ΑΛΛΑ ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑΤΑ

Για να γιορτάσουμε λοιπόν φίλοι μου, αυτά τα δέκα τιτάνια χρόνια, για να θυμηθούν κάποιοι παλαιότεροι, και για να μάθουν κάποιοι άλλοι νεώτεροι, θα σας παραθέσω γύρω στους 500 (ναι! καλά διαβάσατε) σπουδαίους, καλύτερους, αγαπημένους δίσκους αυτής της δεκαετίας. Αν σκεφτεί κανείς ότι κυκλοφορήσαν αυτή την δεκαετία δεκάδες χιλιάδες δίσκοι, σίγουρα αυτοί που προτείνονται είναι σταγόνα στον ωκεανό. Όποιος σέβεται τον εαυτό του και θέλει να έχει μια καλή και αντιπροσωπευτική δισκοθήκη (από τα καλύτερα μουσικά είδη), από αυτή την εκπληκτική δεκαετία, ιδού η ευκαιρία για να την φτιάξει. Παραθέτω ένα αλφαβητικό ευρετήριο των σπουδαιότερων, κατά τη γνώμη μου δίσκων, το οποίο εκ των πραγμάτων είναι ελλιπές λόγω της έλλειψης διαθέσιμου χώρου.

Οι δίσκοι που ακολουθούν είναι οι προσωπικές μου προτιμήσεις και μόνο, δεδομένου ότι δεν ακούω καθόλου Black, Death, Hard-Core, Satanic Metal, Punk Metal, Alternative Metal και λοιπά (βλακώδες) υβρίδια του Metal. Γι’ αυτό το λόγο λοιπόν, μην βάλετε τις φωνές, αν δεν βρείτε κάποιον από τους αγαπημένους σας δίσκους.

Η δεκαετία του ’80 ήταν συναρπαστική, εκρηκτική, δραματική, μερικές φορές κάπως σκληρή, μα πάντα απρόβλεπτη, ήταν εποχή γεμάτη προειδοποιήσεις για το μέλλον και έντονη δραστηριότητα Heavy Metal… την πραγματική φωνή των 80’s. Που όλοι λίγο πολύ άκουγαν Heavy Metal. Καιρός όμως, να βάλουμε μπροστά την μηχανή του χρόνου, για ένα μοναδικό και ανεπανάληπτο ταξίδι στην δεκαετία του ’80. Η μουσική θα έλεγα ότι έχει μια έννοια του ταξιδιού μέσα στο χρόνο, μέσω των δίσκων που επιλέγεις ν’ ακούσεις από το παρελθόν. Έτσι επιτρέπει στον ακροατή να ταξιδεύει όταν και όποτε το επιθυμεί και με προορισμό κάθε φορά όποια χρονιά θέλει η αρεσκεία του, σαν να βρισκόμαστε σε χρονομηχανή. Ο ήχος του Heavy Metal των 80’s είναι κλασσικός και διαχρονικός.

Ο οδηγός αυτός παρουσιάζει εν συντομία τους προτεινόμενους δίσκους. Ο αναγνώστης, διαβάζοντας τους τίτλους των δίσκων με μια γρήγορη ματιά θα μάθει ή απλώς θα θυμηθεί τίτλους και θα είναι έτσι σε θέση να μάθει για κάποια που δεν έχει ίσως στην κατοχή του. Πρωτίστη υποχρέωση μου είναι να δηλώσω πως εν ουδεμία περιπτώσει ήταν πρόθεση μου να απομακρυνθεί ο αναγνώστης και να ψάξει μόνο αυτά που προτείνονται εδώ. Θα ήταν άλλωστε βαρύτατη ιεροσυλία από μέρους μου κάτι τέτοιο, ο πλούτος της Heavy Metal μουσικής δεν είναι μόνο μέσα σε αυτά που προτείνονται εδώ. Σε τέτοιου είδους εγχειρήματα είναι πιθανές οι όποιες ελλείψεις, εύχομαι να αντιληφτεί ο αναγνώστης τα κενά και να αισθανθεί την ανάγκη να τα συμπληρώσει μόνος του.

LEE AARON Metal Queen [1984], Call Of The Wild [1985]

ACCEPT Breaker [1981], Restless And Wild [1982], Balls To The Wall [1983], Metal Heart [1985]

AC/DC Back In Black [1980], For Those About To Rock We Salute You [1981], Who Made Who [1986]

AEROSMITH Permanent Vacation [1987], Pump [1989]

ALCATRAZZ No Parole From Rock ‘Ν’ Roll [1983], Dangerous Game [1986]

ANGELWITCH Angelwitch [1980]

ANNIHILATOR Alice In Hell [1989]

ANTHRAX Spreading The Disease [1986], State Of Euphoria [1988]

ANVIL Hard ‘N’ Heavy [1981], Metal On Metal [1982], Forged In Fire [1983]

APRIL WINE Harder... Faster [1980], Powerplay [1982], Animal Grace [1984]

ARMORED SAINT March Of The Saint [1984], Delirious Nomad [1985], Raising Fear [1987]

ARTCH Another Return To Church Hill [1989]

ASIA Asia [1982], Alpha [1983], Astra [1985]

AUTOGRAPH Sign In Please [1984], Loud And Clear [1987]

AVIATOR Aviator [1986]

AXE Offering [1982], Nemesis [1983]

AXXIS Kingdom Of The Night [1986]

BAD ENGLISH Bad English [1989]

BADLANDS Badlands [1989]

BALANCE Balance [1981], In For The Count [1982]

BANGLES Everything [1988]

RUSS BALLARD Russ Ballard [1984], Into The Fire [1984]

BLACK JACK Worlds Apart [1980]

BLACK SABBATH Heaven And Hell [1980], Mob Rules [1981], Headless Cross [1989]

BLITZKRIEG A Time Of Changes [1985]

BLIND GUARDIAN Battalions Of Fear [1988], Follow The Blind [1989]

BLUE MURDER Blue Murder [1989]

BLUE OYSTER CULT Fire To Unknown [1981]

BODINE Bold As Brass [1982]

MICHAEL BOLTON Michael Bolton [1983], Everybody’s Crazy [1985], The Hunger [1987]

BONFIRE Fire Works [1987], Point Blank [1989]

BON JOVI Bon Jovi [1984], Slippery When Wet [1986], New Jersey [1988]

BOSTON Third Stage [1986]

BRITNY FOX Britny Fox [1989]

CANDLEMASS Epicus, Doomicus, Metallicus [1986], Nightfall [1987]

CHASTAIN Mystery Of Illusion [1985], The Voice Of The Cult [1988]

CHINA China [1988], Sign In The Sky [1989]

CINDERELLA Night Songs [1986], Long Cold Winter [1988]

CIRITH UNGOL Frost And Fire [1981], King Of The Dead [1984]

CITIES Annihilation Absolute [1986]

CJSS Praise The Loud [1986], World Gone Mad [1986]

ALICE COOPER Constrictor [1986], Trash [1989]

CRAAFT Craaft [1986]

CRIMSON GLORY Crimson Glory [1986], Transcendence [1988]

D.A.D. Draws A Circle [1987]

DARE Out Of The Silence [1988]

DEEP PURPLE Perfect Strangers [1984]

DEF LEPPARD High ‘N’ Dry [1981], Pyromania [1983], Hysteria [1987]

DEMON Night Of The Demon [1981], The Unexpected Guest [1982]

DIAMOND HEAD Lightning To The Nations [1980]

DIO Holy Diver [1983], The Last In Line [1984], Dream Evil [1987]

DORO Force Majeure [1989]

DOKKEN Tooth And Nail [1984], Under Look And Key [1985]

DREAM THEATER When Dream And Day Unite [1989]

DRIVE SHE SAID Drive, She Said [1989]

DUKE JUPITER White Knuckle Ride [1984]

EUROPE Europe [1983], The Final Countdown [1986], Out Of This World [1988]

EXCITER Heavy Metal Maniac [1983], Unveiling The Wicked [1988]

FAST FORWARD Living In Fiction [1984]

FASTWAY Fastway [1983], All Fired Up [1984]

FATE Fate [1986], A Matter Of Attitude [1987]

FATES WARNING Night On Broken [1984], Awaken The Guardian [1986], Perfect Symmetry [1989]

FIFTH ANGEL Fifth Angel [1986], Time Will Tell [1989]

FIST In The Red [1983]

FM Indiscreet [1986], Tough It Out [1989]

LITA FORD Out For Blood [1983], Lita [1988]

FOREIGNER 4 [1981], Inside Information [1987]

FORTUNE Fortune [1985]

RHETT FORRESTER Gone With The Wind [1984], Even The Score [1988]

ACE FREHLEY Frehley’s Comet [1987], Trouble Walkin’ [1989]

GAMMA RAY Heading For Tomorrow [1989]

GEORGIA SATELLITES Georgia Satellites [1986], Open All Night [1988]

G-FORCE G-force [1990]

GIANT Last Of The Runaways [1989]

GILLAN Glory Road [1980], Future Shock [1981]

GIRL Sheer Greed [1980], Wasted Youth [1982]

GIRLSCHOOL Hit And Run [1981], Play Dirty [1983]

GIUFFRIA Giuffria [1984], Silk And Steel [1986]

GOOD RATS Great American Music [1981]

GORKY PARK Gorky Park [1989]

GRAND PRIX Grand Prix [1980], Samurai [1983]

GREAT WHITE Great White [1984], Shot In The Dark [1986], Twice Shy [1989]

GRIM REAPER See You In Hell [1984], Fear No Evil [1985]

GUNS ‘N’ ROSES Appetite For Destruction [1987], Lies [1988]

SAMMY HAGAR Three Lock Box [1982], V.O.A. [1984]

HANOI ROCKS All Those Waysted Years [1984], Two Steps From The Move [1984]

HARLEQUINN Live Crimes [1980], One False Move [1982]

HAWAII The Natives Are Restless [1985]

HEART Heart [1985], Bad Animals [1987]

HEAVENS GATE In Control [1989]

HEAVY LOAD Death Or Glory [1982], Stronger Than Evil [1983]

HEAR ‘N’ AID Hear ‘N’ Aid [1986]

HEIR APPARENT Graceful Inheritance [1986]

HELIX Walkin’ The Razor’s Edge [1984], Long Way To Heaven [1985]

HELLION Screams In The Night [1987]

HELLOWEEN Wall Of Jericho [1985], Keeper Of The Seven Keys I [1987], Keeper Of The Seven Keys II [1988]

HELSTAR Burning Star [1984], A Distant Thunder [1988], Nosferatu [1989]

HITT MAN Hitt Μan [1988]

HOLOCAUST The Nightcomers [1981]

HOUSE OF LORDS House Of Lords [1988]

HSAS Through The Fire [1984]

HUGHES/ THRALL Hughes/ Thrall [1982]

HURRICANE Over The Edge [1988]

ICON Night Of The Crime [1985]

IMPELLITTERI Impellitteri [1987], Stand In Line [1987]

IRON MAIDEN Killers [1981], Number Of The Beast [1982], Piece Of Mind [1983], Powerslave [1984]

JAG PANZER Jag Panzer [1983], Ample Destruction [1984]

JOAN JETT I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll [1981]

JOSHUA The Hand Is Quicker Than The Eye [1982], Intense Defence [1983]

JOURNEY Escape [1981], Raised On Radio [1986]

JUDAS PRIEST British Steel [1980], Screaming For Vengeance [1982], Defenders Of The Faith [1984]

KANSAS Vinyl Confessions [1982], Power [1986]

KEEL The Right To Rock [1985], The Final Frontier [1986]

KINGDOM COME In Your Face [1989]

KING KOBRA Ready To Strike [1985], III [1988]

KISS (Music From) The Elder [1981], Creatures Of The Night [1982], Lick It Up [1983], Crazy Nights [1987], Hot In The Shade [1989]

 

 

KROKUS Metal Rendezvous [1980], Hardware [1981]

KUNI Looking For Action [1988]

LADDER The Ladder [1986]

L.A. GUNS L.A. Guns [189]

LEATHERWOLF Leatherwolf [1988]

LEGS DIAMOND Land Of The Gun [1986]

LIEGE LORD Freedom’s Rise [1985]

LILLIAN AXE Lillian Axe [1988], Love And War [1989]

LION Power Love [1986], Dangerous Attraction [1987]

LIZZY BORDEN Give ’Me The Axe [1984], Love You To Pieces [1985]

LOUDNESS Disillusion [1984], Hurricane Eyes [1987]

MADISON Diamond Mistress [1985], Best In Snow [1986]

MAGNUM Chase The Dragon [1982], On A Storyteller’s Night [1985]

MALICE In The Beginning… [1985], Licence To Kill [1987]

MAMA’S BOYS Mama’s Boys [1984]

YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN Marching Out [1985], Trilogy [1986], Odyssey [1988]

MANILLA ROAD Open The Gates [1985], The Deluge [1986], Mystification [1987]

MANOWAR Battle Hymns [1982], Hail To England [1984], Kings Of Metal [1988]

MEAT LOAF Bad Attitude [1984]

MEGADETH Killing Is My Business… [1985], Peace Sells… [1986], So Far, So Good… [1988]

METALLICA Kill ’Em All [1983], Ride The Lightning [1984], Master Of Puppets [1986]

GARY MOORE Victims Of The Future [1983], After The War [1989]

MORE Warhead [1981], Blood And Thunder [1982]

MOTLEY CRUE Shout At The Devil [1983], Dr. Feelgood [1989]

MOTORHEAD Ace Of Spades [1980], Iron Fist [1982], Orgasmatron [1986]

MR. BIG MR. Big [1989]

M.S.G. The Michael Schenker Group [1980], Assault Attack [1982], Save Yourself [1989]

 

 

NAZARETH Malice To Wonderland [1980], Snaz [1981]

NIGHT RANGER Dawn Patrol [1982], 7 Wishes [1985]

JOHN NORUM Total Control [1987]

TED NUGENT Nugent [1982], Penetrator [1984]

OLIVER MAGNUM Oliver Magnum [1989]

OMEN Battle Cry [1984], Warning Of Danger [1985]

ONSLAUGHT In Search Of Sanity [1989]

OZZY OSBOURNE Blizzard Of Ozz [1980], Diary Of The Madman [1981], Bark At The Moon [1983]

OSTROGOTH Ecstasy and Danger [1983]

OVERKILL Feel The Fire [1986], Fuck You [1987]

PANTHER Panther [1986]

PAUL DI’ANNO Fighting Back [1986], Children Of Madness [1987]

AXEL RUDI PELL Wild Obsession [1989]

STEVE PERRY Street Talk [1984]

PHENOMENA Phenomena I [1985], Phenomena II [1987]

PINK CREAM 69 Pink Cream 69 [1989]

ROBERT PLANT Principle Of Moments [1983], Now And Zen [1988]

POISON Open Up And Say Ahh [1988]

PRAYING MANTIS Time Tell No Lies [1981]

PANTERA Metal Magic [1983], Projects In The Jungle [1984], I Am The Night [1985]

PRETTY MAIDS Red, Hot And Heavy [1984], Future World [1987]

PRISM Small Change [1981], Beat Street [1983]

Q5 Steel The Light [1985]

QUARTZ Live Quartz [1980], Stand Up And Fight [1980]

QUEENSRYCHE The Warning [1984], Rage For Order [1986], Operation Mindcrime [1988]

QUIET RIOT Metal Health [1983], Condition Critical [1984]

RACER X Street Lethal [1986], Extreme Volume [1988]

RAINBOW Difficult To Cure [1981], Straight Between The Eyes [1982], Bent Out Of Shape [1983], Final Vinyl [1986]

RATT Ratt [1983], Out Of The Cellar [1984]

RAVEN Rock Until You Drop [1981], Wipe Out [1982]

REO SPEEDWAGON Hi Infidelity [1980]

RIOT Fire Down Under [1981], Born In America [1983], Thunder Steel [1988]

RODS The Rods [1981], Let Them Eat Metal [1984]

ROSE TATTOO Assault And Battery [1981], Scarred For Life [1982]

DAVID LEE ROTH Crazy From The Heat [1985], Skyscraper [1988]

ULI JON ROTH Beyond The Astral Skies [1985]

ROUGH CUTT Rough Cutt [1985], Wants You [1986]

RUNNING WILD Under Jolly Roger [1987], Port Royal [1988]

RUSH Permanent Waves [1980], Moving Pictures [1981]

 

 

SABBAT History Of A Time To Come [1987]

SAGA Silent Knight [1980], Wildest Dreams [1987]

SAMSON Shock Tactics [1981], Before The Storm [1982]

SANCTUARY Refuge Denied [1985]

SARACEN Heroes, Saints & Fools [1981], Change Of Heart [1984]

SATAN Court In The Act [1983]

SAVAGE GRACE Master Of Disguise [1985], After The Fall From Grace [1986]

SAVATAGE Sirens [1983], Power Of The Night [1985], Hall Of The Mountain King [1987]

SAXON Wheels Of Steel [1980], Denim And Leather [1981], Crusader [1984]

SCORPIONS Black Out [1982], Love At First Sting [1984], Savage Amusement [1988]

SHARK ISLAND Law Of The Order [1989]

SHERIFF Sheriff [1982]

SHOK PARIS Go For The Throat [1984], Steel And Starlight [1987], Concrete Killers [1989]

SHOUT It Won’t Be Long [1988], In Your Face [1989]

SINNER Danger Zone [1984], Comin’ Out Fighting [1986]

SKID ROW Skid Row [1989]

BILLY SQUIER The Tale Of The Tape [1980], Emotions In Motion [1982]

JACK STARR Out Of Darkness [1984], Burning Starr [1989]

STEELER (GERMANY) Strike Back [1986], Undercover Animal [1988]

STEELER (USA) Steeler [1983]

STONE FURY Burning Like A Star [1984], Let Them Talk [1986]

STRATOVARIUS Fright Night [1989]

STRYPER Soldiers Under Command [1985], To Hell With The Devil [1986]

STYX Paradise Theatre [1981]

SURGIN When Midnight Comes [1985]

SURVIVOR Survivor [1980], Eye Of The Tiger [1982], Vital Signs [1984]

SWORD Metalized [1986], Sweet Dreams [1988]

TALAS Sink Your Teeth Into That [1982]

TANK Filthy Hounds Of Hades [1982], This Means War [1983]

TESLA Mechanical Resonance [1986], The Great Radio Controversy [1989]

THIN LIZZY Chinatown [1980], Thunder And Lightning [1983]

THOR Only The Strong [1985]

TITAN FORCE Titan Force [1989]

TNT Knights Of The New Thunder [1984], Tell No Tales [1987]

TOKYO BLADE Tokyo Blade [1983], Night Of The Blade [1984]

TOTO Toto IV [1982], Fahrenheit [1986]

TRIUMPH Allied Forces [1981], The Sports Of Kings [1986]

TROUBLE Trouble [1984], The Skull [1985]

JOE LYNN TURNER Rescue You [1985]

TWISTED SISTER Under The Blade [1982], You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll [1983], Stay Hungry [1984]

TYGERS OF PAN TANG Wild Cat [1980], Spellbound [1981]

TYRAN PACE Eye To Eye [1984], Long Live Metal [1985]

TYTAN Rough Justice [1985]

 

 

UDO Animal House [1987], Mean Machine [1989]

UFO The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent [1981], Misdemeanor [1985]

URIAH HEEP Conquest [1980], Abominog [1982], Raging Silence [1989]

VAIN No Respect [1989]

VANDENBERG Vandenberg [1982], Heading For A Storm [1983]

VAN HALEN Women And Children First [1980], 1984 [1984], OU812 [1988]

VAN STEPHENSON Suspicious Heart [1986]

VENGEANCE We Have Ways To Make You Rock [1986], Take It Or Leave It [1987]

VICIOUS RUMORS Soldiers Of The Night [1985], Digital Dictator [1988]

VICTORY Victory [1985], Hungry Hearts [1987]

VILLAIN Only Time Will Tell [1986]

VINNIE VINCENT Invasion [1986], All Systems Go [1988]

VIRGIN STEELE Virgin Steele [1982], Guardians Of The Flame [1983], Noble Savage [1986], Age Of Consent [1988]

VIXEN Vixen [1988]

VOODOO X The Awakening [1989]

 

 

WARLOCK True As Steel [1986], Triumph And Agony [1987]

WARLORD Deliver Us [1983], And The Cannons Of Destructions Have Begun... [1984]

WARRIOR Fighting For The Earth [1985]

WATCHTOWER Control And Resistance [1989]

WASP Wasp [1984], The Last Command [1985], The Headless Children [1989]

WAYSTED Save Our Prayers [1986]

WHITE CROSS Triumphant Return [1989]

WHITE LION Pride [1987], Big Game [1989]

WHITESNAKE Ready An’ Willing [1980], Come And Get It [1981], Slide It In [1983], 1987 [1987]

WHITE WOLF Standing Alone [1984], Endangered Species [1986]

WINGER Winger [1988]

Y&T Earthshaker [1981], Black Tiger [1982], Mean Streak [1983]

ZEBRA Zebra [1983], No Tellin’ Lies [1984]

ZED YAGO From Over Yonder [1989], Pilgrimage [1989]

ZENO Zeno [1986]

Ελπίζω να διαβάσετε με ενδιαφέρον θέλω να πιστεύω αυτό το αφιέρωμα. Θέλω να πιστεύω επίσης, πως με κρίνατε με επιείκεια σε αυτή μου την προσπάθεια, χωρίς κάποιες κακόβουλες γνώμες, ότι έγινε δεν έγινε εσκεμμένα, αλλά με γνώμονα την αγάπη μου για το Hard Rock & το Heavy Metal, όπου το υπηρετώ σαν οπαδός για πάνω από 30 χρόνια, ευχαριστώ.

 

 

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