Rage

DJ James

A coma stole my name.
For a band called 'Rage' they sure do have a lot of shitty ballads.

Rage is a German Power Metal band (that formed out of the ashes of 'Avenger' in the mid eighties) led by Peavy Wagner, who also happens to plays bass in the band. The band played a fairly straightforward Speed/Power style of metal up until the mid 90's, when they flirted with symphonic elements in their sound. Rage has been on and off with the symphonic stuff since then. These guys have a lot of albums, close to 22 or 23.

Of their more speed and power oriented material, here's some standout albums:
Perfect Man (1988)
Secrets in a Weird World (1989)
Trapped! (1992)
The Missing Link (1993)
10 Years in Rage (1994)
Black in Mind (1995)
End of All Days (1996)
Soundchaser (2003)

From their Symphonic stuff:
Lingua Mortis (1996) (my favorite from these guys)
XIII (1998)
Ghosts (1999)
Speak of the Dead (2006)

Here's some favorites of mine:
 


These two songs are too catchy, especially the choruses. Whole album is a banger though.


They released their 26th studio album last year :innocent:
Yes, I like that album a lot too. Victor Smolski (sorry if you're reading this, I probably butchered your name) is sorely missed. Rage had a great presence early on with that guitarist that also appeared in Grave Digger (Manni Schmidt maybe?) but Smolski is the Rage I know and love. I love Unity and Sound chaser especially. Rage still pumps out albums like crazy but for my money The Devil Strikes Back was their last good one.
 
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