HEAVY METAL EXPLOSION

L��z Rockit (US, thrash/power metal)
Annihilation Principle - CD - 1989
City's Gonna Burn - CD - 1984
City's Gonna Burn - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1984/2007
Official reissue with new cover and 'Prelude to Death demo as bonustracks.
Know Your Enemy - CD - 1987
Know Your Enemy - CD (with 3 bonus)
Bootleg with the 'Prelude to Death' 1983 demo hidden at the end of the last track.
Nothing$ $acred - CD - 1991
Taste Of Rebellion: Live in Citta - live CD - 1992

L.A. Kaos (US, heavy metal) See also: Hirax, Phantasm
Pre-Hirax. Katon's vocals over simple, rock-inspired heavy metal.
Demo - 1983

Labyrinth (Ita, power metal)
Labyrinth - CD - 2003

Laceration (US-Illinois, death/doom) Pre-Novembers Doom
Ripping Avulsion - EP - 1992

Lacrimas Profundere (Ger)
Memorandum - CD - 1999

Lacrimosa (Fin, gothic metal)
Earliest stuff is gothic/darkwave.
Schakal - mCD - 1994

Lanfear (Ger, power/progressive metal)
Zero Poems - CD - 1999

Langsuyr (Malaysia, black/occult death metal)
**Also see 'Ipoh's Metal Militant' compilation.
The Eastern Cruelty - cass. EP - 1996
Occultus Mysticism - demo - 1993
Eastern answer to the Rotting Christ 'Satanas Te deum' demo.
Riusgnal - CD - 1999
Demo and EP with a bonus track.

Last Breath (Can)
Ashes to Ashes - CD - 1994

Last Flight (UK, NWoBHM)
Dance to the Music b/w I'm Ready - EP - 1981

LatroDect�s (Fra, black metal)
Darkened Abyss - mCD - 2001

Laughing Man, The (Nor, death metal)
Features pre-Frantic Bleep members, but nothing like their stuff.
The Laughing Man - mCD - 1994

Lautrec (UK, NWOBHM) See also: Stampede
Mean Gasoline - EP - 1980

Law-Hide (Japan, thrash/thrashcore)
Project Oiri (split with Godie/Gapt) - CD - 199?

Lawlessness (Fra, hard rock/metal)
On the Run - LP - 1982

Lawshed (Japan, thrash)
**Also see 'Far East Thrash Army II' compilation.
Let Us Not Talk Falsely - CD - 1991

Lazarus Sin (US, heavy metal)
Intracranial Mass - CD - 1988

Leader/лидep (Russia, hard rock)
**I've also seen people spell this phonetically as 'Lider.' Real old style hard rock.
Life - CD - 1997

Leash Law (US, power/heavy metal)
Dogface - CD - 2004

Leather Nunn (US, heavy metal)
Take the Night - LP - 1986
Take the Night - CD (with 4 bonus) - 1986/2003

Leatherwolf (US, heavy metal)
Leatherwolf (first album) - CD - 1985
Leatherwolf (second album) - CD - 1987

Leeway (US, thrash/crossover)
Born to Expire - CD - 1988

Legacy (US-CA, thrash) See also: Testament, Exodus
Pre-Testament. A better quality version of one of the '85 demo tracks is on the 'Deeper into the Vault' comp.
Demo - 1984
With (I think) Derrick Ramirez on vocals. None of these songs seem to be re-used.
Demo:1 - demo - 1985
Despite the title, this is the band's second demo. Maybe the '84 one is not considered official? Steve Souza on vocals, with songs that would all be redone later by Testament.

Legal Butchery (Bel, death metal)
Key to Paradise - CD - 1996

Legend (Fra, heavy metal)
Demo - 1986
Porteur de Lumi�re b/w Les Enfants de la Temp�te - EP - 198?

Legend (UK-Jersey, NWoBHM)
Anthology - 2CD - 2002
Both EPs, the s/t LP, and a 1983 demo.
Death in the Nursery - LP - 1982
Frontline - EP - 1982
Legend - LP - 1981
Still Screaming - CD - 2003
Includes a new version of 'Hiroshima' from the first LP.

Legend (UK-Kent, NWoBHM)
...AD 1980... - CD - 1994
Compilation of old material, but no date/recording information.

Legend (US-CT, heavy metal)
From the Fjords - LP - 1979

Legion (Spa, thrash)
Lethal Liberty - LP - 1989

Legion (US-IN, death metal)
Conqueror - CD - 2000

Legion (US-OH, heavy metal)
Legion of Deth - mLP - 1986

Le Griffe (UK, NWoBHM)
Breaking Strain - mLP - 1984
You're Killing Me - EP - 1984

Lemming Project (Ger, death metal)
Extinction - CD - 1991
Hate and Despise - CD - 1992

Leprocy (Can, thrash)
Brutal Occupation - demo - 1988

Le'Rue Delashay (US, neo-classical/ambient)
Ex-Lorde of All Desires member.
The Court Composer - CD - 1998

Lester Maddox (US, heavy metal)
Gothic Lore - LP - 1986

Lethal (Arg, thrash)
Bienvenidos a mi Reino/Warriors - CD - 1990/1992/199?
CD reissue of the first 2 albums.
Maza - CD - 1993

Lethal (US, heavy metal)
The Arrival - demo - 1988

Lethal Aggression (US, crossover/thrashcore)
From the Cunt of the Fucking Whore - demo - 1985
From the Cunt of the Fucking Whore - CD - 2001
The demo, a radio spot, and the entire unreleased 'Godservation' LP from '91.
Just Killed Rock'N'Roll - EP - 1987
Life is Hard...But That's No Excuse At All - CD - 1989
Life is Hard...But That's No Excuse At All - CD (with 20 bonus) - 1989/2007
Reissue with 20 bonus tracks. Track order of the original LP has been rearranged a bit.
Subliminal Erosion - EP - 1990

Lethal Curse (Brazil, black metal)
Rape the Innocence - CD - 1998
Bathory cover.

Leukemia (Swe, death metal)
Habitat/House of Usher members.
Grey-Flannel Souled - CD - 1994
Suck My Heaven - CD - 1993

Leviaethan (Brazil, thrash)
Smile - LP - 1989

Leviathan (US-CA, black metal)
Tentacles of Whorror - CD - 2004

Leviathan (US-CO, power/progressive metal)
Leviathan - mCD - 1991

Leviathen (US, thrashy power metal)
Pre-Skumbags.
Onward Thru the Fog - CD - 1993

Leyenda (Spa, heavy metal)
Quintaesencia - CD - 2005

Liar (Bel)
HC band turned metallic.
Invictus - CD - 1997
Now almost totally death metal.

Liar (Ger, power/thrash)
Cheatin' Games - CD - 1991
Nothing But the Truth - CD - 1989

Liar of Golgotha (Neth, black metal) See also: Funeral Winds
Dwell Within the Mysterious Dark - CD - 1998
Vendetta - mCD - 1996

Liege Lord (US, heavy metal)
Burn to My Touch - CD - 1987
Demo - 1984
Freedom's Rise - bootleg CD - 1985
Master Control - CD - 1988

Liers In Wait (Swe, death metal) See also: Diabolique
Spiritually Uncontrolled Art - mCD - 1992

Lifeless (Lux, death metal)
Reconciliation - The Third of a Trilogy - CD - 1999
Includes '99 demo versions of all tracks as bonuses.

Limbonic Art (Nor, black metal)
In Abhorrence Dementia - CD - 1997

Lion's Breed (Ger, heavy metal) pre-Scanner
Damn the Night - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1985/2008
Includes the band's '84 demo as bonustracks.

Lionsheart (UK, hard rock, heavy metal) See also: Grim Reaper
Rising Sons - CD - 2002
Live in Osaka, Japan 1993. 2 Grim Reaper covers.

Lion's Share (Swe, power metal)
Entrance - CD - 2001

Liturgia (Colombia)
Veritatis Splendor - CD - 1998
Death/doom with some black metal influences. Vocals remind me of Rotting Christ style a bit.

Living Death (Ger, speed metal)
Back to the Weapons - EP - 1986
demo - 1982
Killing In Action - CD - 1991
Live - EP - 1988
4 live tracks from 'Metal Revolution.'
Metal Revolution - CD - 1985
Metal Revolution - CD (with 5 bonus) - 1985/2002
5 bonus live tracks from '85.
Protected From Reality - CD - 1987
Vegeance of Hell - CD - 1984
Vengeance of Hell - CD (with one bonus) - 1984/2001
Remaster, includes 'Watch Out' from the '85 EP as bonus.
Worlds Neuroses - CD - 1989

Lobotomy (Swe, death metal)
Born in Hell - CD - 1999
Lobotomy - CD - 1995

Lone Wolf (UK, NWoBHM) See also: Blitzkrieg
Nobody's Move - 12" EP - 1984
Brian Ross on vocals.

Longings Past (US, heavy metal) See also: Enchanter
Meadows of Maseilya - CD (reissue) - 1992/2008

Long Winters' Stare (US)
Before the Dawn, So Go the Shadows of Humanity - CD - 1999

Lord (Hun, hard rock/heavy metal)
Ragadoz�k - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1989/2000
Szemedben a Csillagok - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1988/2000
Reissue with the 'Akarom �t/T�pett �lom' 1986 EP as bonuses.

Lord Blasphemate (Brazil, black metal)
The Sun that Never Dies... - CD - 1997

Lord Diabolus, The (Fin, black metal) See also: Beherit
**Beherit alias.
Down There... - demo - 1991

Lordes Werre (US, thrash, deaththrash) See also: Afterlife
Canticles of Armageddon - mCD - 1996
Demon Crusades - CD - 1999
With Ben Meyer (Nasty Savage) on guitars and Scott Carroll (Cianide) on vocals.

Lord Foul (US, black metal)
Killing, Raping, Burning - demo - 1993

Lord of Evil (Poland/Ger, black metal)
Pre-War 88.
Soldiers of Satan - CD - 1998
CD reissue of the 'Kill for Satan' and 'Satan's Soldiers' '94 demos.

Lordian Guard (US, heavy/epic metal) See also: Warlord
Lordian Guard - CD - 1996
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - CD - 1997

Lord Ry�r (Can, heavy metal)
Pact with the Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes - EP - 1986

Lords of the Crimson Alliance (US, heavy metal)
Lords of the Crimson Alliance - LP - 1986

Lord Vader (Poland, heavy metal)
Goliath - CD - 2002
'86 and '01 material, and '83 material when they were called Fatum.

Los Asesinos del Pentagrama (Panama, heavy metal)
Due�os Del Universo - CD - 2004
Metalucifer cover.

Loss For Words (US, thrash/thrashcore)
Prey - CD - 1989

Lost Eden (Can, thrashy power metal) See also: Majester
Hidden Reflections - CD - 2001

Lost Generation (US, thrash/crossover)
Midnight Meat Train - CD - 1990

Lost Horizon (Fra, heavy metal)
Les Fleurs du M�le - cassette - 1984
I'm unsure whether this is a demo or a cassette album.

Lost Horizon (Swe, power metal)
A Flame to the Ground Beneath - CD - 2003
Awakening the World - CD - 2001

Lost in Blue (US, instrumental heavy metal)
Lost in Blue - CD - 2008
All-instrumental, except for a hidden track.

Lost Soul (Pol, death metal)
Scream of the Mourning Star - CD - 2000

Loudblast (Fra) See also: Agressor
General musical shift has been from thrash to deaththrash to death metal.
A Taste of Death - CD - 1999
Comp. of live/alternate/demo session tracks and previously released material.
Cross the Threshold - mCD - 1993
Slayer cover.
Disincarnate - CD - 1991
Floridian-style DM here.
Fragments - CD - 1998
Licensed to Thrash - CD - 1998
Their side of the Agressor split LP with bonustracks.
Sensorial Treatment - CD - 1989
Reissue with 'Oath of Allegiance' bonustrack.
Sensorial Treatment (4 trks) - promo - 1989
This is NOT the same as the March '89 promo tape.
Sublime Dementia - CD - 1993
Submission Tour '98 - live CD - 1998
The Time Keeper - live CD - 1995

Loudness (Japan, heavy metal)
The Birthday Eve - CD - 1981
Burning Love - EP - 1982
Devil Soldier - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1982
Includes 'Geraldine' and a live version of 'Lonely Player.'
Disillusion (Japanese lyrics) - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1984
Includes 2 bonus live tracks.
Dragon - CD - 1998
Ghetto Machine - CD - 1997
The Law of Devil's Land - CD - 1983
Road Racer - EP - 1983
Thunder in the East - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1985
Includes 2 tracks from the 'Gotta Fight' single (from the anime 'Odin') as bonuses.

Lowbrow (US, death metal) See also: Nasty Savage, Obituary
Sex, Violence, Death - CD - 2001
Victims at Play - CD - 1999

Lowrey, Mark (US, heavy metal)
Rusty Mark in the Metal Palace - LP - 1985

L.S.N./Loud Senseless Noise (US, speed/thrash metal) See also: Vermin
Fall to the Reich!. - demo - 1986
Vocals are kind of similar to Tony Portaro's in Whiplash.

Luciferion (Swe, death metal)
Demonication (The Manifest) - CD - 1994
Sodom cover.

Lucifer's Hammer (US, black metal, black/death)
The Mists of Time - CD - 1997
Bathory cover.

Lucifixion (US, death metal)
Indulge in the Macabre - CD - 1996

Lullacry (Fin)
Be My God - CD - 2001
Vol. 4 - CD - 2005

Luna Ad Noctum (Pol, black metal)
Dimness' Profound - CD - 2002

Lunacy (Swi, prog. thrash)
Believe? - CD - 1993
Grey Silence - mCD - 1997

Lunarchy (Ger, power metal)
Mind & Motion - CD - 1994

Lunatic Gods (Slovakia, death/black/doom)
The Wilderness - CD - 2001

Lunatic Invasion (Ger)
The Selected Ones - CD - 1993

Lunatics Without Skateboards Inc. (Neth, thrash)
Death and Die - demo - 1988
Welcome to the Asylum - CD (with 1 bonus) - 1989

Lungorthin (Ger, black metal)
Prophecy of Eternal Winter - CD - 1999

Lust (Fra, heavy metal)
Live Nov. 11, 1986
Minigaps. No location info, but probably not in France, since stage banter is in English.
Live April 22, 1995
Minigaps. French stage banter.
We'll Never Die - CD - 1988/2005
Reissue with 6 bonus.

Lust (Mex, black/thrash metal)
In the Name of Pleasure...In the Name of Lust - mCD - 2001

Lustful (Brazil, death metal)
The Almighty Facets - CD - 1995

Lux Ferre (Port, black metal)
Acerbus Mortis (split with Daemonlord/Malleus/Mortinatum) - CD - 2003

Lux Occulta (Poland)
Dionysos - CD - 1997
Symphonic black metal here.

Luzbel (Mex, heavy metal)
Both Luzbel and Lvzbel releases will be listed together.
El Comienzo/The Beginning - CD - 1997
Compilation of early Luzbel material and early material from Red, Raul Grenas' pre-Luzbel band in the UK.
Metal Ca�do del Cielo - CD - 1985
Pasaporte al Infierno - CD - 1986
Vivo y Desnudo: Dos - live CD - 1999

Lycanthropy (US, black metal)
The Veils of Sorrow - mCD - 1996

Lycantrophy (Fin, thrash) See also: A.R.G.
Sickness Revealed - demo - 1989

Lyin Rampant (UK, hard rock, melodic metal) See also: Tytan, Heavy Pettin'
Up and Cumin' - CD (with 4 bonus) - 1987/2008
Reissue of the '87 album with unreleased and demo tracks as bonuses.

Lynx (Fra, hard rock, heavy metal) demo - 1985
Solid hard rock with keyboards. Guitars are heavy enough for this to be considered metal at times.

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