Ever since Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Co. made the heavy metal mockumentary, “This Is Spinal Tap,” the very form of music that group lovingly lampooned has been reduced to a punchline. No sooner does a well-intentioned tribe of metal mates don the black leather pants and the Flying V guitars then some smart-aleck is pronouncing them “total ‘Spinal Tap,’ dude!”—and all of this before the band even launches into an epic celebrating the mystical, magical properties of Stonehenge.

Past And Presence: Live In Concert

Still Going Strong (Mlps)

Plenty of Power

This Is Thirteen [Vinyl]

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

This Is Thirteen

Still Going Strong

Back to Basics

Forged in Fire

Metal On Metal

Hard 'N' Heavy

Backwaxed

Anthology

Speed of Sound

Plugged in Permanent

absolutely no alternative