SWORD - Metalized (1986)

One of the truly great undiscovered classics, "Metalized" will live forever as the irrefutable argument why major record labels cannot be trusted to bring us the best music. While Sword wallowed in obscurity, big labels were busy bringing us such winners as Poison and Warrant. Such a waste.

One of the truly great undiscovered classics, "Metalized" will live forever as the irrefutable argument why major record labels cannot be trusted to bring us the best music. While Sword wallowed in obscurity, big labels were busy bringing us such winners as Poison and Warrant. Such a waste. If you made it to this page by mistake, consider yourself blessed. Get this album right now, and you will forever consider this your lucky day. Every song on this album will explode into your living room with focused, classic, Heavy Metal glory. This is Metal through and through: effective arrangements, over-the-top vocals, excellent production. And all on a shoe-string budget. One of the things I love about Sword is their penchant for coming up with the most incredibly powerful lead breaks. Sword changes the pace in their songs with amazing effectiveness. There's always some riff, some moment, some THING in every song that makes me want to scream "YEEEEAAAHHH!" These guys understood what Metal fans crave--and they never failed to come through. Get the album Dave Mustaine called one of his 10 top albums of all time. Get the album that proves the best music must be sought out--not handed to you by a marketing firm. Get the album that should have ruled the world, but instead slipped through the cracks. .