Five Albums That Changed My Life: Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen of Slayer Mag - Noisecreep

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Years in the making, 'METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries,' is the kind of book every fan of extreme metal should have in their personal libraries. For 25 years, Norway's 'Slayer Mag' published the gospel of black metal and death metal, combining eye-ripping graphics, brutally honest writing, and relentless offbeat humor. With this recently released anthology/memoir, editor Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen unfolds the extreme highs and lows of a life lived for heavy metal. To celebrate the book, the author lists the five albums that changed his life.

'No Heavy Petting'

UFO (1976)

During the '70s I was mainly listening to whatever my brother was listening to and even as a little brat, I had already a few favorites on my own. This, the fourth album by UFO, is still one of my all-time beloved hard rock records. There are tons of great melodies and extremely awesome guitar work by Michael Schenker. His tone on this album is fantastic.

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