tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post8149030081704779028..comments2024-03-28T12:07:21.513-04:00Comments on Metal Inquisition: 5 Albums That Changed My (musical) Lifechristbutcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17916062727853004825noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-92036499582356432652010-07-03T18:46:52.346-04:002010-07-03T18:46:52.346-04:00Napalm Death's Peel Sessions are probably the ...Napalm Death's Peel Sessions are probably the heaviest shit ever recorded. <br /><br />Absolutely annihilating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-59978205240169323632009-02-14T10:42:00.000-05:002009-02-14T10:42:00.000-05:00Five metal albums that changed my (musical) life w...Five metal albums that changed my (musical) life were as follows:<BR/><BR/>"...And Justice For All", by Metallica<BR/><BR/>Having heard "One" on the radio when I was about 12 (mind you, this is 1997) or so was the beginning of a beautiful relationship with metal...though "Master of Puppets" ended up being my favorite and didn't leave my CD player for months on end, "...And Justice" still kills<BR/><BR/>"My Arms, Your Hearse" by Opeth<BR/><BR/>I was awestruck after hearing "April Ethereal" on my local metal radio show. Absolutely beautiful album. <BR/><BR/>"Black Seeds of Vengeance" by Nile<BR/><BR/>I had honestly never heard anything so extreme AND well executed up until the point that this came out. Nothing else mattered for months.<BR/><BR/>"Focus" by Cynic<BR/><BR/>This one was definitely hard for me to absorb at first, but it was the last metal album I have heard (circa 2004...yea, I know) that truly changed by musical life<BR/><BR/>"Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise" by Emperor<BR/><BR/>"Anthems..." is by far my favorite Emperor album (and one of my top metal albums of all time) but "Prometheus..." was just a complete shock to my system when I heard it.Robot Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858657913282694668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-78899383952594197182009-02-10T15:57:00.000-05:002009-02-10T15:57:00.000-05:00''member of Cynic hadn't started to play in salsa ...<B><I>''member of Cynic hadn't started to play in salsa bands in cruiseships''</I></B><BR/><BR/>WHAT???' :OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-76097957709344660422008-11-29T17:51:00.000-05:002008-11-29T17:51:00.000-05:00Re: "Unmasked" My first cassette was Slade's "Rogu...Re: "Unmasked" <BR/><BR/>My first cassette was Slade's "Rogues Gallery" in 1985. Second: The Who "Live At Leeds".<BR/>Long live power pop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-58816763649710987322008-11-25T16:41:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:41:00.000-05:00Megadeth - So Far, So GoodIron Maiden - Live After...Megadeth - So Far, So Good<BR/>Iron Maiden - Live After Death<BR/>Metallica - Ride the Lightning<BR/>Slayer - Reign in Blood<BR/>Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a MadmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-3129049882117440292008-11-25T10:21:00.000-05:002008-11-25T10:21:00.000-05:001984 Kiss Creatures of the NightLike many others K...1984 Kiss Creatures of the Night<BR/><BR/>Like many others Kiss was the band that got me into hard rock/metal. I was 6 years old when my brother borrowed this album from a friend, and of course both the visual aspect and the music got me hooked right from the start. <BR/><BR/>1985 Iron Maiden Number of the Beast / Live After Death<BR/><BR/>Although Kiss was still my favorite band for several years to come I had soon left the other glam bands (Crüe, Twisted Sister) behind and started listening to more classic metal (Dio, Priest, Helloween, Ozzy). <BR/><BR/>1991 Metallica The Black Album<BR/>A short but dark era when I watched MTV and listened to stuff I now can't stand at all, like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n Roses and Metallica (although I soon realized their older albums were much better)<BR/><BR/>1992 Rainbow Richie Blackmores Rainbow<BR/><BR/>This album got me interested in the classic 70s hard rock bands - Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath (I actually didn't really get into them until now), Rush, old Priest...<BR/><BR/>1994 Tiamat Astral Sleep<BR/>Got me into the dark and doomy musical path<BR/><BR/>It's hard to choose which album from this era was the one which started it all, but I'll say Tiamat in competition with Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise, Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium, Candlemass - Nightfall, etc.<BR/><BR/>From this time on I discovered the different subgenres of doom metal (and through doom/death I indirectly for the first time started to see the good points with death/black metal), goth metal, melodeath, etc.<BR/><BR/>Since then my metal taste hasn't changed so much. I still prefer classic 70s/80s metal as well as the doomy and the gothic (although I am not a fan of Nightwish and the like).<BR/>Still waiting for the next revolution in my metal life, but I guess I am too old now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-48412464493665339292008-11-25T01:56:00.000-05:002008-11-25T01:56:00.000-05:00Paradise Lost launched all the death/doom/gothic b...Paradise Lost launched all the death/doom/gothic bandwagon. <BR/>When I listened to "Gothic" first, I was immediately caught, I've never listened to something like that in my life.<BR/><BR/>Other very significant record:<BR/><BR/>Entombed "Left hand path" my first original tape, then my first picture disc!<BR/>Entombed "Clandestine"<BR/>Death "Leprosy"<BR/>Napalm Death "Harmony corruption"<BR/>Slayer "Seasons in the abyss"<BR/>Megadeth "Rust in peace"<BR/>Sentenced "Down"<BR/>Candlemass "Nightfall"<BR/>Testament "The legacy"<BR/>My Dying Bride "The angel..."<BR/>Tiamat "Clouds"<BR/>...<BR/>Alphaville "Forever young"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-69982201363013493712008-11-25T01:25:00.000-05:002008-11-25T01:25:00.000-05:00'Live After Death' was my gateway drug into metal....'Live After Death' was my gateway drug into metal. still one of my favorite albums after all these years.-cjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14453322632819663285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-33232459587281888312008-11-24T23:09:00.000-05:002008-11-24T23:09:00.000-05:00Man, that incident with the tapes, that happened t...Man, that incident with the tapes, that happened to me too, hahaha. I erased two seconds of a tape I had, in which I recorded Metallica's Garage Days Re-Revisited, back in 1990. I still have it, a BASF tape, such a relic.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, here goes my list:<BR/><BR/>1º A cassete copy of Deep Purple's "Deepest Purple", a best of. <BR/><BR/>2º "...And Justice For All" <BR/><BR/>3º "South Of Heaven" <BR/><BR/>4º "Electric", The Cult.<BR/><BR/>5º "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables", Dead Kennedys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-54172446641121381622008-11-24T22:27:00.000-05:002008-11-24T22:27:00.000-05:00Kiss - "Alive" The first album I ever bo...Kiss - "Alive" The first album I ever bought. It's difficult to describe how incredibly fascinating Kiss was to a 10 year old in the 1970's.<BR/><BR/>Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades" The album that gave me musical clarity. After that I knew what I was looking for, which was faster, louder, darker, more brutal & etc. A path which eventually led me right here. <BR/><BR/>"Decline Of Western Civilization" - not that "Metal Years" shit, I mean the first one which featured L.A. hardcore bands like Circle Jerks, Fear, Black Flag & etc. The point when I realized nothing was too obscure or offensive for my tastes. <BR/><BR/>Venom - "Welcome To Hell" Ditto above. Sure it's quaint in retrospect but bear in mind that back then no one was doing that sort of thing yet. It was pretty wild for the time & about the most "underground" thing available up to that point.<BR/><BR/>Obituary - "Cause Of Death" the album that brought be back into the fold & snapped me out of the cock-rock/alt-grunge phase I narrowly avoided being sucked into. <BR/><BR/>Really there are a lot of others I could name that have already been discussed adequately above. These just immediately spring to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-2898955349276312762008-11-24T20:55:00.000-05:002008-11-24T20:55:00.000-05:00At 21, I'm one of the younger commenters/fans of t...At 21, I'm one of the younger commenters/fans of the Inquisition dudes, so the significance of these albums have no relation to their release date.<BR/><BR/>Iron Maiden- Powerslave. When I was 12 and had a tape player for Bar Mitzvah practice, I was on a bus on a school trip to Oregon. A new friend of mine had this mixtape that opened with "Aces High" and I knew right then that whatever the hell this was, I loved it. Long story short, I hunted down the album and it's still my number one.<BR/><BR/>Coroner- No More Color. The only thrash I really listened to before these Swiss dudes was the first three Metallica records and maybe some Slayer thrown in here and there. Coroner were a little hard for me to absorb (no pun intended...get it? The Punishment for Decadence song?) at first, but once I got past the gruffer vocals I couldn't get enough of everything that made the band great-- Tommy's riffing, Ron's Tom Warrior-inspired singing and fantastic supportive bass playing, and some oft-good, sometimes bad, and always bizarre lyrical content from Marquis Marky.<BR/><BR/>Atheist- Unquestionable Presence. Coroner kinda opened the door of technicality to me, and Atheist splashed it with acid. This record throws down whole new styles of the tech-death musical martial arts form. It's calculated without being clinical and proudly odd without being pretentious. But most of all, Atheist were RESTRAINED. They never needed to write a 10-minute overly technical wankfest about some convoluted storyline-- all their stuff is for the most part short, powerful songs that serve their purpose and then end.<BR/><BR/>Opeth- My Arms, Your Hearse. A soundtrack to the shitty raininess that embodied most of an aggravating senior year in high school. Fucking love this band. While MAYH isn't their best, it's still my favorite of the "old" lineup.<BR/><BR/>Carcass- Heartwork. My death metal initiation, albeit in polished, overtly melodic form. I learned here to fully, truly get down with extreme vocals.<BR/><BR/>Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion. Had no idea what a few impoverished lads could do with minimal musical knowledge and dedication to their ambitious ideas.<BR/><BR/>I've left out a LOT of the non-metal that's had a tremendous impact on me over the years-- ie Siamese Dream, Loveless, Who's Next, the Third Eye Blind s/t and a bunch of punk records, but eh...this isn't MUSIC Inquisition, haha.Asahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587416101325056459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-31885018950860780232008-11-24T19:33:00.000-05:002008-11-24T19:33:00.000-05:00"The Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor that ..."The Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor that song enabled the guitar/metal switch in my head... the rest is history.<BR/>the cure only had 2 good songs "a forest" & " killing an arab" the rest is sadly just too homo-erotic, not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just a sign of possible homogenes that will eventually lead to mascara and hairy man love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-10139819946238396842008-11-24T19:32:00.000-05:002008-11-24T19:32:00.000-05:00In my case, Steven, I'm still looking for new band...In my case, Steven, I'm still looking for new bands. I still love metal and listen to music all the time. But it rarely happens that a new band grabs my attention. Maybe that's a sign I'm getting old. But I still look for old bands that I didn't get to know at their time (or albums I didn't hear from a band I knew at the time), and I'm still finding some great albums that keep me interested in searching for more. For example, I didn't get to know Molested (death metal from Norway) until last year. I can't believe their material was edited in the 90s and I didn't even know. That band is awesome. Also, this year I heard Fatal, the death/thrash band from Michigan. Another awesome band. And one more that I just found like a month ago, and I'm still listening almost all days, Sarcasm, death metal from Sweden. I just have one demo from this band, and they recorded a couple more, but that demo is perfect. Anyway, now I'm looking for the rest of the stuff they recorded. Those are things that keep my interest at the same level it was when I was young.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-19604204512952499332008-11-24T18:07:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:07:00.000-05:00i'm amazed that more than one person was so affect...i'm amazed that more than one person was so affected by Paradise Lost, that's great...its just odd how they had no effect on me...as I just enountered them at a different time in my life. someone could be surprised that I never liked Scorpions as a kid or something like that too...just the way the cookie crumbles i guess.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-67092755024653035772008-11-24T18:06:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:06:00.000-05:00Hmmm, I seem to be a bit older than most MI reader...Hmmm, I seem to be a bit older than most MI readers, but a bit less jaded. I heard KISS when I was very young also, but they failed to connect with me. Coulda been my over-sexed 16-year-old cousin 'Debbie' ranting about how they were the "greatest band on Earth". Coulda been that I was only in 3rd grade...<BR/><BR/>Now first I gotta say I've never considered Metal to be inherently superior to other less EXTREME (fuck! I hate that word) forms of music. It's always just been another branch on the tree.<BR/><BR/>The first cassette I bought was actually 'Point of Know Return' by Kansas. This was in 1979. And yes, it is still a favorite. The second milestone was hearing the first Iron Maiden album in 1980. I didn't immediately love it, but I thought it was pretty cool. Think of it as the gateway drug. #3 would have to be Rush's 'Exit Stage Left', 1981. The next thing would have to be Black Flag, also 1981. And the coveted fifth spot (as much as I want to say Voivod's 'Killing Technology', cuz it was a MAJOR player) goes to 'Ride the Lightning'. That's one ferocious album, you gotta admit.<BR/><BR/>There have been many other breakthrough bands/albums along the way. I hope I never lose that sense of wonder in hearing something exciting. I feel sad for you guys who stopped evolving.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342128832508476425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-36157744117137031232008-11-24T17:20:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:20:00.000-05:00You re all posersAmebix -Arise! Ordered by acciden...You re all posers<BR/><BR/>Amebix -Arise! <BR/><BR/>Ordered by accident from AT <BR/><BR/>still blows my mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-65287479833873305842008-11-24T16:54:00.000-05:002008-11-24T16:54:00.000-05:00Mine would go like this:1) Black Sabbath- We Sold ...Mine would go like this:<BR/><BR/>1) Black Sabbath- We Sold Our Souls for Rock and Roll (this made it okay to listen to more than just Queen and Ugly Kid Joe for me back in 6th grade, or whenever).<BR/><BR/>2) Metallica- Kill 'em All (the first Metallica record I got, which definitely primed me for faster, more thrasy stuff. I would listen to The Four Horsemen and Motorbreath over and over and over and over and over again, especially on Sunday nights before I had to go back to school the next day). <BR/><BR/>3) Slayer- Reign in Blood (same deal- a friend made me a tape of this. I was raised super catholic and when I heard the part in Altar of Sacrifice where "SATAN" echoes and fades out I could actually FEEL my life change. It was like "holy shit... they're right. Satan RULES!"). <BR/><BR/>4) Misfits - Collection I (not exactly metal, but another real paradigm shifting record for me back in junior high). <BR/><BR/>5) Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood (this is actually my LEAST favorite Neurosis record now, but when I heard it back in late high school when it came out it blew my narrow mind. I couldn't write it off as lame industrial, it was definitely metal, but it was just so heavy and mean.). <BR/><BR/>There are more recent ones, but albums that change your musical life stop being as fun after high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-13683542614029663402008-11-24T13:32:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:32:00.000-05:00Maiden: Seventh son of a seventh sonObituary: Caus...Maiden: Seventh son of a seventh son<BR/>Obituary: Cause of death<BR/>Death: Spiritual healing<BR/>Paradise lost: Gothic<BR/>Tiamat: Wildhoney<BR/><BR/>...and many others...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-26662678526138722272008-11-24T13:31:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:31:00.000-05:00ironically your list almost mirrors mine in parts:...ironically your list almost mirrors mine in parts:<BR/><BR/>1983: Bark At the Moon<BR/><BR/>1986: Master of Puppets/Spreading the Disease (same thing as your Slayer/Venom dub except my cousin dubbed these 2 for me instead)<BR/><BR/>1990: Harmony Corruption<BR/><BR/>1997: Morningrise<BR/><BR/>1998: Bonses Junges Fleisch by Wumpscut<BR/><BR/>and honorable mention:<BR/>1999: document #5 by pageninetynine<BR/><BR/><BR/>these aren't necessarily my fave records (most are actually worn thin for me/i can barely listen to nowadays), but they were instrumental in leading me to some of my faves...catatonic disassemblyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541299379240669958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-12286718694461727232008-11-24T12:41:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:41:00.000-05:00I to ended my most intense relationship with metal...I to ended my most intense relationship with metal in 1991 but of course in never ends.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629793923462588811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-50485509786962348312008-11-24T11:28:00.000-05:002008-11-24T11:28:00.000-05:00by the way, porcell was totally cool about it when...by the way, porcell was totally cool about it when i talked to him afterward. he said he thought it would be a lot of fun to play some project x songs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-3684158652651700122008-11-24T10:57:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:57:00.000-05:00Sergeant D is always grabbing balls, you have to w...Sergeant D is always grabbing balls, you have to watch out for that guy.<BR/><BR/>The Cure is an interesting entry into music and metal. We all have unusual stories. i guess mine is somewhat direct. i took the semi-express train...some people take the local and there are a million weird stops along the way...but isn't our experience in metal richer for it? i think so.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-42469753908342188222008-11-24T10:45:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:45:00.000-05:00The Cure was the first good band I heard. It was w...The Cure was the first good band I heard. It was when I was 9-10, in 1986, when they were just changing from being really dark, to a bit happier, but the songs I loved the most where the depressive ones. The fact that the rest of the kids at my school didn't have any idea of their existence (they were still listening to music for kids), made me feel even better. <BR/>I heard some Maiden at that time and ACDC, Ozzy, Kiss and some other stuff on tv (videos tv shows), but I didn't get into them, though there were some Maiden songs that I really liked, but didn't become a fan. Then, I had to wait until 1991 (when I was 14) to get into metal. And the first album that really got my attention and made me look for heavier stuff was...Nevermind from Nirvana! Well, as you can see, even though some people think that that moment in time was the death of metal, for me it was the beginning (and I know, they are not metal, but they sounded loud, at least for me at that time). The thing is that after one month of listening to that album, I got to know the Swedish Death Metal movement, the American one (I like both, but the one that got my total attention was the Swedish one), and Grindcore. In 1992 I heard Gothic from Paradise Lost and that got me ready to buy and listen as many doom metal albums as I could find. It was like listening to my beloved band from when I was a kid, The Cure, but heavy! What else could I ask for? Finally, the last thing that happened that got me into another scene was Thy Mighty Contract, by Rotting Christ, and that opened the gates to Black Metal (that was around 1994-1995). Ah, and I forgot, in 1993 Death Metal was getting boring. There were bands everywhere, and a lot of them suck, so when I heard Desultory and their Death Metal with melody and At The Gates, I really loved them. I felt it was a great idea at that point (and I still like those bands), but now you have all these idiots stealing from At The Gates that suck (all those American core bands), but well, Lucho already mentioned this, so I won't go there again (but I think Desultory does not enter in this category, they had no followers in my opinion, and their death metal with melody doesn't sound like Goteborg Death Metal). Well, that's it. Of course there were also place for Thrash Metal, and some Punk Hardcore-Crossover stuff, but still, the ones that I mentioned are the most memorable for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-44383995133838413282008-11-24T10:29:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:29:00.000-05:00your story about anton fig reminds me of when i sa...your story about anton fig reminds me of when i saw shelter in 1998 or so. they had some extra time, so ray cappo asked if there were any requests. naturally, since i am an asshole i started screaming old songs like "united nutmeg," "skate straight," and "dancefloor justice." after the 20th time or so, he looked at me and said "ok bro, calm down. we're not going to play any old songs," and was visibly annoyed. after that, he dove into the crowd and i grabbed his balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-63157866812138334302008-11-24T10:20:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:20:00.000-05:00scorpions, maiden, slayer, paradise lost...pretty ...scorpions, maiden, slayer, paradise lost...pretty similar list to mine. as such, you are not only not a poser...but one rad dude.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.com