Album Review: Heavy Metal, Original Soundtrack

Album Name - Heavy Metal

Artist - Various

Label - Full Moon/Asylum/Epic

Year - 1981

Genre – Heavy Metal, Rock

Preference Rating (1- Hate, 2-Dislike, 3-Okay, 4-Like, 5-Love) - 5

Production Quality (1-Noise, 2-Home, 3-Standard 4-Profesional) - 4

Music Quality (1-Bad, 2-Novice, 3-Amature, 3- Professional, 5-Great) - 3

This is the Soundtrack from the 1981 film animated fantasy film. The film is based on the heavy metal comic/magazines and is an anthology of fantasy shorts connected by a narrating theme. The soundtrack much like the film is an anthology of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock from the time. The soundtrack includes tracks by Sammy Hagar, Blue Öyster Cult, Nazareth, Grand Funk Railroad, Cheap Trick, and a list of ten other really famous artists and bands.  The title track Heavy Metal by Sammy Hagar is pumped full of high energy and early metal guitar electrics guitar riffs. “It’s your one way ticket to midnight call it Heavy Metal.” The lyrics with the music and energy define the film and soundtrack project as well as capture the magazine’s aesthetic. Another great track on the album is "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by the Blue Oyster Cult. The song captures the fantasy feel of a great psionic war with great guitar solos and musical refrain. “You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars. I've been living on the edge so long. Where the winds of limbo roar. And I'm young enough to look at and far too old to see, all the scars are on the inside. I'm not sure that there's anything left to me.” All of the songs of this album are by musical greats. Most of them are high energy songs fused with the sound of Classic Heavy Metal and Hard Rock. If you’re a fan of classic heavy metal or the film you already love the soundtrack. If not and any of this sounds appealing check it out.

Resources:

• OST Information (http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/OST/heavymetal-score/) Information about the Heavy Metal Soundtrack.