Forgotten Gems

Few know that Mark and I became friends over a bond of not only mainstream metal but also the more obscure and hidden treasures that metal has to offer. We both enjoy the underground...the usual and the unheard of. Not every band that made it was great. And not every great band made it. Many bands were one and done. Lost in a flood of similar sounding bands or forced out of the field by changing musical landscapes these acts delivered material that was not only good (and deserving to be heard) but also better than what was being offered at the time. With that in mind Mark and I are starting a new column called Forgotten Gems. We hope to dig out albums that you probably missed the first time around. While there are hundreds even thousands of bands deserving mention we will try to stick to albums that are easy to track down. Some might be imports only but with sites like Ebay,Half.com,Amazon and the like (not to mention Itunes) most should be easily within reach.