Metal Thunder

Metal Thunder

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. No Quarter [Live] - Great White

2. Leatherboyz With Electric Toyz - Pretty Boy Floyd

3. Sometimes She Cries - Warrant

4. Sister Christian [Live] - Night Ranger

5. Hot and Bothered [Live] - Cinderella

6. Spell I'm Under - Kip Winger

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Disc: 2

1. Set the Night - Pretty Boy Floyd

2. Here I Go Again - Bernie Marsden, Bernie Shaw

3. Ramble On [Live] - Great White

4. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter - Paul Di'Anno, , Doogie White

5. Bringin' on the Heartbreak - Randy Castillo, Philip Lewis

6. Under One Condition - Kip Winger

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Disc: 3

1. Stairway to Heaven [Live] - Great White

2. Naked Son - Kip Winger

3. When You Close Your Eyes [Live] - Night Ranger

4. Number of the Beast - Steve Grimmett, Lea Hart

5. Get Down, Make Love - Bob Kulick, Jake E. Lee

6. Grange - Bill Hurley, Neil Murray, Paul Samson

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Tracks:

Crazy Nights
Like Hell
Heavy Chains
Get Away
We Could Be Together
Run for Your Life
Clockwork Toy
No Way Out
Lines Are Down
Never Change Your Mind

Album Description

Loudness was a Japanese hard rock quartet that had numerous hit albums in the 80's and early 90's. Thunder In The East reached number 74 on the Billboard charts in 1985. Wounded Bird. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

One of the most underated bands ever!.......2007-07-15

Excellent Excellent CD!!!
One of the best sounding guitars that you'll ever hear.
you're a fool if you don't buy this CD. If you don't love it after you buy it, you're a moron and I don't feel a bit sorry for you.

great.......2007-07-04

its just as i remembered it outstanding cd. too bad after the 2nd cd they went pop this band had alot of potential.great cd

Mandatory Metal.......2007-05-23

*heavyyyyyyy chains*, this album rocks. Akira is a guitar god, this band is Japan's version of early Van Halen. If you are looking for all things 80's metal then this album is Mandatory Metal. Riffs, hooks, shred it's all there!!!

Surprise, Surprise.......2007-01-14

So, there I was, in Frankfurt, Germany, thumbing though some used cd's at the weekly Saturday flea market. I'd picked out some Satriani, Uli Jon Roth and an import Van Halen. The vendor pulled this album out and recommended I also buy it. I'd never heard of them and at first turned him down. Then he offered it to me for just one Euro. I figured that even if it sucked, then at least I had the other five disks that I knew would be worth the ten total Euro I'd spent. WOW!!! What a great album! I'd never even heard of these guys, but I'm going to look into getting more albums. Akira Takasaki can shred along with the likes of Eddie Van Halan and George Lynch. Stand out songs are Clockwork Toys and Never Change Your Mind. The production quality is a bit low. But this album is about 22 years old. A re-release would be cool, but this does just fine. If you like early Van Halen, Cinderella, Dokken, then you'll probably dig these guys, too.

These guys can PLAY!.......2006-09-28

Loudness was unfairly lumped in with all the '80s so-called "hair-metal" bands because of their look (probably due more to mis-management than actual personal styles), and unfortunately that label seemed to have stuck with them, despite the release of 4 brilliant CDs, this one being the first Major Label American release. Led by the "Oh yeah Yngwie? Check THIS out!" guitar work of Akira Takasaki, Loudness was a band of guys who could PLAY, not pose. Yes, the lyrics are fairly simple and sometimes juvenile, but I don't remember anyone else writing anything considered prose at the time either. Especially if you are a guitar player, this CD is a must have. Try to see whether or not you can match up with the straight picked solo in "Clockwork Toy" and then call this mediocre. I don't think so.

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Lizzy at their best
Lizzy Goes Metal
this cd is great!
Some quality stuff here...
Thin Lizzy's Swan Song

Thunder and Lightning
Thin Lizzy
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00005Y2EM
Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

Thunder And Lightning
This Is The One
The Sun Goes Down
Holy War
Cold Sweat
Someday She Is Going To Hit Back
Baby Please Don't Go
Bad Habits
Heart Attack

Album Description

Thin Lizzy was a hard rock quartet formed by Philip Lynott out of Dublin, Ireland that had numerous charting albums throughout the 70's & 80s. Wounded Bird will be re-issuing five of those albums on Cd. Thunder & Lightning was originally issued in 1983. Featured is guitarist John Sykes.

Customer Reviews:

Lizzy at their best.......2007-07-26

I don't like dragging out my reviews . So simply put ... this is Thin Lizzy's finest studio cd . It is also their hardest rockin' cd. This has the Lizzy debut of the excellent John Sykes on guitar. Every song is a good one . Cold Sweat , Heart Attack , Baby Please Don't Go , Thunder and Lightning and the rest of em . A great cd from start to finish . Buy it !!!!

Lizzy Goes Metal.......2007-05-12

The addition of John Sykes did alot to make this one of my favorite Lizzy albums; The songwriting is strong, and the band really sound inspired w/it's new direction. Sykes, who has a style similar to the 'metal' Gary Moore and Dio's once own shred god Vivian Campbell, is in amazing form here; As one of my biggest early influences, Sykes energizes every song with some seriously blistering guitarwork; 'Baby Please Don't Go' is filled with all sorts of guitar fireworks, most of which still hold up even today. Coupled with the lyrical intelligence of Lynott(not to mention his bass playing, which seems to be taken for granted alot of the time...), the underrated drumming of Downey, and 2nd axeman Gorham, 'Thunder and Lightning' just may be one of the most overlooked rock/metal albums of all time; It seems hardly anyone even knows about this album, or chose to ignore it. And it's a shame they didn't get to progress from here with this line-up. R.I.P, Phil...Your last work was some of your greatest!!!

this cd is great!.......2007-05-10

Very hard! good songs, john Sykes is incredible, THE SUN GOES DOWN is the "adios" of Phil!

Some quality stuff here..........2006-09-26

Is it the best Thin Lizzy release? No
Am I glad I purchased this? Yes
Does it have some quality Lizzy stuff Yes!
I'd much rather have given this release 3.5 stars.
Big complaint- The sound quality on the Wounded bird reissue really drags this disc down.
The rundown- Okay, there is some generic "metal" stuff that goes on here.
At times the band is trying to mine territory done a tad better by Judas Priest or other 80's hard rock/heavy metal bands.
Took me awhile to warm up to this disc.
I'm probably in the minority here, but I enjoyed 1980's "Chinatown" and 1981's "Renegade" albums a bit more than this one.
That said we have some great tracks here.
"Thunder and Lightning", "This is the one", and "Bad Habits" will get you going. "The Sun goes down" slows things down but is a great smoldering track.
This was the last Lizzy disc I purchased to round out my collection.
This disc also took me the longest to digest and get into.

Thin Lizzy's Swan Song.......2006-04-04

Thunder & Lightning. (1983)

**** 1/2.

I must be fortunate. I own the Vertigo Records CD issue of this album. I had to special order it in 1991 to the tune of about 25 bucks. From some of the previous reviews it appears Wounded Bird Records has not done a quality job on the reissue.

The addition of John Sykes (guitar) did wonders for this LP. It infused additional songwriting skills and importantly - passion. Most people can agree Phil was worn out by this time due to drugs and pressures of life in a rock & roll band. Mr. Sykes brought some much needed energy and Phil and the band responded with thier strongest studio album in years.

Some of the Robertson era purists who think Lizzy was all about guitar harmonies lambast this record. It is not Jailbreak, Fighting or any other album. I for one am glad its not. I find the dual guitar harmonies of the 1974-1978 era rather boring. I like passion and uuumph in my music. The most commercial era of Lizzy had neither of those precious elements. This record though - does.

Longtime fans of Lizzy know they had serveral different styles and incarnations. Listen to "Thin Lizzy" (1971) and you'll get it. This record is proof of that.

Personal favorite cuts here are: "The Sun Goes Down," "Cold Sweat," "Baby Please Don't Go," and "Heart Attack." The only weak cut here is "Bad Habits." What saves it is that Phil is almost confessing his life has not been good for him.

In the final view, to someone who is reading this review and has only heard "Jailbreak." This sure ain't that record. This is an album that screams more 80s hard rock. Phil, Scott, Darren, John and Brian wind this record with gusto. If you appreciate full-tilt rockin' albums with passion - I think you'll like this one.

I sure do, and still do 18 years on after first hearing it. It holds up.

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Feel the Thunder
My 2nd favorite Triumph album behind "Allied Forces"
Rock While You Drive
A gift enjoyed
Best Triumph - Hands down

Thunder Seven
Triumph
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ASIN: B00065GIM8
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

Spellbound
Rock Out, Roll On
Cool Down
Follow Your Heart
Time Goes By
Midsummer's Daydream (Instrumental)
Time Canon
Killing Time
Stranger In A Strange Land
Little Boy Blues (Instrumental)

Customer Reviews:

Feel the Thunder.......2007-05-30

Better than I remember it. I owned this in Vinyl, so now I don't have the scratches. Of course, my teen boys have taken the CD, so I don't get to listen to it very often. I think I will go take it back for a few days, or maybe I need to buy a second one!

My 2nd favorite Triumph album behind "Allied Forces".......2007-03-21

THE BAND: Rik Emmett (guitars, lead vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards), Gil Moore (drums, lead vocals). Hometown - Toronto.

THE DISC: (1984) 10 songs clocking in at approximately 41 minutes. Included with the disc is a minimal 3-page foldout with original album artwork and song titles only. This is the band's 7th studio album. Remastered in 2004 featuring expanded liner notes, but no bonus tracks. Label - MCA Records.

COMMENTS: In my opinion, "Thunder Seven" was Triumph's last classic studio album. It capped a three album run with the band easily at the peak of their success. Three years prior showed the band firing on all cylinders with "Allied Forces" (1981); and a strong follow-up in '83 with "Never Surrender". "Thunder Seven" was followed by "The Sport Of Kings" (1986) and "Surveillance" (1987) - both simply under par albums in the eyes of fans and critics alike (not to mention the band not writing all their own material). "Thunder Seven" gave us two singles ("Spellbound" and "Follow Your Heart") - both surprisingly sung by drummer Gil Moore. The real gems are the deep album cuts that never made it to the FM radio waves - "Rock Out, Roll On" is a solid Rik Emmett rocker; "Time Goes By" hits you in the same vein as Allied Force's "Fight The Good Fight"; "Cool Down" sounds like it could have been written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant; "Time Canon" is a minute-and-a-half vocal (only) piece leading into the beautiful "Killing Time"; and two instrumentals - "Midsummer's Daydream" (receiving numerous guitar composition awards) and the stunning and uncharacteristic bluesy album closer "Little Boy Blues". For me, Triumph is/was always a guitar band first. Drums, bass and vocals were always great, but Rik Emmett's guitar was the show-piece here. Triumph seemed to be labeled Canada's 2nd best power trio (behind Rush), but I always thought they deserved more credit. Staying power with fans - "Thunder Seven" was certified gold in 2003, almost 20 years after its release. This is a great and often overlooked rock album (5 stars).

Rock While You Drive.......2007-03-16

Being a long-time Triumph fan, I decided that it was finally time to get this time-tested masterpiece of rock on CD, especially now that it had been digitally remastered and sounding better than ever. I just slipped this golden oldie into my car's CD player, cranked it up, and went off into the street just jamming to the wall of sound packed into the tracks these guys laid down. Definitely a treat for all true fans of heavy metal 80s rock.

A gift enjoyed.......2007-02-13

This is not my cup of tea, but it was very well received by the person to whom I gave it. She had requested it and was overjoyed when it arrived so quickly. I was pleased to be able to provide it.

Best Triumph - Hands down.......2006-10-25

Rik Emmett had said in an iterview that 'Thunder Seven' was the only Truimph effort that the band actually worked together co-writing the songs. As evident here in TS, the output was absolute magic. Even Mike Levine, who always seemed content to stand in the shadows of Emmets and Moore's flair, showed he was a master of that Thunderbird (put on 'Stranger in a Strange Land", crank up the bass, and enjoy the show." If only Emmett and Moore could have push their differences aside and joined heads instead of butting them, who knows what they could have achieved.

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Thunder ROCKS!
Great blues based Brit Rock...
Yes it's old, but it rocks!
unexpected killer
Between 3.5 and 4 stars

Backstreet Symphony
Thunder
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B0000074GK
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

She's So Fine
Dirty Love
Don't Wait For Me
Higher Ground
Until My Dying Day
Back Street Symphony
Love Walked In
An Englishman On Holiday
Girl's Going Out Of Her Head
Gimme Some Lovin'
Distant Thunder

Customer Reviews:

Thunder ROCKS!.......2007-07-26

I bought this cassette in 1990 when I was at college. It was my favorite to run to...these guys ROCK~! Great lyrics! So nice to finally find it on CD....if you like Van Halen, Whitesnake, Slaughter, etc.....you will love this!

Great blues based Brit Rock..........2007-04-21

Backstreet Symohony is a great release from a great band that simply flew under most people's radar because they were never able to get that hit single in the States. Thunder plays simple straightforward blues based rock with great hooks and melodies(they are NOT a "hair band" as they are sometimes lumped in with). Full of guitars, great vocals(I really like Don Bowes' voice) and lyrics with tounge in cheek humor this is just good FUN rock'n'roll.

Song Highlights include: Dirty Love, Backstreet Symphony, Love Walked In, An Englishman On Holiday(should be on every barroom jukebox), Gimme Some Lovin'(good cover) and Distant Thunder.

If you are a fan of guitar based rock, Thunder delivers it in spades and Backstreet Symphony is worthy of a place in your collection.

Yes it's old, but it rocks!.......2006-06-23

I bought this CD MANY years ago because I loved the music of Andy Taylor (he produced this, I think)and have loved it since. The music is great and "Englishman on Holiday" is funny. It didn't get nearly the credit it deserved back then. It's good, timeless rock and roll.

unexpected killer.......2005-10-27

I bought this album quite awhile ago.(17 yrs. I think.) The cover was different than this cd cover.That's why I bought it. I never heard of these guys before and I only saw it on cassette tape. i STILL HAVE IT.And I still listen to it.Check out "Until my dying day" LOUD.This guy has a voice in the range of Ronnie Dio but a little nastier.I'm going to buy more from these guys now that I know they were not "one album wonders" Buy this,it's KILLER

Between 3.5 and 4 stars.......2005-08-26

I picked up this CD a few days ago and while I find it very enjoyable I can't give it five stars like everybody else. Some of the songs go on a little longer than they need to, almost everyone one on the disk is over 5 minutes! At times they also remind me of Whitesnake, among others, which is not a horrible thing but not a great thing either. Overall, this CD is a worthwhile purchase if you've never heard of Thunder and are looking for something new after completing your Zeppelin, Who, Purple, Sabbath, etc. collections. I'd agree that's it's better than just about anything coming out today (not too hard to do that) but it's still a couple of notches below the best that British rock has to offer.

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ride or die

Black Thunder
Doomriders
Manufacturer: Deathwish Inc
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000A3XYCS
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

Black Thunder
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Ride or Die
Deathbox
Listen Up!
Midnight Eye
Fuck This Shit
Worthless
Chase
Voice of Fire
Drag Them Down
Whipcrack
Sirens

Customer Reviews:

ride or die.......2005-08-14

Doomriders...ok. Did anyone hear the latest offering from the the bronx? well if you did then you can understand what I mean when I call this dark yet dancy. What the bronx tried to capture and in many respects grasped on their newest release, has been perfected here by the doomriders. With an upbeat drum assault countered by insistent metal guitar work "Black thunder" takes all things enjoyable about hardcore and packs them into 13 drowning tracks.
with sing alongs like "get off my fu**ing back!" and bass work drawn from the same core as old man gloom, doomriders offer a challenging chunk of hardcore unlike anything else out today.
With hardcore finally finding a respectable place in the music scene and consequently everyone with a breakdown trying to make a name for themselves, it is very refreshing to hear the icons of the genre yet again reinventing their style and proving that it takes more than just a disgruntled attitude and a stolen guitar line to make worthwile records.
so you may be wondering what makes this record any different than the hundreds of hacks throwing records into the pile. well to start the doomriders seem to understand that if you are making heavy music you need to be aware of your song length. Many bands like to keep all their tracks around 3 to 4 minutes and in the case of hardcore maybe closer to 2 but the doomriders show that when an idea is spent you need to stop playing instead of killing what you have already created. Another standard I think the doomriders have reinforced here is the idea that if you are going to write 13 songs and put them on the same record they really should offer the listener different tastes of who you are. Much of hardcore today sounds like the band wrote(or more likely stole) one song and switched a few chords and breakdowns to make an entire full length. The doomriders show here that they are not afraid to show all they are capable of. Following heavy grooves with upbeat punk and interluding with heavy slow guitar beauty.
Overall a great release. A big thanks to Doomriders as well as a well earned congratulations. ride or die motherfu**ers!!

Best of Thunder: Their Finest Hour (And a Bit)

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just a fan
I'm a fan now for sure...
What you've heard's all true!
simply the best of the best
Absolutly Essential!

Best of Thunder: Their Finest Hour (And a Bit)
Thunder
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Release Date: 1995-10-02

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Everybody Wants Her
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Once in a Lifetime
Gimme Some Lovin'
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Customer Reviews:

just a fan.......2006-03-05

i cant get enough thunder.back in 1990 i saw the name and bought the cd. it was the best cd i had ever bought to date. Back Street is the best set of 11 songs i have. i still havent took out the best of out of my streo. rock on Thunder...

I'm a fan now for sure..........2004-10-13

First heard these guys a week ago on XM radio with "Dirty Love". I cannot believe I have missed out on this band before now. While reading the other reviews that compare them to Bad-Co and Foreigner I kept thinking "no way" and when I read they could have been the next Led Zepplin I really was surprised. Well it is a shame that they came along so late in that era of Rock. They are simply very, very good. I bought the best of CD and it has already made me want to get the rest of their music to see what I have missed. Get it, buy it, down load it, what ever, if this is your style of music you will love it. It simply doesn't disappoint. How I tuned into Jackyl and missed this is beyond me.

What you've heard's all true!.......2000-06-07

You mean you haven't bought it yet? You mean you haven't bought ANY of their discs yet? Read these reviews, brothers & sisters: Would we all lie to you? CHECK THESE GUYS OUT!

simply the best of the best.......1999-06-11

If you don't know this band - do yourselves a favour...that snide stuff about 'greatest hits when they only got to no.18' is not only very misleading, it's totally inaccurate! This band is the business, and the only reason they aren't more widely known is because they are perfectionists and they refuse to pander to the demands of the giant record companies - plus, admittedly, most of their PR is crap!!! They care about their fans more than any band in the world, and they are SO exciting live you'd just die rather than miss 'em. I've been in love with rock music all my too long life - these boys are right up their with the absolute best. In forty odd years of devotion to the greats of the genre this was the first band that I felt compelled to become a member of the fan club!!!!

Absolutly Essential!.......1999-02-03

The only problem with this compilation.....there is only one disc! Thunder is one of the best hard rock/blues bands out there. They reward us with some great previously unreleased goodies, including "Once in a Lifetime" , a great ballad with a great chorus. Order it now! Get it here. Its hard to find here in the states.....I had to goto London to get mine!

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Can't Believe How EXPENSIVE this album GOT!!!
TNT at their best
A Mixed Bag
An Almost Explosive Debut
Quality, Polished, Guitar-driven Metal from the 80's

Knights of the New Thunder
T.N.T.
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ASIN: B0000074HY
Release Date: 1987-05-26

Tracks:

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Ready To Leave
Klassisk Romance
Last Summer's Evil
Without Your Love
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U. S. A.
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Album Description

The metal act's 1984 album for the Vertigo label. 11 tracks,including 'Seven Seas', 'Ready To Leave' and 'Eddie'.

Album Details

The Norwegian metal masters' 1984 debut English language disc. Features the near-five octave vocals of American Tony Harnell, who adopted the surname 'Hansen' to keep with the band's Scandanavian flavor. Includes 'Seven Seas', 'Ready to Leave', 'Last Summer's Evil', the bonus cut 'Eddie' (a tribute to Iron Maiden's mascot) & seven more.

Customer Reviews:

Can't Believe How EXPENSIVE this album GOT!!!.......2005-10-11

I remember buying this album back in the day...yes, back in 1985. The cover and overall artwork pointed at some sort of aggressive metal. After all, METALLICA was getting big and changing the way metal should be played. Even the cover is a bit reminiscent of 'tallica's "Ride The Lightning". So what did I get? Basically TNT were a glam metal band with some decent guitar playing and a flirt with power metal. The songs are average to say the least and in one song they completely ripped ACCEPT's "Balls To The Wall" riff! From what I recall, only "Deadly Metal" was somewhat above average (at least compared to the rest of the album). TNT had neither the class of a JUDAS PRIEST or an IRON MAIDEN, nor the newfound edge of newcommers like ANTHRAX and METALLICA. They weren't even THAT "glam" for the hair crowd either, so they kind of disappeared from the public eye. Production wise, I must confess that it sounds pretty full and coincides with what was being produced by commercial metal bands of the time. I understand some of the reviews here but I take them as pure nostalgia. What caught me off guard was the sheer expensiveness of this CD edition. I remember getting RID of my vinyl album pretty quick. This album should only be purchased for nostalgic reasons or if you find it at the "on sale" bin at your nearest AMOEBA record store. Otherwise, steer clear from this below par metal band.

TNT at their best.......2005-06-28

Could not be better. Harnell singing is incredible and the guitar playing is remarkable. This is what 80s metal was all about

A Mixed Bag.......2004-12-14

A very good english debut album.
There are excellent tracks like - Knights of the Thunder, Seven Seas, Break the Ice, Tor with the Hammer, and Eddie.
But the others have quality of below average.

An Almost Explosive Debut.......2004-12-07

Knights of the New Thunder was the first international release by the Norwegian metal band TNT. They released an earlier album in their home country with Norwegian lyrics that did not sell well and led to some line-up changes including the entrance of lead vocalist Tony Harnell. Harnell has a wide vocal range. He can sing at a medium range such as the verse on "Knight of the Thunder," but he can also manage Helloween's Michael Kiske-like wails on "Eddie" and Rob Halford screams on "Deadly Metal." His voice may not be quite as powerful as those two singers, but it is far better than most of the vocalists in the hair metal bands that flooded the mid to late 1980s. The musicianship of TNT is also among the best in metal and with some interesting tracks, Knights of the New Thunder released in 1984 is one of the better hair metal albums.

It starts out with the catchy "Seven Seas." "Ready to Leave" is only average and is followed by the short instrumental "Klassik Romance." "Last Summer's Evil" is my favorite track on the album. It rocks with a very addictive verse. "Without Your Love" is the typical sappy ballad that a lot of metal bands felt they had to have. Unfortunately, this one is sappier than most. The second side (or half) starts off with the butt kickin' "Break the Ice." It is one of the more accessible songs on the album. "Eddie" is interesting and actually rather amusing. It has a pleasant tune but the lyrics are morbid: "Eddie likes torture and pain...Eddie's got a twisted brain." The irony between the music and lyrics is almost silly. TNT tries to go more Judas Priest power metal on the next two tracks "USA" and "Deadly Metal" (especially the latter). It just does not work. They do better on the more complex track "Knights of the Thunder," although a part of it is taken from Accept's "Balls to the Wall" (I'm not sure who borrowed from whom, but the latter is more well-known and the one I heard first). In sum, Knights of the New Thunder has its moments. TNT can really rock on such catchy tracks as "Break the Ice" and "Last Summer's Evil" and they offer more interesting tracks than other hair metal bands of the time such as "Knights..." On the hair metal spectrum it is above average; however, on the spectrum of metal in general, it is just ordinary.

Quality, Polished, Guitar-driven Metal from the 80's.......2004-10-20

This band rocks. I saw them on MTV late one night (back when MTV focused only on music, before they became a propaganda machine for the political Left), went out and bought the album, and have loved it ever since!

Tony Harnell is operatically trained and has an amazing range, clear enunciation, and adequate (but not over-the-top) emotion/passion in his singing. Ronnie Le Tekro is perhaps the most underrated and unknown guitar hero of the 80's. He writes killer riffs, has excellent tone (clean!), and possesses one of the most accurate speed-picking talents in the world. The rhythm section is more than adequate on this album.

Standouts include the power rock of Seven Seas and Knights of the Thunder, the beautiful tone and picking of Klassisk Romance, one of the best ballads of all time in Lost Without Your Love, the haunting guitars of Eddie, and the high energy of Deadly Metal.

TNT should have been a household name in the US in the 80's, but sadly here, sometimes talent takes a back seat to payoffs, "who you know in the business," the latest gimmick, and the whim of the talentless masses who jump on the bandwagon every chance they get.

Their loss, my gain, and your gain too, if you buy this CD.

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You can do worse,,,but you can do so much better
Pseudo- Fantastic
Power Metal at its Best!!
Should actually be 6 stars!
What happened Part 1

Crimson Thunder
Hammerfall
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
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Renegade
Glory to the Brave
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Legacy of Kings
Threshold

ASIN: B00006L71Y
Release Date: 2002-11-12

Tracks:

Riders Of The Storm
Hearts On Fire
On The Edge Of Honour
Crimson Thunder
Lore Of The Arcane
Trailblazers
Dreams Come True
Angel Of Mercy
The Unforgiving Blade
In Memoriam
Hero's Return
Detroit Rock City

Album Description

2002 album includes one exclusive bonus track, a cover of the KISS classic 'Detroit Rock City'. Nuclear Blast.

Customer Reviews:

You can do worse,,,but you can do so much better.......2006-10-29

This is probably the least inspired collection of songs I've ever heard. It would have to be, for Kiss's Detroit Rock City to be included on a power metal album. These songs simply lack any hint of brilliance. This is not to say that they all suck. However, they don't really soar. The overuse and abuse of chanting sorta drags down rhe otherwise decent vocals, the lyrics are about 6.5/10 on the cheesy scale, and the guitar solos suck. Let me be blunt; these guys aren't very good musicians. Passable, but neither original nor exceptional. The music hear actually has a lot in common with 80's glam metal (perhaps explaining the otherwise inexplicable KISS cover?). It's sort of a combination of glam and power metal. The song Dreams Come True is a sleazy ballad written for some record exec. The best songs hear are The Unforgiving Blade, Riders On The Storm, Trailblazer, and Hearts on Fire, although these all abuse the chanting a little too much. The song Lore of the Arcane is a pointless and boring bit of chanting, In Memoriam is a boring mid tempo instrumental, and Angel of Mercy, Hero's Return, and Crimson Thunder are all bland, mid-tempo bits of power metal that are safe to listen too, but pointless. I would recommend over this album some Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, Demons and Wizards, Iced Earth, Helloween, or if you like the glam, Motley Crue, Ratt, W.A.S.P., LA Guns, or Cinderella. Also, what I've heard of Hammerfall's other albums has been considerably better than this.

Pseudo- Fantastic.......2006-10-17

Ok, so I listened to the well "scribed" words of praise for the band, and purchased the album. What I am looking for IS the cheesy, epic metal fantasy of our inborn desire to conquer and battle foe and beast and rest our heads at the end of the journey in the arms of a fair maiden. However, what I do not dig is the thinly veiled parallel of Hammerfall's epic, a tribute to the "evil one's" fall from the heavens and the rallying cry of support for this "misunderstood" adversary of our Creator. Here we go: Oh yeh oh yeh, I'm a rebel and I relate to you, beautiful black serpent of old,... let's bring down the walls of heaven and make up our own rules too, aaaahhhhh yeeeehh, life sucks here, there's only death in hell, lets bring the taint up there as well, oohhh ahhhhhh.

Give me a break. If I wanted that I would have signed up for Slayer, or even better yet, would have devolved to my infantile state of teenaged rebellion and rocked to hell with King Diamond. At least his vocal capability is talented enough to lull you into the spiders web and into oblivion's madness. Yawwwwwwwwwwwwn.

Is there any metal band that doesn't fit this stereotype?

Power Metal at its Best!!.......2006-06-27

Hammerfall is one of the best modern metal bands around today. Most of the other modern so called "metal" bands are nothing but screaming crap. Hammerfall took the best parts of 80's metal and solidified it together with an updated sound. They have a lot of skill and talent. Their songs are powerful and heavy and yet actually have melody that you can follow. You can hear and understand all the words. But again, they are extremely powerful and heavy. They have a constant Middle Age theme running through all their albums which is what makes them unique. It creates a certain mood and flow that connects all the songs on an album.

Now about rating their albums...all 5 of their albums rock! But the last 4 are better than the first. Their first is good heavy metal, much better than most metal bands today, but the songs did not completely "click" and come together. However, that issue was completely gone by the second album! None of their next 4 albums are better than the other. They all are as good as heavy power metal with melodic vocals can get. On each album they further develop their style and introduce a few new things. But... and a very important but... each album still sounds like Hammerfall! They remain true to their sound. So here are the ratings:
3.5 Glory to the Brave
5.0 Legacy Of Kings
5.0 Renegade
5.0 Crimson Thunder
5.0 Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

Should actually be 6 stars!.......2005-12-07

This is the ultimate power metal collection! I listen to it almost everyday! BUY IT if you love power metal! This music is what pumps me up before my combat jujitsu training.

YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPPOINTED!!!

What happened Part 1.......2005-12-02

I was very dissapointed in this release, especially compared to their past efforts. Not a single song stood out on this, nothing different than the 76432714 other power metal carbon copy bands out there. If you're a fan of "Glory to the Brave", "Legacy of Kings" or even the "Renagade" album just end it there, this is not worth ruining the vision of a once good band.

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Excellent remake of already great songs
Surprise Purchase of the Year
heavy metal thunder by saxon
One of the best N.W.O.B.H.M albums period
could have been voted 10 stars

Heavy Metal Thunder
Saxon
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv]
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Lionheart
Killing Ground
Solid Ball of Rock
Dogs of War
Unleash the Beast

ASIN: B00006I62O
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Tracks:

Heavy Metal Thunder
Strong Arm Of The Law
Power & The Glory
And The Bands Played On
Crusader
Dallas 1pm
Princess Of The Night
Wheels Of Steel
747 (Strangers In The Night)
Motorcycle Man
Never Surrender
Denim & Leather
Backs To The Wall

Tracks:

Broken Heroes
Dragon's Lair
The Eagle Has Landed
20,000 FT.
Crusader

Album Description

2002 release for the NWOBHM act on Steamhammer. 13 classic tracks re-recorded. New sound, new vision, new feeling. Includes bonus CD, 5 live tracks from San Antonio 2002 'Broken Heroes', 'Dragon's Lair', 'The Eagle Has Landed', '20,000 Ft', 'Crusader' and 'Killing Ground' video track-live at Wacken 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent remake of already great songs.......2005-10-14

First off i will start by saying that this isnt exactly a best of saxon, although it does have there biggest and best songs, all of them have been modernized and re-recorded to optimize quality.
This album is excellent because it puts a new spin on great old songs like "And the band played on" and "Princess of the night". The instrumentation has changed for the better, allowing such things as rhythm guitars and bass to come in much clearer are more powerful than ever was apparent on the older records.
Each song is not better than its origional, nor is it worse, it is just different, though on some songs like "Never surrender" i did wish the Biff keep his shouts and wistles to himself.
This album is a definite must have for anyone who loves metal music, but if this is going to be your first Saxon CD then i recommend also listening or buying any of their first 5 albums as to fully appreciate Saxon at their finest.
There is only one downside to this album, and that is the special second disc, that contains a few live songs from a tour in Texas, they are good songs, but the quality is crap and there are too many problems. Biff even says himself on one track that they were going to do a drum solo but the equipment broke. But you wont be buying this album for the live stuff!!

Surprise Purchase of the Year.......2004-12-30

Longtime HM fan of the early 80's...Priest, Maiden, Saxon. Stumbled on this CD and said why not. Hoping that it was just remastered, to my surprise, it was re-recorded! And blows away the original recordings. Biff is pushing mid 50's and sounds better now than he did 20 uears ago on this CD. Dallas 1PM was what early 80's metal was all about, and this version kicks some serious a$$!

I hope that more of the early metal bands follow this lead and re-record some of their vintage works because this was definitely the best $14.95 I spent all year.

heavy metal thunder by saxon.......2004-07-23

This cd got me back in to heavy metal.What a great band,I am surprised that Saxon is not more popular in the USA.I just cant get enough of songs like Crusader,And the bands played on,Te eagle has landed,747,Dallas 1pm,and many more on this disc.This is what rock and roll is all about.With great songs like these its no wonder they are still around today,while alot of bands are gone and forgotten.Awesome,my neck got a good work out,from banging my head,if you know what i mean.

One of the best N.W.O.B.H.M albums period.......2004-05-23

Im not going to waste word another then to say this is a great album. So heres the review.

1.Heavy metal thunder, Saxon starts off the album with one of their best songs, great riffs and solos. 11/10

2.Strong arm of the Law, one of their catchier more rock songs but very good 8/10 (im learning to like it more so in a week it will probably be 9/10

3. Power and Glory. Powerful opening riff, cool bass during the chorus. I love this song becuase that opening riff just keeps popping up just when you think its died down. Great metal guitar solo, mainly becuase of the riff. 10/10

4. And the bands played on. A classic song that has great lyrics with a guitar riff that sounds very dramatic. 8.5/10

5.Crusader. the weakest song here mainly becuase this was made around when saxon sold out. 6/10

6. Dallas One P.M. Good song kind of a tough guy guitar riff.
8/10

7. Princess of the Night. Heres where the album gets really good. Fast guitar riff, and nice guitar solo with a cool background riff. 10/10

8. Wheels of Steel. Not as good as motorcycle man, but with better guitar solo. decent riff. 10/10

9. Strangers in the night. Solid, good song, just was never really one of my favorites. 8/10

10. Motorcycle man. Great british metal riff with thrash like drumming, nice e cord pounding during the guitar solo, the whistling from biff sounds cool too. 11/10

11. Never Surrender. I love this song becuase it tells excatly what saxon did, they never did surrender for those of you who know saxons story this makes sense. Nice Rock/metal guitar riff, adrenilne pumping chorus and background riff, fast rocking guitar solo. The best part of this song is the end chorus where it seems like its going to end but with a pound of the cymbals the chorus goes on. 11/10

12. Denim and leather.the riff sound way ahead off its time, would be just an o.k song if it wasn't for the lyrics and what they are about. 8/10

13.Backs to the Wall. A hard fast rock tune, Biff kind of souns like David Lee Roth in the beggining with his scream
9/10

So buy this album if your into British metal or you think you like metal, great album my only complaint is i wish crusader was replaced with Machine Gun, one of my favotite Saxon Songs.

could have been voted 10 stars.......2004-01-11

Another great cd,a must have!!!!

Average customer rating:

My personal fav. from an AWESOME group!!
You might say I'm a fan

Behind Closed Doors
Thunder
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Magnificent Seventh!
The Thrill of It All
Gimme Some Thunder
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Rare Raw & the Rest

ASIN: B0000074GL
Release Date: 1995-04-05

Tracks:

Moth To The Flame
Fly On The Wall
I'll Be Waiting
River Of Pain
Future Train
'Til The River Runs Dry
Stand Up
Preaching From A Chair
Castles In The Sand
Too Scared To Live
Ball And Chain
It Happened In This Town

Customer Reviews:

My personal fav. from an AWESOME group!!.......2001-11-07

Let's get right to the point..Do you like Led Zeppelin/Bad Company/Whitesnake and/or Journey?Because this was a (recently disbanded)British band that could EASILY have been JUST as popular as the above mentioned groups! Yes-they were THAT good!! If you enjoy CLASSY "classic rock",then order this c.d. NOW and discover an incrediblly underrated band for yourself!! I guarantee you won't be disappointed-and you will want to search out their other fine releases. ENJOY!!

You might say I'm a fan.......2000-06-07

Another wonderful album from the heirs to the throne. Every album these guys have done is awesome & I recommend that anybody who misses good rock 'n' roll to check this band out!

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