Artist description The Truest of True Metal the Realest of Real

Music Style True Real Metal

Musical Influences Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Accept, Hammerfall

Similar Artists Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Accept, Hammerfall

Artist History Since their 1980 formation, Anal Guardian has played True Real Metal at its truest and realest. Their brand of Metal is in fact so true and so real that they deemed it unfit to be released to the shallow ears of the general rock audience. That is until now. For the first time ever, they are giving their music to a source that allows all listeners, not just the truest and realest, to enjoy it. Now you oh unfortunate MP3.com subscriber who has probably been raised on the False Metal of Dark Toilet and Manowar – can see what all the fuss is about. As of 1981, some bands were playing True Metal, and some bands were playing Real Metal. Anal Guardian turned the world on its head by playing Metal that was both True and Real with their debut album, Barbarian. Of course, only the truest and the realest of Metal fans could appreciate it, so it was largely ignored. The same could be said about its follow-up, 1983’s Hot Tonite. An album of it's candor did not deserve to be ignored, but the band members knew it was too True and Real to be appreciated by the masses and did little regarding its distribution. 1984 saw the band take a very drastic step by recording The Steel Crusade. We wanted to make an album called The Steel Crusade, says bassist Andante. So we made it. In 1986, the band wanted to make the Legend album. Accordingly, to the delight of their fan base, they made the album. After Louder Than Manowar, a stunning live album, a full three years passed before the band shocked the world once again by recording The Battle of Prometheus, a thoughtful and dramatic concept album that many fans consider to be Anal Guardian's truest and realest moment. Three more years would pass before the back-to-basics bludgeon of 1992's Accelerator. Many Anal Guardian fans were disappointed, as they felt the album rarely captured the band's earlier glory. The legions of fools who thought that Anal Guardian would simply wither away in the tradition of other Metal dinosaurs were proved wrong, as 1995's The Mighty was considered to be their best album since Prometheus. Nevertheless, more and more fans grew impatient during the band's three year lapses between albums. "Sometimes it takes us three years to record an album," says guitarist Lazimondias. When that happens, the album usually doesn't come out for three years. Anal Guardian consolidated their hold on the Metal world in 1997 with The Dark Crystal, a lavish concept album based on the movie of the same name. It represented a marriage between both old and new Anal Guardian, and, even if it isn't their truest and realest, it's certainly their truest. In 2001, Anal Guardian set the world on fire once again with the Leather Gods album. Described by Bercilac as being the new millenium's equivalent of Judas Priest's Turbo, the album is almost too True and too Real for the equipment which it was recorded on. Can you handle it's trueness and realness?

Group Members Bercilac - Vocals Andante - Bass Aktar - Drums Lazimandias - Guitar

Albums Barbarian - 1981, Hot Tonite - 1983,Unleashed Tonite (Live EP) - 1983,The Steel Crusade - 1984,Legend - 1986,Louder Than Manowar (Live) - 1986,The Battle of Prometheus - 1989,Accelerator - 1992,The Mighty - 1995,The Dark Crystal - 1997,Leather Gods - 2001

Location philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA

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