By this I do not mean your favorite albums, what I wanna know is which albums are most important, dearest or means the most to you. It could be the album that got you into metal, the album that changed everything you thought you knew about music, the album someone you like gave to you and of course, it can also be your favorite album.

My list:

Metallica - Master of Puppets, Metallica, Load, ReLoad, S&M
MoP has been my favourite song ever since I first heard it when I was 12. That album changed my life and fully got me into Metal, it made me know that Metal is everything for me. The Black Album was a very early album for me, helped me got into the genre and was the second album I bought. The two follow-ups are maybe not the best albums ever but when my family went to Greece and drove around the country in a car my mom had a walkman and a tape with those two albums on, which she gave me. I listened to it and loved it and this was before I got into Metal. S&M was my first live album and I'm such a sucker for both Metallica live and orchestras.

Iron Maiden - Dance of Death, Brave New World, Rock in Rio, Somewhere in Time, Killers
DoD was the very first album I bought. BNW and RiR was the first Metal I liked, the first step to a Metalhead. SiT was one of my first albums and Killers... well, it's such a magical album which was there for me many times.

Children Of Bodom - First four studio albums
All their first four albums helped me become a Metalhead and appreciate more extreme metal. These albums are classics to me and this band means so much for me.

These three bands and their albums are listed first for many reasons. They remind me of a much easier and happier time in my life. But the main reason is because they were the only, and I mean ONLY Metal, I listened too for like 4 years! I thought it didn't exist any more good bands, seriously. But then this band came:

Norther - Dreams of Endless War
Since I heard that these guys would sound like CoB there was no doubt if I should get an album. So I bought DoEW and it changed everything. It made me realise that there exist more bands and so much better Metal out there!

I guess that Norther really helped me become the person I am today, or maybe the Metalhead I am today.
Now the list goes on without any special order.

Dream Theater Images and Words, Metropolis Pt 2: Scene from a Memory
These albums made me see that Metal has so much to offer. DT played music and made me feel in a way I didn't thought was possible.

Cradle Of Filth Damnation and a Day
Because this one made me get into Black Metal. (Don't cry all Black Metal fanboys, I know it's not a Black album... at all )

Nightwish Oceanborn, Wishmaster
Got me into female vocals.

1. Nightwish - Once
This album is the best combination I´ve ever heard of a metal band with an orchestra, the outcome is just perfect. Specially Ghost Love Score (my nightwish fav.) which really gets to me.
2. Ningizzia - Dolorus Novella
Those lyrics!!! Damn, that´s the best I´ve seen, and the complement of the music really allowas the message to get as deep as it can. It´s just
3. Nocte Obducta - Nektar Teil 2: Seen, Flüsse, Tagebücher
It´s simply the best music this perfect band can offer. All songs really make yo want to to them. Impressive, and perfectly well written in every possible way.
4. Slayer - Diabolus in Musica
It was my fisrt Slayer album, my first metal album. I bought when it was released and I was just blown away. It´s still among my favorites.
5. Slipknot - Slipknot, Iowa
It´s probably the only band that helps me liberate myself from whatever thing that bothers me. Their message is like no other, for me, nothing will match what they have done for me. They´ve really helped me, even more that people around me.
6. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
I don´t know how, but this album just I don´t know what to say, except that it gets to me, it really does.

It may seen like a lot of albums, but it´s just that each of them get to me in a very special and different way of their own. Each of those are special and mean a lot to me in their own way, and for that (btw: great thread )

I'll choose only one album; Sentenced: The cold white light. It's not that other bands don't have good albums, but this one means to me a lot. For me, is the best one of all time, because it influenced on me many times. I just love those lyrics and the melody. On this album, there are three songs, that I really love: No one there, Exscuse me while I kill myself and Guilt and regret. And I can listen it at any time, it doesn't matter how I feel...with other bands it's usually like so, that I have to be in a special mood, or I just to feel to listen to them, but with Sentenced it's something special...at any time, anywhere....it's always the best music for me, it always makes me feel special...

There's alot of albums that are really important to me because they have effected me as a musician alot outside of all the metal I listen to. These albums are:
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In the Comatorium
This album really effected my whole outlook on how to write things sporadicly and off the wall and also add alot feeling and dimension to song by adding things like ambience into the sound. It really proved to me how music doesn't have to be all about speed and dexterity.

Mastodon - Leviathan
This album showed me that you can tune down extremely low on some songs and still sound good and it also showed me that you can be technical and progressive without being super fast.

Opeth - Still Life
This album got me into Opeth enough said.

Devin Townsend - Synchestra
This album really showed me you don't have to be super serious to write a great prog album.

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Otherside
This album got me into putting alot of killer lead melodies into the songs I write.

Metallica - Hit the Lights
This album got me into my now favorite genre of music, Thrash Metal. It showed me that speed and aggression is all you really need to write an amazing thrash album. I also really liek this album because of all the solos.

Well ...

My #1 has to be HIM - Razorblade Romance.... because it was the first album that I really fell in love with from the first note to last. It was also the album that got me into HIM, which are after 5 years still my dearest band. I still love this album, it holds my ultimately favourite song on the entire world and now when I listen to it it still seems amazing to me as it did years ago. Not to mention all the memories connected to this album

#2: Siddharta - Nord. A Slovenian rock band that I still adore and was my favourite band before HIM. I was a fanatic fan due to Nord, I was completely in love with their guitarist, went to see all their shows nearby.... I still listen to them (heck, I'm currently listening to their newest work and it's again wonderful) and even my mom liked them - she still does actually! But she had a crush on the singer, unlike me

#3: Tristania - Beyond The Veil. I remember crying of happiness when I got this album. My second dearest band and one of my absolutely favourite albums. The band and the album that got me into metal completely, that got me to love gothic metal and that made me fell in love in female vox in metal. I still silently weep because Tristania will never be the same again, but as long as I have this album, they can explore themselves and their music as much as they want and I'll forever love them just because they are Tristania and because they gave me BTV

#4: Papa Roach - Infest. Yepp, you heard me. I like Papa Roach And why is this album on my list... Because it brings back the nostalgia and memories of my biggest high school crush... It was his favourite band and so I immediately got Infest. And now that he's long out of my system, Infest remains. Probably the only Papa Roach album I really liked.

#5: Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction. If it wasn't for my cousin, who was a gnr freak, I wouldn't be growing up listening this kind of music. And tnx to her I've been a gnr fan at the age of 6. I was so cool. And an outcast, so I got into fights alot, which was even more AG! gnr stlye

I only have one right now it seems and that would be Ulver's 'Kveldssanger.' It brings back some memories and it's just so strong in nature for me. Not to mention I have poured over the album many times. I just love it. However Bathory's 'Hammerheart' is right there too actually. Devin Townsend's 'Accelerated Evolution' seems to be fast growing also. Of course I can't forget about the true nature of Metal, kicking ass and I will always owe a debt to Behemoth and their albums.

Kveldssanger is amazing

But Nightfall in Middle Earth is that special album for me

THE most important CD for me is:
Overkill - Killbox 13
That release got me into metal and it has remained my favourite thrash release since the time it was released. And it doesn't seem to be falling off the top any time soon.

Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine
That release is simply the best death metal album that i've heard. Those guys could even spit on Decapitated/Vital Remains/Vader and i wouldn't care...okay, well that's a lie...spitting on someone is bad for both sides...but at least i got my message across. Occult Medicine is a CD that deserves a pure 10/10 or even more.


Other than those, i can't really say i have any CDs that are close to my heart or something.

*Turns red from embarassment*

I got my first taste of rock n' roll from the first album my parents got me. A long time ago. That would be Alvin & The Chipmunks' "Born To Rock." Basically pop songs with squeaky voices and rock style guitar and drum work. This album however gave me the ability to appreciate bands like AC/DC and Iron Maiden later.

After that, Homeworld's soundtrack. It contained a remake of the song Adagio For Strings, which got me into neo-classical music, and into the idea of combining that with guitars.

Powerslave got me into epic storytelling. Rime of the Ancyent Marinere was and still is a favorite poem of mine, and rediscovering it in a musical (although edited) form was shocking.

Another album, which I am still trying to acquire legally, was Jeff Wayne's musical version of "War of the Worlds." It was, to me, a shining example of quality musician ship mixed with just enough electronic blips to give it an alien and futuristic sound, and still able to retain a degree of consistency. The narration and vocal harmonies are excellent as well, and it remains a favorite of mine because it combines a lot of my favorite concepts and features of music into one piece (storytelling, classical instrumentation, mechanical/electrical blips, clean vocals)

Written by Endoftherainbow on 19.07.2006 at 22:29



Metallica - Hit the Lights
This album...

Hit The Lights, an album? I think you mean Kill 'em All.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.07.2006 at 17:33

Written by Endoftherainbow on 19.07.2006 at 22:29



Metallica - Hit the Lights
This album...

Hit The Lights, an album? I think you mean Kill 'em All.

Yeah my mistake I wasn't think when I wrote that. That is the best song on that album though IMO.

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades my first metal album. I got it my 7th birthday
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell . This is the first album I ever bought
Iron Maiden - Killers . This got me into Irons

Definitly Opeth, up until [including] Blackwater Park

Fozzy ~ Happenstance: As an introduction to this band (whom I now love) this album rocks. Although it is made up of mostly covers, I always believed that all the covers beat the originals! But the original songs that they did were something fresh from conventional heavy metal bands. Unlike bands like Hellfueled who still cling to an '80s sound, Fozzy brought out something current and up to date. Vary vocal ranges, crunchy guitar riffs, this album brings back memories.

Dream Theater ~ Awake: Picked up this album by chance and my how I don't regret it. The album filters through so many emotions that I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in. The music is beautifully composed and the lyrics of some tracks are deep and endearing to me. This album really ignited my imagination whilst listening to the music, especially the instrumental 'Erotomania'. I love this album and still listen to it on occasion. The last time I actually gave it a listen was yesterday.

Judas Priest ~ Painkiller: ~ I love this album purely for the power it throws out. Strong and epic, this album lead me through my last year of school. Everytime I hear the opening track it brings back a helluva load of memories. I went on about it so much that my [non-metal]brother had to hear it out and loved the song 'Painkiller'. He used to sing it a lot and it's still on his iPod although I have no idea how much he listens to it. Admittedly, life has caused be to abandon this album for a long time so maybe I should in the near future pick it up and give it a listen.

There are more albums but I cannot be bothered to write out explanations now and I'd feel guilty just listing albums.

Opeth - Morningrise oneof the best albums I have ever heard in my life, if not THE best. The music is so fresh, like a newborn child, Opeth lost this sound later on, but this is a fine example, of what true talent really is, so raw and spontanius.

Dream Theater - Awake by far the best album of the band, and a very musical one: it has a very wide variety of sounds, like the intro on Scared - almost jazzy. The whole album is beautiful, full of colors and emotions. The voice of LaBrie was exeptional on this album, I really enjoyed his vocal solos.

Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress, the ultimate doom album, the music has an almost natural beauty. It's like a painting for blinds.

I can't mention only one...

Metallica - S&M
The best album I've ever heard. Loved to hear Metallica's classic songs accompained by a symphonic orchestra. The introduction was perfect, by the introduction I mean the first two songs, not only The ecstasy of gold. Favorite songs: Master of Puppets, One, Fuel, Battery.

Symphony X - V (the new mythology suite)
My favorite studio album. One of those in which you like the entire album, instead of only 3 or 4 songs. Favorite songs: Communion and the oracle, Evolution, Fallen.

Nightwish - From wishes to eternity
From the very beginning to the very end, it was a great concert. Nightwish live is just great. I went to Nightwish's last concert in Mexico (in last year's Live n Louder, with Therion among others) and I loved it, but I wish I would have been there in Finland. Favorite songs: Dead Boy's Poem, The Kinslayer, Wishmaster, Sacrament of Wilderness.

Iced Eath - Alive in Athens
Another live album. The very best from this great band. Nothing more to say... Favorite songs: I died for you, Angels Holocaust, Watching over me, Blessed are you.

Korn - Issues
As well as Symphony X's V, Issues is one of those studio albums that I like the entire tracklist, instead of only a few songs. I don't care if it's nu metal, this album is amazing, as well as the band. Favorite songs: Make me band, Falling away from me, Trash, Let's get this party started.


And many more....

It is hard to choose only one but the 3 albums that mean the most to me are

1.avalancha - heroes del silencio
i know it is not exactly metal but this album was the first rock album that i ever bought jaja i was 8 years old when i bought it and since the moment i heard it i became aware of a new side in my life.

2. finisterra - mago de oz
this was my first metal album and what can i said i simply love this band the sound, the chords, all the felling in the lyrics, ARRIBA CABRONES!!!!!!!

3. symphony of enchanted lands - rhapsody of fire
what an album what a band the first time i heard the notes of emerald sword i knew my life would never be the same jaja

Dissection - Storm of the Lights bane,
This album did it for me, I was on LSD when I first heard this album and so its forever embedded into my brain, plus it reminds me of one of my best friends that I had at the time and what a crazy life we had then.

Tristania - World of Glass,
This album says alot regarding the lyrics and the music is absolutely beautiful...I think this album best characterizes the time period in which I bought this album and had a huge impact on my because I'd listen to it when Im really deppressed.

Morbid Angel - Covenant
This albums message is very strong; and Morbid Angels message is very strong; non conformist to religion and develope yourself as a human being. World of Shit, Vengeance is mine, Blood on my hands, Rapture literally give me power.

Hypocrisy - The Arrival
This album has its memories, which make it hard to listen to sometimes, but once into it, I remember all the good things that came out of it, like my strength, my pride and my power to move on. Especially moving songs like slave to the parasites and stillborn gave me alot of motivation in my day.

Korn - Follow the leader
This album, has been with me in the darkest of allies and funny thing is that this was the only album with me when my friend had a near tragic accident and I had to walk home in the west bank at 3 in the morning. It was fucking erie as hell. I must admit

Poison the Well - you come before you
This band reminds me in general when I met one of my best friends about 3 years ago, and she let me borrow this album after being wasted for 24 hours and on LSD, I went home, put this on went to sleep. And for the next day this album was all I listened to.

@Bithc Boy: S&M is indeed just as good as you say and I thought about letting the album be on my list, it means a lot to me and was my favorite album for a long time.

Vovin, Therion Was the first album I bought with my money! and of course I love it, is one of those albums I still hearing sometimes and I have a lot of good memories. And In my opinion is one of the best Therion albums.. Powerful music, and sometimes just soft melodies... I love it.
Elodia, Lacrimosa Not my fav. Lacrimosa album but with this one I discover the Gothic metal (and Tilo Wolf), what can I say... I adore Lacrimosa and this album is really good and I know I'm not the only one who discover the band with this album. I guess that, if I have listened first another album I would not fall in love. Songs like Halt Mich still my favorites... pure gold...
Awaking The Centuries, Haggard Ok, this album change my live. I stared hearing some Power Metal and Heavy Metal and Therion, but this album make me discover the Folk music and I love it now... And I can't find another Haggard album that beat this one
Wishmaster, Nightwish Ok this one and Ocean Born are beautiful albums but I choose Wishmaster because i used to hear it with my best friend in our best time together (as friend of course ) and good memories I have of this particular album

Metallica-Master of Puppets
While not my favourite thrash album, nor my favourite Metallica album, this was the first metal album I ever bought, and within weeks I had memorised every note. It's overrated, and I (sadly) don't listen to it much anymore, but when I do go back to it, nostalgia just washes over me

Iron Maiden-Rock in Rio
One of the first Maiden albums I bought, and it allowed me to discover one of my favourite bands. A superb album, full of the vitality that was missing from Live After Death, and brilliant sing-along participation from the crowd. Fear of the Dark sends a shiver down my spine...'A light in the black...or just a Fear of the Dark?'

Dark Tranquillity-The Gallery
One of my first experiences with Melodic Death Metal, and one of the finest albums I have yet to encounter. I spent at least two weeks just solidly listening to this album. From start to finish, it is one of the most progressive and original albums in the pretty mediocre Gothenburg genre, and cemented DT's supremacy of the scene.

Nightwish-Ocenaborn
Similar to The Gallery, except for Symphonic Metal. Definitely their finest moment, filled with melodies, from the exhilirating (sp?) Stargazers to the heavy 'Pharoah Sails to Orion'. This album has everything; brilliant lyrics, fast-as-fuck riffs and melodies, beautiful vocals and an overall sense of mastery. Wishmaster is equally good, but this album deserves the spot for the effect it had on me upon hearing it.

@Warman: maybe you chose MoP because, as you said, it was the album that got you into thrash metal and has some sort of "sentimental" meaning for you, and S&M maybe not. For me, it was a hard decission too. It's hard when we're talking about Metallica MoP and Metallica (the Black Album) are both my favorite Metallica studio albums.

1 IRON MAIDEN The first album is the first i heared a long time ago when i was a chid, so it reminds me that happy moments and my riot acts of the past

2 HELLOWEEN-KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT 1 A friend (necrogen) gave me this album and said to me it was the best rock he ever heard, even than iron maiden, but now is one of the most importants to me

3 JUDAS PRIEST-BRITISH STEEL The perfect disc to party, destroy and drunk, remind me when i was with my friends

4 PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH-TESTAMENT The first metal album that i bought by myself

5 ICED EARTH Other disc that i bought by myself, but is the first cd that i learned all the songs

6 RHAPSODY-RAIN OF A THOUSAND FLAMES this one, my dad gave me because i started to play guitar

7 ROLAND GRAPOW-THE FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE Other disc that my dad gave me for learn

The album which means a lot for me is Haven by Dark Tranquillity. My first album of extreme metal and the first of the band that's my favorite.

the album that means the most to me is ixnay on the hombre by the offspring. before i bought that album i just listened to pop music. another album that means alot is abraxas by santana, coz my dad gave it to me, and i associate that album with my dad.

Graveland - Following the voice of blood
Graveland - Immortal Pride

Those brought me into the 2 metal genre i like the most (black and viking).

interesting to see so many nu-metal albuns in here...just like open minded people, and im tired of the tr00 metallers...wannabes i say...

well

1- Korn - Untouchables -> the first album ive heard from korn and the one that made me buy all of Korn's originals albuns, its still my favorite album from them. it was with korn that i would listen to more metal, at this time only nu metal...

2- Cradle of Filth - Midian -> it really is an amazing album, the first "extreme metal(comparing to nu metal at the time)" album ive heard, and the one who got me into the "tr00 metal"(die tr00 metallers, really...die) world

3- Opeth - Ghost Reveries -> its an amazing album but is for that music..Hours of Wealth that helped me in rough situations with my girlfriend

4- Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion -> this one solified my taste for more than nu metal

5- Katatonia - Viva Emptiness -> the album that introduced me to this beautiful band, just brutally depressive...this albuns just turns your suicide intentions on...really great, just like Opeth's Ghost Reveries, this album helped me in difficult times

6- Moonspell - Antidote -> its not the album that i like most(Wolfheart and Memorial are way better), no, i only picked it because it was the album that introduced me to the best band in my country and one of the best in the world

7- Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor -> errr...one of the best albuns of all time if not the best...not much to say beyond that..Jeff Loomis' work on this one is just P E R F E C T!

8- Queen - Greatest Hits -> god...i just love these guys =)

9- Slipknot - Iowa -> hum...i guess this album made me re-think my though about heavier metal(compared to nu metal bands, slipknot is heavier...and they are not nu metal...) because for me slipknot was just pure trash music, stupid growls etc...and when i started to like slipknot i was like "i used to hate this kind of music", it was important later when i decided to listen to bands as In Flames(the song Trigger got me into extreme metal lol but besides that ive never been that super fan of In Flames) and Cradle of Filth.

10 - System of a Down - Toxicity -> one of the best albuns of all time

If i were to loose all of my collection today except 1 album... It would be consign to Oblivion - Epica... Its a very versitile album that i can listen to in just about any mood. Perhaps also MyDying Bride - Songs of darkness, Words of Light as well.

Hmmm, I would say Opeth - Deliverance, Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk & Cradle of Filth - Midian.


These were the albums that took me beyond the likes of Rammstein (who are still good for a listen occasionally), and right into the world of metal.

For me, "Anthems..." is the best album of all time, and I doubt my opinion on that will ever be changed.

It took me a long time to get into Deliverance. I listened to it 2-3 times, then ignored it for a month or so. When I finally gave it another chance, I sat down with the lyric booklet and played the entire album through, reading the lyrics at the same time. I was hooked on Opeth from then on.

And Midian - Tr00 or not (and I don't care about others' opinions of this band, except to laugh at their blindness), this is a masterpiece. Especially lyrically. It's just a special album for me.

1. Metallica- Ride The Lighting- This album is just fucking heavy from start to finish. The album also has my favorite metal song of all time "For Whom the Bell Tolls." This is Metallica's best album to date in my opinion (But I like Puppets just as much).

2. Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power- My first metal record ever. I owe everything to this album. And in my opinion it is the heaviest album ever with tracks like "Walk" and "No Good (Attack the Radical)" how could you go wrong. R.I.P. Dimebag

3. Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss- I love this album becasue of how well produce it is. Some of my favorite Slayer songs are on here ("War Ensemble", "Seasons in the Abyss", "Blood Red", and Dead Skin Mask")

4. Death- Symbolic- This album is what got me into old school death metal. I didn't use to really like death metal when I first staring lisenting to metal, but this album changed all that by introducing bands such as Morbid Angel and Possessed (Two of my fav. bands).