Must Hear Songs (for newbie)

[username2007]

hey, i'm little new to metal and what are some must hear songs or bands?

 

[Seditious]

what do you currently like? (it will help narrow down to something you're more likely to like)

 

[Anonymous]

Some IRON MAIDEN!

I'd recommend these albums:
-Powerslave
-Virtual XI
-Somewhere In Time

 

[Son of Evil]

Listen to some classic Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Judas Priest.

 

[supseudonymous]

Obviously Slayer. The general consensus seems to be that Reign In Blood is their all-time best album. (also early albums > newer albums)

Also, depending on what genre you like...

Death metal: Death, Nile, Behemoth (new); Black metal: Darkthrone, Deathspell Omega; Doom metal: Sunn O))), Candlemass;
Power metal: Symphony X, Firewind; Thrash metal: Exodus, Dew-scented, Malevolent Creation;
Metalcore: Heaven Shall Burn, Darkest Hour, All That Remains; Grindcore: Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer

There are, of course, many more staples to each subgenre, and also more obscure/defined subgenres, but this will give you a general idea of the better material you will find.

 

[Skepticism]

Darkthrone
Paradise Lost-Gothic (album)
Bathory
Unleashed
Dismember

 

[Zephyrus]

Black Metal - Songs You Should Hear
Aborym - "Our Sentence"
Bathory - "A Fine Day to Die"
Borknagar - "A Tale of Pagan Tongue"
Burzum - "Jesus' Tod"
Darkthrone - "Transylvanian Hunger"
Deathspell Omega - "Sola Fide Pt. I"
Dimmu Borgir - "Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen"
Dissection - "Where Dead Angels Lie"
Emperor - "I Am the Black Wizards"
Enslaved - "Allfadr Odinn"
Immortal - "Unholy Forces of Evil"
Kataxu - "In My Dungeon!"
Leviathan - "Unfailing Fall Into Naught"
Limbonic Art - "Pits of the Cold Beyond"
Marduk - "The Levelling Dust"
Mayhem - "Freezing Moon"
Nachtmystium - "Scorpio Incarnate"
Naglfar - "Horncrowned Majesty"
Samael - "Baphomet's Throne"
Satyricon - "Mother North"
Summoning - "Lugburz"
Taake - "Hordaland Doedskvad VII"
Watain - "The Light that Burns the Sun"
Xasthur - "Conjuration of Terror"
Zyklon - "Hammer Revelation"

Listen to any of these songs and I guarantee your inclination toward black metal will increase.

 

[Anonymous]

Listen to Vintersorg.

 

[Seditious]

Listen to some classic Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Judas Priest.

fuckin' YAWN. this guy is a newbie, not a 50 year old.

 

[The Ozzman]

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach

 

[Blue_Jay]

fuckin' YAWN. this guy is a newbie, not a 50 year old.

I agree.

Try out...

Gojira - Backbone
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Dissection - In the Cold Winds of Nowhere
Destroyer 666 - I am the War God (Ode to the Battle Slain)
Negura Bunget - Hora Soarelui
Moonspell - Alma Mater
Moonspell - From Lowering Skies

 

[cookiecutter]

Hypocrisy is a nice and rewarding way to get into Death metal.

 

[Triton]

Candlemass-Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, and Nightfall (Epic Doom)
Symphony X-The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, and Paradise Lost
Theatre Of Tragedy-A Rose For The Dead EP (Gothic?)
The Berzerker-The Berzerker (Industrial Death)
Dream Theater-Images And Words
Behemoth-Demigod (Blackened Death), and Sventieth (Classic Black)
Ensiferum-Ensiferum (Viking),

and Iron Maiden-The Trooper (song).

 

[Skepticism]

Last.fm lists:

Top Doom Metal Albums

Top Black Metal Abums

Top Death Metal Albums

The lists are far from perfect, and only scratch the surface but at least it's a start.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach

This is the most metal song ever recorded.

 

[Zephyrus]

This is the most metal song ever recorded.

The organ toccata by Widor is kickass as well.

 

[skeptik]

Here are some non-stupid suggestions for albums for a Metal noob based on your description in your intro thread:

Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Blitzkrieg - A Time Of Changes
Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
Motorhead - Overkill

 

[Seditious]

Here are some non-stupid suggestions for albums for a Metal noob based on your description in your intro thread:

*gives it a read*

hmmm, ok. check out these albums:

Alice In Chains - Unplugged (Live)
Amon Amarth - Versus The World
Blaze - Tenth Dimension
Carcass - Heartwork
Charon - The Dying Daylights
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Ensiferum - Ensiferum
Falconer - Northwind
HammerFall - Chapter V
Hypocrisy - Abducted
Iced Earth - Something Wicked
In Flames - The Jester Race
Nightingale - Invisible
Persuader - Evolution Purgatory
Primal Fear - Seven Seals
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
Scissorfight - Mantrapping For Sport And Profit
Sentenced - The Cold White Light
Sinner - Nature of Evil

 

[Skepticism]

What the hell, I'll list a couple... (Keeping in mind your a newbie)

Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes
At The Gates - The Red in The Sky Is Ours / With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
Bathory - Bathory
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Candlemass - Nightfall
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery / Skydancer
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger / A Blaze In the Northern Sky / Panzerfaust
Death - Symbolic
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Opeth - Morningrise
Paradise Lost - Gothic
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina