Retro Reviews: The PEARL Edition (1983)

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 Lee  |  posted on 1/2013

Def Satan was proto speed metal. Very fast compared to their peers. Not a must have for me from that period but a band ahead of their time.

Pyromania is a cool album, not as great as HIgh n Dry though.

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 JW  |  posted on 1/2013

Yeah, High & Dry kicks ass -- by far their best album.  Pyromania is about half really good and half kinda just okay, and it definitely points to the pop-metal crap that would come.  It's the last Def Leppard album that really matters.

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 Fork Tongue  |  posted on 1/2013

I despise Def Leppard based on only knowing their radio tunes, so it should be interesting at least.

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 Lee  |  posted on 1/2013
JW said:

Yeah, High & Dry kicks ass -- by far their best album.  Pyromania is about half really good and half kinda just okay, and it definitely points to the pop-metal crap that would come.  It's the last Def Leppard album that really matters.

Agree. I like Hysteria OK also, after that, all crap. I actually saw them with Firehouse ages ago, decent show.

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 Fork Tongue  |  posted on 1/2013

Ok, fuck Def Leppard. I've decided it's more hard rock than metal and if I did Def Leppard I'd feel like I have to do, AC-DC, Accept, Krokus etc.

So next up is now...

Another band I know almost nothing about.

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 Lee  |  posted on 1/2013
Fork Tongue said:

Ok, fuck Def Leppard. I've decided it's more hard rock than metal and if I did Def Leppard I'd feel like I have to do, AC-DC, Accept, Krokus etc.

So next up is now...

Another band I know almost nothing about.

Maybe you do need to do all of those albums so you can understand the difference between Accept and those other bands you mentioned. If Accept isn't Heavy Metal then nothing is. Come on dude! :)

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 GwynethPaltrow'sHead  |  posted on 1/2013

That font belongs on a bottle of hot sauce and absolutely nowhere else.

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 Lee  |  posted on 1/2013
GwynethPaltrow'sHead said:

That font belongs on a bottle of hot sauce and absolutely nowhere else.

lol, that album cover is the best thing about that album. I never liked these dudes. Witchfynde on the other hand is pretty awesome.

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 Fork Tongue  |  posted on 1/2013
Lee said:
GwynethPaltrow'sHead said:

That font belongs on a bottle of hot sauce and absolutely nowhere else.

lol, that album cover is the best thing about that album. I never liked these dudes. Witchfynde on the other hand is pretty awesome.

Witchfynde released an album in 83 also. They'll pop up eventually.

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 Citizen7  |  posted on 1/2013

I'm digging this Satan album. I definitely need to get a copy. And I've not listened to OZ before either. Now I guess I ought to.

And you really ought to do Def Leppard & Accept. Just because you ought.