First Metal Album

Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth.

I was about nine years. A cousin of mine brought a k7 tape and showed me the band's sound, on occasion, it was love at first listen.

I bought Iron Maiden's Number of the beast on vinyl off the shelf. and weeks later I had Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil. But if you call Deep Purple metal i had IN rock very early in the 70s. Metallica'S rIDE tHE LIGHTNING was the first THRASH METAL ALBUM and then kILL EM ALL AND mASTER OF pUPPETS, from there I was HOOKED.

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - 21 Feb 2011 at 12:16am

Nice topic :)

Oh my God! 
Seeing comments like "My Moms", "My Dads" etc. makes me feel really OLD .

I cant really remember my 1st "Metal" album of my own, but it was most probably KISS "Destroyer" on cassette
(in 1976) and thats the only Kiss album I'd find worth my time even though I bought/was given the next 3 albums.
Judas Priest's "British Steel" may have been the 2nd on LP, but I got it a few years after it debuted (I still have it).
The rest of my growing Metal collection would all be on LP for the next 20+ years.
I can remember my 1st Prog albums though.

Sorry . . .
Limp Bisquick, and Linkin Fart??? my God, I AM old .
(forgive forgive . . . just couldnt let it go ) . . .


Edited by MAVIIIVAM - 14 Feb 2011 at 1:20am

Killswitch Engage isn't so embarrassing I guess, as other 'guilty pleasures' into metal as many may have, but I guess mostly I've grown old of the album. I've reviewed it if anyone's interested. [/shameless review plug]

In any event, it's much cooler to get into metal the old-school way, through hard rock into classic bands like Sabbath and Maiden.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.