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"If Heaven is Hell" by Tokyo Blade. This is the single off of the 1984 album "Midnight Rendezvous". Tokyo Blade has been active since 1982 and released their newest album "Unbroken" in 2018.
"Midnight Rendezvous" by Tokyo Blade 1984.
 

Re: Satan I love Court in the Act, one of my favorite NWOBHM albums. If you dig the album, check out Blitzkrieg, the band the vocalist Brian Ross went back to after the album. Most of them also did an awesome album as Blind Fury before returning to the name Satan for their second album. I've heard good things about their Pariah project, but that shit is really hard to find, even more difficult than Satan's albums. A couple of them also started Skyclad, the first folk metal band, and I absolutely love their early albums. Good bunch of musicians, check out everything they've done. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Hey is anyone here into the band Satan? I found them on youtube by complete accident and thought it was pretty damn awesome! Another one of those NWOBHM bands that might be considered obscure when you compare to bigger names. I'm pretty old school and well versed in metal and I never heard them, I was blown away! http://youtu.be/j6G3K84tRH8 I'm trying to find a copy of Court In The Act that wont break the bank. Not an easy task! Any other fans or maybe someone that can offer insight on the band?

I'd say Rob since the JP discog shows more variety out of him than Bruce in terms of range and style. 

This band needs its own thread. 
While not a strictly 'power' metal band in the sense of some of the others, this band, especially these days merges aspects of Iron Maiden, Metallica and even Queen into their current sound. I arrived really late with this band after being pretty unimpressed by what I considered to be cartoon metal back when 'Nightfall in Middle Earth' came out in 1998, but these days I can really appreciate all the bands' releases. 
I'm willing to bet there's a lot of support for their earlier more thrashy material around here, and that's cool. For me though they really hit their magical height with 'At the Edge of Time' which is just epic, fun and all things a great power metal album should be. 
Blind Guardian's albums from Best to Least Best
1. At the Edge of Time (2010)
2. A Twist in the Myth (2006)
3. Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
4. A Night at the Opera (2002)
5. Nightfall in Middle Earth (1998)
6. Beyond the Red Mirror (2015)
7. Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
8. Follow the Blind (1989)
9. Battalions of Fear (1988)
 
 
 
 
 

Scrolling through the many years of threads in the Black Metal sub-forum, you can imagine my horror upon discovering that there was no specifically DEADicated thread for one of the most significant bands the genre has ever seen, Mayhem. 
It's no secret around here that Mayhem are my favourite band, pound for pound, and I think they deserve a place where people can discuss, praise, criticise, and ridicule as users see fit. To kick things off I'm re-posting a list that was buried (by time and dust) deep in another thread in the General Discussion forum. I hope my repetition is taken in the spirit in which it is intended: as an introduction to discussion. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you....
Requiem’s Ranking of Mayhem's Official Releases, Both Studio and Live, from Worst to Best:
12. Ordo ad Chao - Studio Album (2007)
The final album to feature performance and songwriting by Blasphemer is a difficult pill to swallow. I know a few fans who bravely champion this release, and I do like it in many ways, but the deliberately unorthodox sound - which is dense and harder to penetrate than Queen Elizabeth - makes this more of a work of art than a collection of tunes. Attila's wails are ok, and Hellhammer plows away, miraculously keeping time to this anti-rhythmic beast, but I struggle to make head and tail of the whole thing. I actually own a shirt of this, too. Cool album cover. 
11. Esoteric Warfare - Studio Album (2014)
The most recent studio album is also pretty disappointing. It feels a bit insincere, having called in Teloch to play guitar and write all the music. I'm just not sure about bands who do this - getting the new member to completely write the new album. I know this is basically how 'Wolf's Lair Abyss' came into existence, but 'Esoteric' feels like a cover band in many ways. There are some good songs here, although the sound is firmly rooted in the technical modernity introduced by Blasphemer and if you don't like sterile post-Soviet machinations in your music, you're going to struggle. There's no warmth or graveyard atmosphere here. Attila's trying different things with the lyrics, and fair enough, but they're hardly engaging. Dodgy looking cover in that unattractive brown colour. 
10. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive - Live Album (2016)
This recent live release, however, brings the goods. Originally only available from the band's website, the songs are all time classics and the production here is fantastic, as the current line-up admirably plays through the classic album from first track to last. But with guitarists Teloch and Ghul sounding like a couple of blokes down at the Guitar Centre playing the riffs, it doesn't quite have the magic of the source material. It's a great little release, although hardly life changing or overly meaningful. The excellent purplish cover based on the original is tasty and haunting. 
9. European Legions - Live/Pre-Production Studio Album (2001)
Half a live album with the Maniac/Blasphemer line-up, with the other half made up of pre-production tracks from 'Grand Declaration of War', this is a competent and unexpected release that sounds great and captures the band's live aggression very effectively. The half-baked versions of album songs are surprisingly listenable. This was also released as 'US Legions'. It's an odd little half and halfer, but I really like it. Cover is a nice play on the 'Grand Declaration...' theme. 
8. Chimera - Studio Album (2004)
After the experimental 'Grand Declaration...' album, this was more focused, tighter and heavier, but ultimately not quite as good. Songs like 'My Death' are amazing, with the whole band on fire and generally communicating the essence of the band very well. Great production and some iconic band member portraits in the awesome gatefold style CD digipak that I have. The cover is a very mysteriis beast that isn't really a Chimera but looks cool all the same. The inlay photo of those nuns running away from something is fucking amazing. 
7. Mediolanum Capta Est - Live Album (1999)
A stunning live album, Maniac and Blasphemer have a maniacal fire in their blaspheming bellies as they razor-wire their way through the songs. It always amazes me how this band have had genuinely great guitarist/vocalist doubles - with the unfortunate exception of the current era. This release has all the band's best tracks played with great passion. Amazing to think this came out only 6 years after Euronymous' death. Iconic cover of Maniac in full self-harming mode, sliding a blade down his torso. These days we get Watain with their 'evil' contact lenses... 
6. Wolf's Lair Abyss - Studio EP (1997)
Hard to believe this came out only 4 years after Euronymous' death! By today's release standards it would be virtually unthinkable that it would come out so soon. This EP features only Hellhammer from the previous release ('De Mysteriis...') which is a hell of a thing when you think about how good 'Wolf's Lair' is (obviously Necrobutcher and Maniac have been members/contributors prior to this, so it's not as if they're new). Songs like 'Fall of Seraphs' and 'Ancient Skin' have the feel. Blasphemer deserves so much credit in my book. Cover is a simple band logo style that's effective and unpretentious and the fold-out inlay is simply killer. 
5. Live in Zeitz - Live Album (2016)
Recorded with the classic line-up of Dead, Euro, Necro and Hellsy, I was very excited when I found out Peaceville were releasing it officially (now we just have to wait for the Sarpsborg show to follow suit). This is one of the four live shows featuring Dead (I'm not counting Turkey which only lasted a couple of songs), and it's oh so special because of that fact. The production here is very poor, understandably, as it's obviously been pulled from some musty and degrading tape somewhere, but the songs and the charisma of the performers remain untainted. Cover is a great shot of Euronymous but it's ultimately fairly poorly presented. The colours suck and I think Peaceville could have done better. Liner notes are great though. 
4. Grand Declaration of War - Studio Album (2000)
They needed to do something quite radical in this full-length follow-up to the genre classic. They could have ripped off the old sound or done something new, and they took the hard road, but wow what an outcome. This album is so much fun to listen to, with Maniac's pompous oratory, Hellhammer's insanely triggered drums, Blasphemer's eclectic riffage and poor old Necrobutcher's bass somewhere in the background, 'And Justice for All' style. This is a great achievement, and triumphs even more in 2018 than it did in 2000 when I first bought it. Iconic cover of the dove in barbed wire. Amazing. 
3. Deathcrush - Studio EP (1987)
Their first release is so goddamn good, I can't get over it. Like a fine wine, it gets better every year. Maniac's vocals are insane and bless my heart Euronymous twists those riffs like only he can. The intro 'Silvester Anfang' haunts my dreams to this day, and nothing can ever take away the memory of hearing those first tones pump out when I saw the band live for the first time in 2001. Famously, the first pressing of this had the disturbing but cool artwork come out in bright pink rather than blood red in a classic Spinal Tap moment. 
2. Live in Liepzig - Live Album (1993)
Similar set to the 'Zeitz' show, but this one just has a sheen of quality to it that moves it from interesting document into absolute classic. The classic line-up, the classic songs, the classic intro to 'Freezing Moon': "When it's cold, and when it's dark....". Probably the best black metal cover of all time with Dead carrying that candelabrum. This is Dead's true epitaph. The atmosphere in this would have to be the best of any live release I've heard. It's almost haunting. 
1. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - Studio Album (1994)
And here it is. The perfect black metal album? Let's see. The perfect Grieghallen production by Pytten. The perfect drum sound and performance. The perfect riffs. The perfect songs. The perfect song order. The perfect singer? Depends - Attila has huge credibility, but his voice isn't for everyone. It really fits here though. Chilling album artwork. An achievement. A pinnacle. A triumph. Hail Euronymous. 
What do forum users think of Mayhem? 

For me they are slightly different. Hard Rock still has discernable elements of pop rock or rock'n'roll, while maybe boasting a stronger or grittier attitude. Heavy metal will tend to have a less danceable quality to it, focusing more on the dramatic charge of the music. That's just my interpretation of it. I imagine fans of hard rock would find heavy metal to be a little too much. 

Re: heavy metal related movies? SPINAL TAP

So Im sure there are some Venom Fans around here, Huge fan of there early material, but have to say their last few albums have been pretty Poor!

Cool thanks for the listen!

Hey there I'm Aave. I run Silent Throne Records based out of Iron Mountain, MI. I currently have two artists under Silent Throne, a one man raw black metal powerhouse in SMOG, and the ethereal aural experience that is Aave. Keep in mind though both artists are just hobbyist mostly self taught. If you have any comments or feedback please feel free to express them. Thank you for the time and thanks for the listen.
 

I just do not get Metallica's success. At all. And '70's 'metal' is the best. Priest, Motorhead, Saxon AC f'ckin' DC maaaaannnnn!!!!!!!

Don't like thrash, there you go I've said it on the forum but I think most of you knew that anyway. My fav music style is old school UK goth hence why Fields of the Nephilim are my fav band of all time. Because of this forum doom and funeral doom is now very close and not forgetting a bit of death. Another one, I like Metallica, not the early thrash stuff (I do like some of it) but the Black album etc. Blasphemy on a metal forum but there you go.

If you do a year-by-year search on Metallum, there's a clear trend. They list 129 releases for 1980; by 1990 the number is closer to 1,000; by the mid 90s it's half again that much. Fast forward to 2010 and they list somewhere just under 10,000. The numbers for the middle of the decade and onward range from around 16,000 to over 18,000.
MA's idiosyncratic standards for what constitutes "metal" are a problem for those numbers, especially their weirdly purist stance against hardcore influences. They also aren't entirely clear on what constitutes a "release", although I know they try to be. I guess it's impossible to talk about this without splitting hairs but they split the wrong ones IMO. Another issue is the possibility of under-reporting for the years before the site existed, as opposed to more complete data or even over-reporting now. But I doubt that the overall trend would look very different if it was possible to correct for any of those potential issues. 

Depends on what I need at the moment, but if I want to stay mad, this one is a heavy favorite:
 
Old school brutal death metal like Pyrexia, Infernal Torment, or Scattered Remnants is a good call too. If I really need to relax I'll put on some medieval chant, but there's a fine line for me between calming down and getting morose.

I feel the same as Requiem about recent Cradle costume and it is such a shame, but yeh, hard to watch now. They used to look great early on. On one of the last Terrorizer covers I have, Dani has the 'Nightmare before Christmas' paint and I know it's not all about imagery, but it is all too much at the moment. Still, they have some of the most amazing lyrics I have ever read so I'll let them off this time  Alabaster is right about Rammstein and so good live.

I'm usually ok with over-the-top imagery. Satanic mimes in pro-wrestling attire posing with medieval weaponry just happens to be my thing.
 
@Requiem Which CoF era imagery bothers you so much? I enjoy most of it, minus some of the later stuff. For example, when Dani looked like a glitter-goth Good Guy doll, like Chucky pimping Edward Scissorhand's clothing line. And that says a lot because I was totally fine with the short-lived blonde-wig era. 
I agree about Dimmu's best image being early 00s, but is Dimmu's recent image better or worse than when they let Stian run with his top-hated top hat & cape gimmick?
 

I have seen the trailer and well...I think I'll just go a scratch my bum in some corner instead!!!!! 

A couple of murders, a suicide and church burnings are already pretty sensational and really are the whole point of the movie. It won’t be a considered evaluation of Mayhem’s releases, put it that way. 
My fear is that it’s going to portray it all as a children’s joke that went wrong. For instance, why is Euronymous portrayed as 17 in the film when in real life he was already 24 when he met Dead and 27 when he died? What sort of chicanery is this?

Americans playing Norwegians, no music from Mayhem, Burzum or even Darkthrone in the movie and a Jew playing Varg. Clearly it’s a comedy.

Looking forward to The Dirt.

Honestly, my worry about the film is that it will sensationalize a story that has already been greatly sensationalized/mythologized by the black metal community.  It might make an otherwise serious situation into a joke.

I'll get me popcorn  

Cool music!  I like the guitar tone.

Introduce myself. Hmm.
Hi, I’m Phil, I’m 53 and I like metal.

Welcome