{"id":15952,"date":"2016-05-20T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15952"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:55:33","slug":"masters-of-metal-review-ii-masters-of-metal-volume-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15952","title":{"rendered":"Masters of Metal Review II : Masters of Metal Volume I"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"51Beo5MWY1L._SX355_\"<\/a>Masters of Metal Volume 1<\/strong>
\n Label:<\/strong> K-Tel
\nRelease Date<\/strong>: 1984<\/p>\n

The Artwork – 3\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok.\u00a0 This artwork gets a 3\/5 just like the previous one (link here) if anything because there is no ridiculously exaggerated long ass guitar neck.\u00a0 On this album, the artwork is plain and simple but still very much metal.\u00a0 The logo kind of looks like Masters of the Universe but the pointy letters is part of the metal element.\u00a0 Along with the pointer letters is laser beams all over the fucking place.\u00a0 Lasers used to be metal as fuck back in the 80’s but now I think even One Direction uses them.\u00a0 Then we have an eclipse.\u00a0 You’re probably thinking, “what’s metal about an eclipse?”\u00a0 Well, only the fact that Dio sang in “Children of the Sea”, “LOOK OUT!\u00a0 The sun is going black!\u00a0 Black!”\u00a0 I know, right?\u00a0 Head… BOOM!<\/p>\n

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SIDE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Sabbath – Trashed (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, so again, you can see how these compilations back in the day freaked me out.\u00a0 I mean, when I first heard this song, I was like, what the fuck is this?\u00a0 That was when I discovered that not only did Ozzy and Dio sing for Sabbath but so did Ian Gillan from Deep Purple.\u00a0 As much as I can’t stand the Born Again album, I always dug this song and I still think it’s pretty fucking rad.\u00a0 A great way to kick things off.<\/p>\n

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Y&T – Mean Streak (1\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never liked Y&T.\u00a0 I do have to admit, I always thought Dave Menekitti was a great singer and killer fucking guitar player but none of that means shit if you don’t have good songs.\u00a0 I know a lot of people who loved this band but I always thought they were lame.\u00a0 This song is pretty fucking terrible and while it’s not worse than that horrible “Summertime Girls”, it’s still pretty fucking bad.\u00a0 Ugh… kill it with fire.<\/p>\n

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Dokken – Breaking the Chains (3\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The older I get, the less I find myself liking Dokken.\u00a0 Even back in the day when everyone was “rockin’ with Dokken” I just couldn’t get behind all of their stuff.\u00a0 I was a huge fan of the Back for the Attack album but for the most part I just found their shit to just not be all that good.\u00a0 This song is “ok.”\u00a0 It’s not a song that’s painful to hear but it’s just one of those “meh” songs.<\/p>\n

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Zebra – Who’s Behind the Door (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought it was so fucking cool that a New Orleans band was featured on a Masters of Metal compilation!\u00a0 That aside, I fucking LOVE Zebra.\u00a0 I always loved the fact that they were this awesome cross of Led Zeppelin and Rush.\u00a0 I mean, they took two amazing bands and created their own thing.\u00a0 This song is still every bit as awesome as it ever was.\u00a0 Loved it then, love it now!<\/p>\n

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Dio – Rainbow in the Dark (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The minute you hear that chord followed by those cheesy ass keyboards, you just can’t help but throw your horns in the air and go all Butthead on it and yell, “YESS!!!”\u00a0 Goddamn what a voice.\u00a0 Dio blew my mind back then and he still does to this day.\u00a0 This song is a timeless classic and I also feel like this one was used on many Masters of Metal albums.\u00a0 It’s a great gateway into the realm of pure awesomeness.<\/p>\n

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Van Halen – Dancing In The Street (1\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

LOL.\u00a0 Yes, I did just type “LOL.”\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because this song is so fucking ridiculous.\u00a0 I remember hearing this as a kid and thinking it was so stupid.\u00a0 It’s so corny and it makes me wonder who exactly was responsible for picking the tracks for these albums. I mean, this song is just so lame and it sticks out like a sore thumb.\u00a0 No thanks, Diamond Dave.\u00a0 I gotta pass on this one.<\/p>\n

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KISS – Lick It Up (2\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably one of my all time least favorite KISS songs.\u00a0 Again, for some reason, this song always ended up on these compilations.\u00a0 Why? I have no clue.\u00a0 Why not put Heavens On Fire (which did make a few of these albums) or even something like, “War Machine” or even something awesome like, “Creatures of the Night”?\u00a0 I always thought this song was just weaksauce.\u00a0 I mean, I don’t hate it but again, it’s just one of those that I could live without ever hearing again.<\/p>\n

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SIDE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rainbow – Street of Dreams (0\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

How in the hell could this even be Rainbow?\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 I mean, I get it that it’s not Dio but this is the same “band” that brought us “Kill the King”, “Man on the Silver Mountain”, and “Catch the Rainbow” but man, this shit just fucking sucks.\u00a0 It’s such a lame ass song and god I hate Joe Lynn Turner.\u00a0 Every time I hear that guy’s voice I just want to kick him in the throat.\u00a0 Terrible.<\/p>\n

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Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

What really needs to be said here?\u00a0 It’s Iron Fucking Maiden.\u00a0 It’s “Run to the Hills.”\u00a0 That is all.<\/p>\n

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Rush – Tom Sawyer (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talk about a fucking timeless song.\u00a0 I loved it back in the day and I love it now.\u00a0 It’s funny that it’s because of these cheesy ass compilations I would learn about bands such as Rush, Triumph, Accept, and Krokus.\u00a0 Had it not been for these Masters of Metal albums, it may have been a long time (if ever) before I would hear these bands.\u00a0 This song is just all kinds of bad ass and it’s probably the only song I can think of that I “air keyboard” to.\u00a0 Yeah, that’s bad ass.<\/p>\n

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Triumph – A World of Fantasy (4\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Triumph is one of those bands that I never really dug deeper into but I’ll be damned if I don’t love pretty much every song I’ve ever heard by them on these compilations.\u00a0 They were somewhat of a poor man’s Rush but I always thought they had some pretty awesome songs.\u00a0 This song just screams 80’s hard rock but these guys were definitely a bit more substantial than many of their peers.<\/p>\n

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Twisted Sister – You Can’t Stop Rock N’ Roll (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good fucking God I love this band.\u00a0 Twisted Sister was and always will be a huge band that has a special place in my heart.\u00a0 These guys pretty much got me through some pretty rough times as a youth and this song in general always used to get me pumped up.\u00a0 The rawness, the grit, that attitude still rings out to this day and this song has stood the test of time.\u00a0 Twisted Sister will always be a timeless band with timeless songs and a timeless message to the misguided and lost youth for generations to come.<\/p>\n

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Krokus – Screaming in the Night (5\/5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always thought this song was fucking amazing.\u00a0 It’s such a cool song and it has all the elements of a great fucking song.\u00a0 Great vocals, amazing guitar playing, really cool changes.\u00a0 It’s not your ordinary ballad.\u00a0 It’s such a dark sounding song and no matter how many times I hear this song, it never gets old.\u00a0 I just wish the rest of their shit was as awesome as this song was.\u00a0 This song just fucking rules.\u00a0 ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n

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Masters of Metal Volume 1 Label: K-Tel Release Date: 1984 The Artwork – 3\/5 Ok.\u00a0 This artwork gets a 3\/5 just like the previous one (link here) if anything because there is no ridiculously exaggerated long ass guitar neck.\u00a0 On this album, the artwork is plain and simple but still very much metal.\u00a0 The logo kind of looks like Masters of the Universe but the pointy letters is part of the metal element.\u00a0 Along with the pointer letters is laser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[51,1002,659,195,1268,605,1007,1260,916,769,1270,712,444,1271,673],"class_list":["post-15952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-black-sabbath","tag-dio","tag-dokken","tag-iron-maiden","tag-k-tel","tag-kiss-2","tag-krokus","tag-masters-of-metal","tag-rainbow","tag-rush","tag-triumph","tag-twisted-sister","tag-van-halen","tag-yt","tag-zebra"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19692,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15952\/revisions\/19692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}