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Metal for Muthas is the name given to a series of heavy metal compilations made during the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM).

Metal for Muthas Volumes I & II
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	15 February 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	40:50 (vol. I), 43:38 (vol. II)
Label	EMI (LP version), Sanctuary Records (CD reissue)
Producer	Ashley Goodall EMI A&R
Compiler	Neal Kay
Vol. II cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
(Vol. I) AllMusic	[1]
(Vol. I) Sounds	[2]
(Vol. II) AllMusic	[3]

The original compilation was Metal for Muthas, released in February 1980. The compilation was a sampling of various better-known artists of the NWOBHM, primarily known for having some of the earliest recorded material by heavy metal legends Iron Maiden. The original Metal for Muthas album reached No. 12 on the British LP charts[4] and became the basis of a tour by the artists who contributed songs to the compilation. Iron Maiden, who headlined the tour, became largely intertwined with the history of Sanctuary Records (whose namesake was the similarly named Iron Maiden track on the compilation).

Metal For Muthas was followed by a second similar compilation, Metal for Muthas Volume II. The compilation featured less notable artists of the NWOBHM but is also reminiscent of the DIY ethic of the late 1970s and early 1980s British heavy metal underground scene.

Also released in 1980 on EMI as part of the same series was a four-track compilation EP entitled Muthas Pride (12EMI5074).

The brand name was resurrected in the early 1990s by DJ Neal Kay, who produced a compilation entitled Metal for Muthas '92, featuring unsigned British hard rock acts. The album gained a Japan-only release on the Pony Canyon label (PCCY-00392).[5]

Track listing

Volume I

1. Iron Maiden - "Sanctuary" - 3:32
2. Sledgehammer - "Sledgehammer" - 3:10
3. E. F. Band - "Fighting for Rock and Roll" - 3:34
4. Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Blues in A" - 3:44
5. Praying Mantis - "Captured City" - 5:31
6. Ethel the Frog - "Fight Back" - 2:49
7. Angel Witch - "Baphomet" - 4:58
8. Iron Maiden - "Wrathchild" - 3:10
9. Samson - "Tomorrow or Yesterday" - 5:31
10. Nutz - "Bootliggers" - 4:41

"Blues in A" was performed by Toad the Wet Sprocket, a British blues-metal band that had no connection with the later American alternative rock band of the same name. The two bands took their name from a sketch that appeared on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album. Ethel the Frog also took their name from a Monty Python sketch about Doug & Dinsdale Pirhana.

Volume II

1. Trespass - "One of These Days" - 3:49
2. Eazy Money - "Telephone Man" - 5:22
3. Xero - "Cutting Loose" - 4:27
4. White Spirit - "High upon High" - 4:34
5. Dark Star - "Lady of Mars" - 4:29
6. Horsepower - "You Give Me Candy" - 4:39
7. Red Alert - "Open Heart" - 2:40
8. Chevy - "Chevy" - 4:39
9. The Raid - "Hard Lines" - 3:38
10. Trespass - "Storm Child" - 5:21

Muthas Pride

1. Wildfire - "Wild Dogs" - 3:20
2. Quartz - "Back in the Band" - 2:49
3. White Spirit - "Red Skies" - 5:01
4. Baby Jane - "Baby" - 2:22

Metal For Muthas '92

1. Gangland - "Beyond the Law" - 4:08
2. Savannah Nix - "Love's Last Shot" - 3:33
3. L.O. Girls - "Big Rock" - 2:59
4. Dynamite Inc. - "Shark" - 3:06
5. Flight 19 - "Liar" - 3:52
6. Crazy Angel - "Daddy's Girl" - 3:39
7. St. Hellier - "Living in Fear" - 3:55
8. Pete Wadeson Band - "Thrill of the Chase" - 3:58
9. L.O. Girls - "Love Injection" - 2:37
10. Flight 19 - "Flame" - 4:14
11. Savannah Nix - "Free my State of Mind" - 4:59
12. Hardland - "Hammerfall" - 3:24
13. Gangland - "Death Threat" - 3:07
14. Bad Influence - "Life Goes On" - 5:10
15. Quick Shimmy - "Quick Shimmy" - 3:49

References

External links

• RoughEdge.com Metal for Muthas review
• Cheap Trash Metal for Muthas Compilation Review
• Cheap Trash Metal for Muthas Volume II Compilation Review

На других языках

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Metal for Muthas es el nombre de dos recopilaciones de heavy metal hechas durante la Nueva ola de heavy metal británico. La compilación original fue Metal for Muthas (volumen I), lanzado en febrero de 1980. Era una muestra de varios artistas conocidos de la NWOBHM, y es conocida principalmente por tener algunas de las primeras grabaciones de la leyenda del heavy metal Iron Maiden. la recopilación es considerada por algunos como una importante pieza documental del surgimiento del heavy metal post-punk, aunque las opiniones en ese tiempo eran diversas. El álbum original alcanzó el lugar 12 en la tabla de LP británicas e incluso se convirtió en la base de una gira con los artistas que contribuyeron con canciones para el disco. Iron Maiden, quien encabezó el tour, se entrelazó mucho con la historia de Sanctuary Records (el nombre de esa discográfica proviene de la canción Sanctuary), ahora como un gran sello discográfico en el mundo del metal.

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