BW&BK's Top 30 Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time - #9

July 22, 2011, 12 years ago

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In celebration of Canada Day (celebrated yearly on July 1st), BraveWords.com has been counting down the 30 Best Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time throughout the month of July!

Meticulously compiled by the BW&BK; scribes, we have finally reached our top ten and the best is yet to come!! What better way to spent the dog days of summer than to visit BraveWords.com and check out which fine Canuck metal needs to be in your collection!

Drum roll please … onward to the top hard rock/metal slabs of all time from the Great White North!

#9) RAZOR - Evil Invaders (Attic - 1985)

Evil Invaders (second full-length and remarkably the second in ’85) is one of those landmark albums of a certain type of Canuck thrash, namely the near spontaneous, loose, fast, not to complicated form that gets pits swirling and heads-cracked open. Leader of the band and guitarist Dave Carlo is celebrated for the above vision, holding it all together with razor wire and speedy riff-mastery on such semi-classics as ‘Cross Me Fool’, ‘Cut Throat’, 'Instant Death' and the title track (check out the classic video below), songs that seem to make the statement that everything about thrash should be laid down with less sleep and more beer. Evil Invaders ranks with the best METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH had on offer at the time. And let's not forget about the throat, Stace "Sheepdog" McLaren who spit venom … pure extreme genius.

The Top 30 Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time!

#30) TRIUMPH – Allied Forces (Attic – 1981)

#29) INTO ETERNITY - The Scattering Of Ashes (Century Media - 2006)

#28) WOODS OF YPRES - Against The Seasons: Cold Winter Songs From The Dead Summer Heat (Krackenhaus - 2002)

#27) GORGUTS - Obscura (Olympic - 1998)

#26) CONEY HATCH - Coney Hatch (Mercury - 1982)

#25) SLAUGHTER – Strappado (Diabolic Force – 1987)

#24) KICK AXE - Vices (Pasha/CBS - 1984)

#23) KILLER DWARFS – Stand Tall (1988)

#22) SACRIFICE - Forward To Termination (Fringe - 1987)

#21) KIM MITCHELL - Akimbo Alogo (Alert - 1984)

#20) VOIVOD - Nothingface (Mechanic - 1989)

#19) HELIX – Walkin’ The Razor’s Edge (Capital - 1984)

#18) CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile (Wrong Again Records - 1996)

#17) EXCITER - Heavy Metal Maniac (Shrapnel 1983)

#16) BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - Not Fragile (Mercury - 1974)

#15) SWORD - Metalized (Aquarius 1986)

#14) RUSH - A Farewell To Kings (Mercury 1977)

#13) ANNIHILATOR - Alice In Hell (Roadracer 1989)

#12) PILEDRIVER - Metal Inquisition (Cobra - 1985)

#11) RUSH – Hemispheres (Anthem – 1978)

#10 MAX WEBSTER - Universal Juveniles (Anthem - 1980)

#9) RAZOR - Evil Invaders (Attic - 1985)



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