I'm saying we are idiots (Thank you RCM)....and...this thread has a way of making you forget about your favorite band...just hang with us and I guarantee you will have this "A ha" and "Woah" and "ZoMG that is amazing" type moments.
I think I'm about your brother's age. I would put my first purchases around 77/78. Ouch! I don't even remember the first. But, it would have been generic hard rock and probably wouldn't have even known the term heavy metal.
Most like an AC/DC album up to Let There Be Rock (Power Age, High Voltage, Dirty Deeds) or perhaps, Aersosmith's Draw The Line or Kiss's Love Gun, Double Platinum or possibly Kiss Alive I.
It wasn't metal, but it was better than my percieved alternative-Donna Summers and Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack.
Had I known Motorhead's first album came out in '77, I might have thought I had seen God. But, that discovery wouldn't change my life until a few years later. Motorhead-not God
I expect I am a bit younger, but my first experiences were with Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Sabbath, Slayer, Anthrax, and Morbid Angel (who I ended up not liking so much) circa 1990, and soon after I discovered Tool, Primus, Nine Inch Nails, and Ministry (hey, NIN's Wish won a grammy for best metal song in 1993, right?).
I still tend to favor that early classic Metal sound over much of the newer stuff - something about 80's Iron Maiden or Judas Priest just does it. Priest's Screaming for Vengeance or Maiden's Somewhere in Time are still phenomenal, if you ask me.
I stand by my comments. I don't care how much you have listened to or how much I have. There is SO MUCH out there. I guarantee one of the guys in here will recommend something and you will have that "Wow" moment. Mark my words.
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