Samson

Head On

1980 · Heavy Metal · GEM

UK · GEMLP 108

Credits

Producer: Samson
Arranged by: Samson
Written by: Samson, Bruce Bruce, Chris Aylmer, Paul Samson, Steve Harris, Thunderstick
Engineer: Bob Broglia, Paul Watkins, Craig Milliner
Cut by: Ray Staff

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.