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Posted by Elyar S., 31.07.2010 - 02:13
Today when I commented on In Mourning's debut album called Shrouded Divine; decided to open this topic. Its interesting for me to hear best debut albums because I think bands with best debuts are so important. It shows that they did something special in that time before they become famous, I can mention another new band with a very good debut album like A Fores of Stars with The Corpse Of Rebirth.

But lets talk about some important albums in history of metal like Iron Maiden's Iron Maiden which is a masterpiece for sure, those melodic guitars with Paul's strong vocals and Steve's unique bass sound. A masterpiece instrumental song like "Transylvania" or one of the best ballads of metal ever like "Remember Tomorrow" and yes born of NWOBHM maybe.

Or take a look at Metallica's Kill 'Em All album and born of thrash metal. A brutal instrumental song by adorable Cliff Burton . And songs like "The Four Horseman" or "Seek and Destroy" ...

Godfathers of metal Black Sabbath started with Black Sabbath in 1970 and made the history of metal with songs like "Black Sabbath" and "N.I.B" and brought us doom and heavy metal.

I can talk a lot and mention a lot of other albums but its better to see what you think all?
01.08.2010 - 02:07
Daniell
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 31.07.2010 at 16:32

Well, Testament's The Legacy is a true classic which destroys every album in their own catalogue.

And basically the ONLY album that can be called good from start to end.
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01.08.2010 - 02:33
Marcel Hubregtse
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Written by Daniell on 01.08.2010 at 02:07

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 31.07.2010 at 16:32

Well, Testament's The Legacy is a true classic which destroys every album in their own catalogue.

And basically the ONLY album that can be called good from start to end.

exactly. i still find it unbelievable how quickly downhill they went. Album 2 only half good and album 3 and 4 not a redeeming thing on it.
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01.08.2010 - 03:08
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Could compile a pretty lengthy list of debuts... will just go with one for now, probably my favorite metal album:

Ulver - Bergtatt.

Great evolution of music within the album itself, starting nice and breezy and ending in a thunderstorm of black metal fury.
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01.08.2010 - 12:46
Powerslavex
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Wintersun: Wintersun
Ensiferum: Ensiferum
Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden
Agalloch: Pale Folklore
Draconian: Where Lovers Mourn
Empyrium: A Wintersunset
Katatonia: Dance Of December Souls
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01.08.2010 - 12:53
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Written by Sangre Sani on 31.07.2010 at 19:10

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden - One of the best Iron Maiden albums in my opinion.
Metallica - Kill'em All - Fucking awesomeness
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise - It's darker than inside of anus.
Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal - Deathrider rules!

I totally agree on the Paradise Lost debut. They had some demos before though.
I've got the Frozen Illusion demo, but I 've never seen one of the others.
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01.08.2010 - 17:14
Elyar S.
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Written by skrätte on 31.07.2010 at 22:04

Written by Elyar S. on 31.07.2010 at 06:14

@skrätte, so Black Sabbath's debut is a bad album hmmm, I will think about it man

I would LOVE to know where I said that. Please quote me in your response. One of us needs to learn how to read, and I'm quite sure it isn't me.

well Im sure I was drunk! sorry.
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01.08.2010 - 17:17
vezzy
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Written by Elyar S. on 01.08.2010 at 17:14

Written by skrätte on 31.07.2010 at 22:04

Written by Elyar S. on 31.07.2010 at 06:14

@skrätte, so Black Sabbath's debut is a bad album hmmm, I will think about it man

I would LOVE to know where I said that. Please quote me in your response. One of us needs to learn how to read, and I'm quite sure it isn't me.

well Im sure I was drunk! sorry.

Drunkenness: The best excuse.
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01.08.2010 - 17:20
Elyar S.
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Written by vezzy on 01.08.2010 at 17:17

Written by Elyar S. on 01.08.2010 at 17:14

Written by skrätte on 31.07.2010 at 22:04

Written by Elyar S. on 31.07.2010 at 06:14

@skrätte, so Black Sabbath's debut is a bad album hmmm, I will think about it man

I would LOVE to know where I said that. Please quote me in your response. One of us needs to learn how to read, and I'm quite sure it isn't me.

well Im sure I was drunk! sorry.

Drunkenness: The best excuse.

well nowadays Im drinking so much! so I can use it anytime lol
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01.08.2010 - 18:00
Elyar S.
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Written by ForeverDarkWoods on 31.07.2010 at 13:51

Mercyful Fate - Melissa:
Mercyful Fate is often cited as important because of the dark aesthetics that they brought into metal. Now, while this is true, it would do this album much more justice if it was just to be remembered for the awesome riffs, the vocals that totally fuck you over, and the brilliant drumming and bass lines. I would personally say that the EP prior to the release of this album was even better, but since this topic is about debut albums, I covered Melissa instead.

Im almost agree with you and I think I can say same thingg about Celtic Frost's first "To Mega Therion" debut and "Morbid Tales EP". I think Hellhammer and Celtic Frost are as important as Venom for black metal and maybe more.
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01.08.2010 - 18:09
vezzy
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Written by Elyar S. on 01.08.2010 at 18:00

Written by ForeverDarkWoods on 31.07.2010 at 13:51

Mercyful Fate - Melissa:
Mercyful Fate is often cited as important because of the dark aesthetics that they brought into metal. Now, while this is true, it would do this album much more justice if it was just to be remembered for the awesome riffs, the vocals that totally fuck you over, and the brilliant drumming and bass lines. I would personally say that the EP prior to the release of this album was even better, but since this topic is about debut albums, I covered Melissa instead.

Im almost agree with you and I think I can say same thingg about Celtic Frost's first "To Mega Therion" debut and "Morbid Tales EP". I think Hellhammer and Celtic Frost are as important as Venom for black metal and maybe more.

I agree on Hellhammer. Their sound was much more close to black metal, even if they were essentially sludgier, dissonant basic speed metal riffs. Essentially not much skill at all, but historically significant, I guess.
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02.08.2010 - 06:47
Elyar S.
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Agalloch - Pale Folklore is one of the best debuts ever when it comes to folk metal and maybe the best folk metal debut of USA ever. They have nordic blood for sure recently Ive read or watched an interview about it, I think the interviewer said that "if you were in Europa you would be more successful" and Im agree. I dont remember where they were recently in Europa, anyway Im talking about that interview
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02.08.2010 - 14:37
FU!!!, JM
I would have to say my favorite debut album is Death's [/i]Scream Bloody Gore[i].
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02.08.2010 - 15:42
Andresopeth
Good topic, i also think of the importance of debut album, and i feel very atracted to them, i have a list like:

Draconian-Where Lovers Mourn
Opeth-Orchid
Testament-The Legacy
Epica-The Phantom Agony
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin I
Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction
Moonspell-Wolfheart
Nightwish-Angels Fall First
Theatre Of Tragedy-Theatre Of Tragedy

And of course i agree with Metallica's Kill'em All!
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02.08.2010 - 16:38
Elyar S.
Gud är Död
Written by Andresopeth on 02.08.2010 at 15:42

Good topic, i also think of the importance of debut album, and i feel very atracted to them, i have a list like:

Draconian-Where Lovers Mourn
Opeth-Orchid
Testament-The Legacy
Epica-The Phantom Agony
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin I
Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction
Moonspell-Wolfheart
Nightwish-Angels Fall First
Theatre Of Tragedy-Theatre Of Tragedy

And of course i agree with Metallica's Kill'em All!

Im a big fan of Wolfheart and to be honest after all these years I never considered it as a debut album! shame on me, I always thought that it was Under the Moonspell, my bad!.
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02.08.2010 - 16:50
Kennoth
Ermm....Korn I guess...

Also, Sinner from Drowning Pool is on the top of my favorites. And Sirenia's At Sixes and Sevens.
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02.08.2010 - 17:22
vezzy
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Oh, and of course, Sacred Reich's Ignorance is a great debut.
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02.08.2010 - 17:43
thewall30
I agree with Kill Em' All from Metallica, Dave Mustaine wrote this amazing solos and riffs, and it just sounds amazing, I also like Iron Maiden's self titled debut, that album got me hooked. The Phantom Of The Opera maybe the best metal song i've ever heard. Megadeth's debut Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! is also probably one of my favorite debuts by a band, that album is absolutely amazing! The guitar work is flawless, just listen to the opener and than you'll get a glimpse of how talented those guys are. Probably the must underated debut in my collection is probably Burn My Eyes by Machinehead, that album is a gem also, great songwriting material there for sure.
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02.08.2010 - 18:20
Diabolos
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My favourite debut albums are:

Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
Be'lakor - The Frail Tide
Betray My Secrets - Betray My Secrets
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Buthers Ballroom
Dornenreich - Nicht Um Zu Sterben (although their second one is their masterpiece )
Ensiferum - Ensiferum
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Limbonic Art - Moon In The Scorpio
Opeth - Orchid
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Schandmaul - Wahre Helden
The Meads Of Asphodel - The Excommunication Of Christ
The Vision Bleak - The Deathship Has A New Captain
Ulver - Bergtatt
Vampiria - Among Mortals
Varg - Wolfszeit
Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of 12 Stars
XIV Dark Canturies - ...Den Ahnen Zum Grusse...

Maybe I've forgotten some, but who cares?
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02.08.2010 - 22:14
InnerSelf
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My favorite Debuts are :

Process of Guilt - Renounce
How this album paved the way for the masterpiece Erosion is just amazing . and since I heard Erosion before the debut I did not actually expect something as good
those post\metal bands just keep bringing the freshness to metal

Alcest - Le Secrete
An unbelievable release that shows the BM side of Alcest more than the other release does

Moonspell - Wolfheart
The first somehow extreme album I have heard , and still it plays sometimes on my player

Burzum - Burzum
Though it seems that everyone hates Varg's vox on this release I always enjoy them

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
The most influential of them all

Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express
Fresh , Emotional , Brilliant

I know I left out many important releases but these are the albums that jumped into my mind for now
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04.08.2010 - 01:25
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Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
It's an absolutely phenomenal album that is still one of my favorites to this day. With tracks like Chapel of Ghouls, Maze of Torment and Visions from the Dark Side, it's almost impossible to not think this album had a huge role in defining the death metal sound and genre.
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04.08.2010 - 15:31
Perseverence
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On the subject of death Zombie Destruktion's debute
Oceano - Depths
Allegaeon - Fragments of Form and Function
Disfigured - Blistering of the Mouth
Hod - Serpents
But most of all
Scars on Broadway!
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06.08.2010 - 00:12
demonsarising
Allegaeon- Fragments of Form and Function
Wretched- The Exodus of Autonomy
I'm not entirely sure about any other debut albums I know off the top of my head.
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09.08.2010 - 01:27
F0rang3l
For me the best debut album will always be "Kill 'em all". The title says it all. The Four Horsemen are pulling teeth, whiplashing and seeking and destroying.

But I also like:

AC/DC-High Voltage
In Flames-Lunar Strain
HIM-Greatest Lovesong Vol. 666
Rammstein-Herzeleid
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09.08.2010 - 12:09
vezzy
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Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 01:27
AC/DC-High Voltage

+1 on that.

Especially the Australian version, it's great.

Anyway, I'll also add Macabre's Gloom. Serial killer comedy grind/death.
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09.08.2010 - 12:22
Marcel Hubregtse
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Elite
Written by vezzy on 09.08.2010 at 12:09

Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 01:27
AC/DC-High Voltage

+1 on that.

Especially the Australian version, it's great.

The Australian version is the debut. The rest of the world had TNT as debut album and a different version of High Voltage as albumber two
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09.08.2010 - 19:39
F0rang3l
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.08.2010 at 12:22

Written by vezzy on 09.08.2010 at 12:09

Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 01:27
AC/DC-High Voltage

+1 on that.

Especially the Australian version, it's great.

The Australian version is the debut. The rest of the world had TNT as debut album and a different version of High Voltage as albumber two

Yeah, but "HIgh Voltage" was made before "TNT" so it doesn't matter when it was released.
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09.08.2010 - 19:41
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 19:39

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.08.2010 at 12:22

Written by vezzy on 09.08.2010 at 12:09

Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 01:27
AC/DC-High Voltage

+1 on that.

Especially the Australian version, it's great.

The Australian version is the debut. The rest of the world had TNT as debut album and a different version of High Voltage as albumber two

Yeah, but "HIgh Voltage" was made before "TNT" so it doesn't matter when it was released.

Altars Of Madness was made after Abominations... yet is still their debut because it was released earlier
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10.08.2010 - 06:51
Wyrd
Winterburst's self titled demo. I know this is not really an album but I don't know where else to talk about this amazing new band. These guy's are a melo-death band from France and I must say that I was amazed at how fucking awesome the demo is! IMO it's the best debut since wintersun.

http://www.myspace.com/winterburst

Check out the're myspace and give the're songs a good listen. I promise that you won't be disappointed
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10.08.2010 - 10:53
F0rang3l
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.08.2010 at 19:41

Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 19:39

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 09.08.2010 at 12:22

Written by vezzy on 09.08.2010 at 12:09

Written by F0rang3l on 09.08.2010 at 01:27
AC/DC-High Voltage

+1 on that.

Especially the Australian version, it's great.

The Australian version is the debut. The rest of the world had TNT as debut album and a different version of High Voltage as albumber two

Yeah, but "HIgh Voltage" was made before "TNT" so it doesn't matter when it was released.

Altars Of Madness was made after Abominations... yet is still their debut because it was released earlier

"High Voltage" was released in February in Australia and "TNT" was released in December 1975 in the rest of the world, so "High Voltage" was first released and is their debut.
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11.08.2010 - 01:26
bkrownd
Aside from the obvious choices from Megadeth, Mercyful Fate, Venom, Yngwie, etc that were all already big hitters when I started my metal years, a few debuts that I'll always remember:

Fear Of God's "Within The Veil" was refreshing

In the mid-90s Grip Inc's "Power of Inner Strength" gave me hope that the thrashy 1980's music might return, but it wasn't to be

Lord Weird Slough Feg's awesome debut - I really hoped they'd keep that awesome sound and bouncy tunes

I still remember the initial thrill of how awesome Testament's "The Legacy" was, though it had a couple filler tracks

Death Angel's "The Ultra-Violence" was a ripping debut

I didn't acquire "Forbidden Evil" until quite recently, and continue to be amazed by it
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