October 27, 2015 Playlist

"Sin After Sin" by Judas Priest (1977)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Judas Priest  "Sin After Sin"  1977 (UK)
We're featuring a lot of devily metal for Halloween, and the classic album is a landmark heavy album of the 1970's. Like many of their early 70's peers, Judas Priest began as a group inspired by the heavy/proggy riffage of Led Zeppelin and the glammy operatic vocals and shiny stage outfits of groups like Uriah Heep and Queen. On their debut LP the combination was unfocused but intriguing, and for their second album they created a truly original and unique album of baroque proggy-glammy-heavy rock, though a lot of it still wasn't really "metal" music. For their third album, the elements of their early sound began to gel into a new approach to heavy rock that proved highly influential by the 1980's: the riffing distilled from "heavy blues" (pentatonic scales) to "pure metal" (chromatic scales), the more baroque and psychedeic prog-inspired moves turned into gothic hellscapes, and their silky clothes replaced by nothing but black leather. Though the refinement would continue over the next few albums until reaching its apex with British Steel in 1980 (almost Ramones-like in it's simplistic devotion to headbanging riffs), Sin After Sin is arguably the album where Judas Priest first became an icon of HEAVY METAL.
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
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Moon Duo AnimalShadow Of The Sun (N)2015 (Sacred Bones)USA
Damaged Bug ConeCold Hot Plumbs (N)2015 (Castle Face)USA
Thee Oh Sees Rogue PlanetMutilator Defeated At Last (N)2015 (Castle Face)USA
The Bots AlannaPink Palms (N)2015 (Fader)USA
 
 
The Space Merchants One Cut Like The MoonThe Space Merchants (N)2015 (Aqualamb)USA
Black Mountain Behind The FallBlack Mountain (N - reissue)2005 (2015 Jagjaguar)Canada
The Fresh & Onlys Deviants WithinEarly Years Anthology (N)2009 (2015 Castle Face)USA
Kurt Vile Pretty Pimpin'B'lieve I'm Goin Down... (N)2015 (Matador)USA
Mercury Rev SunflowerThe Light In You (N)2015 (Bella Union)USA
   
 
Bobby WomackAcross 110th Street (R)Across 110th Street (Original Soundtrack)1972
USA
Isaac HayesWalk From Reggio'sShaft (Original Soundtrack)1971
USA
Curtis MayfieldLittle Child, Runnin' WildSuperfly (Original Soundtrack)1972
USA
   
 
Judas PriestSinnerSin After Sin
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1977
UK
Judas PriestThe RipperSad Wings Of Destiny 1976
UK
Judas PriestLet Us PreySin After Sin
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1977
UK
Judas PriestThe Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (Fleetwood Mac)Hell Bent For Leather 1979
UK
SlayerDissident Aggressor (Judas Priest)South Of Heaven1988
USA
Slayer Atrocity VendorRepentless (N)2015 (Nuclear Blast)USA
   
 
ExodusDerangedPleasures Of The Flesh1987
USA
Motorhead Choking On Your ScreamsBad Magic (N)2015 (UDR)UK
Pentagram Close The CasketCurious Volume (N)2015 (Peaceville)USA
PentagramForever My QueenFirst Daze Hererec. 1973, rel. 2001
USA
WarlordTo The Devil A DaughterWarlordrec. 1974, rel. 2002
UK
Lucifer Morning StarLucifer I (N)2015 (Rise Above)Germany/UK
 
  
The Sword The DreamthievesHigh Country (N)2015 (Razor & Tie)USA
Lightning Bolt Dream GenieFantasy Empire (N)2015 (Thrill Jockey)USA
Mondo Drag Shifting SandsMondo Drag (N)2015 (Riding Easy)USA
Tarot Twilight FortressThe Warrior's Spell (N)2015 (Heavy Chain)USA
 
  
John Carpenter NightLost Themes (N)2014 (Sacred Bones)USA
White NoiseBlack Mass: An Electric Storm In HellAn Electric Storm1969
UK/USA
Scott Walker and Sunn O)))FetishSoused2014
USA/UK
LiarsWe Fenced Other Gardens With The Bones Of Our OwnThey Were Wrong, So We Drowned2004
USA/Australia
 
  
Dungen Ljus In I Min PannaAllas Sak (N)2015 (Kemado)Sweden
      
   
   
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