Filth Hounds of Hades

The Cerberus on the cover guards the entrance to one of the most direct links between punk rock and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. It’s easy to forget that the two scenes were enemies at the time, but opener “Shellshock” extends an olive branch by combining heavy metal thunder with a shout-along chorus straight out of The Exploited. While the rest of it sounds like Motorhead, Lemmy certainly couldn’t argue with a manifesto called “Blood, Guts, and Beer.”