Van Halen - Van Halen NWOBHM It is the last Judas

It is the last Judas Priest album to feature lead singer Rob Halford until his return for the 2005 album Angel of Retribution and the first to feature drummer Scott Travis

considered the band's commercial breakthrough

Sweden's hottest underground metal act breaks through and releases their album Death

and the brutality aren't vying for attention

Both keyboard player Johan Carlgren and bass player Janne Henriksson are frequently hired for both live and studio sessions

Van Halen - Van Halen NWOBHM It is the last JudasWith their 1978 eponymous debut, Van Halen simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen redefined what the electric guitar could do, developing a blindingly fast technique with a variety of self taught two handed tapping, hammer on's, pull offs, and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals. It was wildly inventive and over the top, equaled only by vocalist David Lee Roth, who