But don’t let that discount how menacing they could be, especially on the opening riff to this song. Venom- Don’t Burn the Witchĭespite the name of this album, Venom were much more of a NWOBHM band than a black metal band, as their influence on the second wave sound was more aesthetic and lyrical. “Freewheel Burning” is one of those songs that utterly floors you the first time you hear it.
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At this point in the Judas Priest’s career, any traces of 70s prog-rock were long gone and the band were a roaring heavy metal machine. Plus, the band does look pretty sweaty in this video, which seems to fit nicely with our theme here.
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I love how effortlessly Halford sings the rapid-fire lyrics to the bridge in this live clip. There’s a lot of fire mixed in there as well, so much so that there’s quite a few classics that are about burning or at least have the word “burn” in the song title.Ī search on Metal Archives for these songs will spew forth 4523 entries…that’s a lot of burning! So instead of desperately running through this treacherous blaze (and probably suffering through hundreds of 15th-generation gore-grind bands), let’s narrow the selection down to the real scorchers! Judas Priest- Freewheel Burning Metal has a few subjects it’s mined very prolifically over the years: death, war, destruction and so on. As miserable as that all sounds, you have to admit it’s pretty metal as well. If you live up in Northeast like I do, it’s really humid as well.