5-31-2012: Sleeze Beez - Stranger than Paradise

It was 2001, I was trying desperately to find the most obscure, kick-ass 80s metal bands out there.  Quite the challenge at the time because the internet simply wasn't what it is today.  Rolla, MO had a great station that played hair bands late every Saturday night and I happened to be visiting my buddy Chief for the weekend.  They played this gem and I was blown away!  While I can't say that the rest of their catalog holds up to this song, if you've never heard this song, and you like 80s/melodic metal, give this song a good listen and prepare to be vaulted back to big hair and great sounds!

5-30-2012: Lion - Lock Up Your Daughters

I only just realized that this is a Slade cover song.  For some reason, it made me like the song even more.  I've loved this band since the epic Crispin Glover did the infamous dance in Friday the 13th Part IV!
These guys are highly underrated, and I can't stress enough that fans of the more hard-rock laden, melodic metal MUST check these guys out!

5-28-2012: Dokken - Standing on the Outside

I love me some new Dokken!  When this album came out, I was blown away.  I had wanted catchy, melodic music out of at least one of my favorite 80s bands since I had become hooked on that music in the 90s.  Well, as we all know, many 80s bands turned shitty or weird in the 90s and Dokken was right there with such crap as Shadowlife and Dysfunctional.  They made a good album with "Erase the Slate" in 1999, but it still wasn't quite the same.  This was a real return to form and it looks like they haven't looked back (I got to hear the sample of Burning Empire before they pulled it and it's BITCH!)

5-26-2012: Firewind - Wall of Sound

I've been wanting to do this song since the single came out a few weeks back, but I was in the middle of a theme.
This song is just a no-frills, epic metal song.  No BS, just a straight ahead, get stuck in your head ass kicker!  The album came out Tuesday and it's equally good.  The album takes a slightly harder edge compared to their previous albums, which is exactly what Gus G says they were going for.  They were highly successful IMO.  This is easily my favorite album of their entire catalog already.  For those who have never listened to Firewind, this is an excellent starting point.  For those who have, well, you won't be disappointed!

5-25-2012: Y&T - 25 Hours a Day

Another track I've never heard, but this blog has been void of Y&T until now, so it was long overdue.  When my "May Number Month" is over, I'll have to post some of the Y&T songs that got me going on them.

5-24-2012: Savatage - 24 hours ago

Back to it!  The opening track from the epic "Hall of the Mountain King" album.  This is one of the first Savatage songs I ever heard, and it's a beaut!  I had no idea this thing had a real video until just now.  Not nearly as epic as Hall of the Mountain King, but back in the 80s, most "2nd single" videos weren't.

5-23-2012: Tarot - Descendants of Power

OK, I'm finally fucked.  I couldn't find a song anywhere with 23 in the title, so I give you another Tarot song!  Sure, I've been posting the shit out of them since this blog started, but with good reason!  They kick so much ass, that I have been listening to them rather consistently now for almost a year.  Tarot rules, this song rules...not much else to say.