Yannis

What have we here? These guys are from right here in New Jersey and I was absolutely in the market for shit like this in 1985. Yet I've never even heard of them. Takes the Greek Gen-Z selfie king to introduce my old Boomer ass to 40 year old speed metal bands from right here in my own backyard. True that I don't generally go in for stuff with the super high pitched ear-piercing vox like this, but these aren't bothering me at all for some reason. I'm totally digging this, kicks all kinds of ass. Good shit alani. I might even have to see if I can find this one digitally somewhere. Alright well look at that, it's on Bandcamp for $8, that was easy. Guess I assumed that since I'd never heard of this before it'd be hard to find.
 
Exciter - Long Live the Loud, Toronto 1985, Since I'm all 80'sed out today guess I might as well hit up some of my old favorites while this mood lasts. This 3rd Exciter album often gets overlooked in favor of the first two, but Dan the man himself says it's maybe the album he's most proud of. I love it, although I could never rank the first 3, I love them all equally.
 
Grave Digger - Witch Hunter, Germany 1985. One of the better German heavy metal bands from the 80's, these guys should have been much bigger than they were. This particular album falls apart just a little on side 2 and I do skip the ballad on side 1, but there's still enough here to keep me satisfied.
 

Immortal - Pure Holocaust

Master - On The Seventh Day God Created... Master
Zen Venom - From Another Planet
 

Immortal - Pure Holocaust

Deicide - Banished By Sin (2024)
 

Well, given that I've got a bunch of German in me, I could forgive you for thinking I was just a sauerkraut enthusiast, a food that I can fully acknowledge is in point of fact, very nasty cabbage. Unfortunately my genetics basically compel me to love it, and I consume copious amounts whenever it's around.
Now Nasty Savages music, on the other hand, is one of those weird ones where they still have some traits of the bigger and glamier Monsters of Rocking Chairs vocals of the time, but the man does bring a ton of variety and character to the songs. Melodically I'd say they were coming more from the tradition of something like Metal Church's Blessing in Disguise, Hallow's Eve or Cirith Ungol, which for me makes all the difference. As long as it's based in trad metal I can enjoy it. The newer stuff often gets a little flack from traditionalists for being too technical, but again, for me that's not a problem. Glad that, even if you weren't exactly over the moon for it, it seems it at least didn't cause you violent convulsions.
That one I actually like even more than the debut.

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
 

Master - On The Seventh Day God Created... Master
Zen Venom - From Another Planet
 

Was wondering if I was going to see a little of my namesake band floating around given the new one's out in about a week.
NP: Incult - The Burnt Offering
Another unsigned band out of Belgium. This is their first full length thus far. Seems very riff focused with one foot planted firmly on the thrashy side of things. Definitely death though, and a really good flow from song to song.

Nasty Savage - Psycho Pyscho

There's no workaround for it that I'm aware of, you're stuck with tiny avatar pics here. Think of it as a soft filter. You'll appreciate it when you get older.

Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (2024)
 

Chthe'ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka
 

Disfear - Soul Scars, Swedish crust 1995
 
Convulsions - Grindcore Not War, Spanish crust/grind 2023
 
Regurgitation - Tales of Necrophilia, BDM Ohio 1999
 

Krypts - Open The Crypt
Winter - Into Darkness
 

Obituary - World Demise (1994)
 

Tiamat - Clouds
Therion - Theli
 

Incremate - Unexposed, mid-paced death from Germany 2023
 
Antagonist - Imminence, Russian death
 

Sodom - The Final Sign Of Evil
Phantasm - The Abominable
 

Tankard - Fat, Ugly & Live
 

Satan - Earth Infernal
 

Heaven's Gate - Livin' In Hysteria
Power Metal spree continues!!! 🥴
 

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
 

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985)
 

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus