The Mellow (Metal) Zone
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Repo 
- Chart updated: 04/08/2020 01:15
- (Created: 04/08/2020 00:55).
- Chart size: 2 albums.
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1981: GROUND ZERO
Weirdly enough despite their infamy, Venom still do not get enough credit. They created this sound. The sound of all extreme metal. They made music that was willfully evil. Ugly. Brutal. And they did it on purpose. Were they best players. Hell no. But they were bloody, unhinged visionaries which is worth so much more. They were willing to tear down all that came before. They took Motorhead and Priest licks & riffs ripped them to shreds, chewed them apart, stretched them too thin and then spat them out from the grave. They were filthy, putrid, and vile. And they made sure that you knew they loved every minute of it. The guitar solos are some of the most influential in metal history, and you can hear their echos in Slayer’s early albums.
Nowadays their sound is called Black n’ Roll and you can still hear their influence on such killer bands as Midnight.
Influences: Motorhead. Motorhead. Motorhead. Priest. (Motorhead's Overkill is pretty much essential listening for this stuff.)
Weirdly enough despite their infamy, Venom still do not get enough credit. They created this sound. The sound of all extreme metal. They made music that was willfully evil. Ugly. Brutal. And they did it on purpose. Were they best players. Hell no. But they were bloody, unhinged visionaries which is worth so much more. They were willing to tear down all that came before. They took Motorhead and Priest licks & riffs ripped them to shreds, chewed them apart, stretched them too thin and then spat them out from the grave. They were filthy, putrid, and vile. And they made sure that you knew they loved every minute of it. The guitar solos are some of the most influential in metal history, and you can hear their echos in Slayer’s early albums.
Nowadays their sound is called Black n’ Roll and you can still hear their influence on such killer bands as Midnight.
Influences: Motorhead. Motorhead. Motorhead. Priest. (Motorhead's Overkill is pretty much essential listening for this stuff.)
Heavy Metal, Nuggets Style Just South of The Dial (1983)
Crystal Logic by Manilla Road In the late 60s, countless bands in america aped the sound of The British Invasion. They did it in their garages. They did it with more passion than talent most of the time and that was part of the charm. Fast forward a decade and the same thing was happening. This time the invasion from England was called the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and tons of American high schoolers once again took to their garages and made something slightly different than their inspiration. A little rawer, a little weirder, and way more primitive. And once again that was the charm. Of these countless regional oddities, Manilla Road are rightly considered one of the best along with other faves of mine, Armored Saint and Cirith Ungol.
These bands were metal to the core but still melodic & catchy. The kind of bands that made you dream of a better radio. Just South of the dial.
Crystal Logic by Manilla Road In the late 60s, countless bands in america aped the sound of The British Invasion. They did it in their garages. They did it with more passion than talent most of the time and that was part of the charm. Fast forward a decade and the same thing was happening. This time the invasion from England was called the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and tons of American high schoolers once again took to their garages and made something slightly different than their inspiration. A little rawer, a little weirder, and way more primitive. And once again that was the charm. Of these countless regional oddities, Manilla Road are rightly considered one of the best along with other faves of mine, Armored Saint and Cirith Ungol.
These bands were metal to the core but still melodic & catchy. The kind of bands that made you dream of a better radio. Just South of the dial.
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The Mellow (Metal) Zone composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1981 | 1 | 50% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1983 | 1 | 50% | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0% |
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| Venom | 1 | 50% | |
| Manilla Road | 1 | 50% |
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