Top-5 Heavy Metal VARY RARE EPs you will find and enjoy on YouTube

5. Mötley Crüe - Primer / First cassette Demo

Tracklist: A) 1.- Public Enemy # 1 A) 2.- Take Me To The Top B) 1.- Stick To Your Guns B) 2.- Toast Of The Town

Young and hungry Motley Crue! With a surprisingly good quality sound and the riffing Mick Mats Machine at its early best! Enjoy!

4. Mötley Crüe 

Blacklace - Unlaced (1984)

Not the century's masterpiece but still a hidden gem!
Rating: 5/5

ACCEPT - Restless And Wild (1982)

Let's go with another old hidden grenade! The teutonic metal attack found its leaders in 1983 when the mythic band made this masterpiece. Udo in gurgling vox, Hoffman and Fisher on the double axe attack, Baltes and Kauffman on the bombastic rhythm section. Judas Priest and AC/DC were their main influences the same time some classical music elements were more than obvious. This album is a classic! More than a classic it is something like the Old Testament of Power Metal nowadays. Accept could remain in Metal history just for this.

RUSH - Moving Pictures (1981)

With Moving Pictures, Rush's complex songwriting and musical virtuosity reached new heights. It's that rarest of creatures, a highly listenable progressive-rock album; even the all-instrumental "YYZ" is of interest to listeners besides musicians. The highlight of the album is "Limelight"; like many progressive-rock bands, Rush writes songs about the experience of being on-stage. The result is impressive, with almost orchestral arrangements that never overwhelm the actual music. "Tom Sawyer," another classic, is on this album, as well as the science-fiction-meets-road-movie "Red Barchetta," the epic "The Camera Eye," the cautionary "Witch Hunt," and "Vital Signs," which takes advantage of the budding digital sound technology available at the time the album was recorded. This is probably Rush's best album; it's definitely their most accessible.
(Genevieve Williams)

MOTLEY CRUE - Shout At The Devil

To write about Motley Crue is like writing about a whole era, and what an era it was. It was 1983 when this band came out with an album that would meant to write history. Bearing all the trademarks of the scene, lots of makeup, strange, and sometimes exaggerating clothing and hairstyle, this band seemed like another LA outfit, often causing negative comments from press and parents. Only that the quartet was here to stay, and proved it, releasing one good album after another. Mid tempo songs, with excellent musicianship from everyone, with the distinguished vocals of Vince Neil, with enough melodies and groovy rhythms. Songs talking about fast cars, fast women, one night stands, alcohol drinking and partying all night, songs that meant to become a trademark of the decade, and would create tons of clones and wannabes. It was the decade of eextremeoutfits, extreme both in visual but also extreme in behavior and Motley Crue is maybe the first act that comes in mind when talking about this scene. Hard to pick songs here, but one couldn't help from mentioning Helter Skelter, a Beetle cover, the self titled track, and Too Young To Fall in Love, just to name a few. In the years to come, this scene made it back and became a trend for some, and amongst the albums that new fans dig out, Shout At The Devil comes high in the list. A diamond indeed.

KEEL - Keel (1987)

The self-titled by Keel finds the band finally overcoming their identity crisis and leaning more to the pop side of metal than the schizophrenic leanings of their previous work where they just couldn't decide if they wanted to rock or not. Apparently not, but at least the production matches the desired shift and the raw edges to the guitar and vocal production have been softened up and work to the better. Unfortunately though, with this shift toward full on pop-metal, the songwriting is key, and these guys just simply don't have any. They give it a good solid effort though, but Ron Keel's vocals just simply aren't up to snuff for this sound they are shooting for. Everything else is passable as far as that goes, but the band doesn't really have any strong hooks or vocals melodies that will keep drawing you in. Hard to be a pop-metal behemoth when you can't write hooks, and they just can't. A good example of this is the song "Cherry Lane," on here which is essentially the same as "Cherry Pie," that Warrant did later. The difference is one of these songs had a hook that record buyers latched onto. Wanna guess which one? They managed to sell a few albums over their career, but this will really only appeal to a very small percentage of people.

by Brooky1969

SAXON - Crusader (1984)

Saxon released this album in 1984 and is one of their most controversial pieces of work. Here you will find metal epics like "Crusader" and "Sailing to America" but also some "heavy rockers" that state their desperate will to make it in America and hit the charts. Those tracks although they are a bit naive sometimes, they can kick some serious rocking asses pretty easy. Many people find "Crusader" a sell-out attempt or a long way from their best (which is not true) but to me is still a classic mid-80s gem.

AXE - Nemesis (1983)

1983 was a year full of classic Metal releases. So, some great albums were unlucky enough to remain in the twilight. One of them was "Nemesis". This is their fourth album and the band from Florida sounds a little confused! They switch easily from Molly Hatchetish strong and fast Heavy Metal to keybord filled AOR with great ease from track to track. The songwriting is great (although a few fillers do exist) the vocals are fine and finally I'm still surprised how AXE didn't join the League of Rock Legends with this one. There are two main reasons: Their label had other priorities that year and the majority of fans could not the digest this Heavy Metal-meets-AOR hybrid. If you come across "Nemesis" please give it a second chance. It deserves it.

WHITESNAKE : 1987

In the year 1987 WHITESNAKE gave us their ultimate album. One absolute Hard and Heavy masterpiece for the second half of the 80s. "1987" was full of passion, sweat and power. It was metallic also since the guitars were driven by John Sykes, the great guitar hero known from Tygers Of Pan Tang, one of the best NWOBHM bands. Neil Murray on bass and Aynsley Dunbar on drums guarranteed the unmistakable powerful rhythm section. This album is full of classics that managed to hit the charts those days but still sound stronf and fresh. The voice of David Coverdale comes from the one side deep erotic (as usual!) and from the other side on high octaves that will break your room's glasses! All songs are considered classics and the problem is that even David Coverdale himself could not even imagine that he would repeat such a perfect piece of work!

ZZ TOP - Eliminator (1983)

It was the year 1983 A.D. when this masterpiece saw the light of day, and today, after 24 whole years, it sounds like it was released yesterday. ZZ Top is a trio band, hailing from Texas, something that you can always listen to their music. What started as a blues band, turned into a Hard Rock outfit, but still incorporating enough of those Texas blues into their music. Unique in style, unique in visual appearance, there's no way their music could be ordinary. Pure Hard Rock, with one of the catchiest grooves, with tons of blues in it, music to drive and sing along, to drink and move your head to the rhythm. Songs talking about fast cars, hot and faster women, all covered up by the excellent ability of the band to create songs that stand the test of time. It's rather hard to pick songs from this one, since each one has it's own little thing that makes it unique, but who hasn't move with the rhythm of Sharp Dressed Man or Give Me All Your Lovin?

HELLOWEEN - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt I (1987)

When this was released, the diary was showing 1987, and believe me, this was one of the most influential albums, considering the Power Metal scene of the years to come. This was not their first release, but this was their first full length with Michael Kiske on vocals, and Kai Hansen doing only the guitar works, along with Michael Weikath. Still not a good era by many, specially those that liked their more raw sound of Judas, but a favorite for others, this album brought to the masses what the German scene was capable of. A rhythm section that kills, that would become a trademark in the years to come, high pitched vocals often copied by many, perfect guitars by a gifted musician like Kai Hansen, and a happy feeling in the music, these are the strong points of the album. We could go on forever, since the album sounds fresh and updated even today, 20 years after it's release, continuing to inspire new bands. A diamond that often finds it's way back to our cdplayers, like an old friend whose company is always welcome and interesting.

AUTOGRAPH - Sign in Please (1984)

AUTOGRAPH made an impression with their debut album especially when they hit the charts with "Turn up the Radio". But this album is full of great tracks. They sounded quite AOR but in fact they were a well-polished "Hair Metal" band with great vocals, cool guitar solos and maaaany keyboards! "Sign in Please" today sounds strangely fresh and powerful with its catchy tunes like "Send Her to Me" to stick to your brain and make you sing-a-long like a happy fool for hours! AUTOGRAPH didn't enjoyed any serious support from their label and that was the most important reason they didn't make it as big as they deserved. Another reason was that they were not exactly "pretty boys" like most bands of their genre but hopefully when years pass, people grow ugly but good music remains unharmed.