May 1987 Part One

Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast.May of 1987 saw such a plethora of legendary releases that we had to split this episode into two parts in order to cover everything properly. We talk about Anvil, a band that was largely forgotten and mostly considered a “generic” band up until the release of their 2008 documentary “Anvil: The Story of Anvil” saw the band receive a 2nd wind in their career, but nearly 20 years prior to that documentary the band put out their 4th album “Strength of Steel”, their only charting album in their entire discography. Helloween released their 2nd album which begins a 2 part concept album and even showcases the beginnings of what would become Power Metal. And the almighty birth of Death Metal with Chuck Shuldiner’s band Death putting out an album that would be far ahead of its time with “Scream Bloody Gore”, the album epitomized everything that would become so prevalent in the formation of the Death Metal genre, which even the bands name rooted in the genre itself.The albums we discussed this week were:Anvil - "Strength of Steel"Helloween - " Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.1"Death - "Scream Bloody Gore"Follow the Podcast!⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠YouTube⁠