Got any favourite 'old school' metal albums?

axisus

I'm thinking more of the Dio/Iron Maiden type era rather than more modern stuff hence the 'old school' label.

Particularly interested in good live albums, although happy to hear of any faves! I'm just in the mood for this sort of music at the moment.

viz

You mean to sell, or just to recommend?

Gary Moore - Corridors of Power

Chuffola

Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath. 

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche

Nothing surprising probably - I'm not a massive metal fan anymore, but they were amongst my faves when younger. 

axisus

viz said:

You mean to sell, or just to recommend?

Gary Moore - Corridors of Power

Well I'm usually up for buying CDs! but yeah, just recommendations of good stuff.

viz

Chuffola said:

Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche

Correct

VimFuego

Bad News - This Is Bad News. Pretty much the definitive hair metal/new wave of British Heavy metal/nu metal/new romantics album ever.

Jonathangus

The Almighty - Soul Destruction and Powertrippin'.

Jota

Live records:
Maiden's Live after death is a classic.
I love Ozzy's Live and Loud. It made me want to play electric guitar (previously I wanted to be a drummer).
Helloween's Keeper of the seven Keys part II is another one of my favorites. Their Live in the UK record is a great live record from that era.
Those were my 3 favorite bands when I was all into heavy metal. 

EricTheWeary

Demon - The Unexpected Guest. 

Bit of a cult classic, the NWOBHM era bands tended to make rather sketchy albums but this is a properly made job. 

Judas Priest - British Steel.

Pretty much the definition of old school metal. 

Probably almost anything by Accept, the only album I remember is Balls to the Wall. 

blobb

VimFuego said:

Bad News - This Is Bad News. Pretty much the definitive hair metal/new wave of British Heavy metal/nu metal/new romantics album ever.

I'm leaving now if we're anything to do with New Romantics.

Springywheel

Judas Priest - Unleashed in The East is a great live album. 

Sticking to the NWOBHM theme check out a band called Blitzkrieg 

Springywheel

This is probably my favourite album of that early 80s era. They are killer live too, even in their 70s. 

Philly_Q

Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel
Sword - Metalized
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King

Svennn

UFO Strangers in the Night
Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations
Praying Mantis Time Tells No Lies
Y&T Earthshaker

DrCornelius

If you are looking for live stuff then -

MSG - One Night at Budokan
Scorpions - World Wide Live
AC/DC - If you want blood 
Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City
Kiss - Alive
Ozzy (with Randy Rhoads) - Tribute

Edit - maybe more heavy rock than heavy metal 

scrumhalf

Bomber
Overkill 
Ace Of Spades

A finer trio you'd be hard-pressed to find. 

prowla

Dio's Last In Line is one of the best metal albums; it's not live, but I saw them on that tour so I have the memories to go with it!

UFO's Strangers In The Night isn't really metal, but it is one of the best live (with overdubs) albums.

digitalscream

Chuffola said:

Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche

This is the correct answer.

axisus

Since my original post I've been racking my brain trying to remember what the definitive album was for me, and now I remember:



Epic album with fantastic solos. Diamond Head should have been massive. For me they blew it pushing out the drummer and bassist. They lost a cohesive band identity.

EricTheWeary

axisus said:

Since my original post I've been racking my brain trying to remember what the definitive album was for me, and now I remember:



Epic album with fantastic solos. Diamond Head should have been massive. For me they blew it pushing out the drummer and bassist. They lost a cohesive band identity.

Roughly local heroes for me. They gigged a lot, didn’t get a proper record deal for their first album (when those things were important), made an album that nobody liked (Canterbury) and disappeared. But hugely influential, in certain circles anyway. Also, and most importantly, there was a photo that included an 18 year old me on their website. Last time I checked it was gone   

Reverend

Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Riot - Narita, Thundersteel
Warlord - Deliver Us
Manowar - Hail To England
Merciful Fate - Melissa 
Medieval Steel - Dungeon Tapes