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Topic: Top 25 metal debut albums

Loudwire has just posted their top 25 metal debut albums. Here's what they chose: These aren't numbered, but it starts at number 25 with Anthrax, then goes to number 1 with Black Sabbath:

Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...And Business is Good!
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
Motorhead - Motorhead
Deicide - Deicide
Slipknot - Slipknot
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Mastadon - Remission
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Suffocation - Effigy Of THe Forgotten
Testament - The Legacy
Tool - Undertow
Slayer - Show No Mercy
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Cynic - Focus
Opeth - Orchid
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Dio - Holy Diver
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Morbid Angel - ALtars Of Madness
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Of all these, the ones I have heard and are in my collection are these:

Motorhead - Motorhead
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

They should've included Judas Priest, you cannot leave them out when you talk about Metal!! Most of the others on the list I have not listened to. What's your opinion? I'm not crazy about the death metal groups on the list.

2 Reply by Chuck Johnson (edited by Chuck Johnson 2013-06-08 00:54:28)

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

Three I would have to bump on to that list would be OVERKILL with Feel The Fire and Mercyful Fate with Melissa and Helloween with Wall Of Jericho.

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

bluesdeluxe25 wrote:


They should've included Judas Priest, you cannot leave them out when you talk about Metal!! Most of the others on the list I have not listened to. What's your opinion? I'm not crazy about the death metal groups on the list.

But Priest's first album was shite!

I'd have the début's from Queen and Rush on there too. May not  be thought of as Metal now, but they were!!!

Chuck has a good onw with Walls of Jericho too

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

I have 14 of them, so not too bad.

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

They must not be considring Led ZEp as a metal band I guess.But I would and put LZ1 near or at the top.
    Van Halen ?
      Jethro Tull (lol refering to grammy winning metal award)!

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

Hmmm, hadn't noticed Van Halen missing. Should be there, as should Montrose.

7 Reply by Ian916 (edited by Ian916 2013-06-09 18:06:00)

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

Saxon's self titled debut?
The Darkness: "Permission to land"?

not sure ZZ Top are metal, but their excellent "ZZ Top's First Album" has to take a prize for its title alone, and the music aint half bad either!

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

Jane H. wrote:

i can't mention the best @#$%^^&# debut metal album ever!

Ok Sorry Jane You lost me on this one?

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

Everyone defines metal differently I guess.  I think early BOC falls squarely into "metaldom", their crowds were every bit as metal as Sabbath, and they out metaled Sabbath on the Black And Blue tour.  So if you accept them as metal, their first album is one of the best. They might be a little too melodic and a little less screaming than most of the list, so I dubbed them "intelli-metal".

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Re: Top 25 metal debut albums

holdemxpert wrote:

Everyone defines metal differently I guess.  I think early BOC falls squarely into "metaldom", their crowds were every bit as metal as Sabbath, and they out metaled Sabbath on the Black And Blue tour.

Totally agree - tracks like Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll are very Sabbath-esque.

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