Villain - Only Time Will Tell (1986)

For all the fans of US metal

What do i need to make you get this one (if you did not yet acquire it)?
Tell you the facts that...
...they play typical American power metal (which is rarely anything worse than great)?
...this one features some great heavy metal riffs that can compete with those of other classic metal bands?
or that this band's singer was called Carl Albert!

Vicious Rumors fans love him for enriching the band's post Saint Pierre era with his stellar voice. If you do not know the essential VR yet you should get their Digital Dictator and their Welcome to the Ball asap.

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Pharaoh - Be Gone (2008)

Riff-tastic progressive/power metal featuring the vocalist of Control Denied. I was never a fan of that project, and luckily where it failed to exceed Pharaoh accomplishes perfectly. The melodies are memorable, and every song stands apart from the rest. When I used the phrase riff-tastic, I was really doing the band a disservice, because the flow of every song, the arrangements, the transitions, practically every aspect is spot on. It may take a while to become used to some of the production quirks (pitifully absent bass sound, for example) but the payoff is far more than worth the effort.

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Adramelch - Irae Melanox (1988)

Now this one is special folks!

It is quite hard to get into and the ghastly production shure doesn't help, but once this clicks it will be on your favorite albums lists for the rest of your lives! Second to none songwriting, beautifuly crafted melodies and heartful singing, all done with such passion bands these days can only dream about.

If you like early Fates Warning, you simply cannot go wrong with this.

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