Oh fuck yeah, I love Helstar.
Nosferatu is one of my
Absolute favourite all time records and they have a couple others nearly as good.
Hell is great too, I really like
Human Remains and its wildly theatrical NWOBHM style.
Anyway... Mercyful Fate's
Don't Break The Oath. Simple godlike from start to finish. Every riff, every solo, every vocal line from
King Diamond (his greatest performance ever, though MF's s/t EP comes real close) is pretty much instantly memorable and brilliant throughout. This narrowly beats out Nosferatu as my favourite lead guitar work on any metal album, ever. (Michael Denner is fucking godlike) Each song is brilliant, the
Hellish, reverb-heavy production fits like a glove...
simply brilliant.
Savage Grace's
Master of Disguise is a fun album too. Really speed, memorable stuff that sounds like Iron Maiden and
Omen all on fucking amphetamines. The riffs are great, the vocals are wild as
Hell and full of attitude, and the songs are just fun as
Hell to listen to. Great stuff.
And the album art is fucking awesome in its own ridiculous way :P
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