The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me

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The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me

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A list by
Iron Nostarion
Created
May 10, 2012
Entries
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Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.

Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their albums hadn't had so much impact, Testa wouldn't be my favorite band.
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AC/DC - Back In Black
First ever rock 'n' roll experience.
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Accept - Stalingrad
Title track was the first song ever to leave me teary-eyed. FUCK YOU ALL, THIS IS MANLY.
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Agalloch - The Mantle
Most album that talked to my emotions at bad times (also helped that it was winter).
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Amon Amarth - Versus The World
What got me into melodeath and viking themes. Especially "Death In Fire".
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Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
With "Madhouse", I came to appreciate the culture of thrashers in general.
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Benighted - Icon
I used to hate grindcore and too much brutal death, but this made me turn 180 degrees.
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
No explanation needed for the impact.
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Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
"Hammer Smashed Face" was the first song that scared me in metal. However, this type of extremity is exactly what my subconscious wanted.
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Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
First ever black metal experience.
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Death - Symbolic
First dive into progressive "elements" of music.
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Dio - Holy Diver
I imitated this guy's vocals on Vice City Stories so many times. When I knew the band and the album, then it was another story. Then I went into a deep period of heavy metal worship. R.I.P. :'(
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Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
"The Spirit Carries On" was my first ever progressive metal listen.
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Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
First ever symphonic black metal experience.
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Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Was my big sign to turn me away from worshiping the Big 4. This... this... madness..
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Immolation - Close To A World Below
What got me into old-school brutal death.
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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
One of the biggest impacts on me musically.
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Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
This masterpiece accompanied its sibling above. Same stuff.
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Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
First time I ever realized there were good metal vocalists. "Victim Of Changes", to be specific.
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KISS - Lick It Up
What got me hooked up to a few hard rock and rock 'n' roll for a long time. Big impact with the title track.
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Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
First time I ever heard Teutonic / very extreme Thrash. Also my first proto-death stuff.
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
What got me into classic rock.
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
What got me into Zeppelin. (IV got me into classic rock though because I ignored this a bit before that one's impact)
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Machine Head - The Blackening
What made me appreciate groove metal as a good genre if done right. (G. Hero and YouTube to thank)
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Mastodon - Leviathan
First ever stoner / sludge experience.
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Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Made me want guitar. And want to hear thrash metal. And stuff. <==3
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Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Made me appreciate instrumental technicality.
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Metallica - Metallica
What got me into metal in the first place.
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Metallica - Kill 'Em All
What got me into thrash.
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Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Nothing can beat this album's influence on death metal.
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Morbid Angel - Covenant
Or this one's impact.
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Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
It got me into.. Motorhead. Usually this causes severe emotional impact.
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Napalm Death - Scum
This is something not of this world, certainly. Perhaps because I'm new to grindcore, but this is really a work of art.
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Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction
What made me love tech-death.
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Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
What got me into brutal death in general.
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Opeth - Blackwater Park
What made me appreciate progressive metal.
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Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
You won't believe how many times I've replayed "Cowboys From Hell" and kept listening.
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Queen - The Game
They were truly good. Forget the "TR00" crap, when it's a very good rock band, it has to be very famous.
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Rush - 2112
What got me into progressive rock.
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Slayer - Reign In Blood
What defined what is thrash metal for me.
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Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Basically a masterpiece. A FUCKING MASTERPIECE.
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Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army
What got me into punk / crossover thrash.
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Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
My first NDE. (Near-Doom Experience)
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Testament - Demonic
A lot of character and impact here, even though overall this is merely a fun ride and that's it.
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Testament - Practice What You Preach
A lot of groovy thrash here. Big impact.
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Testament - The Legacy
Testament's best work, materially speaking. I prefer 'Order, but this is really their best as for quality.
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Testament - The New Order
What got me into those Gods. My most impacting album ever, my most listened-to album ever. Yes, this is truly legendary to me.
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Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
First avantgarde experience.
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The Who - Who's Next
Stuff that made me love rock more and more.
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Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
The first atmospheric black / blackgaze / whatever experience. Was my standard forest-walk anthem for a long time.
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I love this list but I noticed there aren't any doom albums here. You don't like doom?
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