...aaaand my OCD won't let me rest if I don't post these treasures:
Zed Yago - Pilgrimage. One of the best heavy metal albums ever. THE best female vocalist. One of my favorite songs ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocdvIen_3zY
Leather - Shock Waves. Second favorite female vocalist. HEAVY METAL. I think she must be the first REAL heavy metal female with a solo album. The rhythm section (bass/drums) eventually ended up in King Diamond's band (House of God era if I'm not mistaken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46uHQGBNmIA
Titan Force - Titan Force Holy shit ladies and gentlemen. The Tyrant from Jag Panzer in one of his best performances. Masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBrYoj_h2o4
US Power metal masterpiece II: Oliver Magnum - Oliver Magnum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz2R4uZXAUs
US Power metal masterpiece III: Heir Apparent - One Small Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm1cNE2hsG8
Running Wild - Death or Glory According to most of their fans, their best. Masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxLVYhi48o
Heavens Gate - In Control (always a quality band, very underrated German band...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ila9cKW9lAA
Powermad - Absolute Power. This is a song that WILL get stuck in your head, an underground gem. Guaranteed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Lkn47MhcA
Toxik - Think This. Josh "more is more" Christian, one of the best guitarists in metal. Can't wait for the new album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WjkLQBAtK8
Calhoun Conquer - Lost in Oneself (very original tech thrash from Switzerland) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQih771h2Mw
Speaking of tech-thrash. Or prog. Or whatever. 1989 saw the release of this historical monster of an album that influenced so many bands: Watchtower - Control and Resistance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EDtJBzakK0
The only band that could rival Watchtower in terms of technique was this BEAST. Sooooo ahead of their time. A masterpiece of prog death Atheist - Piece of Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8doW-lxxXQ
Paradox - Heresy. Their best. Very Metallica-Puppets era in a very good way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJxilfVhLeE
Whiplash - Insult to Injury GREAT, GREAT album. Very overlooked because it took a cleaner direction than their previous rawer works, with high pitched vocals etc. I LOVE IT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-z5ggp7xpg
Dark Angel - Leave Scars. Second favorite DA album. It usually stands in the shadow of Darkness Descends and Time Does Not Heal but I find it much better than the latter. Perhaps the production puts some people off but in my opinion it really suits the material. VERY heavy. Very dark. And what an instrumental this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0g0p6tp9WY
Sabbat - Dreamweaver. Best thrash album from the UK. LOTS of headbanging. Martin Walkyier before his Skyclad days is just as awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduC3sUcR7A
One of my favorite thrash metal albums. Nuclear Assault - Handle with Care. Unfortunately, no studio versions on youtube (hate that...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCtVjX4y3ck
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness. Just plain awesome death metal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc45xIbolFw
Obituary - Slowly we Rot. Scared the shit out of me when I was 12. THE MOST ROTTEN MUSIC EVER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19iiygsrto
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos. SICK. HEAVY. ONE OF A KIND. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL19beIJSE0
Repulsion and Terrorizer complete the death metal part of the year.
Of course 1989 was a good year for crossover thrash as well: DRI, Excel, MOD and Wehrmacht had great albums that year. But the prize goes to Suicidal Tendencies for the awesome Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit album. Or compilation. Or whatever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK6bQltReIc
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