Balls to the Wall
Artist: Accept
Community Score: 7.81

Accept's most notorious album, Balls to the Wall was also their biggest commercial success. Following hot upon the heels of their creative breakthrough, Restless and Wild, you'd also be hard pressed to find a more sexually charged record in any musical genre. Its hysterically nonsensical lyrics notwithstanding, the legendary title track remains... Read More

Inferno: Last in Live
Artist: Dio

Ronnie James Dio never sounded more inspired than he does on Inferno: Last in Live, an outstanding two-CD set recorded live on his band's world tour of 1996-1997. The goth metal singer was always known for going that extra mile on-stage, and he does exactly that with an excellent band that includes drummer Vinny Appice, guitarist Tracy G,... Read More

Anthology
Artist: Manowar

Anthology culls the highlights from Manowar's '80s albums, offering a good distillation of the band's career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Black Sabbath Greatest Hits
Artist: Black Sabbath
Community Score: 9.00
Happy Rhodes, Vol. 2
Artist: Happy Rhodes
Happy Rhodes, Vol. 1
Artist: Happy Rhodes
Speak English or Die
Artist: Stormtroopers of Death
Community Score: 9.70

S.O.D.'s Speak English or Die was an important record in the fusion of hardcore punk with thrash and speed metal, making even more explicit the connections that Anthrax's music implied. The tone of the music is crushingly loud, fast, and aggressive, but not at all serious -- the record is filled with goofy, macho humor, some of which holds up... Read More

Street Lethal
Artist: Racer X

Racer X's 1986 debut is essentially a showcase for then teenaged guitar prodigy Paul Gilbert. The opening instrumental, "Frenzy," pretty much lays the cards on the table; a mostly unaccompanied survey of Gilbert's jaw-dropping fretboard tricks, it summarizes Street Lethal's modus operandi right at the outset. Gilbert himself described Racer X as... Read More

No Remorse
Artist: Motörhead
Community Score: 9.12

There have been dozens and dozens of Motörhead compilations released over the decades, but the first one remains definitive, even if it's not perfect. Released in 1984 as a gap-filler -- for Motörhead were regrouping in the wake of the bandmember shuffling that followed the odd Another Perfect Day album -- No Remorse compiled two-dozen songs... Read More

Louder Than God: The Best of Blue Cheer
Artist: Blue Cheer

Released in 1986 on Rhino records, Louder Than God is an adequate "best of" collection for those interested in a brief but complete assortment of Blue Cheer's greatest proto-metal hits. Rhino wisely chose studio wiz Bill Inglot to remaster the 13 tracks on this offering, making it one of, if not the best, post-'70s repackaging of Blue Cheer... Read More

Rocks
Artist: Aerosmith
Community Score: 7.83

Few albums have been so appropriately named as Aerosmith's 1976 classic Rocks. Despite hard drug use escalating among bandmembers, Aerosmith produced a superb follow-up to their masterwork Toys in the Attic, nearly topping it in the process. Many Aero fans will point to Toys as the band's quintessential album (it contained two radio/concert... Read More

The Best of Helix: Deep Cuts
Artist: Helix