METAL HISTORY: Metallica live @ Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles, 1982 or 1983

Sarge, Stormer, Metallica, and opening act Greg Leon Invasion @ The Whisky a Go Go, #8901 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, in 1982 or 1983. If the photo was taken in 1982 then Dave Mustaine would have been part of Metallica. The band Stormer featured Tim Gaines who went on to become a dedicated Christian and bassist for Stryper.

The Whisky a Go Go in recent times. The club was referenced by Motley Crue in its 2008 song "Down at the Whisky" on The Saints of Los Angeles album.

NEWS: Scott Waters' Top 30 Metal Albums of 2013

Death Angel

Top 30 albums of 2013
1. Accuser - Diabolic

2. Saxon - Sacrifice
3. Warbringer - IV: Empires Collapse
4. Deep Purple - Now What?!
5. Death Angel - The Dream Call for Blood
6. Extol - s/t
7. Deliverance - Hear What I Say!
8. Voivod - Target Earth
9. Stryper - No More Hell to Pay
10. Black Sabbath - 13
11. Havok - Unnatural Selection
12. Bloodgood - Dangerously Close
13. Annihilator - Feast
14. Anvil - Hope in Hell
15. Boarders - R-Existence
16. Gama Bomb - The Terror Tapes
17. Six Feet Under - Unborn
18. Newsted - Heavy Metal Music

19. Pÿlon - The Harrowing of Hell (Deluxe Edition)
20. Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Loose
21. Metal Church - Generation Nothing
22. Motorhead - Aftershock
23. Coheed & Cambria - The Afterman: Descension
24. Possessor - Let Them Eat Metal
25. Victor Griffin's In-Graved - s/t
26 White Wizzard - The Devil's Cut
27. Queensryche - Queensryche
28 My Silent Wake - Silver Under Midnight
29. Megadeth - Super Collider
30. My Silent Wake/Pylon - Empyrean Rose (split)

[Scott Waters is the vocalist of American thrash-metal band Ultimatum. This list is reproduced here with Scott's kind written permission.]

Legendary band Metal Church makes a sterling return with new album Generation Nothing

Stryper - check out the great new album No More Hell to Pay

Motorhead - Lemmy and his aging Crew are back with new album Aftershock