First Metal Album

Oh boy... so long ago.

I listened to Metallica's self titled album a lot when I was 7 or 8. I really only listened to "Enter Sandman" and a few other tracks, but I think that was still my first entrance into metal. I believe the first metal albums I "actually" listened to were Six Degrees and Octavarium by Dream Theater. At this time, my dad watched the Dream Theater Score DVD extensively, and I listened to these two albums frequently as well. Shortly after, I discovered Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All by Metallica.

A little bit after that, I discovered Remedy Lane by Pain of Salvation, Scenes From a Memory by Dream Theater, Symbolic by Death, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden, Still Life by Opeth, and Crimson by Edge of Sanity - and that is how I came to be who I am today.

My first metal album was "Somewhere in Time" by Iron Maiden. My second was "...and Justice for All" by Metallica and my third album purchase was "Live Undead" by Slayer. All vinyls I still have in my collection. I�m pretty sure my fourth album purchase was my picture disc version of "Extreme Aggression" by Kreator but this is where my memories begins to be more vague.

These two:

Metallica discography 9 years ago!

I remember seeing the videos for Thunderstruck and Painkiller on MuchMusic when I was a kid (back when they actually played music), but the first album a bought, on cassette tape actually, was Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson.

My first metal album was Iron Maiden's "Somewhere in Time" back in the late 80s. My next album was Iron Maiden's "Killers". They were both cassette tapes. The first vinyl LPs I bought was AC/DCs "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" I think. Although I'm into all kinds of metal - from hard rock to death metal and a wee bit of grindcore, Maiden are still my favorites.

I don't see why Killswitch Engage is embarassing.

Certif1ed wrote: Time Signature wrote: I don't see why Killswitch Engage is embarassing.   I am not at all embarrased to like KSW - or Korn, Linkin Park's first album - or even one or two Limp Bizkit songs.   I like what I like - that attitude served me well during the late 1970s - early 1980s, when I liked Maiden, AC/DC, Sabbath and Motorhead - to the disgust of everyone I knew.

Certif1ed wrote: Time Signature wrote: I don't see why Killswitch Engage is embarassing.   I am not at all embarrased to like KSW - or Korn, Linkin Park's first album - or even one or two Limp Bizkit songs.

One of the earlier metal albums in my collection was Limp Bizkit's "Significant Other".  I don't own it anymore though.

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory, I know that is weird, but its a good album...does it count haha

This one I remember clearly, it was Best of the Beast by Iron Maiden. It was probably the third or fourth album I ever owned and the first one I bought with my own money. After a while I bought Killers, then Iron Maiden and after that Piece of Mind and Somewhere in Time. After that everything becomes blurred, can't remember precisely what followed... but after Maiden I got into Judas Priest, Dio and Helloween and those bands were the basis of my metal digging.