What song/album/band changed your perspective on music?

Yeah, he's obviously never listened to Supercharger.

i do, i have all their albums, and like i said, they made that change in style because their label wanted them to be more radio friendly , and because of that album Logan Mader quit the band because he wanted to play heavy music. and then machine head made Through The Ashes Of Empires and that is more like the machine head they were before the burning red and supercharger...

damn, it's easier to escape from the prison than defending my own opinion here :lol:
 
I have all of Machine Head's albums and I like something from all of them, but as albums go pretty much all of them after TMTC are flawed beyond comprehnsion. And might I also add that they recorded a radio single entitled 'Pins and Needles', so.... yeah. You can't fool me when it coms to Machine Head mate :lol:

Back on topic before I start screaming FWOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKK, Sepultura are certainly a band that changed me - Beneath the Remains, Arise and Chao A.D especially. I think Beneath the Remains was like the third or fourth thrash album I ever heard, and that guitar sound... my introduction to Scott Buns in a way too.
 
And might I also add that they recorded a radio single entitled 'Pins and Needles', so.... yeah.

i also knew that:p but like i said, it was being signed and write one or two radio tracks or not being signed and just make machine head stuff. And if i am right they where still signed at roadrunner Europe so they did that pins and needles song for them, but with TTAOE they got them selves signed again with roadrunner US. and i respect them for achieving that, being dumped by your label and then getting resigned.

that was the point i was trying to make , so where the FFFFWOOOOOAAAK comes from... :p
 
Grand Theft Auto Vice City. V rock.
Without realising I had listened to Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and Maiden.

Other than that I would say Infected Nations and Allison in Hell as they both got me into a wider array of metal.

*Alice In Hell
 
Overkill-Immotalis
Back in 07 I heard the 1st track,"Devils in the mist" once.
I then realized the same 8 shit bands I have been listening to since the late 70's really FUCKIN SUCK.
Then I found Evile, ...............................................
 
There were many albums and bands that changed my perspective and I also wasn't in this forum for more than a year. Iam still gettin into new music and try to find out music I haven't listened to. For me it's always interesting to listen to stuff that I never heard before.

some examples:
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this album really helped me in a hard time and it was really something very different I've never listened to before. Very downtuned doom riffs combined with those depressing vocals. It spoke to me. Need to listen to it again soon!

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that album turned my ear into a more extreme direction. Brutal riffs and aggressive vocals. It was a dude from school who got me into it. And I was like fuck I need to check out this band..

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this was one of my first experiences with Thrash metal and I got addicted to this at a certain time. Chuck billy's vocals are still brilliant on that album and the guitar work is also amazing. Just a pity this line-up isn't existing anymore :mad:
Now I just realize how interesting it is that I got so much shivers down my spine. I listened to so much that it's just another album in my collection but once it WAS my favourite metal album.


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Groove metal! Just another band I haven't listened to before It's some of the Soulfly predeccessors. It came out in 1995 I think. Very similar to Machine head but for me the sound is rawer. Got me more into groovy stuff.



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One of my Thrash-faves. Could listen to it in infinity. Gives me chills everytime I put it in. The riffs sound so dark.

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Once you listen to this you will be addicted I swear! One of the hardest stuff I heard. It's just Hardcore vocals combined with Death and Thrash metal riffs. (Jorge Rosado's Vocals aaarrhh!!)
Also similar to Machine head and Biohazard but better. It's a masterpiece.
Very underrated though. This was changing my perspective alot. How can a band of the Hardcore/metalcore writing such awesome riffs?
Very hard to get nowadays (The original)
 
Theres been far too many for me, but I may as well attempt to name a few life changers:
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Meshuggah - Obzen
Black Sabbath - Vol 4
 
offspring for me. they were the first band that set me off on music full stop.

Metallica set me onto metal and has been the biggest life changer for me in general. no one comes close to putting on a live show either.
 
Over Kill here. Used to listen to all that stuff I grew up on in the 70's. Heard Imortallis when it came out and never looked back. Once I found Evile, life just got better. KILLFEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys!
 
A few that stand out:

Meshuggah...one of the few bands that can claim an original sound. It took me a while to get into them. When I first listened to them it bothered me that it seemed like someone was out of time or out of tune.:confused:

Sepultura/Soulfly - These were the first two real metal bands that I got into when I started listening to heavy music in the late 90s. I can still remember the first time I heard Arise and the Soulfly self-titled.

Bal-Sagoth - My little brother introduced me to these guys. I fucking love everything they have ever released. It is hard for me to go back and listen to other bands like Iced Earth and Blind Guardian because Bal-Sagoth is just so much better.
 
May as well make a proper post.

Onslaught for getting me into 'proper' metal, Coroner for making me appreciate technicality and progression in metal, Pink Floyd for generally being fucking awesome, and at least 90% of modern thrash metal bands for destroying a large majority of my faith in the genre... it's sad, but ultimately true.

Also, Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone". I owe that one to Dan.