THE BLOCK PARTY PITCH

Song: Children Of The Geave Artist: BLACK SABBATH This month's post is the first part of my homage to Black Sabbath , the band founded by the glorious guitar player Tony Iommi and the eternal Ozzy Osbourne as vocalist. The band’s first albums date back to the early 70s, with Ozzy as the singer.  In those days you could still hear an influence of psychedelia in their music, but whatever the style of song they recorded, it was always wrapped in a sombre atmosphere that would eventually lead to the Doom Metal style we know today.  And this is the greatness of this first step in the life of Black Sabbath. They were the seed of Heavy Metal , and they have remained one of the most influential bands ever.  Little did I know in the 80s, when I started listening to their albums recorded back when I was just a newborn in the 70s, that that handful of great hard rock songs would become part of rock history and of a legend.  Here I bring you a lesser-known song, full of stre...

Song: Stargazer Artist: RAINBOW Here I come again, starting a new year by paying tribute to one band with one of the greatest voices in Hard Rock.  I can only think highly of them because they left us everlasting anthems, with which many of us started to love this music.  Thus, Rainbow is one of the major names in the genre. A band that brought together two of the greatest musicians of all time: guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Ronnie James Dio.  Let's start the new year looking back with hope at a colorful world painted by Rainbow.  Enjoy this jewel turned into song. https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ndgg4jBl8Fzho5WpsqNrG?si=gZFz6xv9TfeSnRrL58--6A

Song: Pentagram Artist: POSSESSED This month I bring you another jewel of 80s Thrash Metal by Possessed .  Despite their short discography, they soon became a cult band of the genre and, what is more, were considered one of the first bands of Death Metal . They were one of the first thrash metal bands I listened to when that style burst out in the 80s.  Possessed played at pure speed and were truly representative of what thrash metal means in the end: power, rage, and freedom to create compositions. Far from the restrictions of hard rock and classic heavy metal when it comes to writing music, thrash metal, in my opinion, is jazz-like in terms of not having creative limits in its musical structures. It represents total musical freedom, and Possessed are a major representative of it. Here you have a song from their first LP . A horror film turned into music. Good night and sweet dreams, you all! https://open.spotify.com/track/5swTG5VU41Q7Bh4uriGjaM?si=BbxEGLv_Qq2RMho6HQY3Xw

Song: Battle To The Last Artist: DARKNESS This month I want to dust off the music of Darkness .  Some may say there are many bands with that name, but for me, there's only one Darkness. For those who are not familiar with the band, they became, in the late 80s, representative of what we could now call the purest old-school German Thrash style .  Their first two albums are cult items which I was lucky enough to have in my hands. Their records feature underground-drawn artwork that matches their vision of a world in chaos.  What I like most about this band is their raw sound. Listening to their albums is like being at a live concert. The sound of all the instruments is like a jab right in your veins.  I think I was really fortunate to enjoy their music at a time when their aesthetics  clicked with a world where chemicals, nuclear menace , and West-East tension were commonplace.  You'd better run for cover, since here I bring you a perfect discharge of Thras...

Song: A Mansion In Darkness Artist: KING DIAMOND Here we have this October post dedicated to King Diamond .  As I mentioned last month, we continue to look back at an essential act of heavy metal .  In my opinion, when King Diamond started his solo career , he took this new step by moving from a much doomier style to a power metal stage, and did so without losing that gothic essence he treasured. His albums are finely crafted, complex compositions, and his multi-range pitch singing stands out above it all. Here I bring you perhaps his greatest album . A concept album , and perhaps one of the  masterpieces of heavy metal . Get gripped by this horror film in the form of majestic heavy metal and enjoy one of the unparalleled voices of the genre. Time to light a candle . https://open.spotify.com/track/5s3pQ50lkH4d0Aj9RpGyrn?si=vGeFq_UyTNOjUfVJ2HCCuw

Song: Black Funeral Artist: MERCYFUL FATE This month I want to dedicate the post to Mercyful Fate , pioneers of heavy metal coming out of Denmark and one of the big names of the genre in the 80s .  And speaking about Mercyful Fate is speaking about their vocalist and frontman, King Diamond . But I will pay tribute to King’s legacy in next month’s post.  So be ready, because with this song and the one coming next month, the party is entering into the purest darkness.  Mercyful Fate’s music is a powerful discharge of heavy metal infused with sombre gothic atmospheres .  The songs of Mercyful Fate are like an unsuccessful attempt at breaking through thick fog, which will only lead you to doom and damnation.  Let's make the party grimmer with this Black Funeral . https://open.spotify.com/track/6nIs4qvvfxAL5l0oXk9n68?si=XewjPPsmRweTxNZWYzTGuQ