Walkin' the Razor's Edge by Helix

Walkin' the Razor's Edge, the fourth album from Canadian metal lifers Helix, came out on Capitol in 1984, and it's the record that made them. The lineup was the one fans still picture: Brian Vollmer howling out front, Brent "The Doctor" Doerner and Paul Hackman on guitars, Daryl Gray on bass and Greg "Fritz" Hinz on drums, all hammering out fist-pumping, no-nonsense metal with choruses built for hockey arenas.

"Rock You" was the battle cry, and while it only reached number 27 on the Canadian pop chart, Canadian rock radio took to it far more warmly. Its video, shot in a quarry in Kitchener, Ontario, is best remembered for Doerner rising out of the water to rip through his solo. They also dug up a pair of covers, Crazy Elephant's "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" and A Foot in Coldwater's "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want", and the album sold 100,000 copies at home and 400,000 abroad.

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