new to metal need some guidance

My recommendations will have a lot of classic stuff just to get you started. I'm sure once everyone else pitches in, you'll have a fairly interesting list to look forward to, friend.


Black Sabbath: S/T, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Sabotage, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Heaven and Hell
Metallica: Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice for All
Megadeth: Rust in Peace, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Iron Maiden: S/T, Killers, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Piece of Mind
Mercyful Fate: Melissa, Don't Break the Oath
King Diamond: Fatal Portrait, Them, Abigail
Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Painkiller, Defenders of the Faith, Stained Class
Saxon: Denim & Leather, Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm of the Law, Lionheart
Diamond Head: Lightning to the Nations
Candlemass: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall, Tales of Creation, Ancient Dreams
Cirith Ungol: King of the Dead, Frost and Fire, One Foot in Hell, Paradise Lost
Opeth: Orchid, Morningrise, My Arms Your Hearse, Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries
Dissection: Storm of the Light's Bane, The Somberlain
Sacramentum: Far Away from the Sun, Finis Malorum
Insomnium: Winter's Gate, Shadows of the Dying Sun
Dark Tranquility: The Gallery, The Mind's I, Damage Done, Fiction, Character
Vinterland: Welcome to My Last Chapter
Katatonia: Dance for December Souls, Brave Murder Day, Discouraged Ones
Edge of Sanity: Purgatory Afterglow, Crimson I&II
At the Gates: The Red in the Sky is Ours

I could add more but I'll stop there to let anyone else put some recommendations in.
^ This. A perfect starting point.
 
Since you like Black Sabbath, I'd suggest Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, and Motorhead. If you like Motorhead, try some thrash metal, death metal, and black metal for more aggressive stuff.