My animalize and lick it up cassettes cover was different it was turned sideways

Imo crazy nights blows!

Late to the party but I've been burning through your content lately and have really enjoyed it. Some of your content really takes me back to my youth and formative metal days in the early '80s as a 13-14 year old, just some great memories. Anyway, just a few comments on some of these albums/bands: Defenders of the Faith - Like you, my first concert was Judas Priest in support of this album...saw them in Columbus Ohio with Canada's own Kick Axe. Took my first girlfriend, whose initial's were JP, and she was a huge Priest fan. I had put this album aside for a long time but it has reemerged for me in the past few years. Hall of the Mountain King - Power of the Night was my entry album for Savatage but 'Hall' came next I imagine. 24 Hours Ago and White Witch are great, but nothing beats the first record and the EP for me in regards to Savatage. W.A.S.P. - Saw these guys on this tour headlining a club with support acts Metallica(!) and Heaven. Earlier in the day WASP had a signing at a local record store and I had them sign an 'Animal' picture disc, which was unfortunately stolen at some point. Freakin' loved this album at the time and still roll through it now and then. That's it for now, keep rockin' the content!

My first concert was Ki⚡⚡ in '85 Asylum tour 🤘🤘

Metal Church was a little of everything. Traditional Metal, Power Metal, Speed & Thrash Metal. I saw them 3x in the 1980's behind the first 3 albums. Exciter Metallica Metal Church Metal Church Metal Church Annihilator Witches Hammer December 19, 1986 Caustic Thought August 6, 1985 Pacific Coliseum June 8, 1989 (New) York Theatre Vancouver, Canada (New) York Theatre Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada

Not a great era for the band. C'mon - compared to the 70s and 80s this just doesn't hold water.

Redeemer of souls is so underrated

Please do an Iron maiden live album ranking video !

I would only get counterparts as a single purchase, I am not that into the other stuff, prefer the more prog rock style

I found 13 ponderous and boring. All chopped together. Not exciting. I have utter disdain for Technical Ecstasy. Sabotage is my favorite. Mob Rules. The production on Born Again kills it. I really need to peruse the Tony Martin era more. Just didn't feel like Black Sabbath after Bill and Geezer left. Felt more like another band with Tony Iommi in it. For us as kids, Black Sabbath died after Born Again. I did my ranking video. Check it out.

Darcy, would ya agree that "All The World Is A Stage and Show Of Hands are the best two concert albums of Rush ever?

🤝👍🙏 Keep your Metal Faith, Cheers!🥂

It's a great looking box set Darcy. I do like those reimagined artworks. They definitely need framing! I may pick this set up, it's not a priority yet for me as I have that CD box set and I'm still missing a couple of studio albums from them. Roll the bones is a very overlooked album of theirs, my favourite out of these four.

Good to get a heads up on some new releases Darcy. Hopefully we will see some new albums from the likes of Testament, Anthrax, Onslaught, Possessed and Sodom. All are long overdue a new album.

Great list Darcy and some cool recommendation albums. Can't beat Priest, Maiden, Saxon & Accept. I think I'd have Raven, Satan, Sabbath and Doro on my list. For a future video it would be cool if you could do a top 10 of modern traditional HM bands if you've like enough of them.

Missed this box set. Will see of it’s still available. Missing 3 of these on vinyl. I like the additional artwork - is it Black & White or color? Hard to tell on my phone (or maybe I need glasses 😀).

First time I saw Rush was in '73 it was with the original drummer John Rutsey. I love Rush but I prefer '70s Rush best. Still a killer boxset.

Im on quite a Rush kick at the moment. I don't have anything after 1987 so thanks for the video Darcy. I've just pulled the trigger on the CD box set spanning the 89 to 2007 period. Will hopefully pick up that set sometime soon. Cheers

Just saw U.D.O. in a little club here in San Diego. Stellar. Still doing Fast As A Shark and Balls To The Wall. Excellent show. Good to see Peter in the band. Russian Roulette is such an underrated album. Screaming is my fav Priest but Defenders is so close. Number Of The Beast edges out Piece Of Mind for me. Excellent ranking. Stay metal 🤘

One of the most fun things about Iron Maiden is everyone has such different album rankings

Always good to hear your thoughts on the Maiden albums Darcy. And yeah you're spot on when you say no one can be wrong with the ranking, everyone has their own favourites. Senjutsu definitely has room to move up, it's just that it's got a lot of strong competition. Yeah I don't know why they didn't do any anniversary album for Killers of Piece of mind, would be a nice collectors set. If you've not heard it check out Murder One which Paul did in the early 90s, a hidden gem album. Also if you've not heard it Blaze does a really good live version of angel and the gambler on a recent live album, it's more a rock n roll version.

Good to hear your thoughts on the albums Darcy. Quite a tough ranking to do as they have a very consistent discography, even though they've had a few lineup changes. Iron Bound and Killbox are definitely a couple of underrated albums that can easily hold their own against their first few classics. it's still cool they are still putting out top quality albums to this day. I think I'll listen to some Overkill today 🤘🤘

Great update there Darcy. Good to see some Grave Digger, Rage and Saxon. Those two Saxon albums were big albums for me when they were released, some excellent songs on them. Good to hear about some future releases as well.

I dont think heathen has a bad album all good but the masterpiece is victims of deception

1) Abigail 2) Them 3) The Eye 4) Conspiracy 5) Fatal 6) Puppet Master 7) Voodoo 8) Spiders 9) Abigail II 10) House of God 11) Graveyard 12) Give Me Your Soul

Love Rush, I did not order this box set as I only need Counterparts and Test For Echo, hoping for the individual releases soon, likely will happen, it seems that most of these boxes are getting individual releases Cheers

Going through all your older videos when I’m done work sitting in my restaurant I work at. Never got into havok but I’ll listen to that album. Used to listen to warbringer, waking into nightmares is my favourite or war without end. Was wondering if you picked up recently the 2 live albums I think 83/86? I heard they are really good live albums but haven’t heard them on vinyl just curious if they sound good .

I never got rush growing up in the 80’s/90’s but after my father passed away in 2016 I need something new to listen to so went and picked up most rush CDs. missing three I think. Test for echo not the best but I think the song Test for echo is amazing. But to be honest it’s a band that does what they want and fans enjoy arguing about what albums are the best. Did you watch Marty Allen and Phil on Canadian metal on Friday?

The reimagined artwork looks incredible, especially for 'Roll the Bones' with the little boy sitting on top of the dice! "Show Don't Tell" was on the radio a couple of days ago and it's still a dang great song! The 'Presto' album holds up well.

Nice video and box set. Thank you. I’m only missing Roll The Bones and Counterparts from the 2015 Analog Production QRP pressings. 😢. Hoping that these would get individual releases also. This 180 and 200 gram thing is a bit of a marketing ploy to me. It’s more about the mastering and pressing quality, but those heavier records do feel nicer in hand from the thiner flimzy ones.

I'm with you on The Spider's Lullabye and Killing the Dragon are underrated gems! Also real nice score with those sealed WASP cassettes.

In my opinion Presto and Counterparts is two of Rush's greatest albums. They are definitely two of my personal favorites. Great box set Darcy take care brother.🙂🍻🤘

Blow Up Your Video sounds like Geordie 👍

Cool box set. Can’t go wrong with Rush. One of the rare bands who never made a bad album in their career.

Hi Darcy!!! had no idea about this new Rush boxset, but i think it's a must have to any diehard fan...... i don't know how they do it, but all of their latest anniversary reissues are near perfect, very well done, cool packaging and extras too, like those alternative artwork covers. This must be the standard to any future special edition done by any "important" band..... cheers and be well

Darcy did you see King Diamond cancel more tour dates. Guess i was lucky in salt lake. Wonder what is up?

As a Rush fanatic all I care about is how is the record quality sound wise? All these reviews skip this important piece of info!

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Great video as always, Darcy! With Judas Priest, Saxon, Accept, DragonForce, and Accuser all releasing new albums here in 2024, it's been a fantastic year. And I think 2025 has a chance to be even better! The ones I'm most looking forward to are new ones from Death Angel, Testament, Exodus, Sodom, Destruction, Dream Theater, and Candlemass. Also, Blitz has said that Overkill will spend the first half of the year writing their 21st album and will likely record the album during the back half of the year, so we will likely see it in early 2026.

Great video Darcy. There is no bad Rush album. Love those reimagined artwork; the presto in particular

I’m very pleased with this boxset. I have original Presto and Roll the Bones. But I have been looking for Counterparts and Test for Echo as they are incredibly expensive. The new vinyl sounds amazing. As good or better than the originals. The biggest surprise to me was how much I enjoyed Test for Echo because it was always one of my least favorite Rush albums. Very happy!

I got one from the rhino website a few weeks ago. Possibly was going to get a second box but they just sold out 😢😢

Hey brother, I'm looking forward to a good chunk of albums next year! Confirmed: Testament, Exodus, King Diamond (I'll believe when I see it), Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Machine Head, Black Label Society. Speculated: Megadeth, Sodom, Kreator, Paramore, Rise Against, Forbidden, Guns N' Roses, Limp Bizkit, Soulfly. Cheers man

Hello Darcy 👋 nice unboxing and review video 👍 very complete and well done 👌. I also have recently started a vinyl collection of Rush legacy, listening more deeply their music. The 40th anniversary releases of their main albums are very good editions, even if the super deluxe boxsets are mostly expensive. Well I bought the 5 LP boxset of Moving Pictures and I’m waiting for the super deluxe boxset of Permanent Waves from USA 😁🤙. Great stuff ! I just received my boxset of those 4 albums from Rhino and I enjoy it fully like you. Even if I would appreciate a few pages book with it, of some informations and photos, and that the illustration artwork would be directly printed on the box rather than a glued sheet. Whatever it’s a wonderful boxset and nice new artworks, plus the enjoyable music on vinyl 🤘. I consider Rush and Dream Theater as the two greatest progressive metal/hard rock bands. By the way Rhino also released a similar boxset of the 4 first DT albums a few months ago (also in my collection 😁😅). Two others volumes are planned for 2025. Thanks for your super channel 👌. Have a nice day ! Greetings from France 👋🤘

The last command is #1 of course.Intro from Jack Action is most heavy and most powerful intro.Hi from Bosnia,Samir.

I grew up near Cleveland, Rush was huge! 2 of the best things to come from Canada is Rush and this channel.

Power Windows to Roll the Bones was myleast favorite period of Rush i really disliked the synth years,they grew on me eventually though.Still never missed a show since 79

As for your copy of Presto, yes that is a copy of the original inner sleeve , lyrics and art work

Absolutely love those albums and that reimagined art is fantastic

I´m more like a 70s Rush guy, I could never get into their 80 records. They got better again in the 90s and 2000s. BUT: For some strange reason "Counterparts" is my fave Rush album of all time. Those reissues of "Presto" and "Roll the Bones" look like the original pressings, same inners and same center lables. I had those two on vinyl but sold them not too long ago. Trust me, I got a good price for those, hahaha... For the whole week I had "All the World´s a Stage" on in the car, that will be changed tomorrow to Scorpions "Tokio Tapes".