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Hi all Brothers, just wanted to let you know which are the Albums that meant more in my life, as a Rocker and Metalhead: NOT necessarily my favorite albums (maybe only 2 of the following are among my top albums and bands), but those records that somehow changed something in me, had a great impact in my perception of the Rock & Metal World. It would be nice to know yours! My First Cassette in 1986: Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind My first Iron Maiden album (MC), I was 13 and I had never listened to Metal before... needless to say I was completely blown away from the very first intro of Where Eagles Dare! I still have that cassette but it doesn't work anymore 🙈 My First 3 Lps in 1988: Sanctuary - Refuge Denied Absolute masterpiece, I was 15 and I had never heard a vocalist like that! I simply couldn't believe Warrel Dane's voice was true... Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel Absolute masterpiece, disclosed to me Power and Epic Metal. Candlemass - Nightfall I had never heard such a sound before (I wasn't much into Black Sabbath at the time). This is still today in my opinion THE Doom Metal album. Simply legendary and Messiah Marcolin is to me one of the best vocalist ever in the genre. Change of Style in 1989: Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction Ok it's not Metal, but this is maybe the only album I've been listening to every day for 2 years (from 1991 replaced by Use Your Illusion). I was totally crazy about those guys. I think I don't listen to Appetite for 20 years now, but I still remember every note and word. Thanks to them I went back to the basics, discovered rock music of the 60s and 70s. So they really meant a lot for my rock life! Back To Metal in 1994: Machine Head - Burn My Eyes One word: Davidian! But the entire album blew me away, I bought it straight away the day after seeing them supporting Slayer in Milan. The Awakening 2016: Rotting Christ - Rituals I have to confess, I was not much into Metal in the last 10 years...I left to re-discover and dig into the 60s, 70s, 80s and more Prog Rock, Dark, New Wave, Art Rock... but, I know you perfectly get it, something always remains inside a Metalhead!!! Can't remember how it happened but I listened to "Elthe Kyrie" from this album... I had never heard of Rotting Chist before and I've never been particularly a fan of Black Metal: but that album changed again my rock life! Today Rotting Christ (and their entire discography) are one of my all time favorite... and they of course opened me the gates to Black Metal! And Now Waiting for the next album that will blow me away... 🤘♠️😉 It would be nice to know your list of Metal (and Rock) Albums That Meant More in Your Life 😃

Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first album I ever owned and it made me feel like I was god every time I listened. Ministry's Psalm 69 was the album that took me to a darker timeline and opened me up to a lot of black metal, goth and industrial. Amen's We Have Come For Your Children got me excited about live music again More recently Wardruna's Skald and Sylosis's Monolith made me rethink listening to the same 80's 90's metal over and over again. Now I am back discovering all the new underground bands I'd missed out on the past 10 years. it's been great!

I don't recall it being huge, but it was their first album for Century Media and definitely had their widest reach up to that point.

Anthems of rebellion by Arch Enemy: I don't listen to anything new this band do since they changed lead singer. The best melodic death metal album ever made in my view. Follow the leader by Korn: Not my favourite Korn album and I very rarely listen to it when I want some Korn on the Hi-fi separates system but it will always hold a special place in my heart. The colour and the shape by Foo Fighters: Not a big fan of this band but I do really love this album. Just a great rock radio friendly album. Hybrid theory by Linkin Park: I disliked everything the band did after this album but I'll admit I really like this album. Freak show by Silverchair: Everything the band did after this album was just not for me but this album is where I go when I need that mix of punk and metal known as grunge. Unto the locust by Machine Head: This band just seem to copy what is big in the heavy metal scene at the time when they go to make a new album. Thrash metal is big lets make some thrash metal albums, nu metal is big let's make some nu metal albums, New wave of American heavy metal is big let's make some of albums in that style. I wish the band would just choose an style of metal and stick with it. Anyway this is the only Machine Head album I need as it's the only one I like. Such a great album.

As mad as it sounds father alabaster I will create an album list to listen to and add your recommendations, otherwise may forget about some gems. First impressions of the triarchy album are very impressive. Also Was this a popular album back in the day?

You. Boris do go into non drone every now and again but for most part they are drone. The album they did with Sunn O))) is very beautiful.

One minute Silence, Korn, Mushroomhead, Ill Nino, Flaw. Counterfeit by Limp Bizkit is a really good song.

The album The heart of everything by Within Temptation.

Thanks alabaster. Those I will look up. Not heard of them up but I assume these are earlier albums that have bit more depth to them. Rituals is a good album with catchy songs and effective use of atmospheric samples but it's bit one tracked for me and lacks deep depth. Still like it though

Thank you! Yes I tried to find some similar thread here before writing... then I decide to open one, hope you all enjoy remembering our past metal moments ! 😃🤘

I was lucky, my parents were into punk and so i got to listen to lots of punk and alt music from tiny small. My mum also loved Sabbath and well.. it all went downhill from there.

Welcome

Nice topic. I could swear we had a thread about this somewhere, but I can't find it. Ah well. I love that Sanctuary album. Appetite For Destruction was a huge album for me when I was getting into all things metal in the early 90s, but like you I haven't listened to it in decades. I feel like I could make an endless list. There are a bunch of albums that had a big impact on me - especially when I was younger, but I'm still finding stuff that really sticks with me. Some of the standouts from my teenage years are Metallica's "Ride The Lightning", which was the first proper cassette I owned; Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime", my first "concept album" and still an all-time favorite; and Opeth's "Morningrise", which totally rewired my concept of songwriting.

Welcome to the forum strawberry. Hope you get some good metal chat. Also what my nu metal bands are you into. Think only one I listen to occasionally is limp bizkit. But I enjoyed seeing them live 20 odd years ago and they were surprisingly good.

Welcome to the forum. Katatonia, MDB, and Type O are some of my favorite bands as well. Enjoy your stay.

It all depends on what kind of music you like; one's golden age is another's shit age.

I really can't stand it when people claim that good metal died in the 80s and early 90s. There is some superb metal being made nowadays and there's no point turning up one's nose at it. As a matter of fact, it typically demonstrates that said person simply hasn't been looking around enough. If I'm perfectly honest, I prefer the metal being made nowadays. The kind of excellent prog and tech-death I've heard was a lot rarer in those eras than it is now.