I never posted in this thread so here goes

Pantera - cowboys from hell / vulgar display of power
Death - symbolic
Metallica - Kill em all, Master of puppets
Suffocation - human waste
Obituary - world demise
Morbid Angel - altars of madness
Anthrax - among the living

thats my list. for sure.

slayer-seasons in the abyss
black sabbath- paranoid and master of reality
dragonforce-sonic firestorm
pantera-far beyond driven
soundgarden-badmotorfinger
the who-tommy
death-symbolic and sound of perserverance

i would tell u the meaning but there personal

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ill go ahead and make a meaningful post anyway

death - TSOP, album moved me in ways i never thought possible
opeth - BWP, for the longest time, this is what i wanted to do, the album opened me up to lots of older progressive rock stuff
cannibal corpse - butered at birth, first death metal album, i love this album, even though the vocals are shitty, i also love the guitarwork
kittie - oracle, go ahead and laugh if you want, this was the first metal cd i ever bought/owned, first concert as well, still one of my favorite bands, cool riffs, if simple, awesome drumwork, great lyrics, very brooding album.
ill add more later, class is almost out.

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Death - Symbolic
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Nile - Darkened Shrines
Megadeth - Rust in Piece

well, let's redo this.

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell and TGSTK (last one made me cry several times, just out of nowhere)

rest of my albums all are great and superb and majestic etc.etc.etc. but these 2 really changed my life, yes.

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Manowar - Battle Hymns. back in 1989, when i was 6.

never cared about music before listening to it, introduced me to metal and was the first step to what i mostly listen nowadays.

Cynic - Focus.

i used to take this album to school and show the guitar solos to my friends. they would shit themselves, several times.

Van Halen - Fair Warning - got me into guitar oriented music
Kick Axe - Vices - got me into metal
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath - got me into obscure shit
Banzai Axe compilation - got me into Metallica, Slayer, Venom, Raven, Trouble, and Gravedigger
Metal Massacre 6 compilation - got me into Nasty Savage, Hallow's Eve, Possessed, Hirax, and Dark Angel
Hit Parader's "The Wild Bunch" compilation - got me into Megadeth and Anthrax

I'll mention one concert also - 1985's "Day on the Green" at Oakland Coliseum with Scorps, Ratt, Y&T, Metallica, Malmsteen, and Victory got me into Malmsteen. Yngwie was on fuckin' fire that day in front of 60,000 metalhead freaks, most of whom seemed to be wearing Dio or Metallica shirts.

Ithought this was a dead and gone thread

Anything by Pantera really, I knew from them, that nothing can stop you. NOTHING!

For death metal it was morbid angel's Dominate, Fuck i remember the first time i heard "where the slime live" and it was the video and when i saw trey sweep and tap like he was taking a piss i thought "Guitar playing is alive, but in the underground"

Metallica's kill'em all: my guitar bible.

Slayer - seasons: Another kick in the balls album, fuck i remember being 7 years old and playing nintendo with my bro, and he would play that fucker from front to back for hours, and when i got older and pick up a guitar and started playing that CD again I knew that real metal was in the past and to look back and lean from it.

Judas priest - painkiller: before i heard this i thoguht priest was REALLY glammy and that 90% of thier stuff was gay, but when i heard the song painkilelr i was WRONG!

Anthrax - among the living: you dont have to be the worlds greatest shredder to make a good fucking album.

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cheater, the "meanings" are the more interesting part of the thread .

Fear factory-demanufacture. the first band that really got me into metal, and i call them metal! Also my first band to call a "favorite", and they were for 2-3 years.
Metallica- And justice for all. good times
Cradle of filth-cruelty and the beast. first black metal band i heard. considering the keyboards, tremolo, and vocals. I call it black metal, and if you have something to say about that , save it, or tell it to yourself in the mirror.
Mithotyn-King of the distang forest-first viking metal i ever heard. Got me into other viking and folk bands. became my favorite band. I can hardly describe what this album has done for me.
Cryptopsy-none so vile, ooooooooooh fuck! best death metal i ever heard.

I know theres more, but im in a hurry.

For an Introduction to Metal/Grind:

Metallica-Kill 'Em All, Master Of Puppets and Ride The Lightning
Megadeth-Killing Is My Business and Peace Sells
Slayer-Show No Mercy,Hauting The Chapel, and Reign In Blood
Kreator-Plesure To Kill and Extreeme Aggression
Sodom-Persecution Mania and Agent Orange
Exodus-Bonded By Blood
Death Angel-Frolic Through The Park
Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales
Venom-Welcome To Hell and Black Metal
Cannibal Corpse-Eaten Back To Life and Tomb Of The Mutilated
Deicide-Self Titled
Morbid Angel-Alters Of Madness
Naplam Death-Scum and From Enslavement To Obliteration
Repulsion-Horrified
Autopsy-Severed Survival
Impetigo-Ultimo Mondo Cannibale and Horror Of The Zombies

For Insperation:

Exhumed-Gore Metal and Slaughtercult
Impaled-Mondo Medicale
Ghoul-We Came For The Dead and Maniaxe
Engorged-Where Monsters Dwell
Carcass-Symponies Of Sickness, Necroticism, and Heartwork
Blood Freak-Sleaze Merchants
Lord Gore-The Autophagous Orgy

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Slayer - Decade of Aggression (Got me into playing guitar)

Death - Leprosy
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Deicide - Legion (Both got me into death metal)

cryptopsy: and then you'll beg, whisper supremacy
hate eternal: conquering the throne, king of all king
diabolic: Vengeance ascending, infinity through purification
dimmu borgir: spiritual black dimension

these albums basicaly got me where i am now at playing guitar

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Tomb of the Mutilated - first death metal album i ever purchased/heard... now death metal is ALL i listen to ... with the occassional black metal thrown in the mix

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Lets to this alphabetically:

Agalloch - The Mantle - First full album of theirs I listened to, and it made me look at music differently. To this day, one of my favorite metal albums.

Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast - The first non commercial metal album I ever heard. I was in awe when I first heard this, and i still love this album. This album is solely responsible for my influence in music.

Every Metallica Album Before Load - Seriously. This is the reason I am into metal. I've been listening to metallica since I was 6 years old. 6 fuckers.

Opeth - Blackwater Park - My favorite band, and the first album I bought of theirs. First 'death' album I bought, too. I'm in love with it.

Quo Vadis - Day Into Night - The second death metal album I ever bought, that includes (IMO) the best death metal song ever recorded on it: On the Shores of Ithaka. This album is the reason I pushed myself in the speed department. Oh my god, I love it.

non metal

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# Infinity - I challenge, no I DARE anyone to listen to this and not look at music in a different sense. 3 songs, over an hour in length. Some epic shit on this album.

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Reign in Blood/South of Heaven(Slayer), Vulgar Display of Power (Pantera) - I bought them all the same day... got me into really metal

Nevermind - Nirvana, changed me into liking music...

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opeth's deliverance. all took off from there

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AN HOUR i thought Rime of the Ancient Mariner was long...

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System Of A Down's first self titled album was great weird and heavy stuff. Without that album, I'm not sure if I would be where I am today with music. Of course, after the self titled, they started to decay into shit. But that one album is great.
As for later in the progession of metal music, the album "Nothing" by Meshuggah definitely effected me. 8-string guitars with crazy "mathematical" metal. It really influenced my use of time signatures as well as a really low guitar sound.

Its slow, epic music that owns ye all. I doubt most of you would like it, but I still think you all shout download an album or two from them. PM me if anyone wants some suggestions.

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