VAN HALEN — Van Halen (review)

VAN HALEN — Van Halen album cover Album · 1978 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Bomb Brigade
Simply put,the quintessential album for any fan of hard rock to own.This album,inandofiteself,defines everything that is great about this type of music:extreme raw energy,screaming guitar licks,insane hooks for days,and oodles of charisma as only David Lee Roth can present it! Upon it's release in 1978,this album singlehandedly redefined what it meant to be a hard rock band.David Lee redifined the role of the frontman in music and Edward Van Halen actually reinvented the tone of rock guitar,as Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck had done years earlier. Nothing in our lifetimes may ever again come close to the sheer bombastic magnitude of AIN'T TALKIN''BOUT LOVE,ON FIRE,ERUPTION,or ATOMIC PUNK.The insane genius of these songs encapsulated exactly what it meant to kick ass from one shore to another,from sea to shining sea...Not to even mention the band's brilliant take on The Kinks' tired standard YOU REALLY GOT ME,reviving the classic and infusing it with a crazy new life,just as Dr.Frankenstein had done with his monstrous creation.And,not to forget,Roth's retooling of the John Brim selection ICE CREAM MAN,turning a backwoods ditty into a rebel rousing anthem as only DLR could! From start to finish,the greatest selection of songs ever assembled onto one disc;the perfect hard rock album for this and every generation!
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

For Those Who Breathe From Darkness Metalcore
OATHSWAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
Terror Butcher Goregrind
TERROR BUTCHER
Buy this album from MMA partners
About Life Sludge Metal
THROATSNAPPER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Bag Seeker Sludge Metal
BORER
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Stygian Rose Traditional Doom Metal
CRYPT SERMON
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Throatsnapper - Brilliant Insane (official video)
THROATSNAPPER
Bosh66· 11 hours ago
Throatsnapper - Getting even (official video)
THROATSNAPPER
Bosh66· 11 hours ago
From Wood To Gallows (official)
THROATSNAPPER
Bosh66· 11 hours ago
Throatsnapper - Why (official video)
THROATSNAPPER
Bosh66· 11 hours ago
Median - Turn Back Time (Official Music Video)
MEDIAN (TRE)
Bosh66· 19 hours ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed