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Friday, October 25: Jag Panzer, “Warfare”

Jag Panzer would never again strut the way they did on “Warfare”, instead opting to follow through on Ample Destruction’s more intense elements. As a result, the song was arguably the only one of its kind in the band’s entire discography: Harry “the Tyrant” Conklin wailed with the same frenzy that made him perhaps the first great American power metal vocalist, but here he had a swagger that bordered on hair metal- not in his lyrics or singing, but rather in his cadence and phrasing. Even Mark Briody and Joey Tafolla’s guitars had a certain swing, again standing out from everything else they did by virtue of not being entirely set to stun. That said, “Warfare” was USDA Grade A Prime heavy metal that fit perfectly within the landmark Ample Destruction: the album was a force like few others at the time, and the song was fundamental to shaping that record’s legacy.

Friday, October 19: Jag Panzer, “Symphony of Terror”

Harry “the Tyrant” Conklin’s opening scream on “Symphony of Terror” jarringly announced Jag Panzer as a major underground force, and did its part to help Ample Destruction live up to its title. Those first few moments were more metal than most could fathom, even in 1984, that the lucky few who heard were stunned into silence before getting pummeled by the precise but charging riffing from Mark Briody and Joey Tafolla, to say nothing of the rolling drumwork of Rick Hilyard. But the Tyrant was the clear focal point, his thespian vocals offering a blend of Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Eric Adams that was all his own, practically inventing a style of singing that remains the gold standard for American power metal. Everything in “Symphony of Terror” was perfectly in place, so much so that the song had an ineffable quality that made it seem not only essential to metal, but inevitable. And even though it didn’t really do anything particular new, Jag Panzer was so flawless in its execution that both the song and Ample Destruction quickly became landmarks that helped define an entire subgenre.