6-6-2012: Helloween - Escalation 666

I know I just did a Helloween song, but it's 6-6 and you gotta find something relevant in the metal world.  It's not 6/6/06, but hey, close enough!  Great song here off the Dark Ride album.  VERY different album for them that I never liked until recently.  Check it out if you want some different sounding, kick ass metal!

6-4-2012: The Cult - Fire Woman

This song was easily the Cult's crown jewel.  A favorite on Metal Mania even now, you gotta love this one!  Even fans of old school 80s rock will recognize it...but if one of those people actually knows it's the Cult, well "you might be a real metalhead".  You've gotta go a little deeper than that IMO, but hey, knowing that this is The Cult is a nice start to weeding out poseurs!

6-3-2012: Saxon - Broken Heroes

I saw Saxon one time and it was roughly 5 months after 9/11...they shocked the shit out of me when they broke out this classic from Innocence is No Excuse!  This was the song that really got me hooked on them.  I had bought a "Best of Saxon" CD a few years before at a used CD shop in South County (I think CD Reunion), and this was the standout track.  I bought Unleash the Beast a few months after that and that was it, I was hooked!  Innocence is by far my favorite "classic" Saxon album, and this may very well be one of the best classic Saxon songs!

6-2-2012: Hardline - Hot Cherie

I just saw these guys have a new album out.  I thought they put out the album in 1992 which this classic was on, did a brief reunion in 2002 and that was it.  I'll have to check out the new one, but Double Eclipse is worth any hard rock fan's listen, that's for sure.

6-1-2012: Helloween - Raise the Noise

This has been my alarm clock wake up song since it came out damn near 2 years ago!  It still isn't old either.  The heaviness and hooks of the 7 Sinners album are just fucking epic!  Album of the year 2010 for me, and with good reason!

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!