Best of Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00001NTRE
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About friggin time! One of the greatest metal bands ever!, January 7, 2000

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N. Day "ncday" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Grim Reaper (Audio CD)

Back in the early/mid 80's they released a flimsy 45 record which changed my headbanging life forever. These guys were the metallica of their day. 10 + years later these songs still rock. If you like metallica (pre-LOAD) and Manowar, you will love this album. I hoped and prayed this day would come. I mean, these guys only released 3 albums, what are the chances for a greatest hits album. But oh man, my prayers have been answered. I long for bands like this to come back and not fall prey to radio ear candy like metallica has done. Do yourself a favor and buy this album. This is one of the best 80's metal hair bands ever!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Need Another New Wave of British Heavy Metal!, September 16, 2004

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mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Grim Reaper (Audio CD)

If you are only going to buy one Grim Reaper CD, this is definitely the one! It has many tracks from each of their three albums: 7 from See You in Hell, 6 from Fear No Evil, and 4 from Rock You to Hell. The booklet is also very impressive. It includes liner notes with the track lengths, original release dates for each album, a listing of which tracks are on which albums, a five page history of the band (well-written, although bogged down by a redundant use of certain words), and two photos of the band. Not many greatest hits compilations have this much info. All it needs are lyrics and it would be complete.

Musically, these guys were awesome. They were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early/mid 1980s. I cannot believe I've missed out on them for so long. I was a big fan of Judas Priest and the best of the Brit New Wave, Iron Maiden, back in the 1980s. I had heard of Grim Reaper but never bought any of their albums. Well, these guys could rock with the best of them, including Priest, Accept, and Maiden. These guys were serious rockers. Steve Grimmett's voice is amazing and the Nick Bowcott's guitar work provides plenty of power. Even a potentially trashy track like "Suck It and See" sounds legit. Only the silly Twisted Sister-like intro to "Final Scream" might be considered novelty. A boxed set of their three albums (W.A.S.P. has such a set of three of their albums) would be the only Grim Reaper buy better than this. Even with all the tracks on this CD, I would buy such a set. In the meantime, buy The Best of, and experience the "Wrath of the Reaper."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the long wait, October 23, 2002

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"slaterduder" (California, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Grim Reaper (Audio CD)

If you are the type to like this band, you will probably love this disc. Over the course of nearly 20 years I've purchased every vinyl album, cassette tape, and CD of theirs and this disc finally has nearly the same sound as the original vinyl albums did when they were first played (if you are more than 30 years old you might know what I mean.) This disc has that aggressive edge that seems to be lacking from previously released discs... it's sound has much sharper percussion, and more importantly: plenty of sweet power chords that will make your beer go flat.