Monday, February 20, 2012

Heavy metal anthems Vol. 2

Another three anthems of heavy metal!


 This time it's Accept, Saxon and Black Sabbath

 "Balls to the Wall" was the lead single from Accept's fifth studio album with the same name. The album's best known song, which became Accept's signature tune, is the anthemic title track, for which a music video was shot that received American airplay on MTV.

Very powerful song with great classic heavy riffs.
Asked about the meaning of the song, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann (the guitarist) replied:
"We've always been interested in politics and in human rights and things like that, so a lot of the lyrics that we had in those days, and to the end actually, were dealing with human rights, for instance, and that's really what "Balls To The Wall" is all about. "One day the tortured will stand up and kick some ass!"




Denim and Leather is from Saxon's fourth studio album of the same name. The name of the album and song was inspired by the popular attire of metalheads in the early 1980s, defined by denim pants and leather jackets. The song is seen as a tribute from the band to their fans while describing the history of the sub-culture and the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM).

Enjoy this live version from Wacken!




Iron man from Sabbath's second album Paranoid is instantly recognizable for it's signature guitar riff.
Upon hearing the main guitar riff for the first time, Osbourne remarked that it sounded "like a big iron bloke walking about". It is interesting that the song was originally entitled "Iron Bloke"




enough of talking now... Listen and enjoy!!!
Discuss your favourite \m/

1 comment:

  1. in metal, i choose black sabbath, sound black magix to me ;)

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