I'm not an overly complex man. I have simple tastes, and one of those is that I basically enjoy just about any metal band from the 80's. I don't get caught up in how good a band is, or if they are original... nah, give me riffs played at 100mph and lyrics about senseless violence and satan and that's all I need. I don't necessarily look for and chase bands like that down, but when it is served up to me, I'll probably take it every time.
So when I was looking through what Jeff had available from Tim's collection and saw a record from a band called Savage Steel... with a cover sporting some shirtless skullface dude in combat boots and weilding two swords, I immediately told Jeff to add it to the pile of records that I'd be buying. No clue what they sounded like, but it was from '87 on New Renaissance Records, so I wanted it on my shelf.
Dude, when the mood strikes me, records like this are the most crucial shit. Straight forward thrash played by kids that loved the music and only cared about being metal as fuck. Yes! Give me all the obscure bands that no one cares about 35+ years later.
Another thing that really pushed me to buy thiws was that it was on clear vinyl. I don't know why, but finding records for old metal bands on colored vinyl seems like such a rare thing. Labels just didn't seem to fuck around with colored vinyl back then so it always feels special when I find one.
No comments:
Post a Comment