Heavy Metal Thunder.

[5FDP]

For those metal-heads here, what was it that first got you into metal?

For me, it was buying a magazine called Massive and they listed the top 100 albums you have to hear before you die. I bought some, and then it snowballed from there

Of course, I was into metal before then (having seen Metallica in 1993) but having been exposed to a wider variety of bands, I was power-hooked

If I had to come up with my top 5 metal albums of all-time, it would probably look like this -

Metallica: Black Album
Sepultura: Arise
Skinlab: Disembody - The New Flesh
Nothingface: Violence
Five Finger Death Punch: The Way Of The Fist

[1AZRAEL1]

Easy one for me. My German teacher in Year 7 put on Rammstein's video Engel. Got into them, then my brother showed me a video of an Aussie band Alchemist doing a cover of Eve Of The War. Hands down the single most awesome piece of Classical music covered by a metal band ever. Saw them not long after that when they toured the east coast with a couple of now defunct bands. Had the sorest neck after the first couple of bands, but when Alchemist got on and did this song, I got back up again to mosh like a mofo lol. My neck ended up being like jelly after that night

All time favourite albums, a bit hard for me to choose just 5, but I will give it a shot in no particular order

International

Tyr - Eric The Red
Immortal - Battles in the North/Blizzard Beasts/At The Heart Of Winter
Hypocrisy - Hypocrisy
Behemoth - The Apostasy
Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

Local

Alchemist - Organasm
Dungeon - Rise To Power/One Step Beyond
Aeturnus Dominion - (first album I can't remember off top of my head )
Ruins - Spun Forth As Dark Nets
Furor - Advance Australia Warfare


Had to do 2 separate lists

[d*r*j*]

My doorway into metal was guns'n'roses. At first I got them taped by an older family friend, then I got the cds... pretty much in the order they were released. I remember when I was 12/13 and did a paper round with my walkman playing gnr full blast.

Then of course came Metallica, and Metallica banging on about a few bands and then the floodgates were pretty much opened.

Now it's pretty sparse... don't buy that much new music. Still collect Blood Duster stuff and will pick up the new Soulfly for my collection. Maybe the new Danzig when it comes and the new album Slash has just put out. That's about it.

Top 5 metal albums...

International;

Sepultura - Roots
Soulfly - Soulfly
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Pantera - Great Southern Trendkill
Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge

Local

Blood Duster - C__t
Damaged - Do Not Spit
Mindsnare - The Death
Beanflipper - garden variety manic depressant
Blood Duster - Blood Duster

I got an Alchemist demo from France the other week, cost me 1.50 Euro and the postage was 6 Euro (I was the only bidder) great tape!

[gamblor916]

As a child of the 80's it was hair metal all the way. I didn't really discover new stuff until I started listening to 3 Hours of Power then Full Metal Racket on Triple J. Then along came internet radio and Snake Metal Radio opened up a whole new world of metal.

My faves in no particular order:

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God/Fate of Norns
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Carcass - Heartwork
In Flames - Subterranean
Kalmah - The Black Waltz/For the Revolution

Plus throw in some Maiden, Arch Enemy, Wintersun, Vader, Children of Bodom, Kreator... the list goes on.

[1AZRAEL1]

I got an Alchemist demo from France the other week, cost me 1.50 Euro and the postage was 6 Euro (I was the only bidder) great tape!

I think I may have that one (though I paid around $40 for it ) Got a link to the auction, or take a photo of it?

As a child of the 80's it was hair metal all the way. I didn't really discover new stuff until I started listening to 3 Hours of Power then Full Metal Racket on Triple J. Then along came internet radio and Snake Metal Radio opened up a whole new world of metal.

My faves in no particular order:

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God/Fate of Norns
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Carcass - Heartwork
In Flames - Subterranean
Kalmah - The Black Waltz/For the Revolution

Plus throw in some Maiden, Arch Enemy, Wintersun, Vader, Children of Bodom, Kreator... the list goes on.

How could I forget Amon Amarth, TOTTG is brilliant as well as FAN. All their albums are I would say And Mercyful Fate/King Diamond Like you said, the list goes on.

3 Hours Of Power was great, I listened to that alot as well (even got my voice on radio one night )

[d*r*j*]

I think I may have that one (though I paid around $40 for it ) Got a link to the auction, or take a photo of it?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....STRK:MEBDIX:IT

I never really bothered with the re-release of Jar of Kingdom as I had the original cd... but I believe these tracks are on the re-release.

I really like demos from around this time and only really bid as a means of watching the auction, was surprised when no-one else bid.

[1AZRAEL1]

Almost pretty sure I have that one. Jar of Kingdom, I heve neither the original or the re-release, haven't been able to spot it for a while.

[5FDP]

3 Hours Of Power was great, I listened to that alot as well (even got my voice on radio one night )

Is it still going? I haven't listened to the radio in ages.

I miss the days when Channel V had Amped and the Heavy Shift. Got a lot of ideas on who to listen to from those shows.

[1AZRAEL1]

Is it still going? I haven't listened to the radio in ages.

I miss the days when Channel V had Amped and the Heavy Shift. Got a lot of ideas on who to listen to from those shows.

Yea it is still going, but it changed to Full Metal Racket, and now I think it is just "The Racket" I haven't listened to it in ages as well, but you can listen to it for the next week on the net, which I used to do regularly.

Metal has kind of been pushed back underground, not many shows have metal on them anymore. Though there are still alot of the more commercial bands being flogged on MTV these days. I prefer not to watch that anymore because it doesn't appeal to my tastes anymore. Like I said, more "commercial" stuff.