Riot

01. Riot - Rock City, 1977 Vinyl LP Album      Attic - LAT 1041 02. Riot - Narita, 1979 Vinyl LP Album      Victor - VIP-6623 03. Riot - Restless Breed, 1982 Vinyl LP Album      Elektra - XE1-60134 04. Riot - Thundersteel, 1988 CD Album      CBS Associated Records - ZK 44232      Reissue from 0 05. Riot - Riot Live, 1989 CD Album      CBS/Sony - CSCS 5024      Live 1980 & 1981 06. Riot - The Privilege Of Power, 1990 CD Album      Epic - 466486 2 07. Riot - Riot In Japan - Live!!, 1992 CD Album      Sony Records - SRCS 5810 08. Riot - Night Breaker, 1993 CD Album Reissue      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14239-2      Reissue from 1999 09. Riot - Fire Down Under, 1981 CD Album Reissue Remastered      High Vaultage - HV-1021 10. Riot - Born In America, 1984 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14234-2 11. Riot - Inishmore , 1999 CD Album      Letom Productions - TOCP50773      1998 12. Riot - Live In Japan, 1999 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14241-2 13. Riot - Sons Of Society, 1999 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14249-2 14. Riot - The Brethren Of The Long House, 2002 CD Album      CD-Maximum - CDM 0502-882 15. Riot - Through The Storm, 2002 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14399-2 16. Riot - Army Of One, 2007 CD Album      Mystic Empire, Mazzar Records - MYST CD 195, MYST CD 195 17. Riot - Immortal Soul, 2011 CD Album      Steamhammer - SPV 309872 CD 18. Riot - Unleash The Fire, 2014 CD Album Limited Edition      Steamhammer, Steamhammer - SPV 1267900, SPV 267900 According to Last.fm's bureau of statistics, Riot is the band I listened to the most in 2017. So let's hear what's in this almost four decades long output. There are a few black dots in this series - I have a hard time with the Rhett Forrester albums and the excessively cheesy Irishmore - but the main course - everything except 1982/1983 and Irishmore - is entirely awesome hard rock and speed metal, with a few layers of cheese in the form of ballads, you know, heavy metal ballads. But the rest was meant to become classic material. They could have made it to the front league with Judas Priest and Saxon and Iron Maiden. My most favorite is the victorious Immortal Soul - that one has a particular energy, the first song is simply the most exciting metal anthem on this side of the Zeriverse. Riot till the breaking of all necks and the banging of all heads! Riot in 2018 and a rocking new year! Remove brackets and unzip: [whats it gonna taaaaaaake] !ZER Riot ZER!