First Metal Album

The first one I ever had was Paranoid by Sabbath, but technically that was my Dad's, so my first one would have to be Octavarium by DT.

My first was also my dad's copy of Paranoid, and after that probably his copy of Van Halen. The first one I bought for myself would be (checks cd tower) either Kill Em All or Painkiller, can't remember which
edit: no, definitely Kill Em All

That's assuming AC/DC aren't metal (which is my opinion)

Edited by Triceratopsoil - 11 Jan 2011 at 12:46am

Possibly a very odd one here, but here goes:

Metallica - St. Anger

I don't like this album an awful lot these days, however it was my gateway to metal when all other music I was being exposed to via the UK charts at the time was either, pop, rap or whatever else that was popular at the time, so I'll always have a soft spot for it.

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A school friend of mine bought this and played it to me, back in '79 and I insisted on borrowing it. I taped it - so technically, it's not my first metal album, because I didn't buy it, but it is the first metal album I "owned" and played to death.

It's remained one of my all-time favourite albums. When I read about its origins, I liked it even more, and Motorhead fast became (and have remained) one of my favourite bands.

The first metal album I bought was this one, later in 1979, thanks to a review in Smash Hits magazine (hey, I was 14 years old, and Kerrang! hadn't been invented!). It gave it 3/10 (and I hardly ever saw a rating below 5/10 in that rubbishy comic), comapring it to a piledriver crossed with a chainsaw. I was intrigued, because they also slammed "Into The Valley" by the Skids, with similar comments, and I loved that record. Needless to say, AC/DC are up on my favourites list together with Motorhead, I got into the NWoBHM from there, and the rest is history...

The next metal album I bought was purely because I liked the cover;

I think my first metal album might have been Korn's "Life Is Peachy" when I was around 13. It's not in my collection anymore, but I'll pick it up again some day.

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Probably the first metal album I've bought, embarassingly, is Killswitch Engage's "As Daylight Dies". I listened to a bit of metal that I downloaded before that but that was the first physical album I've had.

Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.

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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.

"6 O'Clock on Christmas morning" of 1983, I got my first two records as Christmas presents from my parents. They were Def Leppard's Pyromania and Quiet Riot's Metal Health. The first record that I ever bought with my own money was a few months later and that was Judas Priest's British Steel.

Edited by rushfan4 - 18 Mar 2016 at 4:51pm

My first three first album which I receive on the same day were:

Fireworks - Bonfire

Tell No Tales - TNT

Triumph and Agony - Warlock

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

actually, come to think of it, that might have been the first one I bought for myself

depends on your definition of metal