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See You in Hell / Fear No Evil

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Perhaps best known for being so thoroughly ridiculed on MTV's Beavis and Butthead (a fate they share with Winger), New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) latecomers Grim Reaper was completely and unabashedly "metal" in a way few other bands could touch. Their lyrics were cheesy, their performances were melodramatic, and they never quite looked cool enough, but you can look past their Spinal Tappishness because Steve Grimmett and company were just...so...metal.

This nifty 2-on-1 contains the band's first two albums - 1983's See You in Hell and 1985's Fear No Evil - in their entirety. That's a whopping 17 servings of pure metal cheese, including metal anthems See You in Hell, Dead on Arrival, Never Coming Back, and Fear No Evil. There isn't any bonus material, but the sound quality is pretty impressive, especially considering the rough quality of the original recordings.

Sadly, the band's 1987 album Rock You to Hell is not as easy to track down. Hopefully one of the reissue labels (Majestic, are you listening?) will dust that album off and get it back in circulation. How else are we going to hear the sublime Suck It and See?

You can try to avoid it, and you can attempt to write them off as too cheesy, but sooner or later everyone needs to have some Grim Reaper in their metal collection. Sure, the clerk at the record store may snicker, and you'll probably have to hide the album from any potential romantic interests, but what do they know about the glory of metal anyway?

At this price, their two best albums together. This is a must for any "true" me-tal fan. Fast clean guitar work, screaming coherent vocals, and awesome lyrics. And they can even stretch their chops with a jazzy feel on 'The Show Must Go On'. Better buy it before they're all gone. Pleasent dreams.

grim reaper's best two albums all on once cd...how they id it i'll never figure out...theres a reason they didnt combine their 3rd and final album with fear no evil or see you in hell...because it [was bad]]! the title track was all it had going for it...these two however, are classic...see you in hell's production sounds slightly muffled but if can get past that, and you will,you'll hear and appreciate what awaits your metallic eardrums...my favorite tracks are "see you in hell", "fear no evil"," matter of time", "never coming back","liar","wrath of the ripper","final scream","r&r tonight",and the ballad "the show must go on"...you're obviously familiar with grim reaper or you wouldnt be bothering reading this review, so what are you waiting for? this kicks major maximus, so order a copy before they disappear!

Grim Reaper are known for campy horror lyric, a singer who could scream so only Rob Halford's dog could hear, and repetitious lyrics. People complain about those qualities, but thats what makes them so great. This disc contains their first two albums, so its a bargain already. Now if you make those two albums a great blitz of heavy metal, that even better. Even though these song rock, they all have the same standout feature: the excellent guitar work of Nick Bowcott. Bowcott could shred like no one's business. Every song on here rocks. My personal favorites are "Wrath of the Ripper", "Fear No Evil", and the infamous "See You In Hell". I recommend this for any 80s metal fan, and especially fans of Judas Priest. If you like these albums, I suggest you pick up their third and last album, Rock You To Hell.

Great recording by this British band from the 80's, which recorded only 3 albuns before vanishing. THis two featured here are the best of them, "See you in Hell" the best of the three. It has that typical tone of metal guitars, it makes you enjoy each song, it is fantastic. Too bad the band lasted so few.

Sickly underrated band, Awesome music two great releases on one disc. Please bring on a fourth!!! REUNION!

I have been waiting for this for quite some time. Searching for CD's of Grim Reaper since they left the scene. I wished those years that I had not sold their tapes. Finally a CD version.

My only consolation was the Onslaught album with Grimmett on leads. That's an excellent work also. Check out Onslaught-In Search Of Sanity

Oh yeah! If you want your metal mean and dig those vocalists with a three octave range, this is the perfect (re)addition to yer collection.Grimmett has one of the best higher-end voices I have ever heard in heavy metal- and it's not a falsetto like King Diamond's tortured strainings (long live Mercyful Fate!)I will Fear No Evil, yeah!

Grim Reaper is one of the most underestimated bands that came and went with the big metal days. All these songs have that metal sound that old school fans like me have come to miss in today's music. If you like cool guitars, cheesy riffs, and classic metal vocals! GRIM REAPER baby!!

I've always had a fascination for Grim Reaper. The imagery and album art alone was enough to attract me to their third album. But more on that later.

This is a combination of their first two albums and I'll have to admit, their best two. The songs are okay with a few memorable tracks, but they are definitely cliché ridden and generic. Steve Grimmet's vocals are okay when he doesn't get into those long annoying high pitched wails. I can't say a thing about Nick Bowcott's guitar playing as it rocks. However, I kind of wish he would have done more jamming and solos.

I also have their third album and after listening to it several times, I could not remember a thing about it. At least I can remember a few songs off this CD!

Overall, this is not bad stuff, it just does not blow me away and will probably not blow most of you away either. Beavis and Butthead hated them but I like them well enough that I will not bury this CD and forget about it. It is a double dose of generic clichéd rock, but who cares? You could do a lot worse. Recommended.