Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade did not actually come from Japan, but Asia must’ve seemed pretty exotic to five kids from Salisbury. Their song titles seemingly reference classic metal albums: “If Heaven Was Hell,” “Break the Chains,” “On Through the Night.” Whether deliberate or not, their surplus of hooks makes a case for their inclusion in the pantheon (if not quite at the same level as Black Sabbath, Dokken, or Def Leppard).