My first metal bands were Metallica and Motörhead (at the age of 10).
When I was 15, I got into more extreme sub-genres with Eisregen, Equilibrium, Myrkgrav and Amon Amarth.
I think Pantera's "Cowboys from Hell" was my first metal record. Korn and Deftones both came out when I was about 14, so they took it to an all new level for me.
Metallica's black album came out when I was 14, and Faith No More's Epic was a hit the same year in NZ, it all started there for me. I rapidly backtracked through Metallica's back catalog, then started looking for other heavy music. I soon found Pantera starting with Vulgar Display of Power, and then White Zombies La Sexorcisto. Eventually I worked out that all of this started with Sabbath and got into them too. You might laugh at me saying I worked that out, but discovering music that got no radio play whatsoever prior to the internet, especially when you didn't really know anyone else into metal, was not that easy. I almost laugh at the notion of a music 'underground' these days.
Metallica's black album came out when I was 14, and Faith No More's Epic was a hit the same year in NZ, it all started there for me. I rapidly backtracked through Metallica's back catalog, then started looking for other heavy music. I soon found Pantera starting with Vulgar Display of Power, and then White Zombies La Sexorcisto. Eventually I worked out that all of this started with Sabbath and got into them too. You might laugh at me saying I worked that out, but discovering music that got no radio play whatsoever prior to the internet, especially when you didn't really know anyone else into metal, was not that easy. I almost laugh at the notion of a music 'underground' these days.
There's my collection for anyone curious. I got the ENTIRE Hypnotic Dirge discography, so there's a lot of filler from there, but otherwise, excellent stuff.
My first taste of metal was a dual-cassette of Iron Maiden's Live After Death back in '85 - I still just love that album. There may be some over-dubs, but who cares. It's one of the best live metal albums of all time and a kind of "Best Of" for Maiden at that great point in time in their history.
Seventh Son is my favorite of their studio albums, what a great prog-metal piece that is!
Yeah, from today I can confirm that too. I got myself an SR-5 Gold (which is still quite comparable to current Stax headphones) and metal it is definitely the wrong genre for it. I am glad I didn't order one from japan, when he recommended it to me while asking for a new metal headphone.
Yeah, from today I can confirm that too. I got myself an SR-5 Gold (which is still quite comparable to current Stax headphones) and metal it is definitely the wrong genre for it. I am glad I didn't order one from japan, when he recommended it to me while asking for a new metal headphone.
The issue is bass slam. Can't comment on the mega tier Stax, but everything else is missing the balls for metal.IMO
Stax is only great with classical music in my small opinion?
Yeah, from today I can confirm that too. I got myself an SR-5 Gold (which is still quite comparable to current Stax headphones) and metal it is definitely the wrong genre for it. I am glad I didn't order one from japan, when he recommended it to me while asking for a new metal headphone.
The issue is bass slam. Can't comment on the mega tier Stax, but everything else is missing the balls for metal.IMO
Stax is only great with classical music in my small opinion?
My Stax SR-Lambda ( The original standard bias version) has lots of bass slam through the SRD-7 and the little TP-22 tripath I have it hooked up to. None of the other Staxes is I've tried have nearly that much.
Not having heard very high end stax or a KGSSHV yet, the SRD-7 and other amps have been my best way to pump bass thru stax for a nice aggressive presentation.
There's my collection for anyone curious. I got the ENTIRE Hypnotic Dirge discography, so there's a lot of filler from there, but otherwise, excellent stuff.
Thanks to everyone for sharing! I'm glad people here aren't so focused on the gear that we forget the media that brought us here - in this case, heavy music.
I saw at least one person mention the Deftones. They're one of my favorite bands. I love bands that can be both brutal and beautiful, all at once. Chino is one of my favorite singers, and I got to see them play with Incubus in NJ in August.
Mike Patton is another one of my favorite singers and I'm totally digging Faith No More's new album.
I've also been an Opeth fan for since 2005.
I see there are some other great bands I need to check out, though.
If you like Chino, ABSOLUTELY check out Palms and Crosses. They're his side projects and I almost like them more because they're more on the experimental post-metal side.
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