Headhunter

"Headhunter" is actually Krokus' seventh or eighth release and is without a doubt Krokus' crowning achievement. This album smokes from beginning to end. "Headhunter" features cool heavy metal rockers like "Eat the Rich", "Russian Winter," a killer B.T.O. cover in "Stayed Awake All Night" and the heavy power ballad "Screaming in the Night". Everything about this disc just works, from the crunchy guitar tones to the simple, catchy song writing to Marc Storace's raspy, Bon Scott influenced vocals. Rob Halford (Judas Priest/Fight) sang background vocals on this album and you can really pick out his voice when he does. "Headhunter" is not "think man's metal". Rather, this is an album to sing along and jam to while riding down the road. No thought really involved. It's just about good times and rock and roll. "Headhunter" is one of the defining heavy metal albums of the early 1980's. Unfortunately Krokus tasted commercial success with "Screaming in the Night" so they tried to become more commercial with each new release, and as a result sucked!