British Steel [splatter vinyl]

British Steel is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 11 April 1980 by CBS Records, and on May 1980, by Columbia Records. It was the band’s first album to feature Dave Holland on drums.

During an interview with Wall of Sound’s Educate Ebony podcast, Max Cavalera stated British Steel is the “essential thrash metal” album everyone needs to hear and says “I’m sure you can ask Metallica, if it wasn’t for British Steel they wouldn’t be here.”