Best debut album ?

[Divine_intent]

Ulver-Bergtatt
Agalloch-Pale folklore
Opeth-Orchid
Amon Amarth-Once sent from the golden halls.

 

[SculptedCold]

Pearl Jam's Ten, MuDvAyNe's L.D. 50.

 

[Wanderingblade]

Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
Amon Amarth - Once sent from the Golden Halls
Embraced - Amorous Antheama

 

[manuelgv]

NIN-Pretty Hate Machine
The Haunted-S/T
Arcturus-Aspera Hyems Symfonia

 

[Divine_intent]

i forgot Forlorn-The crystal palace.
Amazing album.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Darkane-Rusted Angel (my favorite among debut albums)
Decapitated-Winds Of Creation
Nile-Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren Ka

 

[Nightmarez]

MURAI Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

Classic album..

Haha, who could forget the "Metal Magic" days of Pantera?

For best debut abulm, my vote would have to go to

Winds - Reflections of the I

At least, I believe that's their debut, I haven't come across any others. Does anyone know any different?

 

[Nocturnal Emperor]

decapitated - winds of creation

 

[St. Vitus]

Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
Black Sabbath - s/t
Iron Maiden - s/t
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Cynic - Focus
Dio - Holy Diver
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
Jacobs Dream - s/t
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
Nevermore - s/t
Anathema - Serenades
Primal Fear - s/t
Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy
Borknagar - s/t
Onward - Evermoving

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

Ulver-Bergtatt

 

[no country for old wainds]

Originally posted by Sonnenritter
MURAI... that isn't their debut album. Actually, I think that's their fifth or sixth album.

It was the sixth album, although Pantera consider it only to be their second offical album. Cowboys from Hell is their official debut. I think they wanted people to forget about their little "heavy glam rock" era...

 

[Cyclonus]

Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe

 

[Infected Core]

Deicide - s/t
manowar - batle hynms
Master - s/t
Suicidal Tencencies - S/T
Blind Guardian - batalions of fear
Helloween - wals of jericho
venom - welcome to hell
slayer - show no mercy
morbid angel - altars of madness
sarcofago - INRI

many more that I cant recall now

 

[MURAI]

I would say Cowboys From Hell was a great album. I don't want to EVER hear Pantera doing glam rock/hair metal.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Originally posted by MURAI
I would say Cowboys From Hell was a great album. I don't want to EVER hear Pantera doing glam rock/hair metal.

Don't buy anything by them from before 1988 then

 

[MURAI]

I never will. *shudders* I hate hair metal/glam rock. Everybody says how nu-metal is bad but I think that is worst. I have all their metal CDs now and they're all great in their own special way.

 

[Vienyard]

Funny though....the Power Metal record actually is pretty damn entertaining. Its very Priest-ish (a lot more silly and juvenile than JP), but a fart coming from the collective ass of Primal Fear is a bigger Priest rip off IMO. I think the Power Metal record is light years ahead of their previous releases, which to be nice about it, were pure, unadulterated SHIT. But you can see, at least w/Dimebag, the natural evolution of thick, riff based aggressive shredding that he would later popularize. The riffs on that record are actually pretty good. Still glammy in parts though.

Here's one glam-era Pantera song title that is great: "Proud to Be Loud"

Its pretty shocking to hear Phil singing that way, lemme tell ya. Think "Shattered" from CFH with spandex, a sock in the pants, and Cheez-Whiz.

The other singer(s) theyve had were just total, utter crap.

 

[MURAI]

Err Ok.. Maybe I'll check out some songs from that album.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Heh, "Power Metal" was when they began to turn. The stuff before that is pretty funny.

 

[Thrash Metal Tormentor]

The old Pantera isn't really that bad, and I can actually enjoy some of that stuff though maybe with a bit camp-attitude And returning to the subject, some of my favorite debut albums:

Kreator - Endless Pain
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Sarcofago - I.N.R.I.
Beherit - The Oath Of Black Blood
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Mutilator - Immortal Force
Sadus - Illusions
...among many many others...