LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Heavy Load is one of the best Swedish metal bands.

Their debut, Full Speed at High Level was one hell of a heavy album for 1978, and their follow up EP Metal Conquest fully capitalized on the epic potential that was always just beneath the surface of their music. While their two follow-up full lengths are, by most rubrics, musically stronger works, Metal Conquest stands on its own two feet as one of the most important metal albums of 1981–power metal before power metal existed and well before power metal became lame.

Track Listing

• A1 You've Got The Power
• A2 Dark Nights
• A3 Heavy Metal Heaven
• A4 Hey
• A5 Heathens From The North

Bonustracks live

• B1 Heavy Metal Angels
• B2 Dark Nights
• B3 Bleeding Streets
• B4 Take Me Away
• B5 You've Got The Power
• B6 Little Lies
• B7 Daybreak Ecstasy