A metal journey: Let there be NWOBHM

 And the devil speaks: Let there be light!
And as the darkness vanished a tree gets visible and a kind little guy in that tree began to sing:

"Fear of the dark, fear of the dark...."

Iron Maiden - Fear of the dark was my choice.
I rushed home, turned on my stereo system and was flashed.
The opening title "Be quick or be dead" was the fastest and hardest piece of rock music I heard until that.
And as the last cord of the last track, "Fear of the Dark" itself was over, I know that from now on, heavy metal would be my kind of music for the future and rest of my life.





In fact there was of course more than metal music in my life.
I still listen some of my previous music.
AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Die Ärzte (a German punk rock band),
but my metal collection keeps growing.
Piece of mind, No prayer for the dying, The number of the beast.... All great albums by Iron Maiden.
I added some Judast Priest, Helloween and Manowar. 

This should be my music setup for the following years, until a day in .... well .... I don't know the year anymore.... my father gave me a CD by Vader: Vader - Live in Japan......

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