With Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams back in the fold, Power Up returns AC/DC to its essential language: thick rhythm guitar, forward-driving beat and a
Australia Metal & Hard Rock Albums
Explore 19 metal and hard rock albums connected to the Australia scene, organized by decade with detailed artist and album pages.
Albums
Rock or Bust presents AC/DC’s rock ’n’ roll design in a newly tightened form: thick rhythm guitar, stripped-back beats and choruses built to stay in the listener’s head.
Black Ice finds AC/DC returning after a long break with thick riffs and Brian Johnson’s full-throated voice firmly in place.
Stiff Upper Lip strips AC/DC back to the blunt force of its blues-rooted hard rock.
Ballbreaker builds on the restored steadiness of Phil Rudd’s drumming, giving Angus and Malcolm Young’s riffs a dry, heavy frame.
The Razors Edge is a useful way to hear AC/DC from a different angle within the 1990 catalogue.
Blow Up Your Video strips AC/DC back to the essentials: the Young brothers’ riff engine, Brian Johnson’s full-throated voice and a beat that moves straight ahead.
Who Made Who is a useful way to hear AC/DC from a different angle within the 1986 catalogue.
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Flick of the Switch concentrates AC/DC’s force into thick rhythm guitar, hard beat and Brian Johnson’s shouted vocal attack.
For Those About to Rock presents AC/DC’s most basic strengths on a larger scale.
Back in Black finds AC/DC moving forward after Bon Scott’s death with Brian Johnson as its new singer.
Highway to Hell turns AC/DC’s stripped-down rock-and-roll language into a statement with global scale.
Powerage captures AC/DC at its most direct and concentrated. Angus and Malcolm Young do not need elaborate ornament to create momentum; the riffs are short, hard and
Let There Be Rock captures AC/DC valuing the heat of a band playing together over studio decoration.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap uses AC/DC’s thick riffs and brazen humor to their fullest through Bon Scott’s conversational delivery.
High Voltage presents AC/DC’s early material to an international audience through the band’s most direct rock-and-roll language.
High Voltage (Australian) captures AC/DC at a point where the later image is not yet fully fixed.
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