📀 Metal Of The Year
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📌1983

Oz
📀 Fire In The Brain
#HeavyMetal

40 years ago in an undocumented date, an obscure Heavy Metal band from Nakkila, #Finland, named Oz released their 2nd studio album.

It's today's news that Fire In The Brain will be re-issued in 2004 after 40 years out of print, for the joy of many old school Heavy Metal fans🤘

This album became in fact one of the most sought after in the years, because it's widely considered one of the best underground Heavy Metal of the 1980s... and because the arm on the cover is that of #Quorthon (Bathory)!

Legendary ❤️‍🔥

#Oz in this album:
#ApeDeMartini – vocals
#SpookyWolff – guitar
#SpeedyFoxx – guitar
#JayCBlade – bass, backing vocals
#MarkRuffneck – drums

🎧Listen to Fire In The Brain 👉 here

🎼🎸 #14April 1964.
Happy 60th Birthday to #guitarist extraordinnaire #VinnieMoore from Delaware, USA... a career as a member of #UFO and several solo albums🤘

https://youtu.be/xQxTbBoaR-g?si=LDtUBpPjM2DYSZzC

📀 Album of the Week
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📌1995

Skepticism
📀 Stormcrowfleet
#FuneralDoomMetal

30 years ago, in an undocumented date, Skepticism from #Finland released their debut studio album.

If Sweden was already worldwide renowned for its seminal Death Metal scene as well as Norway for its indisputable Black Metal movement, the other North Scandinavian country, Finland, was now ready to give birth to a different Extreme Metal genre thanks to #Skepticism: Funeral Doom, a mix of downtuned guitars, ponderous drumming, church organs and cavernous death vocals, all done at an extremely slow pace.

Stormcrowfleet is regarded as the first Funeral Doom Metal full-length release.

Pachydermic and superb🤘🔥🖤

In this album:
#LassePelkonen - drums
#JaniKekarainen - guitars
#EeroPöyry - keyboards
#Matti - vocals

🎧Listen to Stormcrowfleet
👉 here

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📌11 April 1995

Stratovarius
📀 Fourth Dimension
#HeavyMetal #PowerMetal #ProgressiveMetal #NeoclassicalMetal

30 years ago Stratovarius from Helsinki, #Finland released their 4th studio album.

Fourth Dimension is the first #Stratovarius album to feature lead vocalist Timo Kotipelto and is widely considered one of their best albums.

Absolutely love it from start to finish ❤️‍🔥

In this album:
#TimoKotipelto – lead vocals
#TimoTolkki – guitar, backing vocals, producer
#AnttiIkonen – keyboards
#TuomoLassila – drums, arrangements
#JariKainulainen – bass

Additional personnel
#MarkoVaara, #KimmoBlom – backing vocals
#KimmoTullila, #MarikaBister, #PetteriPoljärvi, #AnteroManninen – strings
#11April

🎧Listen to Fourth Dimension
👉 here

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📌22 April 1996

Stratovarius
📀 Episode
#HeavyMetal #PowerMetal #ProgressiveMetal #NeoclassicalMetal

30 years ago Stratovarius from Helsinki, #Finland released their 5th studio album.

Episode was recieved with critical acclaim and, along with the previous 👉 Fourth Dimension and the following Visions, it's widely regarded as belonging to #Stratovarius best period and one of the best Power Metal of that decade.

Amazing album ❤️‍🔥

In this album:
#TimoKotipelto – vocals
#TimoTolkki – guitar, backing vocals, arrangements, production
#JensJohansson – keyboards
#JörgMichael – drums
#JariKainulainen – bass

Addtional musicians
#PasiPuolakka – flute
#ReijoHarvonen – conductor, arrangements
#KimmoBlom, #RichardJohnson, #MarkoVaara – backing vocals
Sibelius String Orchestra,
Sibelius Choir, Pop/Jazz Conservatory Choir
#22April

🎧Listen to Episode 👉 here