new to metal need some guidance

[Funerary_Doom]

I think I can play guitar and drums better than Judas Iscariot, tbh.

 

[CiG]

I'll believe you when you record a cover of "In The Valley of Death, I Am Their King."

 

[NorseBlood]

If that's the case, how is it that we've lasted this long?

Good clean living?

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

ITT someone called obituary and ozzy filler bands

Who did that? I probably missed something.

Never mind. I found it. Some of the bands in that post are definitely not filler music unless maybe you only know later music by them.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I'll believe you when you record a cover of "In The Valley of Death, I Am Their King."

I've only heard the first few albums, which is the main guy playing everything. I know on his later albums he got a drummer but was too discouraged to check them out after the first experience. Guessing that track is on the newer stuff since I haven't heard it. I'll check it out.

 

[CiG]

I've only heard the first few albums, which is the main guy playing everything. I know on his later albums he got a drummer but was too discouraged to check them out after the first experience. Guessing that track is on the newer stuff since I haven't heard it. I'll check it out.

It's from his very last record actually.

 

[nizzon]

I bet @albaraa is crying right now, broken.

 

[albaraa]

thanks so much everyone your recommendations are amazing and yes i am open for anything.
also i have just finished korn and now i am gonna get some Black Sabbath gonna start from the first album

 

[albaraa]

Black Sabbath will be an absolute magic carpet ride, enjoy. I wish I could relive my discovery of their stuff over and over. Any other bands you've been going through?

i had my eyes on Metallica but i have on the queue right after Black Sabbath i know my system is weird when it comes to listening to new music but i think the first few albums are always special that is why i always listen to the oldest to the newest and i dont like to change the band until i finish every last of their songs

 

[The Ozzman]

How the fuck is Armored Saint filler?

 

[Krow]

Scorpions is a filler band. Jesus fucking Christ @Vilden deserves a lifetime achievement award for the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum.

Anyone that has never listened to metal outside of the radio should still know Rock You Like a Hurricane or No One Like You. They're a fantastic starting point and one of the greatest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Testament, Overkill, Artillery, Witchfinder General, Accept, Riot, Dokken, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Primal Fear, Obituary, Ozzy Osbourne, Alcatrazz, Loudness, Budgie, Gorgoroth, Anthem, X Japan, Flower Travellin' Band, Stryper, Nuclear Assault, Scorpions, Sodom, Tankard, Holy Moses, Dark Angel, Death Angel, Dark Funeral, Grim Reaper, Pretty Maids, Iced Earth, Maniac Butcher, 1349, Vulcano, Sepultura, Inquisition, Flotsam and Jetsam, Onslaught, Root, Annihilator, Sacred Reich, Impaled Nazarene, KISS, Emperor, Armored Saint, Quartz, U.D.O., Stormwitch, Razor, Hour of 13, Wolf, Rammstein, Pantera, Halford, Judas Iscariot, UFO, Atrophy, Spellcaster, Bullet, Enforcer, Bulldozer, Sabbat (U.K.), Carpathian Forest, Angel Corpse,

The list would probably be longer if I had heard every band on the list.

Pretty much every band I highlighted doesn't even remotely approach filler.

I guess you could make a case for Overkill, early Emperor, early Sodom and maybe Root.

I own albums by alot of those bands and I don't consder them bad or anything, but in a thread where you recommend bands to a brand new metalhead, bands like Witchfinder General, Impaled Nazarene, Inquisition or Artillery are at best tier 3.

I've never understood this line of reasoning. I'm sorry, are there meant to be "tiers" when it comes to recommending music to people? For what purpose? Getting people into metal? I don't see a lot of issues with a lot of the recommendations listed here under that criteria. Especially when it comes to bands like Armored Saint, Ozzy Osbourne (with fucking Randy Rhodes), Razor, Scorpions, Accept, Iced Earth, Flotsam and Jetsam, Annihilator, Grim Reaper, Quartz, U.D.O., Overkill (one of the best thrash bands of all time), Dokken, Witchfinder General, Testament, Artillery, Riot, etc.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Hey, I still maintain that not a single band I posted was filler. Every last one was a sincere suggestion to a burgeoning metalhead. If it doesn't conform to your tastes, I don't give a flying fuck. Also, my thanks to @Talos of Atmora for being one of the few people outside of CIG who'll side with me about Dokken.

Yep, it's you, me, CIG and Razorfist against the world.

 

[no country for old wainds]

stop posting filler you haggard old prune.

 

[Vilden]

Scorpions is a filler band. Jesus fucking Christ @Vilden deserves a lifetime achievement award for the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum.

Anyone that has never listened to metal outside of the radio should still know Rock You Like a Hurricane or No One Like You. They're a fantastic starting point and one of the greatest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time.

Pretty much every band I highlighted doesn't even remotely approach filler.



I've never understood this line of reasoning. I'm sorry, are there meant to be "tiers" when it comes to recommending music to people? For what purpose? Getting people into metal? I don't see a lot of issues with a lot of the recommendations listed here under that criteria. Especially when it comes to bands like Armored Saint, Ozzy Osbourne (with fucking Randy Rhodes), Razor, Scorpions, Accept, Iced Earth, Flotsam and Jetsam, Annihilator, Grim Reaper, Quartz, U.D.O., Overkill (one of the best thrash bands of all time), Dokken, Witchfinder General, Testament, Artillery, Riot, etc.

Heh, well, my list isn't 100% waterproof. I may have added a couple of bands to get a rise out of people but the main point still stands.

And ofcourse there are tiers to recommendations, otherwise people would be tricked into worshipping third rate copies like Watain as if they were the pinnacle of achivement instead of the real deal (DMDS).

 

[Evil Dead]

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.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

^ This. A perfect starting point.

Thanks.

 

[albaraa]

i have just finished listening to the first two albums from Black Sabbath and i cant believe how good they were even in 1970 omg those albums are so good i think i gonna be listening to them for while b4 i move to the next album

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@albaraa What are you listening to right now?

 

[PrincessHades]

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.