Another superb episode by Mr. Popoff. I was going through some of my music books the past 2 months or so and I came across my copy of Martin’s “500 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums” book and decided to read it for the 3rd time. Forgot how detailed and in-depth Martin gets with each reviewed album. Of course, all of his metal publications are detailed and in depth.
@@scottraygor9843 I stand corrected :) we always call you lot vikings here in England, rarely Norsemen, however, going forward I will use the correct term :)
Kevin Ortega it’s that punk edge, dude. That’s what hooked me with them, and ended up being a gateway into metal for me. Them, and Maiden, and of course Black Sabbath...
I love these polls (especially the 70s, my favorite metal decade), but I think it's dumb to include Judas Priest - "Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather" on this list... especially considering the album already made the 1978 list conducted last year. Banger should be clear about albums with release years that differed by territory.
For real its not a different album, just a different title and an extra track. If anything Hell Bent should've been on this list and Killing Machine should've been left off the 1978 list
If metal live albums didn't include in the list, then I suggest that we will conduct survey of metal live albums of the years (1984,1972,etc.) So that we separate an album from live album. What do you think?
Great job Martin. Good to see people my age still in to Metal. Riot and Accept were definitely in my collection back then. I remember the Who concert tragedy. We had a moment of silence in Intro Physical Science class my Sophomore year of HS. People I knew then were quite upset about this. Then we lost Bon Scott the next year. Sad.
Van Halen ruled the Earth in 79, and I was eleven., my older sister stole the poster out of the Women and children first album I had bought with my crappy allowance ..
I REALLY like this series of video and I really enjoy watching them, I just wish you would continue as well with the 90's and 2000's since lately we have had only the 70's. I like watching the 70's video in order to get more insight on the 70's Heavy Metal scene, but expect a bit more of similar videos for the most recent years in order to be able to participate as well :P Keep the great work guys!
Phil Campbell: "Motorhead is not heavy metal band" www.gitarrebass.de/stories/phil-campbell-motoerhead-ist-keine-heavy-metal-band/ Campbell: "That depends on whether you classify me as a guitarist in general or as a member of Motörhead. Motörhead is not a heavy metal band. We always say: Motörhead play Motörhead music. I think we play loud blues and rock 'n' roll at an unusual pace." Lemmy: "I don't like heavy metal" www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/motoerhead-chef-lemmy-kilmister-kann-heavy-metal-nicht-leiden-a-983121.html This is what I was talking about. People take songs out of context on twitter, they dont know of what is business moves in the music world of larger bands. The music industry with its ill-defined rnr definitions has already plagued Motorhead by pushing them where the industry wanted against their will. So that created a huge base of metal fans. Later, last 15 years, metal fans have often made up about 50% of the audience, but especially in the mid-80s and 90%. And now the band, especially since the 1992 and March Or Die album and until the end 2015, had the recipe to do one easy thing, one, two or three metal things and rest are rnr on album. Because if everything would be like 'going to brazil' song or something like that, metal fans would not buy albums and the band would run out of money and maybe over time and without good part of audience. Thats music industry fault, when they start to push somebody in metal all other people except metal fans run away. That changed last 15 years of band but.. damage was done. THAT was the burden they had to carry and make BUSINESS moves to make some songs one, two or three per album, to take money of metal fans even though the band did not like to much to make such songs. This is a bold statement but brutally accurate. The same like metal fans took few metal covers what Lemmy did, but they did not took more than 40 rnr covers what he did, they dont mention that. Thats metal propaganda. Another proof is the links when I talked about the song "Mean Machine", which metal fans often refer to when talking about metal or even speed metal. Specifically, the song was meant to be blues, but then 4 times accelerated and you got Mean Machine. Lemmy's vocals, otherwise bay the way, are of the Howlin Wolf blues style but more harder. And that is it. Long hair had hippy before metal, leather jackets rnr guys from 50's and 60's also. And now, instead of calling the song Mean Machine as the speed rnr, or even the speed blues, the metal fans don't even know how Motorhead sees the music and how they pushed the boundaries. They dont want to know metal as WORLD SCENE wasnt before 1980. Don't listen to the definition of rnr by the music industry and their so-called critics. There was not a public debate, not a single scientific and art institution said what rnr is, and institution that everyone would recognize on this world after a public debate, but that definition remained in the domain of some irrelevant individuals in the industry managers, critics or tv hosts. If it is still everything subjective, so, why accept their definition of rnr and not Lemmy's? Everybody who argue this, they must ask themselfs where did they get definition what is rnr and what is not? If hey got it before internet from tv, magazines and such music industry propaganda products, than its not accurate definition. Those cant be over Lemmy to say what Motorhead plays. Those who insists against Lemmy are pure enemies of Motorhead. Remember that!
Martin, The Wise and Overkill Rewind have become my favourite Banger feature. Informative, in-depth and spreading the foundations of heavy metal to a new generation. Long may it continue \m/
Thanks for bringing up Gamma 1, very underrated album. I had the pleasure of seeing Gamma in concert a couple of times and they were excellent. I also go to meet the late Ronnie Montrose at one of the concerts and he is the person who turned me onto the Scorpions before they were big, he recommended I get the Love Drive album which I did.
@SabuPtolemy I absolutely agree. I love listening to the first 2 albums, but I do have all 4 but not as impressed with the later ones, but the first 2 are classics.
I would've added Legend: From the Fjords. A couple of spotty songs but the A-side is absolutely legendary heavy metal and the title track is some incredible metal/jazz stuff that has some Zeppelin-sounds to it.
I recently listened to Killing Machine again, and it's one hell of a record, but I thought it wouldn't feature here, cause of its 1978 UK release. so I voted Highway to Hell
1979 was a great heavy metal year, but the #1 is by far Lovedrive. Top 5: 1. Lovedrive by Scorpions 2. A Black Rose: Legend of Rock by Thin Lizzy 3. Van Halen II by Van Halen 4. Gamma 1 by Gamma 5. Bomber by Motorhead Overkill by Motorhead, Narita by Riot, Accept's debut album, and Earthquake by Electric Sun are also good 1979 albums. And Kiss's Dynasty did have some great heavy rockers on it, despite people believing it was a disco album. But at least Martin got all the best metal albums either in the top 5 or in the honorable mentions.
I'm suprised that Judas priest - "killing machine/hell bent for leather" has made it on the top 5 for two seperate years on overkill rewind. It reached #3 on the list for 1978.
It should be Unleashed In The East for 1979 - that's not only the greatest live metal album of all time, it's also one of the Top 5 Metal Albums Of All Time.
@@dmitryowens Uuuh. I thought it was common knoledge by now that overkill rewind don't do live albums. Fair enough it's a good live album, but being a live album disqualifies it from the list. We can disagree if it should be disqualified or not, but Banger set the rules.
@@johnhavardvalebrokk6151 Well, I'm not a hardcore Banger fanboy, so I wasn't aware of that. Stupid rule though - a live album should still count as an album.
keep doing these please! every time i watch one of these videos, i find at least 2-3 bands i never heard of before that i love! Specially Gamma. Holy shit do i love Gamma! I need to find a cassette for my car, then i can jam to it where ever i go!
Unleashed.. its best Judas album, period, it has all the 70s classic with the sound they always wanted. I love Sad Wings to death but its sound so tame and restrained against Unleashed... Same for every 70s Priest album
Makes me sad that not enough people probably know Legend's From the Fjords to at least get it an honorable mention. Highly recommended, one of the best Metal albums of the 70's, find it on youtube and give it a listen
My taste in metal leans toward the more melodic stuff, so my list probably would have been a combination of selections 2, 3, and 4 along with VH II, Ted Nugent or Riot with Priest topping the list.
As a Brit, We always consider the NWOBHM “did” start in 1979. Albeit it would established itself as a major underground movement before the likes of “Iron Maiden” , “Diamond Head”, “Venom” , “Girlschool” , “Def Leppard” et al would release full length studio albums over the next couple of years.
LM Jones not arguing with that😎👍 I like this vid & Martin is normally spot on with his facts and opinions but I felt he missed a beat / unintentional mislead people into thinking that NWOBHM started in 1980. That’s kinda like thinking that Grunge started in ‘91 with the release of “Nevermind”.
mysocalledknife07 Will be honest I’ve never heard their ‘77 release😅! But if it’s anything like “Stand Up and Fight” ,(which I think is 1980?), then yep, You win😁😎👍
@@gothicadam6476 the release itself was pale in comparison to Stand Up and Fight, but the lead track "Mainline Riders" was legendary doom/NWOBHM metal (a-la pre Witchfinder General), and, well ... produced by Iommi, so ... there's always that.
the 3 bands/albums I remember being relevant in 79, were Queen - Live Killers, Ace Frehley's - solo album and Priest's Unleashed in the East was thee best album of 79. I know , I know Live albums don't count but they do when they are this good.
Some other HM's: Triumph - Just a Game Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors Journey - Evolution Styx - Cornerstone Kiss - Dynasty Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Recently discovered an excellent 1979 metal album from a band called Marseille... one of the earliest NWOBHM releases. Was hoping they'd get a mention.
The NWOBHM started in 1979 ... all the "big" bands already had singles out in '79: Venom, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Girlschool, Angel Witch, Diamond Head, Sweet Savage, Samson, Gaskin, Paralex, etc.
From Wikipedia's NWOBHM page: Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper Sounds to describe the emergence of new heavy metal bands in the mid to late 1970s. Girlschool, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard had recordings circulating as early as 1978. Diamond Head, Witchfynde, Saxon, Vardis, Trespass in 1979. If you count Motorhead, then 1977. By 1980 you had music by Praying Mantis, White Spirit, Witchfinder General. IMHO, the genre was established by then, as more British bands started coming out (Raven, Tank, Sweet Savage, Venom, Mama's Boys, etc.) but also spawning non-British bands (Mercyful Fate, Accept, Riot, Manowar, etc.) in the similar genre, and eventually Thrash, Black Metal, etc. ... that's my opinion.
The Damned is one of the heaviest bands ever, that LP is gold from beginning to end. If you want a metal connection, Lemmy played bass for the Damned for a short while. They are still gigging today & they haven’t lost a bit of energy.
Wow, when I was looking at the comment when the callout video came out, I was sure Legend - From the Fjords would figure somewhere in the top 5, but it didn't even make it to the honorable mentions.
I'm with you on "Mr. Universe" Martin. Gillan Released 6 (7 if we're including The Japanese album) of the most criminally underrated and overlooked metal albums of all time. I love them all so much that I can't even pick a favourite. I think even most casual Deep Purple fans would find a lot to like on those records. If anyone ever wondered what DP would have sounded like if they had come out during the NWOBHM era, these are the albums you need to hear. Amazing classic metal.
1979 was wild. I was surrounded by nothing but Bikers and Drug addicts and Alcoholics. And Adult Women Changing cloths in front of me. It was all about Sad Wings and Paranoid by Sabbath.
1. Overkill - Motörhead 2. Highway to Hell - AC/DC 3. Bomber - Motörhead 4. Hell Bent For Leather - Judas Priest * The Soundhouse Tapes - Iron Maiden EP
Definitely a transitional year for metal....not a lot to choose from. Love the mentions of "Lost In Hollywood", such an underground classic. Blackmore/Airey/Powell at their very best. All-time great hard rock song.
Overkill and HTH are both probably in my top 10, Overkill is maybe in my top 5, but this goes to show where I’m just not trve enough, bc most of my favs from ‘79 would be post-punk, punk (including the damned album popoff mentioned), and even some “new wave” albums. There’s some metal in there for me, yeah, but the last 3 years of the 70s, like the last 3 of the 60s, is a time of such diversity and experimentation and really brilliant stuff from so many different genres, that I can’t image naming favorites of the late 70s and not bringing other genres into the mix. Idk what my #1 fav album of ‘79 is, but just off the top of my head without looking at a list of ‘79 albums, I’d have to say it’s, ‘Fear of Music’, by Talking Heads, which is just such a weird, artistic, experimental freak show, and yet so hooky in so many different ways... I love it.
Lost In Hollywood is definitely the best song on Down To Earth, but it pales in comparison to songs like Stargazer, Gates Of Babylon, Lady Of The Lake, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, and others from the Dio era - much darker, heavier, and more majestic both musically and vocally.
I'm not really a heavy metal fan(AC/DC and Van Halen I just call rock), but 1979 is my favorite year for music. Great to see The Damned on here as they show the transition from punk to new wave.
No mention of Lovehunter from the guy who wrote a whole book about Whitesnake. Great album, so I assume it must have eluded his memory at the time of preparing for this video.
That's cool. While I believe Rising is Rainbow's best album, like you my favorite is Down To Earth as it's just straight up Rock'n'Roll. Good to see I'm not the only one.
Gillan's "Mr Universe" was a brilliant hard rock comeback from the legendary Purple vocalist. Would have been a No 1 album in the UK if it hadn't been for the record company that was pressing the vinyl going bankrupt.
I think the big problem for Riot was that they had a seal on their album covers. Seals don’t really sell albums to teenagers, they have a “Cool Animal”-rating at about 0,2 out of 10. I think a parrot or an elk would be cooler even. It’s like putting a fluffy teddy bear on your metal album cover.
Unleashed in the east isn’t truly a live album, it was all studio recorded. They wanted to release a kind of best-of their discography but with a louder production. And indeed, it kinda closed an era for Priest and made way for British Steel.
Agree with most of this. Highway To Hell is still my favourite DC album. Don't agree with your choice of Rainbow albums. Surely it's got to be Rainbow Rising or Long Live Rock 'n' Roll with the great Ronnie James? Anyways, keep rockin' !
Goddamn Martin Popoff is a God! What a great list, thank you everyone who contributed to this list. I have nothing to add to this, it is perfection. As far as the early 80s go, I would argue in favor hc punk and Dead Kennedys instead of regular punk bands like the Damned. The influence of hc punk was essential for inspiring thrash bands like Slayer. Though, in all honesty, I would keep all punk bands seperate from metal lists. Two different genres, related perhaps, but seperate.
Martin Popoff Yes, I understand that. However, after years of being the odd one in my circle of friends it is nice to see someone giving me a voice, basically validating my opinions and having somewhat similar criteria when approaching these classic albums. The community is great, absolutely, but I also love the work you are doing, Martin, and bringing forth some of those hidden gems! Keep up the good work!
Stoked AC/DC-"Highway To Hell" got number two. My absolute favorite band whom was introduced to me at age 11-12 as a heavy metal in 1987 through a friend and media at the time. One reason I think people wonder if AC/DC is heavy metal is because the bandmates themselves have said their not metal, but just rock 'n' roll. However, I believe part of the reason they said this is because of the many "flash in the pan" metal bands coming and going in the metal scene. Especially during the eighties. Plus to really understand what's metal about AC/DC you have to watch them play live. One of the most incredible musical performances captured on film is their 1979 Pairs concert "Let There Be Rock". Angus Young's solo on "Girls Got Rhythm" is probably why I like him just a hair more than Jimi Hendrix.
Good list, glad to see the Scorpions & AC/DC on it, I understand why Kiss didn't make the list Dynasty was a good album though. and some people would argue was it really "Heavy Metal" at the time some would say it was Hard Rock many Bands Got Heavier once 1980 hit ( except Aerosmith )
I agree with you on all of them......except for Motorhead. They weren't even on the radar in my part of the country. Not one tune from Motorhead on the airwaves.
Keep these coming. Martin Pop off the professor of heavy metal.
This list introduced me to early scorpions music. I ended up voting for them
Listen to the taken by force of scorpions, really nice
Uli Jon Roth is a phenomenal guitarist
If you like Taken, listen to In Trance - phenomenal Scorpions / Uli Jon Roth era album. Especially the title track and Life’s Like a River.
70s era Scorpions rules!
Ryan Vaubel I really like 70’s Scorpions as well, I found those more interesting than 80’s Scorpions.
Another superb episode by Mr. Popoff. I was going through some of my music books the past 2 months or so and I came across my copy of Martin’s “500 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums” book and decided to read it for the 3rd time. Forgot how detailed and in-depth Martin gets with each reviewed album. Of course, all of his metal publications are detailed and in depth.
It's a Saxon warrior on the Saxon cover, not a viking :)
hence the name ! :D
Thats BIFF !! :)
@@Wag2112 ha ha don't look like Biff to me, but you never know :) What I do know is that he's no Viking :)
"To go a viking" , they called themselves Norsemen, viking is actually a verb.
@@scottraygor9843 I stand corrected :) we always call you lot vikings here in England, rarely Norsemen, however, going forward I will use the correct term :)
MOTORHEAD! 10 Skulls/5 Skulls. When Lemmy was born he was already 4.5 Skulls in.
There will never be enough skulls for Motorhead.
@@Roargus There will never be enough Motorhead.
Jacob Lewis Motörhead will always be one of my all time faves, they were very universal in their style and never boring
Kevin Ortega it’s that punk edge, dude. That’s what hooked me with them, and ended up being a gateway into metal for me. Them, and Maiden, and of course Black Sabbath...
Hell Bent For Leather is my number 1 album for 79 followed by
2. Highway To Hell
3. Van Halen II
4. Love drive
5. Ted's State of Shock
I love these polls (especially the 70s, my favorite metal decade), but I think it's dumb to include Judas Priest - "Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather" on this list... especially considering the album already made the 1978 list conducted last year. Banger should be clear about albums with release years that differed by territory.
For real its not a different album, just a different title and an extra track. If anything Hell Bent should've been on this list and Killing Machine should've been left off the 1978 list
If metal live albums didn't include in the list, then I suggest that we will conduct survey of metal live albums of the years (1984,1972,etc.) So that we separate an album from live album. What do you think?
Alright... Or metal albums in the 60s... But thanks anyway...
Thank you for saying "Celtic" with the hard K sound.
“Mr.Universe” is a great record. Bernie Tormé is tearing it up on this one. Thumbs up for Riot also. 🤘🏼
The gillian band was freaking awesome. They coulda got big if it wasnt for the 83/84 dp reunion and that stupid sabbath album he did.
Great job Martin. Good to see people my age still in to Metal. Riot and Accept were definitely in my collection back then. I remember the Who concert tragedy. We had a moment of silence in Intro Physical Science class my Sophomore year of HS. People I knew then were quite upset about this. Then we lost Bon Scott the next year. Sad.
I always listen to what Martin has to say. I totally agree with him, when he says that Powerage may be the best AC/DC's album.
Powerage is DEFINITELY the best AC/DC album!!
I take Martin with a grain of salt-- about half of what he says is spot-on, the other half so wrong it's laughable.
@Trapline Jams Down Payment Blues!!
@@mkinne3121 how would you compare Powerage to Back in Black as far as talent goes better songs and Guitar playing?
@@marksantucci4230 Better song writing, heavier guitar riffs, just a great collection of songs. And, of course, BON SCOTT!!
Actually bought Black Rose and Killing Machine a couple of days ago. Really loved both albums 😍
Voted for most of these. Great show Professor Popoff.
"Where were you in 79 when the dam began to burst?" I was 4 and living in Wellington, New Zealand lol.
Carbon_based_life_form not born yet, born the next year 😂
In Ohio listening to WMMS and WSRD. And WMMM, WDVE.
In 5th grade and clueless...by 8th grade I was knee deep in hard rock / Metal 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Van Halen ruled the Earth in 79, and I was eleven., my older sister stole the poster out of the Women and children first album I had bought with my crappy allowance ..
I was swimming around with billions of my brothers, in my dad’s sack...
I REALLY like this series of video and I really enjoy watching them, I just wish you would continue as well with the 90's and 2000's since lately we have had only the 70's.
I like watching the 70's video in order to get more insight on the 70's Heavy Metal scene, but expect a bit more of similar videos for the most recent years in order to be able to participate as well :P
Keep the great work guys!
Phil Campbell: "Motorhead is not heavy metal band"
www.gitarrebass.de/stories/phil-campbell-motoerhead-ist-keine-heavy-metal-band/
Campbell: "That depends on whether you classify me as a guitarist in general or as a member of Motörhead. Motörhead is not a heavy metal band. We always say: Motörhead play Motörhead music. I think we play loud blues and rock 'n' roll at an unusual pace."
Lemmy: "I don't like heavy metal"
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/motoerhead-chef-lemmy-kilmister-kann-heavy-metal-nicht-leiden-a-983121.html
This is what I was talking about.
People take songs out of context on twitter, they dont know of what is business moves in the music world of larger bands. The music industry with its ill-defined rnr definitions has already plagued Motorhead by pushing them where the industry wanted against their will. So that created a huge base of metal fans. Later, last 15 years, metal fans have often made up about 50% of the audience, but especially in the mid-80s and 90%.
And now the band, especially since the 1992 and March Or Die album and until the end 2015, had the recipe to do one easy thing, one, two or three metal things and rest are rnr on album. Because if everything would be like 'going to brazil' song or something like that, metal fans would not buy albums and the band would run out of money and maybe over time and without good part of audience. Thats music industry fault, when they start to push somebody in metal all other people except metal fans run away. That changed last 15 years of band but.. damage was done. THAT was the burden they had to carry and make BUSINESS moves to make some songs one, two or three per album, to take money of metal fans even though the band did not like to much to make such songs. This is a bold statement but brutally accurate.
The same like metal fans took few metal covers what Lemmy did, but they did not took more than 40 rnr covers what he did, they dont mention that. Thats metal propaganda.
Another proof is the links when I talked about the song "Mean Machine", which metal fans often refer to when talking about metal or even speed metal. Specifically, the song was meant to be blues, but then 4 times accelerated and you got Mean Machine. Lemmy's vocals, otherwise bay the way, are of the Howlin Wolf blues style but more harder. And that is it. Long hair had hippy before metal, leather jackets rnr guys from 50's and 60's also.
And now, instead of calling the song Mean Machine as the speed rnr, or even the speed blues, the metal fans don't even know how Motorhead sees the music and how they pushed the boundaries. They dont want to know metal as WORLD SCENE wasnt before 1980.
Don't listen to the definition of rnr by the music industry and their so-called critics. There was not a public debate, not a single scientific and art institution said what rnr is, and institution that everyone would recognize on this world after a public debate, but that definition remained in the domain of some irrelevant individuals in the industry managers, critics or tv hosts. If it is still everything subjective, so, why accept their definition of rnr and not Lemmy's?
Everybody who argue this, they must ask themselfs where did they get definition what is rnr and what is not? If hey got it before internet from tv, magazines and such music industry propaganda products, than its not accurate definition. Those cant be over Lemmy to say what Motorhead plays. Those who insists against Lemmy are pure enemies of Motorhead. Remember that!
Martin, The Wise and Overkill Rewind have become my favourite Banger feature. Informative, in-depth and spreading the foundations of heavy metal to a new generation. Long may it continue \m/
Kick ass channel..! I turned 13 in 79... it was a great time in metal history. 🤘🤘🤘
I saw most of these bands over the next decade. Good times..!
Thanks for bringing up Gamma 1, very underrated album. I had the pleasure of seeing Gamma in concert a couple of times and they were excellent. I also go to meet the late Ronnie Montrose at one of the concerts and he is the person who turned me onto the Scorpions before they were big, he recommended I get the Love Drive album which I did.
@SabuPtolemy I absolutely agree. I love listening to the first 2 albums, but I do have all 4 but not as impressed with the later ones, but the first 2 are classics.
I would've added Legend: From the Fjords. A couple of spotty songs but the A-side is absolutely legendary heavy metal and the title track is some incredible metal/jazz stuff that has some Zeppelin-sounds to it.
Highly underrated band.
Lovely album, they sound like Manilla Road before Manilla Road
My fav of '79, criminally unknown
I saw Judas Priest on the Killing Machine tour..... in 1978 🤔
The double bass drum on Overkill was insane back in time.
I recently listened to Killing Machine again, and it's one hell of a record, but I thought it wouldn't feature here, cause of its 1978 UK release. so I voted Highway to Hell
1979 was a great heavy metal year, but the #1 is by far Lovedrive. Top 5:
1. Lovedrive by Scorpions
2. A Black Rose: Legend of Rock by Thin Lizzy
3. Van Halen II by Van Halen
4. Gamma 1 by Gamma
5. Bomber by Motorhead
Overkill by Motorhead, Narita by Riot, Accept's debut album, and Earthquake by Electric Sun are also good 1979 albums. And Kiss's Dynasty did have some great heavy rockers on it, despite people believing it was a disco album.
But at least Martin got all the best metal albums either in the top 5 or in the honorable mentions.
I'm suprised that Judas priest - "killing machine/hell bent for leather" has made it on the top 5 for two seperate years on overkill rewind.
It reached #3 on the list for 1978.
It should be Unleashed In The East for 1979 - that's not only the greatest live metal album of all time, it's also one of the Top 5 Metal Albums Of All Time.
@@dmitryowens Uuuh. I thought it was common knoledge by now that overkill rewind don't do live albums. Fair enough it's a good live album, but being a live album disqualifies it from the list. We can disagree if it should be disqualified or not, but Banger set the rules.
@@johnhavardvalebrokk6151
Well, I'm not a hardcore Banger fanboy, so I wasn't aware of that. Stupid rule though - a live album should still count as an album.
keep doing these please! every time i watch one of these videos, i find at least 2-3 bands i never heard of before that i love! Specially Gamma. Holy shit do i love Gamma! I need to find a cassette for my car, then i can jam to it where ever i go!
Heck yeah Accept! But curious: why "no live albums" rule? Unleashed in the East is such a killer album.
Live albums are basically a greatest hits thing. Pretty much fill contract obligations. Doesn't mean some aren't amazing, but not new material.....
Unleashed.. its best Judas album, period, it has all the 70s classic with the sound they always wanted. I love Sad Wings to death but its sound so tame and restrained against Unleashed... Same for every 70s Priest album
Because it would require a separate list that should consist only live albums - otherwise it’s not fair
@@GabAssbreaker
Definitely. One of the Top 5 metal albums of all time.
@@metalstorm7506
Why? An album is an album - the title of this video doesn't specify studio albums only.
Makes me sad that not enough people probably know Legend's From the Fjords to at least get it an honorable mention. Highly recommended, one of the best Metal albums of the 70's, find it on youtube and give it a listen
My taste in metal leans toward the more melodic stuff, so my list probably would have been a combination of selections 2, 3, and 4 along with VH II, Ted Nugent or Riot with Priest topping the list.
Saxon's debut is really good honestly, never understood why people dis it. Quality songs.
Awesome video I can talk about 70s and 80s metal forever and never be bored always finding something new. Going to listen to that rainbow song now.
I also drove down from the Kootenays and bought that Motorhead album in Spokane at Eucalyptus records on Division
Check out the debut Electric Sun album. Ignore the vocals and listen to that guitar playing.
I can't get into any band unless the vocals are good.
As a Brit, We always consider the NWOBHM “did” start in 1979. Albeit it would established itself as a major underground movement before the likes of “Iron Maiden” , “Diamond Head”, “Venom” , “Girlschool” , “Def Leppard” et al would release full length studio albums over the next couple of years.
Yes! I'd argue that the NWOBHM started with the Samson single 'Telephone' which came out in 78.
LM Jones not arguing with that😎👍 I like this vid & Martin is normally spot on with his facts and opinions but I felt he missed a beat / unintentional mislead people into thinking that NWOBHM started in 1980. That’s kinda like thinking that Grunge started in ‘91 with the release of “Nevermind”.
What about Quartz's release from 1977? Too early?
mysocalledknife07 Will be honest I’ve never heard their ‘77 release😅! But if it’s anything like “Stand Up and Fight” ,(which I think is 1980?), then yep, You win😁😎👍
@@gothicadam6476 the release itself was pale in comparison to Stand Up and Fight, but the lead track "Mainline Riders" was legendary doom/NWOBHM metal (a-la pre Witchfinder General), and, well ... produced by Iommi, so ... there's always that.
Best show on TH-cam. 😍🤘🏿🎸
Watching during quarentine. I send love to you out there.
the 3 bands/albums I remember being relevant in 79, were Queen - Live Killers, Ace Frehley's - solo album and Priest's Unleashed in the East was thee best album of 79. I know , I know Live albums don't count but they do when they are this good.
The Kiss solo albums were released in '78
Should’ve used the start of Overkill as a drum roll, we all knew it was gonna win by then.
Awesome shout for Gamma 1, honestly thought it would have had more votes.
Yeaah!!!I loove this video...classic albums!👏❣\m/
Awesome video, really good picks, I agree with all of them. So excited for the 1980's!
Can't say I've ever heard of Down to Earth being somebody's favorite Rainbow album.
It must be the album he lost his cherry to.
well I got 3 of them, glad everyone else liked them as well
The Warriors Soundtrack!!! That was a pretty metal soundtrack for 1979 lol.
Some other HM's:
Triumph - Just a Game
Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors
Journey - Evolution
Styx - Cornerstone
Kiss - Dynasty
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Journey, Styx, Kiss, and Led Zeppelin are not Heavy Metal
Not a very heavy album and more poppy sounding, but I really like Dream Police from Cheap Trick. Some good solid rockers on this album.
Recently discovered an excellent 1979 metal album from a band called Marseille... one of the earliest NWOBHM releases. Was hoping they'd get a mention.
Do greatest live albums of all time
The NWOBHM started in 1979 ... all the "big" bands already had singles out in '79: Venom, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Girlschool, Angel Witch, Diamond Head, Sweet Savage, Samson, Gaskin, Paralex, etc.
From Wikipedia's NWOBHM page: Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper Sounds to describe the emergence of new heavy metal bands in the mid to late 1970s.
Girlschool, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard had recordings circulating as early as 1978. Diamond Head, Witchfynde, Saxon, Vardis, Trespass in 1979. If you count Motorhead, then 1977.
By 1980 you had music by Praying Mantis, White Spirit, Witchfinder General.
IMHO, the genre was established by then, as more British bands started coming out (Raven, Tank, Sweet Savage, Venom, Mama's Boys, etc.) but also spawning non-British bands (Mercyful Fate, Accept, Riot, Manowar, etc.) in the similar genre, and eventually Thrash, Black Metal, etc.
... that's my opinion.
The Damned is one of the heaviest bands ever, that LP is gold from beginning to end. If you want a metal connection, Lemmy played bass for the Damned for a short while. They are still gigging today & they haven’t lost a bit of energy.
The Doctor and I have the same three favorite AC/DC songs
Walk All Over You, Touch Too Much, Shot Down In Flames, Sin City and Whole Lotta Rosie are probably my 5 favorite Bon Scott-era AC/DC songs.
"Coast To Coast" is not Scorpions' most known instrumental. It's their only instrumental piece, if I'm not mistaken.
Marcio Coelho that crossed my mind as well.
'Night Lights' is on In Trance. A very cool and moody Uli Roth piece.
LM Jones ahh good to know. Thanks.
@@lmjones7716 thanks for the reminder.
@Martin Popoff nope. That was never their thing, apparently.
Wow, when I was looking at the comment when the callout video came out, I was sure Legend - From the Fjords would figure somewhere in the top 5, but it didn't even make it to the honorable mentions.
I'm with you on "Mr. Universe" Martin. Gillan Released 6 (7 if we're including The Japanese album) of the most criminally underrated and overlooked metal albums of all time. I love them all so much that I can't even pick a favourite. I think even most casual Deep Purple fans would find a lot to like on those records. If anyone ever wondered what DP would have sounded like if they had come out during the NWOBHM era, these are the albums you need to hear. Amazing classic metal.
1979 was wild. I was surrounded by nothing but Bikers and Drug addicts and Alcoholics. And Adult Women Changing cloths in front of me. It was all about Sad Wings and Paranoid by Sabbath.
Sounds like heaven. Why did you leave?
@@pablocruise9514 My Dad made me move to boring Washington when I was 14 and was never the same.
Everyone only voting for one album really screws up the results.
It would not be that hard to have everyone rank their top 5 and put it together.
1. Overkill - Motörhead
2. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
3. Bomber - Motörhead
4. Hell Bent For Leather - Judas Priest
* The Soundhouse Tapes - Iron Maiden EP
Anyone else grow up to "Headbanger's Ball" on MTV in the 80's? That was my favorite show....if that's considered a show anyway.
Definitely a transitional year for metal....not a lot to choose from. Love the mentions of "Lost In Hollywood", such an underground classic. Blackmore/Airey/Powell at their very best. All-time great hard rock song.
My top 5
5. Down To Earth (Rainbow)
4. Lovedrive (Scorpions)
3. Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
2. Lovehunter (Whitesnake)
1. Van Halen 2 (Van Halen)
Overkill and HTH are both probably in my top 10, Overkill is maybe in my top 5, but this goes to show where I’m just not trve enough, bc most of my favs from ‘79 would be post-punk, punk (including the damned album popoff mentioned), and even some “new wave” albums. There’s some metal in there for me, yeah, but the last 3 years of the 70s, like the last 3 of the 60s, is a time of such diversity and experimentation and really brilliant stuff from so many different genres, that I can’t image naming favorites of the late 70s and not bringing other genres into the mix.
Idk what my #1 fav album of ‘79 is, but just off the top of my head without looking at a list of ‘79 albums, I’d have to say it’s, ‘Fear of Music’, by Talking Heads, which is just such a weird, artistic, experimental freak show, and yet so hooky in so many different ways... I love it.
Small tip:
Chiswick is pronounced "Chizz-ick". No w to be heard!
And Carrere is pronounced 'Ka-Rare- Ra', not 'Career'.
Ac/dc Highway to hell is my favorite Bon Scott album Back in Black is my favorite Ac/dc album overall?
I can't stop laughing at Math-e-us. The pronunciation kills me. 😂
Killing Machine. Too violent for the American market?
Let's call it Hell Bent for Leather instead! Even better!
Lost In Hollywood is definitely the best song on Down To Earth, but it pales in comparison to songs like Stargazer, Gates Of Babylon, Lady Of The Lake, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, and others from the Dio era - much darker, heavier, and more majestic both musically and vocally.
YESSSS!!!!! Motörhead's Overkill came in at number one! Motörhead for LIFE, Lemmy FOREVER!!!
Awesome, what a perfect list! \m/
I'm not really a heavy metal fan(AC/DC and Van Halen I just call rock), but 1979 is my favorite year for music. Great to see The Damned on here as they show the transition from punk to new wave.
So glad to see you give some love to The Damned, the greatest punk band ever.
Keep em comin!
Popoff is the best! Love this series.
No mention of Lovehunter from the guy who wrote a whole book about Whitesnake. Great album, so I assume it must have eluded his memory at the time of preparing for this video.
That's cool. While I believe Rising is Rainbow's best album, like you my favorite is Down To Earth as it's just straight up Rock'n'Roll. Good to see I'm not the only one.
@Martin Popoff
Do You Close Your Eyes is terrible - the worst Dio-era Rainbow song.
Glad to see "Overkill" at the top - probably my favorite album ever
My Spotify playlist with the albums.
uhmm..regarding the scorpions, you forgot animal magnetism.
Gillan's "Mr Universe" was a brilliant hard rock comeback from the legendary Purple vocalist. Would have been a No 1 album in the UK if it hadn't been for the record company that was pressing the vinyl going bankrupt.
1-JUDAS PRIEST
2-AC-DC
3-ACCEPT
4-MOTORHEAD
5-THIN LIZZY
6-SAXON
Gamma I is an amazing album. I love it.
I think the big problem for Riot was that they had a seal on their album covers. Seals don’t really sell albums to teenagers, they have a “Cool Animal”-rating at about 0,2 out of 10. I think a parrot or an elk would be cooler even. It’s like putting a fluffy teddy bear on your metal album cover.
Happy Good Job on picks !!!!!!!!!!!Runner Ups very cool i have RIOT Narita on Album !!!!!!!!!
AC/DC - Highway to hell
UFO - Strangers in the Night Live
ZZ Top - Degüello
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Toto - Hydra
Unleashed in the east isn’t truly a live album, it was all studio recorded. They wanted to release a kind of best-of their discography but with a louder production. And indeed, it kinda closed an era for Priest and made way for British Steel.
Kudos on the Bigelf sweater.
You can almost call Unleashed In The East a studio album))
And the Damned’s “Machine Gun Etiquette “ blows em all away!!!
Algy Ward!!! The Damned where the best punk band from the 70s uk scene
That "Maybe"... true but they were not Heavy Metal. I did like the damned too though. Motorhead for the win.
Totally Super Great List !!
Agree with most of this. Highway To Hell is still my favourite DC album. Don't agree with your choice of Rainbow albums. Surely it's got to be Rainbow Rising or Long Live Rock 'n' Roll with the great Ronnie James? Anyways, keep rockin' !
Great picks!
Wow. Riot Narita. Agree with all your comments about them, Martin.
1979 is the year I was born.
Goddamn Martin Popoff is a God! What a great list, thank you everyone who contributed to this list. I have nothing to add to this, it is perfection. As far as the early 80s go, I would argue in favor hc punk and Dead Kennedys instead of regular punk bands like the Damned. The influence of hc punk was essential for inspiring thrash bands like Slayer. Though, in all honesty, I would keep all punk bands seperate from metal lists. Two different genres, related perhaps, but seperate.
Martin Popoff Yes, I understand that. However, after years of being the odd one in my circle of friends it is nice to see someone giving me a voice, basically validating my opinions and having somewhat similar criteria when approaching these classic albums. The community is great, absolutely, but I also love the work you are doing, Martin, and bringing forth some of those hidden gems! Keep up the good work!
Nice Big Elf shirt. Killer retro band...
How do I keep missing these
Man, I was into Teaze: One Night Stands. What an album!
@Martin Popoff Yeah, they were as well!
Stoked AC/DC-"Highway To Hell" got number two. My absolute favorite band whom was introduced to me at age 11-12 as a heavy metal in 1987 through a friend and media at the time. One reason I think people wonder if AC/DC is heavy metal is because the bandmates themselves have said their not metal, but just rock 'n' roll. However, I believe part of the reason they said this is because of the many "flash in the pan" metal bands coming and going in the metal scene. Especially during the eighties. Plus to really understand what's metal about AC/DC you have to watch them play live. One of the most incredible musical performances captured on film is their 1979 Pairs concert "Let There Be Rock". Angus Young's solo on "Girls Got Rhythm" is probably why I like him just a hair more than Jimi Hendrix.
Good list, glad to see the Scorpions & AC/DC on it, I understand why Kiss didn't make the list Dynasty was a good album though. and some people would argue was it really "Heavy Metal" at the time some would say it was Hard Rock many Bands Got Heavier once 1980 hit ( except Aerosmith )
‘79 was a great year... the major kick off in the UK with the new wave of British heavy metal NWOBHM...
Albums were sold in log cabins in the 70’s confirmed
I agree with you on all of them......except for Motorhead. They weren't even on the radar in my part of the country. Not one tune from Motorhead on the airwaves.
Overkill >>>>> Bomber