Bands that blew your mind...

[SLAYER85]

Killswitch engage - i was just marvelously surprised to what they actually were as compared to what i had heard.

hatebreed - just love their raw intensity

slayer - pure energy

more that im too lazy to put

 

[FailingAcension]

Borknagar - Perfect blend of clean and harsh vox, very melodic yet powerful.

 

[Phrozenspite]

Dimmu Borgir - I was checking into more extreme stuff through a Terrorizer Magazine(I bought it cause fear factory, rammstein and h3llbent were in it haha)... and I came across a Susperia interview... well I checked them out since they said something about bridging the gap between black metal and thrash... and well I thought they sucked(and still do)... anyways Dimmu were in that issue so I checked out a song off of PEM... godamn was I blown away... before that I was the typical guy who thought Orchestral music belonged nowhere near anything heavy... heh
Opeth - They were actually the first band with Death metal growls that I got into... I was into Dimmu, In Flames, and The Kovenant(oh shit what was i thinking than)... and than I heard of Opeth being melodic death... so I picked up a copy of Blackwater Park... fuck... simply amazing.
Symphony X - actually just the other day these guys "blew my mind"... thanks to Dream Theater and bands like that I previously had been extremly unopen to Prog bands... well I grabbed a ride from a friend and he was blasting symphony x's V: the new mythology suite... holy shit
Axis of Perdition - I've never heard an Industrial metal band like this.... fuck I want more... closest thing I've heard to some of TGs stylings in a while

 

[InVainConviction]

At the Gates- When i heard Slaughter of the Soul i was in utter awe. I didn't know such brutality could be so eloquently mixed with melody and result in a masterpiece. They got me hooked on the whole Gothenburg sound and that's been my favorite genre of music ever since. Other bands worth the mention are:

Emperor
Dissection
Opeth
CoF
Dark Tranquillity
Kalmah

 

[Krilons Resa]

Atheist

 

[Raumien]

Death - Just so damn good, like someone else said both technical and harsh and aggressive....so good.

Arch Enemy - I was eating fruit loops one morning and turned on this music channel out of boredom and it was on some metal show and I saw their video for ravenous and I was like, holy shit.

Iced Earth - One of my first metal bands. Bought stormrider and didn't know what to think.

Rush - Each album I buy I get more amazed at these guys. Brilliant musicians.

Macabre - My first death metal band, these guys are hilarious too.

 

[~UlvedaL~]

Absu
Anorexia Nervosa
Ensiferum
Finntroll
Melechesh
Moonsorrow
Taake

 

[Episteme]

Opeth
Symphony X
Inflames
Children of Bodom
Soilwork
Decapitated

 

[dill_the_devil]

Opeth - when I first heard them, I couldn't believe a band this talented at weaving melodic, ethereal passages to intense metal tracks could have stayed largely unnoticed for so long...

Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro arrived at a point when I was tired of the circus-of-horrors keyboard laden crap that black metal was largely turning into, so a blast of utter malevolence as powerful as that contained within tracks like 'Pandemonic Hyperblast' reaffirmed my love of the genre.

 

[nataservant]

I'm surprised at the majority of Opeth fans that said "I didn't like them when I first heard them"
I think all those Opeth haters need to throw some more of Opeth's genius back into the mix and get a second opinion.

 

[Episteme]

I shall add a new band to my list and it is... ThanatoSchiz0!!!!!

 

[Henrik Main]

These 4 CDs got me into black metal - I think they're all mind-blowingly good:

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Aeternus - And So The Night Became
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

Encouraged by this, I downloaded "Colossus" by Borknagar, and that song is just
unbeliveably good. Never has my mind been so thoroughly mind-blowed than when
I listened to Colossus and other Borknagar songs for the first time. The same
thing happened when I listened to Emperor's "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk"

 

[Cannibalistic]

Macabre - My first death metal band, these guys are hilarious too.

You know their new cd, Murder Metal, is out Sept. 23rd right? I cant wait...

 

[Cold Gin]

Probably the greatest WOW effect I had when listening to a new band was when I listened to Helloween´s Walls of Jericho the first time.
Cheerz

 

[Black Chaosstorm]

1.Opeth
2.Katatonia wath can i say? a league of their own, definetly...


3.My Dying Bride
4.The Provenance
5.Virgin Black

there are of course many more bands(mostly gothic, doom) that is reee-
aly good to, like October Tide and Shape of Despair. the five listed above is although very special.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Metallica- I used to not listen to music at all. I'd listen to occasional mainstream music before school in the morning. Then I discovered this band about senior year in high school. Changed my whole fucking life. Made me feel a part of something. Something I could I identify with.

Dark Tranquility- It took me 3 listens to get mindfucked by them. When I finally did I was in exctasy. Uhh thats mispelled but I could care less. There In is a godly song.

In Flames- Behind Space made me come my pants. This song hasthe coolest fucking riff I ever heard in a song ever.


Blind Guardian- This is the band I always dreamed of but never thought existed. Intil I found them.


Iced Earth- Matt Barlows vox gives me the chills. We will see how owens does.


Thats all I can think of now.

 

[_Zsuzsa_]

Children of Bodom; when I first heard Hatebreeder it almost immediately cought me. I am a fan ever since (1,5 yrs ago)

Finntroll; weird that at the first time I didnt really like their music, I've heard Slaget Vid Blödsalv and I thought "What the hell is this crap" then I downloaded Jaktens Tid (the album) and my opinion changed 180°. Now I can say that they are my ultimate favorite band.

 

[Sonicarnal Artist]

Tool, A Perfect Circle, Devil Doll, and certain The Gathering songs continue to dominate me even after hundreds of listens.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Thnk goodness you changed your picture sonicarnal. You are one ugly mofo. No offense

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

Neurosis - Ive never heard a band create more powerful opressive, heavy, and depressing music ever. Mind-blowing.

Tool - Lateralus got me into progressive music in general.

Opeth - Quickly became my favorite band after buying BWP after only hearing one song once. (theyve been dethroned by neurosis now though)

In Flames - Colony and Whoracle defined pure kick-ass music to me. Riff after riff of metal greatness. Those were my first two, and now i have all and love all.