Five albums that changed your life

[swizzlenuts]

Yeah, Obsolete was instrumental for me as well. They were SO heavy when I was 14-15.

 

[dorian gray]

ah damn i left out 2112

Gave this a spin a couple days ago. Followed it up yesterday with Lateralus based on something Ken said somewhere in these pages.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Ah, Lateralus. Everything about that fucking album is perfect.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Also, the majority of Gentle Giant's discography has totally changed my shit. It should definitely be on my list.

 

[J.]

Fear Factory - Obsolete
Amorphis - Black Winter Day
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend

 

[Krilons Resa]

Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend

also played a big role in my musical journey

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Someone compile a list of the albums most mentioned in this thread. Looks like First Utterance and Ride the Lightning are winning thus far...

 

[J.]

also played a big role in my musical journey

traded for it because everyone always talked about it. now a good 80% of my listening is DOOM

 

[Krilons Resa]

traded for it because everyone always talked about it. now a good 80% of my listening is DOOM

Which is pretty hilarious based on the irony of much of your previous posts on the genre. With that said...bout fucking time.

 

[J.]

Which is pretty hilarious based on the irony of much of your previous posts on the genre. With that said...bout fucking time.

i will fully admit to looking at some of my old posts and cringing. after my mom died i decided to quit being so cynical and be more open minded. life's too short.

so i apologize and take back everything ever said about music genres as a whole. that being said, mastodon still blows

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[Reign in Acai]

Madonna: Like A Virgin
I was 4 yrs old and my favorite TV show was Different Strokes

Green Day: Dookie
This album becomes unlistenable upon first pube. But for a wet behind the ears 13 yr old it's the greatest thing next to AquaNet.

Metallica - S/T
Meandering through the halls of high school became less of a chore with this mainstream classic.


Agalloch - The Mantle
This album got me through a rough patch in the early part of this decade.

Nevermore - Politics of Ecstasy/In Memory EP/Dreaming Neon Black and Hypocrisy - Abducted
The gateway to my listening habits today.


[/ghey but not lying]

 

[lurch70]

Metallica - S/T
Meandering through the halls of high school became less of a chore with this mainstream classic.

i think around the same time period, marketing to the American male went from:

to this:

 

[Reign in Acai]

...and HenrikMain was born.

 

[swizzlenuts]

some dudes actually dress like that?

 

[dorian gray]

I tried to fit White Zombie La Sexorcisto in there somewhere but we can only have five so whatever

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

yeah, notable mentions are Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black, Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory, and about a dozen others. 5 is too few.

 

[SonOfNun]

Green Day: Dookie
This album becomes unlistenable upon first pube. But for a wet behind the ears 13 yr old it's the greatest thing next to AquaNet.

You didn't have a pube at 13?

 

[Bloopy]

Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster. First album I heard that I considered worthy of being a favourite. About 60% of the vocals are rap but it also cemented my newly-developing appreciation of alternative rock.

Big Blue Blanket - Everytime You Smile. First album I started to enjoy despite not being able to understand half the words. The vocals aren't harsh, it's punk with some cryptic pronunciation.

Metallica - ...And Justice for All. Not the only Metallica album that changed my life, but the 2nd I heard after Reload and a true gateway to appreciating downbeat and heavy music with a profound/bleak atmosphere etc.

SPK - Leichenschrei. Awesome album of early industrial/noise. The track The Agony of the Plasma which uses screams and breaking glass as instruments was a total headfuck at first and now I enjoy that like any other music.

Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man Blues. While this isn't a lone standout as such, it marked the start of my quest to not have my taste in albums begin with mid-60s rock (aside from a couple of randoms). So essentially the beginning of me finding a handful of old blues albums I liked, and then likewise with some vocal jazz and early pop.

 

[SonOfNun]

Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man Blues. While this isn't a lone standout as such, it marked the start of my quest to not have my taste in albums begin with mid-60s rock (aside from a couple of randoms). So essentially the beginning of me finding a handful of old blues albums I liked, and then likewise with some vocal jazz and early pop.

That Junior Wells album rules. That was one of the first Blues albums I got into along with Son House - The Original Delta Blues.

Big legged woman, come and hold my hand