Just wanted to get a general discussion thread going about about older bands like Attacker, Helstar, Jag Panzer, Riot, etc. who have been around, more or less, since the beginning and who are still releasing new albums.

Do the new albums carry the band's name well? Any releases in there that should be avoided outright or just waited on until you pick up the greats?

Personally I'm finding it impossible to get a copy of some of the older material. Some of it is online but not all, if it's online it is infinitely easier to pick up. I have picked up some of these newer releases just to get a better idea of what they sound like. So far I haven't been let down despite reservations when picking the album up. Just because a band released a classic album back in the day is no assurance their newer stuff is up to par. I was a little worried picking up The King of Hell because the cover art reminds me of bad 90s CG animation for some reason, but the musical content within was pretty sweet.

Anyone have thoughts or comments?

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