View Full Version : What band most defined metal for you?
Or, you might say, which metal band or bands were the earliest influences of the metal of today that you listen to?
warnerve92
2003-05-06, 04:29
Pantera, motherfuckers.
Yeah, Pantera for me too, I pretty much started out with them and the old machine head and death stuff.
DELETE79
2003-05-06, 05:59
PANTERA ALL THE WAY
BUT FIRST TIME I HEARD METAL IT WAS METALLICA AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
OLD WHITE ZOMBIE AND MORBID ANGEL
metal=life
2003-05-06, 08:53
Queensryche, Slayer, Metallica, Iced Earth, Venom, Scorpions, Morbid Angel, Iron Maiden, and Megadeth started it for me.
The Doctor
2003-05-06, 09:07
Pantera, and later on some metallica
Yes, Pantera has always been a 'staple' of metal. I read that Zeppelin has a DVD set of live shows and a 3-disc CD set of live shows too (http://www.ledzeppelin.com) coming out. I've never seen a live show by Zeppelin - they're one of my favorite bands and I've always thought of them as one of the pioneering bands of rock, but I can't decide if they could be considered 'metal' though - or even an early prototype of metal. What do you guys think? Could Zeppelin have ever been considered metal?
The Doctor
2003-05-06, 10:54
nah, i dont think they are metal, just the hippie rock of back then, like Hendrix and Jethro Tull (sp?)
Tattered
2003-05-06, 10:54
Slayer
HELLBLASTER-666
2003-05-06, 12:34
Slayer
First metal I listened to with pleasure was Iced Earth.
Earliest material I listen to is some Iron Maiden, and some Metallica.
powersofterror
2003-05-06, 15:40
i think the first metal , around 6th grade, for me was Blck Sabbath.
then Sepultura in about 8th.
at the gates was the first metal i heard
deMANUfacture
2003-05-06, 20:04
pantera
CarnivorousWind
2003-05-06, 20:21
Dimmu Borgir was he first I heard and after I heard it I never wnated to stop lol.
PantericA
2003-05-06, 21:28
Pantera Metallica Slayer Sabbath
Eternal_Sorrow
2003-05-06, 21:59
I heard alot of garbage as my transition from nu metal to true metal took place!!
Anyways the first "ACTUAL" metal i heard that was real good and got me into the shit load of metal i listen to today was old INFLAMES and DARK TRANQUILITY i mean old as in there first 2 albums!!
artofnothing6
2003-05-07, 04:33
learning metallica on my bass, and buying the black album to play wiht it, that got me into metal for that time. Then i just got deeper into it.
GoredFaces
2003-05-07, 07:05
Slayer!
it's actually hard to say what was the first metal band i heard...because my older sister was listening to bands like iron maiden, helloween, judas priest, manowar etc all the time. well she says that i used to like maiden the most. can't really remember.
but the first metal bands i listened to were guns n' roses and metallica. then came theatre of tragedy.
societys finest
2003-05-07, 09:57
morbid angel was the band that got me into real metal:beer:
Originally posted by The Doctor
nah, i dont think they are metal, just the hippie rock of back then, like Hendrix and Jethro Tull (sp?)
Do you think they had any influence on metal at all?
I was reading about the Clear Channel radio promotion to win VIP passes to the screening of the DVD at Loews theater in New York. The winner will actually get to party with Led Zeppelin, whatever that entails. I always wondered what goes into those "party-with-the-band" kind of things. I mean, do you actually get to sit and have drinks and talk with these guys? It says that Led Zeppelin is the biggest selling rock group in history. I did not know that.
i thought the rolling stones were?
deMANUfacture
2003-05-09, 01:21
pantera defined metal for me.............
nightrider06
2003-05-09, 05:03
metallica was like the first heavy band i ever got into and they pretty much defiend metal for me
The Doctor
2003-05-09, 05:58
Originally posted by jfalk68
Do you think they had any influence on metal at all?
ofcoure they had influence, all big artists, bands and music stiles had their influence. Sometimes i even hear metal with a blues scedual.
But i dont think they should be considered as any for of metal, that all started with kiss and stuff.
sanderinos
2003-05-10, 11:57
Metallica, Cradle Of Filth, Marduk, Burzum
Shifty Capone
2003-05-21, 19:01
slayer/metallica got me into it initially then i moved on to in flames and arch enemy
corroded
2003-05-21, 20:05
started off with metallica........then straight away shifted to CoB & stuff
Poof Daddy
2003-05-24, 19:15
after being caught up in popular culture and listenin to "hard rock" :sickface: i discovered pantera:D
Black Sabbath, Pantera and Darkthrone
far_beyond_sane
2003-05-26, 00:44
One day I bought Vulgar Display of Power because the cover was cool. The rest is history.
The band that defined genuinely heavy music for me was Dying Fetus. I know that's strange, but I started listening to them farking ages ago. (By the way, their recent album with a completely new line-up STILL kicks fucking ass all over town. It must be something about the name.)
BassBehemoth
2003-05-29, 10:46
What got me into metal - Slayer, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Iron Maiden...I used to listen to a lot of punk years ago(DK, Black Flag, Misfits, the real shit) and eventually I moved on to metal and then thrash/death as it was ultra fast and technical.(Which helped me become a better bassist in the process)
shredder
2003-08-09, 15:44
i started off with metallica, then i have to admit that i went into slipknot / mudvayne type music for a little while:( then a friend of mine who was a real metalhead saved my ass and showed me dying fetus, and i fell in love. he got me into some nile as well, and from then on i've been a metalhead.
I always had a huge obsession with the master of puppets cd by metallica when i was like 10, then around 12 i got sum pantera. At first i hated how it didnt stay the same through the whole song.... then later that night i was humming the song cowboys from hell lol. So it was Metallica that got into the heavy stuff, but Pantera that kept me coming back for more.
The Terminator
2003-08-09, 16:49
Early Metallica got me into metal and Slayer kept me there for good.
metal=life
2003-08-09, 20:33
Originally posted by far_beyond_sane
One day I bought Vulgar Display of Power because the cover was cool. The rest is history.
That happened to me. Except I stole it from my friend's sisters' boyfriend's garage. And it was only the cassette tape....but the dude punching the other dude kicked ass.
FearFrost
2003-08-09, 20:35
Metallica (old stuff), Pantera, Slayer
pull_the_plug
2003-08-09, 21:22
Metallica got me into hard rock/metal, then Opeth got me into the underground stuff (Blackwater Park was the first cd I bought that had death vocals in it)
Stuff is Great
2003-08-10, 07:40
Heard 'The End Complete' by Obituary & just about blew my load. But being the lazy, uninspired fuck that I am, I began listening to Metallica 2 years later in high school :(
Finally, many moons later, I've basically utilised Slayer as a base camp to get into crazier & crazier stuff. Cannibal Corpse defined horrible, then Satyricon defined psychotic, raw musical horrible.
Good news for all :D
Without a shadow of a doubt, Metallica
Agent-Orange
2003-08-11, 03:43
Metallica, Sabbath.
If I was trying to get someone into Metal though I would give them a hear of Coroner, Kreator, Blind Guardian or Death.
cannibal corpse
and slayer
but the first ever "alternative" band I heard was korn:( :o
Originally posted by Agent-Orange
If I was trying to get someone into Metal though I would give them a hear of Coroner, Kreator, Blind Guardian or Death.
Blind Guardian especially
McBain39
2003-10-12, 08:05
Metallica (pre load album)
Dr. Ummer
2003-10-13, 12:31
The Haunted
Lamb of God
Slayer
Sepultura
Metallica
Dave Mayhem
2003-10-13, 19:59
Back in the day, i could say that it was STP and Soundgarden that initiated my transition into music. Fear Factory was the first metal band to rock my socks off. They stuck around for a while, then i discovered Dillinger.
BeastOfCarrion
2003-10-14, 01:23
like pretty much everyone else ... metallica
McBain39
2003-10-14, 17:38
Originally posted by BeastOfCarrion
like pretty much everyone else ... metallica
thats because Metallica is the greatest band ever!
Agent-Orange
2003-10-15, 04:06
Originally posted by McBain39
thats because Metallica is the greatest band ever!
Metallica use to be my favourite band, but St. Anger blows. They should have went back to the Ride days.
BeastOfCarrion
2003-10-15, 05:39
thats because Metallica is the greatest band ever!
metalica WAS the greatest band ever
Metalliwho?
Slayer defined everything for me. EVERYTHING.
Nihilist
2003-10-15, 16:38
Slayer, Metallica, Morbid Angel. 'Nuff said.
McBain39
2003-10-16, 18:42
i think we all know that the newer Metallica sucks, so the older stuff was the greatest
metal=life
2003-10-16, 18:53
I would agree but then I heard Testament at age 7 and they took over Metallica for me.
ThroneofbahoS
2003-10-20, 05:59
Most of all, Iron maiden, but from a heavier side, barathrum, CoF though I don't like it anymore, Dimmu Borgir, Metallica, Death...
Nihilist
2003-10-20, 06:07
I never really got into Iron Maiden at all.
metal=life
2003-10-20, 13:29
:eek:
Thats like learning Algebra without knowing Order of Operations. DAmn it I've smoked myself rEtardded
Nihilist
2003-10-20, 21:34
Yeah.. I know. It's blasphemy isn't it?
corroded
2003-10-20, 23:09
well to think of it, we all diss metallica's new stuff...but then all of us also respect metallica for the stuff they pulled off in the beginning...that way yeah they ARE one of the greatest bands ever.
and speaking of maiden, well they make the most repititive of progressions sound kickass !!! the only word that comes to my mind when i think of maiden is RESPECT !!!
Stuff is Great
2003-10-21, 18:55
Wow...
...no Iron Maiden...
...odd....
Anyway, yes, Metallica deserve nought but cred for being the awesome, ground-breaking champs they were. However, I think it's still fair to call them complete cunts because of the way they've completely fucked over anyone who began listening to them between 'Kill 'Em All' & the black album.
Kind of like the way George Lucas is arsing all Star Wars fans with his shite new movies. The old stuff still rocks, but you've still got a picture of 'modern them' stuck to your dart board.
Darkenelf
2003-10-22, 05:39
Iced Earth, Black Sabbath, Dark Tranquillity, Slayer, Morgana Lefay, Dio etc...
sanderinos
2003-10-22, 05:46
I agree with Corroded... I also started with Metallica and Maiden... and Maiden still rocks while metallica is totally gay and nu metal :sickface:
MotorDemon
2003-10-22, 18:43
I started out with Ride Lightning as my first album. Then my friend got me into Pantera, Megadeth, Testament. I loved Metallica preload. After Load all i got was their Garage Inc. I still think there best album was Kill'em All because of its speed and inovative guitar, which might i add was part the brain child of Dave Mustaine and not Kirk.
But any way those are the guys who started me off and after that came a huge obsession with Maiden, AC/DC, and others.
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