5 Albums that have changed your life.

1. Korn - Self Titled
This was the my first metal album and it's the album that released the metalhead in me.

2. Nevermore - All Albums
I own every single Nevermore album and I believe them to be responsible for my love of music.

3. Anathema - Judgement
My first melancholic album, which lead onto bands like Katatonia, My Dying Bride etc.

4. Death - The Sound Of Peseverance
Chuck Schuldiner is my god... he is my inspiration to learn the guitar.

5. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
I never ever thought music could have such an effect on my life...

Angel
 
There were a bunch of records that triggered my interest in metal - for example "Wildhoney", "Draconian Times" and "Angel And The Dark River". These albums set me up, in a way.

Two other important albums for me were "The Edges Of Twilight" by The Tea Party and "Broad View Gardens" by Amber Street. I mean, I was 15 or so and I didn't know much about music that wasn't commercially succesful. So with these two albums I started to get interested in music that was "different".
 
A very nice thread!

At first i have to say that music has always had kind of an effect on me but there are certain albums/songs that really move me and remind of something good/bad/sad and so on...

Katatonia-Discouraged ones (this album got me into this great band and also into more darker/depressive music [of all kinds] )

Abigor-Orkblut/the retaliation (that was my first black metal album and that one kind of brought me to black and death metal,i still love it today)

Neil Young-the song "my my, hey hey" which i saw live on a german tv program called"Rockpalast",so it bought the "live rust" album (that song and the album brought me to singer/songwriters of the 60s and 70s)

Embrace-The good will out (an album which moves me with every song,it reminds me of many(good and bad) times and when listening to it i have all kinds of feelings.)

If i stumble upon another album i'll list it:)
 
Amorphis-Elegy
Iced Earth-Alive in Athens
At the gates-Slaughter of the Soul
Death-Human
Immortal-Battles in the north
 
1. Europe - The final countdown
This was my first heavy rock album. I got it in 1986 and loved it to death.

2. Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a seventh son
The first metal album I bought all by myself. It lead me to buy 50 maiden vinyls during the next 2 years. I didn't buy anything from any other band during those two years.

3. In Flames - Whoracle
My first "gothenburg death metal" album. This lead me to discover At the gates, Dark Tranquillity and so on...

4. Metallica - Metallica
I can't get tired of it. I have probably heard it a few hundred times.

5. Entombed - Wolverine blues
The first death metal album I seriously loved. Death metal for life.
 
Alice Cooper - Trash (my first expearence with extreme sound)

Metallica - Master of puppets (my first metal album -on tape!-)

Necromantia - Ancient pride (this album got me into black metal)

Arcturus - Aspera heims symphonia (this got me into "avantgarde" B/M)

Devil Doll - The girl who was... death (*shock*)
 
Ahh, the memories........ ;)

1) My Dying Bride (you all knew this was coming, didn't you)- TA&TDR- my first doom album, and the one album that has actually impacted on my life in a meaningful way (I mean other than me just really really liking it ;)). I was in my 2nd year at university studying classical music, heard this and realised I was wasting my time. Eventually dropped out in my 3rd year (actually didn't want to go back for year 3, but that's another story...), and I think it was in no small part thanks to this. It's just so utterly amazing, the depth of emotion, the beautiful melodies, everything about it....... I really can't add any more than that.
2) Bolt Thrower- Realm of chaos- before this album, I could not handle blast beats. At all. I liked Emperor and suchlike, but they grated me a bit. This album made it all make sense, I wouldn't be into half the insane shit I am today if it wasn't for this. Awesome riffs, I think the big dose of groovy melodies that BT put in their songs really helped (I love this band :D )
3) Cradle of filth (stop laughing!)- the principal of evil made flesh- my first black metal album, and was really blown away by the awesome keyboard work (Ben Ryan rules) and the whole detailed nature of the album. It was a major influence on my song writing approach (not black metal, just the over-the-top classical thing) for quite a while, and while I have sonce moved on (this was pre-MDB discovery), it was still a significant album.
4) Sepultura- Chaos AD- my first album with non-conventional vocals/ a more 'underground' vibe, had been into metal for 10 years or so prior to this, but this was a landmark album. Very cool.
5) Hell, what can I put here, there are many albums. Def Leppard should get a mention for starting it all back in '87 with Hysteria, Dark Tranquility, for introducing me to the whole twin-independant-guitar thing with 'The mind's I', among other albums, but I give #5 to......
Death- Human. Not my first Death album, but the one that hit me the hardest, and really inspired me in my playing. I sucked at speed-picking until I got this album, every night I would play along with Suicide Machine and others, now I can speed pick (I still suck, but less so ;))
 
YDG, we had remarkably similar music upbringings, Bolt Thrower aside.

And Dionysos, I used to have 'Trash' by Alice Cooper as well. Even today when I hear the much commercialised song, 'Poison' I get chills down my spine.

"I wanna love you but I better not touch,
I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop!"

God, that's good stuff. I suppose the symphonic vocals in the background helped get me into mor symphonic stuff in general.

And THAT guitar solo.... :worship:
 
Uh....let me see

Smashing pumpkins (-siamese dream-) This album have throw me into depressive and sad music.

The Cure (-disintegration-) Well probabily the bast album in the world.Robert smith is god.

The Cure (-pornography-) I can't say what is better. the origins of dark lies here.

Katatonia (-tonight's decision-) exactly the kind of album that you can't forget and the words are my life written by renske...

NiN (-broken-) Because he's a genius.


I wish to write another thousands albums. but you asked only 5...so..


bye and die
 
In chronological order:

1. Iron Maiden - "Somewhere In Time"
2. Queensryche - "Rage For Order"
3. Jag Panzer - "Thane To The Throne"
4. Pain of Salvation - "The Perfect Element"
5. Anathema - "Judgement"
 
opeth - orchid
opeth - morningrise
opeth - my arms, your hearse
opeth - still life
opeth - blackwater park

should i say more? i don't think so...
 
Originally posted by phyre
Three persons being introduced to extreme metal with "Wildhoney?" On the same thread? Whee.
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'Wildhoney' was a fucking revolution!
I am always delighted when I find it affected someone else's soul.
(I thought I was the only1 at the time I discovered it...)
 
Originally posted by elric

life of agony - soul searching sun (damn... this is depressing... i *like* it!)
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Well if you like it I recommend you check out their first two albums ' River Runs Red' and 'Ugly', the most moving lyrics and vocals ,the most depressing band I've ever heard and my second favourite after Anathema.
 
The Cure - Disintegration (I listened to this album ALL of the time when I was depressed... started listening to Katatonia because I'd heard they sounded like The Cure kind of...)

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (Bought it because I liked "In The Forest" and came to love the other songs... first metal album...)

Opeth - Morningrise (Made me realize that long songs could be good songs... first "extreme metal" album... lyrics inspired me to write myself...)

Theatre of Tragedy - Aegis (Taught me to respect female vocals... Introduced to me by my "evil" ex-girlfriend...)

Therion - Vovin (A fusion of my 2 favorite genres of music, classical and metal... I bsolutely love it and I'd never heard anything like it before!)
 
First and foremost:
IRON MAIDEN - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, for it made me a metal head... I was a lended a tape with this album by a friend in January 1990 and it set the ball a' rollin'...

After that:
METALLICA - ...And Justice For All, heavier than Iron Maiden, introduced me to more "extreme" Metal.
SLAYER - Reign In Blood, heavier than Metallica, on first listen I thought "This is just senseless noise, that guy is just screaming!", oh ignorant me...
NAPALM DEATH - Harmony Corruption, introduced me to Death Metal, though it's never really been a favourite album, it was just the first Death Metal I heard... after that came Obituary, Death, Morbid Angel etc...
DISSECTION - The Somberlain, introduced me to melodic ("Gothenburg" if you will...) Death Metal and later on also Black Metal...

This all took place in the first half of the nineties...
 
Originally posted by At The Gates
2. Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a seventh son
The first metal album I bought all by myself. It lead me to buy 50 maiden vinyls during the next 2 years. I didn't buy anything from any other band during those two years.
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:lol: :lol: YEAH! The same goes for me a little, after hearing it I also taped (only had a tapedeck back then...) all the Maiden stuff I could get before I went on to the next band (Metallica)...
 
1)Katatonia Dance of December souls (my first kata album)
2)Darkthrone Transilvian Hunger (MY first black metal album)
3)Emperor - Anthems to the welkin at dusk- (i was begining to worship black metal)
4)Anathema -Alternative 4 (i dont like this album but i have lots of memories i began to lose lots of my friends with this album)
5)Katatonia -Tonight's Decision ( i fell in love :( cannot eat at all only listening TD)
 
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