Thursday, January 15, 2009

Stranger

Stranger was a young and hungry Bavarian Heavy Metal act. They were sort of like a low rent Helloween. Their debut album, The Bell, was released in 1985 on the Hot Blood label. Stranger favored a more traditional style of metal that, by '85, was obscured by thrash in Germany, so these guys didn't get much attention, but this album, while being a bit generic, is still a great deal of fun. You remember fun, right?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this kind of stuff. Thanks for the upload.

Aesop said...

It would seem that you and I are the only ones, Twin Uzis.

Anonymous said...

You can add me to that list. Great stuff!

Anonymous said...

Have you heard Talon - Neutralized (1984)? That's another fun record that comes to mind in the same vein as this, Oz and Witch Cross. This blog is maybe my favorite place on the internet by the way. Thanks for all the great music!

Aesop said...

Thanks. I can't find that Talon stuff.

Anonymous said...

Here's a mediafire link. Couldn't find the original so I upp'd it myself.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jnm0qkr3zwx

I just noticed this album closes with a church bell and The Stranger album opens with one hahaha. Enjoy!

Aesop said...

Thnk you thank you thank you

Aesop said...

Oh, apparently I need a password to unzip the file.

Anonymous said...

cool shit here. I was looking them up and it would appear their second album was quite a stinker.

Anonymous said...

Sorry...I grabbed the wrong .zip - this one works.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?janj3mwqnlm