hello my name is albaraa i am from qatar first i would like to apologize for the long thread and my bad english so i grow up in Doha/qatar its a small country in the middle east so growing up like any kid u hear about new music and songs from the radio and tv and your friends(early 2000s) but the problem is growing up no one was listening to metal but everyone was playing rap music i didnt know about rock music until few years ago when i listened to linkin park on tv so i got all the albums that was out that time and then after that i listened to Disturbed and i hooked but at that time the problem was my english wasnt good enough for me to research it on the internet and know what to listen to and no one around knew anything about rock so up until recently i was buying albums randomly so far i listened to linkin park(all albums) Disturbed(all albums) Device(one album) Breaking Benjamin(all albums) Wintersun(both albums) System Of A Down(all albums) korn(all albums) Black Sabbath(the first two albums) normally i listen by albums and i dont move to the next one unless i play it 20 times also i might not know the most famous bands like 50cent in rap also i dont have a type i want to listen to all types out there so i am planning to listen to metallica after i listen to korn i heard they are good so what u guys think and pls guide me coz i know nothing about the history of metal but i am i would love to get into it and if u guys can help i would really grateful thank you so much
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.
Can't go without Manilla Road - Crystal Logic Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Start with some of the foundational albums from foundational bands: Black Sabbath- Paranoid Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny Motorhead- Ace of Spades Dio- Holy Diver Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast Metallica- Master of Puppets Slayer- Reign in Blood Megadeth- Rust in Peace If you want to try out some sub-genres Death Metal: Death-Leprosy Incantation- Mortal Throne of Nazarene Black Metal: Burzum- Hvis lyset tar oss Darkthrone- Transilvanian Hunger Doom Metal: Candlemass- Epicus Doomicus Metallicus My Dying Bride- Turn Loose the Swans Power Metal: Blind Guardian- Imaginations from the Other Side Helloween- Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 2 Prog Metal: Opeth- Still Life Dream Theater- Images and Words
Rainbow - Rising Motörhead - Overkill Venom - Black Metal Manowar - Hail to England Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction Some notable albums that are pretty easy to enjoy from bands which haven't been mentioned in this thread yet.
@albaraa dude take my path into metal instead lol As I laying dying - shadows are security Killswitch engage - end of heartache Behemoth - Zos Kia cultus Bloodbath - resurrection through carnage Within temptation - the heart of everything Nightwish - Century child
There's quite a bit of good on your list, but there were puzzling omissions of certain albums in favor of other debatably less essential albums by the same bands. You also put a lot of stuff that I don't listen to on there, so I'll leave that for someone else who knows those bands to make that call.
classic recs (with bonus recs from this century) Traditional: Black Sabbath - Paranoid Dio - Holy Diver Motorhead - Overkill (Spellcaster - Spellcaster) Thrash: Metallica - Ride the Lightning Megadeth - Rust In Peace Slayer - Reign In Blood (Havok - Time Is Up) Death: Death - Symbolic Obituary - Slowly We Rot Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (Skeletal Remains - Condemned to Misery) Doom: Trouble - Trouble Candlemass - Nightfall Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics (Avatarium - Avatarium) Progressive: Dream Theater - Images and Words Adagio - Sanctus Ignis Spastic Ink - Ink Complete (Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I) Power: Jag Panzer - Thane to the Throne Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy (Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane) Black: Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun Windir - 1184 (Xanthochroid - Blessed He with Boils) too long; don't care
For personal reasons, I'll recommend these albums that pushed me over the edge and into underground metal sounds. Everybody else's recommendations in here are killer.
You skipped two of the first four Black Sabbath albums, but you included Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage in the list. I'd also say that there's also no way that Heaven and Hell is better than those albums, but I could see why someone would include it in a recommendation post. You also included Paradise Lost over One Foot in Hell even though it's obviously the least good Cirith Ungol album. I still like it and it has some definite high points, but it also contains a few songs that are easily the worst on any of their albums.
I forgot to include Paranoid. Although, I thought I'd replace Vol. 4 with Heaven and Hell because I'd thought I could include a Dio Sabbath album in there. This is due to my opinion that Vol. 4 is rather uneven compared to the other albums listed from the Ozzy era. I knew I was forgetting something.
Hello albaraa, good to see you here. One suggestion I'll make is read the Wikipedia article on Heavy Metal. You'll come across loads of bands there covering the history of Metal. If you have the patience and interest listen to all of the group's there and you can find out which bands you like. Most of those bands' recordings are available on YouTube so you can listen to them for free. Happy listening.
Sabotage, SBS and H&H are all significantly better than Vol. 4. So is Mob Rules. Skipping Vol. 4 and coming back to it later was a very good rec. Too much filler and down time.
