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Join Date: Apr 2019
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Damn, you've seen a lot of kick-ass shows.
Back in 1986, some of my friends were going on and on about seeing Metallica live. They had opened for Ozzy Osborne. I decided to go to a local record store and pick out 3 random heavy metal albums (cassettes), just to see what the fuss was about. Prior to that, that hardest music I listened to was AC/DC. One of my choices had to be Metallica, so I picked "Master of Puppets" because it was their newest release. Right next to that was another metal album with cool cover art from a band with an awesome name. It turned out to be "Peace Sells" by Megadeth. Sticking with the 'M' section, I grabbed "The Dark" by Metal Church, again based solely on the cover art and band name. I still enjoy those albums to this day. Those choices were pure ****ing luck, but I was hooked after that. A couple weeks later, i bought "Reign In Blood" by Slayer. |
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Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Folly Beach, SC
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About 11 years ago The Poz started a Stoner / Doom Metal thread that was imo, excellent, and people posted up a lot of awesome music over the years -- and then it just stopped.
https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=258536 Hope this thread kicks off another good run. |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Delaware
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Also Armored Saint after seeing them and hearing them I would have sworn would have hit it big - Funny thing, I saw Helloween open (who did make it big but in Europe) for Armored Saint and they both opened for Grim Reaper! I remember thinking that shouldn't Grim Reaper be opening for those two bands instead!? |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Delaware
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One of my friends at the time started getting more into Death Metal (late 80's or so), he'd play it for me and I'd tell him that I couldn't understand a word he was saying! Now days my daughter when hearing any of my more tame Metal playing tells me she can't understand a word they are saying! So it's all perspective I suppose! |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Delaware
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Oh, I forgot 'Thor', that was in a small club that I remember seemed smaller than the usual, seemed like a large bar. Anyway it was pretty good, he bent a sword in his mouth!
And another regret not seeing; Running Wild - though I'm not sure if they ever even did tour here in the states? I mean it wasn't like going to the internet to see upcoming tours, you either heard it through word-of-mouth, in the newspaper or through the radio for the bigger bands. |
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Join Date: Apr 2019
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Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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My Metal journey started with Iron Maiden when I was about 11 years old. A friend of mine had the Killers album and the new Number of the Beast album had just come out. We lived in Spain at the time. I saved my 1 dollar a week allowance (100 pesetas more or less) and after 4 weeks bought Number of the Beast on vinyl...my mom freaked out when she saw the album cover, but somehow, my folks never really stopped me from listening.
And I was hooked. Moved on to ACDC, Alice Cooper (my ****ing hero that guy) Judas Priest, Megadeth (oddly before Metallica) then on to the likes of Anthrax, Helloween and Armored Saint. Later came Testament and such...I never really liked Slayer, but my buddies did. Of course the metal train came to a stop for me after Pantera Vulgar Display of Power. God married, had kids at a very young age, and new music ceased to be a huge import to my life. I was (and still am) in a band, but I don't really know much new music at all...I guess I'm stuck in the 80's...which ain't a bad place to be... |
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Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Liberty
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On AM 1030 locally back in the day!
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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Have you guys seen these videos with Metallica songs remixed with proper bass levels? I love them.
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Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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I feel I was a few years too young to have much exposure to early 80s heavy metal. I was more introduced to mid/late 80s punk and thrash then the evolution of both into 90s death metal.
I think I've shared this story before but as some of you may have also experienced back in day, a lot of the decision making process into picking out an album was the artwork, at least for me anyway. I was blown away by Grim Reapers artwork and picked up a copy of something, probably Rock You To Hell, thinking it was going to be the heaviest shit ever recorded and then being so disappointed when I heard how tame it was. Same with Helloween but I actually learned to appreciate them and jammed a couple of their albums quite a bit. That's not a knock on them by any means just a humorous, to me, look back at the strategy of buying albums before the internet and how awesome metal album artwork was and still is. Surely there's a museum out there, in like a Toledo OH or someplace similar, with a metal album artwork exhibit. |
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Join Date: Apr 2019
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Are any of you old metalheads into newer stuff? For me Gojira, Lamb of God, and Meshuggah are go-tos.
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Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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That Master of Puppets remix is ****ing awesome... |
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Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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Here We Go Again
Join Date: May 2002
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I've never been able to get into Lamb of God or Meshuggah. Both are talented bands, just something misses for me. |
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