5 80's Metal Bands with Only One Album (Crystal Knight/Fortuner/Allied Forces/Axe Victims/Adrian)

[@dainejir661]

Does anyone remember back in the 80s when we Metal Heads would buy a heavy metal cassette tape based solely on the album art? 🤘🏻

[@danadane2501]

Yep that's why I bought Kings of Metal by Manowar . The music needless to say surpassed my expectation. Nobody sings nor ( especially ) screams anything like Eric Adams .

[@REPVILE]

The sole reason I bought my first Sepultura tape

[@dainejir661]

@@danadane2501 That’s an awesome album! “Fighting the World” was my favorite Manowar album. BLOW YOUR SPEAKERS! 🤘🏻

[@dainejir661]

@@REPVILE Hell Yeah! When I first heard their version of ogasmatron I was all in.

[@danadane2501]

@@dainejir661 play it loud dont play it low Blow your Speakers that's Rock N Roll ..

[@johnlawless5036]

I am soooooo glad we didn't have Amazon back in the '80's. There was nothing like going to the record store and finding a new band to follow. Damn I miss that.

[@Xegethra]

That still exists. Not as common but record shops are still around with lots of stuff in them. There's one in town where I live called the Diskery. I know it's not quite the same but it's something.

[@VelvetYeti]

I can't upvote this comment, since you're at 69 right now

[@victorkreig6089]

If you're going to amazon for you're music you're doing it wrong

[@brianjauch9958]

Yeah, word of mouth and Circus magazine were the way.

[@dragonqueen6589]

No relation to Blackie, hey man? Blackie’s really Steven Edward Duran, btw.

[@jordyzorgdesq5936]

That is awesome! I am the son of the drummer from Allied Forces. His name is Peter van der Sluijs. We're both still playing the drums! He in a blues band and I am playing in a thrash metal band called Splinterbomb

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

How cool! I love that album. I'll have to check out Splinterbomb too :) Thanks for checking out the video!!

[@g4340]

Awesome! Keep playing,!

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

@@MetalSchoolChannel Yep, I'll certainly be checking out Splinterbomb, as well!

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

Do you have a KZbin channel, or a place we can get your music?

[@tonytendencies4698]

Pretty sure I went to see Allied Forces in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 80s in a small venue called McGonagles. I think there were 4 or 5 bands playing that day

[@bumpyroad3251]

It's a shame 80s had to end. Best times ever

[@pointnIaugh]

Exactly, when the 90s came along so did the internet. The internet has destroyed humanity.

[@billycross1798]

True

[@bumpyroad3251]

@@pointnIaugh With 90s came Grunge also which destroyed Rock and the explosion of Rap, Hip hop, R&B which turned music into degradation

[@pointnIaugh]

@@bumpyroad3251 When it comes to rap, some of that 80s and 90s stuff actually had talent. Rappers like Ice T, Run dmc, ect. Rappers nowadays are pathetic and should be boycotted.

[@warrioros]

@@bumpyroad3251 I don't think that shitty grunge had to do anything with rock. The majority of metalheads just ignored it. My opinion is that the metal scene in general especially after the mid of the 90's lost the rock'n'roll element and the result is the crap of today!!

[@kudukilla]

There was an 80’s band called Steeler with only one album in ‘83. Featured a 19 year old immigrant named Yngwie Malmsteen. He left the band shortly thereafter. The vocalist was Ron Keel, of the band that bears his last name. Drummer went on to join Lion, and later on Riot in ‘86.

[@sergiodambrosio363]

I was just going to name them! ☹️ Indeed a great album. Greetings from Italy!

[@garyharris2940]

I own the album on vinyl have had it for decade

[@sergiodambrosio363]

@@garyharris2940 yeah, me too...😄since 1991, if I remember well. Greetings from Italy!

[@johnbmx4christ]

that's awesome. i was just listening to this the other day. thought about doing a drum cover cause most people dont even know this album.

[@bitingthedog1]

Great call! It had "Hot on Your Heels"! The radio show Metal Shop sampled that grinding sound at the end of Yngwie's solo as part of their intro. The album was recorded at Prairie Sun studios in Cotati CA. I recorded there a few years back and the engineer on site showed me where a young Yngwie had smacked his head open on a low hanging roof tail when he stepped outside to take a piss in the dark. He said they even had to break from recording his parts for the day while he got stitched up.

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

I will admit, I considered myself a metalhead back in the 80's. I was into all sorts of hard rock and heavy metal and often looked for some obscure bands. I was mostly into the Glam/Sleaze rock scene, which later became "hair" metal, but also into speed metal and even hardcore punk rock. I had friends heavily into the thrash and death metal scenes, and many who were into classic rock and early metal... I've never ever heard of any of these bands! You definitely found some obscure stuff here.

[@Biblicalgiants]

Reminds me of that neighborhood kid who had every heavy metal album known to man stacked on the walls in his bedroom. Good upload!

[@billshogun7068]

The coolest thing about these bands are the band member’s names.They all sound like they were taken from bad guys in a James Bond movie!

[@SirManfly]

I like all of these bands and you can find more of these type of albums around if you just go searching !

[@deductivereasoning4257]

It sucks that both political parties in America were united in their hatred of metal music in the 80's - otherwise, I would probably know these bands...

[@jacobprice8048]

Hahahahahaha

[@Motorips]

yeah.. most of them are ze germans

[@jacobprice8048]

@@Motorips where's Hanz Gruber's band? I bet they ripped

[@simonockwell3485]

I’m really loving Crystal Knight’s and Adrian’s albums. Also enjoying Allied Forces and Axe Victims 🤘

[@kennethjanczak4900]

this is so nice... . Thanks for finding these jewels and thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it

[@backwatersandbackroads]

To the channel creator: you do a fantastic job on these videos.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Thanks!

[@ericmoreau4568]

I'm definitely going to check out Crystal Knight, Allied Forces And Axe Victims, having already glided to awesome Fortuner, but not quite as taken by storm by Adrian (non Smith). 😋 Although I am going to give the latter another chance, spurred on by your timeless praise...😇😎

[@searchbar83]

commenting, giving a thumbs up, and sharing this video with my brother to give it some more exposure.

[@John_D67]

These guys tear the roof off! LOVE obscure metal bands. 👍🏻

[@towardleft]

You find some really good rare bands. Thanks for sharing all these.

[@fredlandry6170]

Some of these songs really rocked.

[@ivandillardmusic2042]

Great list I’ve been rocking Crystal knight all week!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Nice! Such a fun album 🤘🏻

[@markcassel3392]

So many great bands received no airplay in the 80s. These bands all sounded good. Thanks for featuring them.

[@bigblueplanet1968]

True. Many of those bands that got fame and fortune weren't even that good

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

I just love the album art for 80s metal bands. The more cheesiness, the better.

[@Tmuk2]

Preferably coloured in with felt tips

[@Wargasm644]

Man, we had to buy albums based on the cover art back in the day. There wasn’t any internet or KZbin. And 99% of them had this super cheesy art style. So it was pretty much a crap shoot. 🤣 Ended up with some cool albums and a bunch of stinkers.

[@gameboycat05]

cheesy? no, no, no, The more *BADASS* , the better

[@lordioris]

Axe Victims is really good. Can't get anymore 80's than that

[@Errcyco]

Your channel is great. Grew up on construction sites listening to this stuff and love anything 80s

[@jmcgin1453]

Glad Crystal Knight made the list, very underrated.

[@toasteroverdrive1097]

Please make a part two, I love alternative stuff like this.

[@louman2342]

I love the 80s great time for metal Some incredible releases from Metal Blade records at the time

[@pointnIaugh]

Combat put out equally great albums as well.

[@gwts1171]

No Remorse Records reissued that Crystal Knight album in 2016. It's so good!! Great list all-around.

[@DrFillRX]

When I was 13, I saw a picture of the cover from "One Step Into The Uncertain" by Adrian in Martin Popoff's Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal and was immediately enthralled by the underwater gun-wielding hesher and the spider squid protecting her eggs. This album has eluded me for 20 years as it's both expensive and hard to locate, but one day I will track that sucker down! Thanks for posting, as no one talks about that band EVER.

[@OlderRockRocks]

I would like to add a few more: Vamp - The Rich Don't Rock Horizon - Master Of the Game Jett Black - Night Flight Wolf - Edge Of The World Razormaid - First Cutt Czakan - State Of Confusion (2nd album coming this month lol) Raider - Darker Than Night Steelover - Glove Me High N Dry - Hands Off My Toy! Emerald - Armed For Battle

[@fredcollins8919]

I have Razormaid from 1987. Truly 100% kickass metal

[@jbowen791]

My family owned the local record store in town and my Mom ran the Heavy Metal Mail Order, so when I saw this I was skeptical. After listening, I was pleasantly surprised and agree with your assessments, nice job!

[@briantriesart]

This channel is so great! Thanks. Perfect for the quarantine!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@jefjaeger]

It's cool to feature some good bands that have been otherwise forgotten...good stuff!

[@ChannelBerpindah]

We have many bands like this in Malaysia during the 80s, mostly only came up with 1 album then disappeared.

[@Br4m76]

Search - Isabella

[@ChannelBerpindah]

@@Br4m76 yes search is the most famous one, the number 1 rock / heavy metal band in malaysia since 1984.

[@Br4m76]

@@ChannelBerpindah Amy was so popular here in my place back in the 90s. Peace from Indonesia. 🤟🤟

[@ChannelBerpindah]

@@Br4m76 oh tetangga rupanya. Yes. The glorious days of late 80s to early 90s where malaysia was hit by tsunami of heavy metal.

[@theriflesix4333]

And what about the great Album "Master of the Game" (1985) by the Dutch Band "Horizon"?

[@AgeofDoom]

Underated metal It is like a whole planet next to the earth

[@TheSnapdad]

Thanks for this. I absolutely love rare 80's metal. While I will listen to them in my rotation, I have added them to my Discogs want list. You just never know what you run across in the wild. Once again, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@knowknaime]

Love obscure heavy music. Excellent content, inspired me to subscribe. Keep it up. Do some obscure Canadian metal. There’s tons. I recently saw an album by a band called Iron Gypsy featuring bassist Randy Rampage, who had a storied career with Canadian punk band D.O.A., and then later work with metal band Annihilator.

[@jimkirk2527]

Crystal Knights Singer per was singing for Fate a few years later and had his share of late 80ies fame with this awesome album. Great list!

[@Chetallica]

Axe Victims; awesome! What a gem Another Victim is. Cool tunes, amazing riffs and playing, and surprisingly, very well produced. There seems to be remaster releases of this floating around eBay, but already had an album to cd copy a friend of mine gave me and it sounds super good, so will stick with what I got. Readers...explore this album, well worth a listen front to back!

[@AudaciousAce1989]

Look up: Universe: Mission Rock. Its what Axe Victims are now. If you have a way to give Axe Victims “Hypnotise” a listen I would love that

[@joshschwerin4169]

This is awesome! Thanks dude!

[@charlesgay2391]

Gotta go with LA’s own Steeler, featuring Ron Keel on vocals and on guitar, the maestro himself, Yngwie J. Malmsteen

[@edc8879]

Rik Fox kicked ass on bass!!!✌💖🙏

[@dragonqueen6589]

Yes, Yngwie is a total legend... you know everyone else involved with Hear n aid was frightened of him.

[@pointnIaugh]

Is Ron Keel the same guy associated with the band Keel?

[@dragonqueen6589]

@@pointnIaugh Yup, that’s the same guy.

[@pointnIaugh]

@@dragonqueen6589 I thought so. They were like a one hit wonder. I believe the song was "The right to rock".

[@gstar7686]

Thanks for this video! I've been a metalhead since the early 80's and I've never heard of these bands!

[@dextervortexsungte5348]

After 8 years of discovered those rare and obscure metals, i feel nostalgic to listen it back again 🤘, besides still fav bands like axemaster- deliver us from evil , Angel dust- into the dark past, assault- survival in the streets, Salem Wych- betrayer of the kings, argus- lady killer, victims- power hungry , riot- thundersteel, marshall law- hearts of thunder. damn never ends

[@listillolordoc7604]

Another obscure 80s metal band with one album to checkout is Oliver Magnum. They did do a self released follow up EP but I’m not sure if it was just more than a demo with decent packaging. Their first album can be found on KZbin. They’re better than any of bands mentioned here.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

YOOOOO! The Crystal Knight LP got reissued in 2016! After almost 20 years of owning a near shit copy I was cruising.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

@CC C Haha, if I was remotely capable of uploading it I would. There are all kinds of obscure reissues over the last few years. Why some see rerelease and others don't is beyond me. Sometimes its almost impossible to track band members down. As for the reissue. It's nothing special. Just sounds clean. You can probably find it on discogs.

[@markelvillacortafernandez7223]

The vocalist also song in Fate, and now in ureas and Third Eye. A very good vocalist.

[@FelixtheMetalcat]

Damn this is a fun trip.....not heard of any of these bands but will look around for them at the multitude of used record stores around me.

[@JoeR203]

Crystal Knight's drummer looks like Weird Al Yankovic. The singer looks like Randy Marsh if he grew more hair.

[@tran-zam]

Just finished crystal knight album. It was fantastic!!

[@grantmourning189]

How about Gogmagog. It's mostly made of ex iron maiden and ex def leppard band members. It's epic!

[@scazxr]

I bought Axe Victims on impulse and love that album. Haven't heard of any of the others... nice digging!

[@Chris-lz1fs]

Some of these tunes don't sound all that bad, certainly better than some of the stuff coming out now. You could almost imagine these songs being in some obscure 1980's film as well. Yep, I was a kid of the 1980's and have very fond memories of those simpler times.

[@sierraridgereaper]

Oddly I remember Crystal Knight... I did have an Allied Forces album as I was heavy into the German bands because of the Scorpions at the time but have no idea where it went, I may still have it buried in boxes in my garage. Now I will have to dig them out and look...lol

[@ronbeck201]

One that I found in the bargain bin back in the 80s is Saints' Anger - Danger Metal. I can only find the one album but I did find a double CD re-issue on Discogs with a bunch of demos and stuff.

[@djay6651]

I think a buddy of mine was in a band with Bernie from Fortuner in Erlangen back in '93-'94. He was playing guitar at the time and not bass. If not, the names are very similar.

[@mathiaspokorny8608]

Got another one: Lions Bread (single album "Damn the night", 1985). They later changed their name to Scanner but sounded very different after that I think. Different but also very good. Check out "Across the universe"!

[@musicmamma]

I like to call myself an old school metalhead from way back. I've never heard of any of these bands. Bravo!

[@Budisgud69]

Hawk - released 1986 by the band Hawk. Great album, shame they never did more.

[@musicfanhawk4523]

This was very cool!!

[@adrianepena55]

Yoooooooo! Who would've thought a band named after me would sound so cool 😎

[@karlosed]

Man, this was amazing, thanks metal school!

[@SylviusTheMad]

Axe Victims might be the best band name I have ever heard.

[@randyhukkanen3430]

I would like to hear a doc of Roxy Blue!

[@KingGhidorah_]

The riff in that song by Adrian - South Africa, has a definite similarity to Iron Maiden's Flash of the Blade.

[@Br4m76]

and also the name of the guitarist, Adrian Smith.

[@KingGhidorah_]

@@Br4m76 That, too.

[@weareparkerful]

Thanks I never heard any of these

[@BeamRider100]

Thanks. I like going through the back catalog of 80s metal. I'm sure you had to listen to a lot of ordinary stuff to find some good stuff. The recording quality seems good on these ones you've selected. The drums sound a lot better on most newer albums.

[@metalwitch58]

Raw vocals are the best. No over polished, commercial crap! Fuck I miss the 80s!

[@AudaciousAce1989]

Axe Victims is one of my favorite bands of all time. They later on became “Universe”. Look up their album “mission rock”. That would be a dream to hear Axe Victim’s Hypnotize. I wonder if there is a way to get a listen to it

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Woah, that’s awesome! I will, for sure. Do you happen to know whatever happened to Frank Fanfare??

[@AudaciousAce1989]

@@MetalSchoolChannel I just found a wiki page for Axe Victims, but its in german. I just read that his real name is Frank di Santo. Ill find a translation of the wiki page and get back to you if I find anything interesting. Then my priority is finding the follow up album Hypnotize!

[@BigTony-bf5jr]

Wait, Axe Victims is Universe?! Holy shit I didn’t even know that, Universe has some neat riffs

[@AudaciousAce1989]

@@BigTony-bf5jr Yes and No, I beleive the only member from Axe Victims was bassist Holger George, and they have an entirely different sound and style but technically Axe Victims (way cooler band name) became Universe

[@gofast3209]

Great video!! I love off bands that nobody heard of!! We're these ever on cassette? Please do more of these one time bands.

[@shanemccormick3483]

The name Axe Victims makes me laugh! Sounds so traumatic........they show up on stage wearing bandages and fake blood...... lol..... killer!

[@darkberserk13]

I didnt know any of these. Thank you!

[@mikehunt4797]

Tommy Scriver now that's a 80's metal name!

[@jimshort9266]

I recently discovered your channel so haven’t had time to look back through your video’s, so I don’t know if you care for some thrash metal. If you do, and you haven’t highlighted the group Detente and their album Recognize No Authority, you should consider doing so. I mention it here because I think they only had the one album but I could be wrong on that. Thanks for the video. I really liked the Allied Forces album.

[@RMarchiori]

For bands like this, i love metal. metal is it!

[@FragItAll]

These album covers would be worth the price. The music sounds great, going to check them out.

[@djionobau2233]

80s European metal act surely got heavy influence from Purple & Rainbow

[@secondace]

Absolutely

[@Assimilator702]

I can hear the Iron Maiden and Randy Rhoads fingerprints everywhere.

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

That riff in South Africa by Adrian sounds very similar to the opening riff on Gift of Guilt from Gojira. Thanks for the upload!

[@chrisXian]

i just heard the beginning and thought the same.....

[@KingGhidorah_]

6:16 - "I'm not entirely sure what their songs are about..." *very next song* "This is just for the ladies so they won't get frustrated But I still haven't met the one I love"

[@dragonqueen6589]

Yeah, that song’s chorus is basically saying “Hey girls, I’m up for a relationship... but only a strictly platonic one - I’m not a rocker who’s an easy lovin’ sleazeball, I’m a true gentleman.”

[@sopwithsnoopy8779]

I swear I've seen that Axe Victim album cover before, it looks so familiar. My local record store was fantastic about being stocked with all kinds of unknown or up & coming artists. I would bet I saw that Axe Victim there in the store.

[@DVMartin997]

Another great 1 album band was Warlord. Deliver Us, Mrs Victoria, Penny For A Poor man are great songs and Black Mass is as heavy as it gets. And Child Of The Damned is speed metal at it’s purest.

[@arcwiz]

They've actually gone on and off again, but they've released a few albums, if Metal Archives is to be trusted. Still, Warlord slaps hard.

[@StackBundle]

Warlord has more than one album. Bill Tsamis also had a other band called Lordian Guard btw. Not as good in my opinion but worth checking out.

[@DVMartin997]

@@StackBundle Thanks for the heads up on the other band. Was aware of several albums but most were compilation with one or two new songs. Still a great band. Will have to look for the other band’s materiel. If you search the Tube, there is a concert promo film of Warlord live. Pretty cool.

[@ericthorsell7515]

Bad ass album..... or CD which I have.

[@erikober4510]

I REALLY enjoy watching all your videos, very well done. A lot of good stuff!! I would like to see possibly future episodes covering EZO, Alex Mesi, Grim Reaper, Razormaids to name just a few cool bands for future episodes. 👍🏼

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Alex Masi?

[@ThisIsHarderThanIThought]

crystal knight band members: singer, one of the electric guitar player, and the drummer all look like weird al yankovic

[@cmansfield3]

Actually, now that you mention it, a band of five Weird Al Yankovics playing '80s metal would rule.

[@jrw24fan]

Also check out White Tiger (self titled) and Razormaid - First Cutt

[@XRWKET]

My favorite single album band release from the 80's is 1984's "The Day of Retribution" by Nemesis out of Sweden . Such an amazing and classic album. Although I'm not sure how obscure the band is, as most of the members went on to form Candlemass shortly after. Anybody should check it out if you haven't heard it

[@thousandpound1994]

Cool, never heard of these. What popped in my mind immediately is Exorcist - Nightmare Theatre from 1985. It's pretty much Virgin Steele, but very different in style. No one knew it was them for a long time. Great album!

[@snakeknife7518]

Hey they all can at least say they gave it a shot

[@rileymcintosh4852]

Absolutely

[@renereyes5386]

Thank you for sharing the knowledge

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Thanks for watching!

[@vvGarrettvv]

The german metalband "Brainfever" would just fit perfectly into this list

[@ValleyofEndar]

Nice selection will definitely listen more, my favourite one album metal band from the 90s was LSD.

[@ValleyofEndar]

Fortuner - Speedway is pretty cool, like it!

[@ValleyofEndar]

Like Allied Forces - Beyond the Storm as well, good song

[@careful...Icarus]

Now I cant get "we are young and we are Weiss" outta my head.

[@yeager1888]

All sound dope thanks

[@RikoJAmado]

Crystal Knight sounds like it should have its own sub-genre: Fantasy Metal.

[@paolo-1283]

Fighting dungeons and dragons yeah 🤘

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

Pretty fucking awesome though

[@mikejessmax]

Almost verging on New Wave, but still sounds good. I'll have to check this out further.

[@ThoinFrostaxe]

Fantasy metal is very much a thing. Three Inches of Blood and Gloryhammer are two of my favorites.

[@bryangirod6457]

Dio owns that genre

[@novumdomine9925]

I’ll give you a couple more: Marchello -Destiny (1988) hurts my heart it isn’t on your list. You can find the whole album on KZbin. Diamond- so obscure I can’t find any info on the web. One of their songs is on KZbin “ one from the heart”. Give it a listen. Pretty solid.

[@Morbidous]

Agony - The First Defiance ...great thrash from Sweden.

[@SkankNeurotique]

RIP Pete Lundström 🖤

[@MURDR63]

Apologies if you've already covered them (haven't looked yet), but a few great metal bands to check out are H-Bomb, Sortilege, and Angeles del Infierno. All in foreign languages, hence their lack of popularity here in the US

[@jacekkolbermusic]

Universe (swe), Wolf (uk), Randy (dnk), Lazzer (ger), Virtue (uk) and many many more.

[@shredman87.57]

I actually just bought the allied forces strike back CD, it has all the information about the band, the album wasn't re recorded the tracks were just taken from the album

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Oh wow! Thanks for the clarification. I guess I just assumed was an updated version. Interesting

[@jiesus2596]

Awesome!! How bout kickass 80s metal bands with only a Demo or EP to their name? Thats gotta be interesting ! 😂😂

[@colinrgage]

Great video wonder what they're all up to now

[@donaldellis8952]

Another real keeper from the 80’s that has stood the test of time is Fortnox

[@tomfisher2103]

That's good, got a copy of it

[@timevans9529]

I live in GA.i know those guys

[@donaldellis8952]

@@timevans9529 I met them before they were recording the album they were playing a show in Gainesville Talked with Rick a number of times.

[@rockmail1]

I saw Axe Victims live. It was a great performance. Bought the album. Also I saw Fortuner live. But I did not found their album. It was also a great gig.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Wow, cool! Bet those were some good shows

[@scottkrunze3396]

Anybody remember Voodoo militia from Dallas in the early 90's

[@psault47]

Well done and interesting!! Suggest Steeler (1983 with Yngwie and Keel)?