metal past! So I wanna check out 1 CD of each of these bands... Def Leppard, Dokken, King Diamond, Savatage, Stryper, Twisted Sister & W.A.S.P. Yeah, I know It's like cursing in the church, but I don't own a single release by those mentioned, so I need recommendations on which CD I should bye by each of these bands.

Def Leppard- High N Dry
Dokken- Tooth And Nail
King Diamond- Abigail or Them
Savatage- Power Of The Night
Stryper- To Hell With The Devil
Twisted Sister- Under The Blade
W.A.S.P.- W.A.S.P.

Nice to see the votes for High n Dry starting to add up. For me that is easily the zenith of Def Leppard's musical output.

tohostudios wrote:

Nice to see the votes for High n Dry starting to add up. For me that is easily the zenith of Def Leppard's musical output.

So I guess then I should rather go with that one instead of Pyromania... If I like "High 'N Dry", THEN I'm getting "Pyromania"... I think the reason why I wanted to buy "Pyro" was that Kmorg said it had the best of Def Leppard's both worlds... But hey, most likely I'm gonna check out both so thanks again...