Your First Metal Band?

[Sporky111]

My first was when my uncle (everyone has to have a cool uncle) got me "Ten Thousand Fists" by Disturbed. I never got tired of that CD, even now I have 10 000 Fists and Stricken on my phone. Before that, I never was really into metal. I listened to a bit, but that was the album that turned me into a metalhead.

 

[Dantes Alaska]

Metallica, kinda its what my brother listened too, but the first band i saw in concert (which was a metal concert) was children of bodom, throwdown, fear factory and lamb of god, and i was there for fear factory, and they fucking kicked ass

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Metallica, but I was born into the metal scene, thanks to my family.

 

[crazy-j]

iron maiden.

 

[Gardenia]

W.A.S.P. (Hellion, to be precise)

 

[open trap]

Metallica!

these guys are gods and they are the band that got me into metal

 

[5stringedbandit]

Lets see.... Peace Sells Megadeth. Pounding bassline and screeching guitars. Excellent.

 

[Highlandheadbanger]

Van Halen-Eruption

Nothing more needs to be said.

 

[Ishnuvalok]

Megadeth was my first, and is still my favorite.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Metallica

 

[HonorableChairman]

Probably Iron Maiden, which is still my favorite band to this day.

 

[KINGxela024]

SLAYER!!

 

[DarkRaynePhnx]

What first got me truly into metal music was my boyfriend letting me listen Ever Dream by Nightwish. I was blown away not only by Tarja's heavenly voice but also by the arrangement of the music (Century Child is still on my top 5, along with Temptation's Heart Of Everything, and Sonata's Reckoning Night.) I was given Highest Hopes and after listening to that I was hooked. I was then introduced to Lacuna Coil, Epica, Otep, Within Temptation and Sonata Arctica. I tend to lean towards female lead bands but I do also enjoy Static-X, Eyes Set To Kill, System of a Down, Dragonforce. I very big into melodic/symphonic metal.

 

[Border City Gamer]

The band that got me into metal was Metallica. My favorite band at this moment is Rise Against.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

Metallica. It's also the best one I've heard so far.

 

[Mjolnir07]

Gorgoroth.

 

[pantallica95]

Obviously a lot of people's first real metal band is Metallica. But the first band that broke the barrier for screaming for me was Pantera. Phil Anselmo's stuff is good for that. Down, Pantera, Superjoint Ritual.

A lot of people have a strong aversion to screaming. I did, and look at me now ma! Listening to bands like At the Gates!

 

[CharlieOfNuts]

Metallica since shortly before my 5th birthday. Guess I have my father to thank for that, so... Thanks dad.

 

[Mjolnir07]

hair metal: Dokken, cant remember which album

real metal: Metallica Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets is the all time greatest metal album ever EVAR. ever. evereverever.


Ever.

 

[Ophiuchus]

It was Iron Maiden, when someone bought me the two-disc limited edition of Best Of The Beast for a birthday or something. The metal fandom didn't really stick, although I still like bits and pieces.