Uriah Heep

[Soul of Ice]

What is their best material? They have quite the extensive discography.

 

[carnut]

I would definitly start of with an old best-off album, so you can see the good stuff of their career....Good one to start is the "best-of" with the black cover...

 

[Fangface]

(Almost) everything from Very Heavy (1970) to Return to Fantasy (1975) is godly in my opinion, you can start with Demons and Wizards, Magician's Birthday or Look At Yourself... these are the David Byron years, classic stuff

 

[TheWhisper]

(Almost) everything from Very Heavy (1970) to Return to Fantasy (1975) is godly in my opinion, you can start with Demons and Wizards, Magician's Birthday or Look At Yourself... these are the David Byron years, classic stuff

Agreed...'Demons and Wizards' & 'Magician's Birthday' are my faves.

 

[wdiv]

I wonder if "Demons and Wizards" the band is in tribute to "Demons and Wizards" the album?

 

[Wyvern]

(Almost) everything from Very Heavy (1970) to Return to Fantasy (1975) is godly in my opinion, you can start with Demons and Wizards, Magician's Birthday or Look At Yourself... these are the David Byron years, classic stuff

What Fang said . Especially "Demons And Wizards" and "Magician's Birthday", those are the tour de force if you like those you probably will like the whole Byron era IMO.

Helloween - 'The King For A 1000 Years'

 

[Priest of Evil]

I quite like that track Bad Blood but I've not really heard much else...

 

[Fangface]

I wonder if "Demons and Wizards" the band is in tribute to "Demons and Wizards" the album?

Considering that Hansi is a Uriah Heep fan... maybe

 

[Wyvern]

Considering that Hansi is a Uriah Heep fan... maybe

Actually it is. They have stated on some interviews and Blind Guardian did a cover of 'The Wizard', so I'm sure about it

NP: Shaaman -'Trail Of Tears'

 

[desert_demon]

I've been starting to get more and more into Heep in recent years. My introduction was the excellent Classic Heep: An Anthology, a 2 CD Best Of. I also have 2 DVDs, Acoustically Driven and The Legend Continues, both of these with their current line up.
Some people are hung up on the "classic" 70's material and refuse to listen to anything else, but their later stuff is pretty good too with exception of their 80's period where they went a bit too pop for my taste.

 

[Fangface]

Some people are hung up on the "classic" 70's material and refuse to listen to anything else, but their later stuff is pretty good too with exception of their 80's period where they went a bit too pop for my taste.

It just wasn't the same anymore when their main songwriter Ken Hensley left in the early 80's... :/

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Agreed...'Demons and Wizards' & 'Magician's Birthday' are my faves.

I have both of those albums on LP, and they are pretty badass. I do think that Uriah Heep has some of the worst album art ever, though.

 

[Soul of Ice]

I have both of those albums on LP, and they are pretty badass. I do think that Uriah Heep has some of the worst album art ever, though.

Man, I think Abominog looks cool!

 

[Wyvern]

I have both of those albums on LP, and they are pretty badass. I do think that Uriah Heep has some of the worst album art ever, though.

No way! they have covers by Roger Dean and the rest are cool too.


NP: Sweet Savage - 'The Raid'

 

[rokk]

Man, I think Abominog looks cool!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Eh...... cheesy.

 

[Fangface]

By the way, anyone knows the link between this cover below and the album title?

 

[Wyvern]

By the way, anyone knows the link between this cover below and the album title?

I always wondered about that one since the cover I know is different (see below) and btw I dob't know what's the relationship with it either

NP: Memory Garden - 'A Long Grey Day'

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Salisbury, i a good album, firsh album i heard by them and I still enjoy it.

 

[Fangface]

Salisbury, i a good album, first album i heard by them and I still enjoy it.

Especially the orchestral 16 minutes long title-track, what an epic!