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The Greatest Debut Metal Albums of All Time

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Heavy metal music was known to have developed in the late 1960’s and in the early 1970s especially in the UK. Today there are numerous bands belonging to this music genre. Because of the popularity of metal bands universally, several subgenres of heavy metal music developed such as the Thrash Metal (Metallica, Anthrax were some of the popular bands in this category), Death Metal (Morbid Angel, Napalm Death), Black Metal (Mayhem, Burzum), Power Metal (Hammerfall, DragonForce) etc. in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. The 1990s witnessed the rise of several currently famous bands such as Linkin Park, Nirvana, etc.

So, Monster Casino which is one of the leading pay by mobile casinos brings to you a compiled list of the all-time greatest debut metal albums.

Best Debut Metal Albums of all time

Every decade would have witnessed the best and the worst metal bands making their way up and down the ladder of fame and success. Taking that into consideration, here’s the list of a few best debut metal albums of all time:

Welcome to Hell’ by Venom

The legendary debut album of the famous English heavy metal band ‘Venom’, it was released in December 1981. At the time of its release, it re-defined the meaning of the word ‘cataclysmic’ and had greatly influenced the then-emerging thrash metal style. It, in fact, created a whole new world pain for ‘metaldom’ and so was almost like a threat to the Death and Black Metal styles.

De Mysteriis Dom Sanathas’ by Mayhem

Another stunning debut by a metal band was the ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sanathas’ by the Norwegian Black Metal Band Mayhem. This deadly debut album is still considered to be influential in the black metal scene. Also, it remains to be the only album of this band to feature Aarseth and Varg Vikernes.

Bonded by Blood’ by Exodus

An iconic debut album of the famous Bay Area Thrash Metal Band Exodus that largely revolutionised the Thrash Metal segment of Metal music. It also holds the record of being the only full-length studio album of Exodus to feature the Late Paul Baloff on vocals. In 2008, it was re-recorded by the band and re-released as ‘Let There Be Blood’ featuring mostly new band members.

Sorrow and Extinction’ by Pallbearer

This album is yet another extraordinary debut made by a Doom Metal Band. In the final acknowledgement list, you would notice that they have expressed their gratitude finally not to their family or close ones or anyone whom we would thank in a normal case, but to the legendary Black Sabbath band which has greatly influenced Pallbearer. The main asset of the band in this album is their sharp and a steely sense of a dynamic intuition which makes this album worth listening to.

‘Blasphemy’ by Fallen Angel Of Doom

This 1990 debut album of Fallen Angel Of Doom became quite legendary for the ‘death grunting’ in a more animal-like manner which only blurred the ability to comprehend the songs, which in fact, became a trendsetter. This album was one of the major influencers for the War Metal segment of Metal Music.

 

The definitive story of the Fab Four’s early years by the world’s finest music writers

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In 1973, three years after their split, The Beatles were the subject of the legendary ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ albums, compiling the most iconic songs of their early and later periods. To salute those historic collections, MOJO is bringing together its finest writing on the group in two special deluxe ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ volumes.

The Red Issue 1962-1966 tells the story of The Beatles’ extraordinary transformation from a struggling Liverpool beat group to the mop-topped superstars who sparked Beatlemania around the world, all the while elevating their songwriting and music to ever-more extravagant and mind-blowing heights. Illustrated with rare and classic photographs, the 132-page magazine includes the stories of their EMI Audition by Mark Lewisohn, Beatlemania by Jon Savage, Revolver by Barry Miles, Help! by Peter Doggett, and much more… As with the original compilation, The Red Issue comes in a special glossy gatefold sleeve to house The Blue Edition.

The Red Issue will be followed by The Blue Issue 1967-1970, on sale from June 30, 2018, which will chart the group’s adventures in psychedelia, political awakening, their last-ever concert and dramatic split. Packed with classic photographs and many more stories.

“Guitar Rock” music collection commercial, 1990

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Benedict Cumberbatch & James Corden Can’t Share a Stage

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Before they achieved fame as actors, James Corden and Benedict Cumberbatch had a long history of appearing in live theater together, but their fierce competitiveness managed to ruin performances of “Hamlet,” “Waiting for Godot” and “The Crucible.”

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Cool BBC Doc: Charting The Rise Of Synth Pop In the UK In The 70s and 80s

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Check out this fab BBC 4 documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who went to form successful electronic bands in the 70s and 80s and had a profound impact on present day music. Featuring Vince Clarke, Neil Tennant, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan, Phil Oakley, Martin Gore, the Eurythmics, and more.

The Luckiest Unluckiest Man Who Ever Lived

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Strange but true, this is the story of Frane Selak. Selak’s brushes with death started in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flipped off the tracks and crashed in a river. Someone pulled Selak to safety, while 17 other unfortunate passengers drowned. Selak suffered a broken arm and hypothermia. The next year, during his first and only plane ride, he was blown out of a malfunctioning plane door and landed in a haystack; the plane crashed, killing 19 people. However, there is no report of any plane crash in Croatia in 1963. Three years after that, in 1966, a bus that he was riding skidded off the road and into a river, drowning four passengers. Selak swam to shore with a few cuts and bruises.

In 1970 his car caught fire as he was driving and he managed to escape before the fuel tank blew up. Three years later, in another driving incident, the engine of his car was doused with hot oil from a malfunctioning fuel pump, causing flames to shoot through the air vents. Selak’s hair was completely singed in this incident, but he was otherwise unharmed. In 1995, he was struck by a bus in Zagreb, but sustained only minor injuries. In 1996 he eluded a head-on collision with a United Nations truck on a mountain curve by swerving into a guardrail, which gave way under the force of his car; he was ejected from the car when the door flew open, (he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt) managed to hold onto a tree, and watched his car plummet down 90 metres (300 ft) into a gorge.

In 2003, two days after his 73rd birthday, Selak won $1,110,000 in the lottery.

First Drafts of Rock: “American Woman” by The Guess Who

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Jimmy Fallon’s First Drafts of Rock takes a look at the original version of The Guess Who’s “American Woman” featuring The Bacon Brothers.

Turn Your MP3s Into This Walkman Simulator

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Want to feel really old today? If you miss the sound your cassettes made, but have MP3s on your computer, you’re in luck. Don’t waste your time hunting down blank cassettes and broken Walkmans on eBay. If you’ve got a browser and a web connection, a simple site called WebCassette will load and degrade your digital music files so the sound quality hearkens back to a time before compact discs hit the market.

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The Shazam Of Album Covers Is Now Here

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A new app is being billed as “the Shazam of album covers,” and we’re all for it. The new app is called Record Player and it was designed with Glitch by Patrick Weaver.

The app utilizes Google Cloud Vision API and the Spotify API to automatically recognize album cover artwork and direct you to the album on Spotify. The app seems like the perfect tool for avid music fans and regular vinyl crate diggers who may want to preview an album that catches their eye in a store so they can check it out before purchasing it.

Click here to try out the Record Player app and watch a video to see how it works below.

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Cool Read This Week – Visualizing The Beatles: A Complete Graphic History of the World’s Favorite Band

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Visualizing the Beatles is filled with stunning full-color infographics, a unique, album-by-album visual history of the evolution of the Beatles that examines how their style, their sound, their instruments, their songs, their tours, and the world they inhabited transformed over the course of a decade.

Combining data, colorful artwork, interactive charts, graphs, and timelines, Visualizing the Beatles is a fresh and imaginative look at the world’s most popular band. Meticulously examining the songs on every Beatles’ album from Please Please Me to Let It Be, UK-based graphic artists John Pring and Rob Thomas deconstruct:

  • lyrical content
  • songwriting credits
  • inspiration for the songs
  • instruments used
  • cover designs
  • chart position
  • and more . . . .

They also break down the success of Beatles’ singles across the world, their tour dates, venues, and cities, their hairstyles, fashion choices and favorite guitars, and a wealth of other Beatles’ minutiae. Visualizing the Beatles also includes illustrations involving the conspiracy theories of the “Paul is dead” hoax as well as A-to-Z lists of every artist or performer who has ever covered a Beatles’ song.

Comprehensive, entertaining, and packed with fun facts, Visualizing the Beatles is a wonderful introduction for new fans and a must-have for devotees, offering a new way to think about this extraordinary band whose influence continues to shape music.