FAVORITE LIVE METAL ALBUMS

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FAVORITE LIVE METAL ALBUMS

NOT AS GOOD AS BEING THERE THOUGH

The Live Metal Album “Experience”: that last word is the most important because THAT is what the Live Metal Album is: an Experience!! JOIN US as we talk about some of our favorite live metal albums of all time, including our favorite on stage banter, the power of live production value and the “Big Picture” purpose of a Live metal album.


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For me , watching a band play a bar, club or stadium is what it’s all about. There’s nothing like walking in to the room the band is playing, ordering a cold beer and nerding out on the bands gear before they start. You get to hang out with your friends, check out the merch tables and then enjoy Metal the way it’s supposed to be.  

LIVE AND LOUD!


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IRON MAIDEN - LIVE AFTER DEATH

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The mother of all live Metal albums in my worthless opinion. 

Released 10-14-1985 (audio), 10-23-1985 (VHS & Betamax)

Recorded 10-8,9,10,12-1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon in Hammersmith, London. Also recorded 3-14,15,16,17-1985 at Long Beach Arena, California.

  1. Churchill’s Speech  

  2. Aces High

  3. 2 Minutes to Midnight  

  4. The Trooper

  5. Revelations

  6. Flight Of Icarus 

  7. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

  8. Powerslave  

  9. The Number Of The Beast

  10. Hallowed Be Thy Name

  11. Iron Maiden  

  12. Run To The Hills

  13. Running Free

  14. Wrathchild

  15. 22 Acacia Avenue  

  16. Children Of The Damned

  17. Die With Your Boots On

  18. Phantom Of The Opera

Bruce Dickinson - Vocals

Dave Murray - Guitar

Adrian Smith - Guitar

Steve Harris - Bass

Nicko McBrain - Drums.



JUDAS PRIEST - PRIEST...LIVE!

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Recorded 6-15-1986 at The Omni in Atlanta, GA.

Also recorded 6-27-1986 at The Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX.

  1. Out In The Cold  

  2. Heading Out To The Highway

  3. Metal Gods

  4. Breaking The Law

  5. Love Bites

  6. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

  7. The Sentinel

  8. Private Property

  9. Rock You All Around The World

  10. Electric Eye

  11. Turbo Lover

  12. Freewheel Burning

  13. Parental Guidance

  14. Living After Midnight

  15. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin

Rob Halford - Vocals

K.K. Downing - Guitar

Glenn Tipton - Guitar

Ian Hill - Bass

Dave Holland - Drums



KISS - ALIVE ll

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Recorded 4-2-1977 at The Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan

8-26,27,28-1977 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA

9-13,14,15,16-1977 at The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ.

Overdubs done at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY.

  1. Detroit Rock City  

  2. King Of The Night Time World

  3. Ladies Room

  4. Makin Love

  5. Love Gun

  6. Calling Dr. Love

  7. Christine Sixteen

  8. Shock Me                                   

  9. Hard Luck Woman

  10. Tomorrow And Tonight

  11. I Stole Your Love

  12. Beth

  13. God Of Thunder

  14. I Want You

  15. Shout It Out Loud

    (New Studio Tracks)

  16. All American Man

  17. Rockin’ In The USA

  18. Larger Than Life

  19. Rocket Ride

  20. Any Way You Want It

Paul Stanley - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar,

Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar

Gene Simmons - Bass

Peter Criss - Drums



SLAYER - DECADE OF AGGRESSION

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Released 10-22-1991

Recorded 10-14-1990 at The Wembley Arena, London England

3-8-1991 at The Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA

7-13-1991 at The Lakeland Coliseum in Lakewood, FL.

  1. Hell Awaits  

  2. The Anti-Christ

  3. War Ensemble

  4. South Of Heaven

  5. Raining Blood

  6. Altar Of Sacrifice

  7. Jesus Saves

  8. Dead Skin Mask

  9. Seasons In The Abyss

  10. Mandatory Suicide

  11. Angel Of Death

  12. Hallowed Point

  13. Blood Red

  14. Die By The Sword

  15. Black Magic

  16. Captor Of Sin

  17. Born Of Fire

  18. Postmortem

  19. Spirit In Black

  20. Expendable Youth

  21. Chemical Warfare

Tom Araya - Vocals, Bass, 

Jeff Hanneman - Guitar

Kerry King - Guitar

Dave Lombardo - Drums



PANTERA - OFFICIAL LIVE : 101 PROOF

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Released 7-29-1997

Recorded during 1996-1997 world tour, no specifics found.

  1. A New Level

  2. Walk

  3. Becoming  

  4. 5 Minutes Alone

  5. Sandblasted Skin

  6. Suicide Note Pt. 2

  7. War Nerve

  8. Strength Beyond Strength

  9. Dom/Hollow

  10. This Love

  11. I’m Broken

  12. Cowboys From Hell

  13. Cemetery Gates

  14. Fucking Hostile

    (New Studio Tracks)

  15. Where You Come From

  16. I Can’t Hide 

Phil Anselmo - Vocals

Dimebag Darrell - Guitar

Rex Brown - Bass

Vinnie Paul - Drums



OZZY OSBOURNE - TRIBUTE

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Released 3-19-1987

Tracks 1 - 11 were recorded 5-11-1981 in Cleveland, OH except for the guitar solo in Suicide Solution. It was recorded 7-28-1981 at Theatre Saint-Denis in Montreal, Canada and inserted into the song. Tracks 12-13 were recorded at an earlier Englsh gig  in support of the Blizzard Of Ozz album. 

  1. I Don’t Know

  2. Crazy Train

  3. Believer

  4. Mr. Crowley

  5. Flying High Again

  6. Revelation (Mother Earth)

  7. Steal Away (The Night) (w/drum solo)

  8. Suicide Solution (w/guitar solo)

  9. Iron Man

  10. Children Of The Grave

  11. Paranoid

  12. Goodbye To Romance

  13. No Bone Movies

  14. Dee

Ozzy - Vocals

Randy Rhoads - Guitar

Rudy Sarzo - Bass

Tommy Aldridge - Drums

Lindsay Bridgwater - Keyboards                                                                                            

(Bob Daisley - Bass and Lee Kerslake - Drums on tracks 12-13 only)



SCORPIONS - WORLD WIDE LIVE

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Released 6-20-1985

Recorded 2-29-1984 at The Bercy, Paris, France

4-24,25-1984 at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

4-26-1984 at The Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

4-28-1984 at The Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa, CA

11-17-1984 at The Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany.

  1. Countdown

  2. Coming Home  

  3. Blackout

  4. Bad Boys Running Wild

  5. Love You Sunday Morning

  6. Make It Real

  7. Big City Nights

  8. Coast To Coast

  9. Holiday

  10. Still Loving You

  11. Rock You Like A Hurricane

  12. Can’t Live Without You

  13. Another Piece Of Meat

  14. Dynamite

  15. The Zoo

  16. No One Like You

  17. Can’t Get Enough Pt. 1  

  18. Six String Sting

  19. Can’t Get Enough Pt. 2

Klaus Meine - Vocals

Matthias Jabs - Guitar, Voice-box, Backing Vocals

Rudolph Schenker - Guitar, Backing Vocals

Francis Bucholz - Bass, Backing Vocals

Herman Rarebell - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals



RUSH - A SHOW OF HANDS

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Released 1-9-1989

Recorded 3-31 & 4-1 1986 during the Power Windows tour at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ. Also recorded 1-27, 2-1 & 2-3 and 4-21, 4-23 and 4-24 1988 during the Hold Your Fire tour in New Orleans, LA, Phoenix, AZ, San Diego, CA and in Birmingham, UK. 

  1. Intro

  2. Big Money

  3. Subdivisions

  4. Marathon

  5. Turn The Page 

  6. Manhattan Project

  7. Mission

  8. Distant Early Warning

  9. Mystic Rhythms

  10. Witch Hunt

  11. The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)

  12. Force Ten

  13. Time Stand Still

  14. Red Sector A  

  15. Closer To The Heart

Geddy Lee - Vocals, Bass, Synthesizers

Neil Peart - Drums, Percussion

Alex Lifeson - Guitar, Synthesizers



MOTORHEAD - WHAT’S WORDS WORTH?

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Released 3-5-1983

Recorded 2-18-1978 at The Roundhouse, London, England.

  1. The Watcher

  2. Iron Horse/Born To Lose  

  3. On Parole

  4. White Line Fever

  5. Keeping Us On The Road

  6. Leaving Here

  7. I’m Your Witchdoctor 

  8. Train Kept A-Rollin

  9. City Kids

Lemmy Kilmister - Vocals, Bass

“Fast” Eddie Clarke - Guitars, Vocals

Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor - Drums



CLUTCH - LIVE AT THE GOOGOLPLEX

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Released 6-017-2002

Recorded on various dates at various venues during the Pure Rock Fury tour 2001-2003. Info. varies.

  1. Who Wants To Rock?

  2. Pure Rock Fury

  3. Sea Of Destruction

  4. Immortal

  5. Careful With That Mic…

  6. Impetus

  7. El Jefe

  8. Rock And Roll Outlaw

  9. 12oz. Epilogue

  10. Big News I

  11. Big News II

  12. Brazenhead    

  13. The Soapmakers

  14. Escape From The Prison Planet

  15. Rats

Neil Fallon - Vocals

Tim Sult - Guitar

Dan Maines - Bass

Jean-Paul Gaster - Drums



SACRED REICH - STILL IGNORANT (1987-1997)

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Released 11-11-1997

Recorded at The Mason Jar, Phoenix, AZ.

  1. American Way

  2. Administrative Decisions

  3. One Nation

  4. Independent

  5. State Of Emergency

  6. The Power Of The Written Word

  7. Heal

  8. Blue Suit, Brown Shirt  

  9. Who’s To Blame

  10. Violent Solutions

  11. War Pigs

  12. Death Squad

  13. Surf Nicaragua

Phil Rind - Vocals, Bass

Wiley Arnett - Guitar

Jason Rainey - Guitar

Greg Hall - Drums



(00:00): Intro/ a new (shortly lived) segment called “WTF is happening at MNHQ!?”/ Favorite Live Metal Albums: a “souvenir” of a band’s live set/the uniqueness of a live performance/ a bad live experience (?)

(05:27): “Live After Death” (Iron Maiden) and the missing magic of “side 4” on the CD/MNTT destination/Longbeach and Hammersmith//Production quality of Live After Death (including the production credits and crew daily agenda)

(12:12): “Priest Live” (Judas Priest) – recorded live in Atlanta at the Omni/The bassbadassness of Ian Hill/production (it’s PRIEST!)/Bill’s live album metal conspiracy theory (splicin’)

(17:27): “ALIVE II” (KISS) – recorded all ovah the place ovah heeuhhh/A bit of…KISSTORY/Side 3/Bill’s unpopular opinion/the magic of ALIVE! And an example of “the souvenir live experience”/But mom, that’s how the Lord of Rock…rolls!!

(22:46): “Decade of Aggression” (Slayer) – The opening of “Hell Awaits”…(interlude)/Tom’s onstage banter…talk more…SLAYTANIC!/A tangentionally related discussion regarding stage banter vs NOTHING/Matt just destroyed Adam’s DOA experience (I heard it I just didn’t hear it)

(29:32): “Official Live” (Pantera): The best live experience (and the best live banter EVAH!!) (plus 2 new studio tracks)/Started strong & ended strong…like Goldilocks!

(34:56): “Tribute” (Ozzy Osbourne)/Randy Rhoads’ “Suicide Solution” guitar solo fun fact!!/nobody beats Ozzy’s banter! (wegonnadoanumbahnowwww…)/outtake (Dee)…/Listen to “Speak of the Devil”!!/Live At Last/Past Lives (awesome Ozzy banter!!)/what’s a “bone” movie?

(41:00): “World Wide Live” (Scorpions): The “live experience” vibe/LOTS of radio play/sharp production quality (check out Sails of Charon by the Scorpions!)/How did that guy get back in here?

(45:08): “A Show of Hands” (Rush): A good method for doing live albums & capturing an era before moving onto the next artistic progression/The names of Neil’s drum solos (The Rhythm Method…Wait, WHAT!?)

(49:46): “What’s words Worth” (Motorhead): Live at The Roundhouse/an old “cassette” memory/The Trick or Treat connection/deeper cuts/ a nice plug

(52:47): “Live at the Googolplex” (Clutch): Adam’s Clutch discovery story/The Clutch live experience/a good smattering of Clutch

(55:42): “Still Ignorant: ’87-97” (Sacred Reich)

(57:50): “Opeth: Live at the Royal Albert Hall” / “Live: Scenes from New York” (Dream Theater)

(1:00:37): “Live Evil” (Black Sabbath) – live Dio Sabbath/”Intermission” (Dio)/Music video for “We Rock” vs album credit/Testament “Dark Roots of Thrash” (AWESOMENESS!!!)/mashups/Opeth “The Roundhouse Tapes”/spread the wordery about Metal Nerdery Podcast