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Guitar orchestra pummeling that was influential on early 80s New York's downtown music scene

Helstar - Burning Star. Old school US power metal greatness w/ wild vocals

Helstar - A Distant Thunder. Band moving to in a Thrash direction

Helstar - Nosferatu. Band definitely up the technical aspect of their playing on this one

Wicked Lady - Psychotic Overkill. Biker bar hard rock at it's finest

Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh. Same as previous with a touch more psychedelia

Savatage - Power Of The Night. Power metal that's big, dumb, brutish ...just as it should be

Maudlin Of The Well - Bath. Avant garde/experimental music hiding in a metal trench coat

Maudlin Of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map. Companion album to Bath

TNT - Knights Of The New Thunder. Melodic hard/glam rock with THOSE 80's vocals

Goatsnake - 1 + Dog Days. Stoner metal with some bite

Goatsnake - Black Age Blues. Sludgier than 1 with better production

Arc Angel - S/T. Lost classic of 80s AOR. Bon Jovi probably took notes from this