Tag: 80s Essentials
80s Essentials – Volume Five
Welcome to the halfway point, volume five in our list of The Most Essential Albums of the Eighties. Previous volumes can be accessed here. This week’s edition features a host of menacing characters. To start …
80s Essentials – Volume Four
Welcome to the fourth installment of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the 80s. If you need to catch up, you can do so here. This week’s edition is another testament to the diversity of …
80s Essentials – Volume Three
Welcome to the third installment of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the 80s. If you need to catch up, you can do so here. As was hinted, this week’s crop of essentials is a …
Sledgehammer Rock – An Interview With Raven
2014 marks Raven‘s fortieth anniversary. In that time, they’ve released a dozen studio albums, from 1980’s Rock Until You Drop to 2009’s comeback effort, Walk Through Fire. Their hyperactive brand of riff-heavy NWOBHM (self-described as …
80s Essentials – Volume Two
Our journey through the golden age of metal continues with another set of ten classics. If you missed the first installment of The Most Essential Albums of the 80s, check it out here. Goats were …
80s Essentials – Volume One
We are at it again. Having previously compiled the 100 Most Essential Albums of both the 1990s and the 2000s, the Last Rites staff set its sights on that golden age of heavy metal, the …