If somebody wanted to discover metal, which 5 albums would you recommend?

[En Vind Av Sorg]

I would probably start them off with the some foundations of metal

Iron Maiden- Powerslave
Judas Priest- Stained Glass
Manowar- Triumph of Steel/Hail to England
Virgin Steele- Guardians of the Flame
Metallica- Ride the Lightening/Master of Puppets

To someone who has never heard metal before I think even music with agressive vocals would come as too much of a shock.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Manowar - Hail To England
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Manowar - Hail To England
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

Yea this is excellent to.

 

[spaffe]

...Dimmu is still pretty extreme for a n00b, IMO.

Well that Dimmu album was what got me into black metal (albeit not metal as a genre, that was metallica) and back then I was not at all familiar with extreme metal. I've sent Mourning Palace to some of my non-metal friends since it's such a hit, and they thought it was pretty decent. But perhaps I was more susceptible since I have the feeling that metal is my musical destiny and it would not appeal so much to those lacking a clear path to metäl

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Seeing as the choices would have to be pretty melodic and stuff, I'd probably go with something like this:

Metallica - S&M
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Dark Tranquillity - Projector (for their growling needs)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Candlemass - Ancient Dreams (the titletrack is pretty damn catchy!)

 

[Krilons Resa]

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Pentagram - Day of Reckoning

 

[SonOfNun]

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Opeth - Deliverance
Ulver - Bergtatt

 

[Ellestin]

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Immolation - Close to a World below

 

[NAD]

Metallica - St. Anger
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
Megadeth - Risk
Slayer - Repentless
Morbid Angel - Radikultkultkillkultwhatever

 

[J.]

Manowar

Wimps and posers leave the hall

 

[Krilons Resa]

I'd venture to say that Manowar are the real posers. lol

 

[einride]

I'd venture to say that Manowar are the real posers. lol

why are you still in the hall

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[J.]

is that Dinosaur jr.?

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[Krilons Resa]

Seriously though, some modern day dudes posing with swords, dressed in loincloths, and actually taking themselves seriously is the fucking epitome of Poserdome.

GTFOH with that nonsense.

 

[NAD]

I guess that loincloth I shipped to BloodStainedWalls didn't make it in time for Xmas.

Thanks a lot, USPS.

 

[Krilons Resa]

My wench thanks you in advance.

 

[einride]

Seriously though, some modern day dudes posing with swords, dressed in loincloths, and actually taking themselves seriously is the fucking epitome of Poserdome.

GTFOH with that nonsense.

but surely you agree that the first three or four albums are unfuckwithable though

 

[Ellestin]

Seriously though, some modern day dudes posing with swords, dressed in loincloths, and actually taking themselves seriously is the fucking epitome of Poserdome.

In 2021 people will come to their senses. I have faith.