“A good portion of British Steel was made on the fly,” he said. Judas Priest's Rob Halford looked back on the making of British Steel with me in a summer 2009 Houston Press profile as the band was playing the album every night in its entirety. Fast and heavy, Lemmy and the boys never stray away from the simple pleasures of rock and roll boogie, hearkening back to the days of Chuck Berry and Elvis. “Fast” Eddie Clark's contributions on guitar and “Philthy Animal” Taylor lock in tight around Lemmy's trademark bass growl, giving Bomber the heavy power of industrial machinery. Sure, everyone loves Motorhead's Ace of Spades, but Bomber is the album that primed the pump, single-handedly inspiring the generation that gave us the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, speed metal, thrash, d-beat and hardcore punk. The contrast is as masterfully complex as Wagner's operas. Later: fuzzed out, garish distortion turning into trippy breaks. Dueling leads and multi-part harmonies create a dizzying sonic web opening track “Bullhead's Psalm” sets the ominous religious tone, which leads into violent, distorted chugging. Jason Rocheīlue Record, from Savannah's Baroness, is a sonic journey featuring both calls to war and moments so romantic your heart will ache. Here, then, are our picks for the 20 greatest metal albums, as chosen by the Weekly's metal writers. But it continues to evolve, and the bands and albums that paved the way still feel as important and vital in 2013 as they did upon first impact. (Insert “presidental metal of freedom” joke here.) Hell, it can have adult children, and it can run for president. If you count Black Sabbath's 1970 release of their self-titled debut as the birth of heavy metal, the genre is now over 40.
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