DEADLY DINS

TOP 10 CLASSIC NOISE TRACKS

GRAVE DIGGER

HEADBANGING MAN [HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN, 1984] Snapping at the heels of Scorpions and Accept, Grave Digger’s thunderous assault was integral to the 80s German metal blueprint.

HELLHAMMER

TRIUMPH OF DEATH [APOCALYPTIC RAIDS EP, 1984]

Essentially – and intentionally – like listening to Venom at half-speed, Tom G Warrior’s first band were an ugly but seminal sonic nightmare.

KREATOR

FLAG OF HATE [ENDLESS PAIN, 1985]

The kings of German thrash summed up their homegrown scene’s feral intensity at the first attempt. An immortal anthem. Raise! The Flag Of Hate!

CELTIC FROST

CIRCLE OF THE TYRANTS [TO MEGA THERION, 1985] Emerging from Hellhammer’s primitive ashes, Celtic Frost’s creative blossoming produced numerous hellish classics, none more fearsome than this one.

HELLOWEEN

FUTURE WORLD [KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS

PART 1, 1987]

The most successful band in Noise Records history, Helloween’s speed metal singalongs were a cartoon riot made flesh. No wonder the world succumbed.

VOIVOD

TRIBAL CONVICTIONS

[DIMENSION HATRÖSS, 1988]

Thrash metal’s pioneering Canadian weirdoes were so far ahead of their time, angular mini-epics like this one still sound like the future. Canucking genius.

SABBAT

A CAUTIONARY TALE [HISTORY OF A TIME TO COME, 1988] This face-melting opener from Sabbat’s debut remains a thrillingly vicious reminder of their unique, evocative and hugely influential thrash attack.

RUNNING WILD

UNDER JOLLY ROGER [UNDER JOLLY ROGER, 1987]

Long before Alestorm reared their heads, Running Wild were bringing metal and nautical criminality together, with thunderously daft consequences.

SKYCLAD

THE WIDDERSHINS JIG

[THE WAYWARD SONS OF MOTHER EARTH, 1991]

After leaving Sabbat in 1990, Martin Walkyier formed Skyclad and, with this boisterous, fiddle-driven anthem, produced a handy template for the entire folk metal scene.

CORONER

INTERNAL CONFLICTS

[GRIN, 1993]

Switzerland’s answer to Voivod, Coroner hit a creative peak in the mid-90s. Put Celtic Frost, Ministry and Rush in a blender and you’re halfway there.