Love them or hate them, it's hard denying the countless amount of metal heads that have found their way into the genre through these bands as a gateway.
Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Death, Burzum and Black Sabbath. I apologise for the taste, but I won't judge anyone. Probably they are more but I can't remember.
Korn was my gateway,ha ha. I was changing from 80s and 90s pop,and also somehow Green Day was part of the transition. Growing up with metal loving cousins in the Tampa bay area didn't hurt either. This dude's whole list was my first metal bands,especially Pantera,Metallica, and Megadeth. After that, while reading Metal Maniacs, got into Slayer, Morbid Angel, and Emperor. So you're damned right about the gateway.
No matter which genre we are into. Being a metalhead makes you immediately more sympathic in contrast to non-metalheads in my eyes. We metalheads are like a family in a specific way
nobody feels any connection being a fan of any other genres, but metalheads have always been tight. the only similar feeling i got was with bikers, at least i did back in the day, but now it feels like "fk everyone, me first."
I should not admit this, but I only own the first two Iron Maiden albums. I would buy Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave. But there are plenty of other great metal bands with better albums out there!
Agree, first 2 Maiden records are special and Di'Anno killed it on both. But look, isn't it time for you to put away childish things and learn of your destiny in the fight against the Nazarene?
so true on the metallica part. its the most mainstream band. i do get where you are comming from. i believe every band has at least a few songs i like. but i can't say "i love these bands" but i respect them and i think they are cool for what they are. but yes.. i had the "metallica" mention too all the time. i am litteraly that type of metalhead. that prefers listening to bands nobody else knows lol.
@@lotsapasta0858 this is not only about metal.my hippy friend had a theory that if you like Led Zeppelin,you must to like The Doors too.ok,I like Zeppelin,but I'm sorry,The Doors are not my cup of tea.
Me too with all of these bands. I don't own albums by any of them. I think I passed them up because my journey into metal was different from what they were doing. Faith No More, early Alice in Chains/Soundgarden, Sepultura/Fear Factory/Carcass/Obituary, In Flames/Dark Tranquillity (where I still base my love of metal today, but branch in all directions). My path never really went the way of more thrashier stuff. I heard it and enjoyed it, but never bought the albums over other stuff.
honestly, the 4 bands you mentioned, I feel the same. but the way i see it, not every band is for everyone. I respect what they accomplished and added to the Metal community, but i just can not bring myself to listen to them
I feel you on Megadeth. For 30 years I've tried to like them, and there's songs I like here and there, but overall they just don't do it for me. With 1 exception. Well, like 1.5 exceptions. The album Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?, I love it. Something about it, it just works. Also the Hidden Treasures collection (why it's .5). B-sides, covers and such which includes Angry Again. Some absolute bangers on that one
I like OLD Metallica and OLD Megadeth as in the first 4 albums. Their “new” stuff, meh. I like Pantera, I just don’t admire them as much as most fans of them do. The only band on your list that I absolutely love is Maiden. I appreciate and understand your list. I feel the same about bands like Tool and Slipknot. I never could get into them. I tried, but nope. Slayer gets an honorable mention. I like them, but they are not at the top of my thrash list. I always thought Kerry Kings solos sucked. I think Testament was a more talented band.
Yeah Carrie King was just making noise with the guitar, not really soloing that's how I always felt. Works great for song like "Raining Blood" but you can't get away with that on every track
Honestly, I'm not going to judge your list. It's metal that doesn't do it for you and that's okay. I started with KoRn and SOAD, so the bands that you listed was what I listened to afterwards. Nowadays, while I have love for their music, i don't play it as much as I used to. I've explored other genres of metal, checked out bands like Cannibal Corpse, Death, Wind Rose, Drudkh, Mgla, etc.
As a thrash fan who has Megadeth as his favorite band I could totally understand why someone would not dig them, it's a bit unconventional as far as thrash songwriting goes but that is what makes them great IMO, I could also understand why someone wouldn't like Dave's voice
Is it a thing with black metal heads to not like certain sounds because for the most part I kind of agree with you on this video and for the most part I kind of feel the same way about these exact same bands. There are some newer bands to that I don’t really like that people love that I have tried to like, but don’t. I think it’s because they are too melodic. Those are Bring Me the Horizon, The Devil wears Prada, five finger Death Punch, oh asking Alexandria, I prevail, Black Veil Brides, and Avenged Sevenfold, oh and honestly I can’t really get into any of the grunge bands. Maybe hole and L7 are OK. I used to not like slipknot for many of the same reasons I don’t like Metallica, but honestly I am starting to really appreciate support now that I’m 33. Same with Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. I do like certain errors of Megadeth, and only the first album of Metallica Kill ‘Em All. I do you like iron maiden, but Paul Deano is my favorite vocalist. I do love Bruce Dickinson, but I feel like iron maiden with Paul Diana was more raw sounding and iron maiden with Bruce Dickinson is more over produced sounding of that makes sense. One of the reasons why I like black metals so much is because it sounds so raw and not over produced but I guess it’s the distortion because there’s so much of it kind of like in punk. Call Deano has that punk background. Which is weird because I prefer metal to punk because I like some of the more virtuosic nature in metal.
Totally feel this, sometimes, especially when you’re first getting into Metal you almost feel a NEED to get into some of these bands bc it’s what everyone else is listening to but as you continue you start figuring out that you don’t really like these bands and it’s totally okay. Even if some dickhead might call u a poser for it
I hate the 80's hard rock scene like Guns'n'Roses, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake... When you hear stuffs like Sabbath, Zeppelin, Hendrix and such it sounded so freakin' raw and intense, and then you hear these guys it sound so boring, I don't know... Its something like Madonna wearing leather - not that she didn't -, and screaming and playing distorted guitars.
Ahah funny thing is these are exactly the 4 bands that got me into metal when I was 13 in the mid 90s . Great memories. And even though I consider myself a black metal lover, I still listen to these bands and own them huge respect. 🤘
Always felt I was awful for not just getting into certain bands. Pantera was very talented, same with Iron Maiden, Metallica but just didnt do anything for me. Megadeth, some good songs but not for me. I was into bands that were melodic but dark. One 80s band I do like Is Queensriche, their 1st 3 albums. After those no. My music was black metal. Some Mayhem, Emperor, Dimmu Borgir was my favorite. Even some Mortis, Agalloch, Burzum. And now like Runespell, and Fyrnask, Severoth. It has to be melodic and dark.Even as a very young kid I was always disappointedbecause I was looking for something I didnt know how to even explain. One favorite is a late 70s album, Ted Nugent with Stranglehold. Loved it but just that one album. Oh well, guess we just like what we like. Thanx for letting me share.
Yesss! This. As a small child, craving something dark and melodic. And just being too young to know where to look. These bands were hyped publicly and had the visual aesthetics of that. But always, the disappointment was felt because the music didn't hit right.
AC/DC for me. I went through a brief phase as a teen/young adult where I liked them. But where I grew up they were just so overplayed--to the point where you couldn't get away from hearing them if you tried. Pantera was so oversaturated too, but at least every song didn't sound the same and Brian Johnson wasn't their "vocalist." I am no Pantera fan boy by any means, but I can't say that I despise them like AC/DC at least.
same. I liked AC/DC back when I was a teen as well, and now I can't stand them! All their songs sound exactly the same, and they're wayyy wayyy wayyyy too over played.
Great Video. I First read about Metallica in a pop-music youth magazine, the first Metal band I listened to was Testament an I still like them. Some Songs of Metallica are good, but they never catched me. I like Symphony of Destruction and visited a concert of Megadeth, but nothing more. Iron Maiden also is a great Band, I like playing their song in Guitar Hero with my friends, but I have no CD of them. I don't own a CD of Megadeth or Metallica also. Pantera is a diffent, I like them, have CD's and I'm drinking a Dimebag memorial beer every december 8th. The next two band I listened to were Marduk and Vader and they are still great and I still like them very much.
My introduction to metal is directly correlated to these bands. Pantera especially. Phil Anselmo would wear Mayhem and Darkthrone t-shirts in the mid-90's. I don't care what people think and that will never determine what band I like. Their music is a bit one-dimensional now, so I won't spin those records as much, but they will always hold a special part in my heart. Cheers.
Anselmo was in contact with Fenriz often in the90’s when Darkthrone left peaceville records and went to satyr wongraven’s moon fog label and you probably know this but I’ll say it anyways, Phil, Fenriz, and couple of other guys went on to form a super band called Ebon
I feel the same way dude. Knew of Darkthrone by seeing Phil wear the shirts when his pics were in the Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs magazines. Read about so many bands just by mags alone. Man,what a different time.
I can absolutely understand you! Not meaning that I share your opinion, but I really valued your reasons, and as for Iron Maiden, your point was quite brilliant! I never thought about it but, damn, you are right! (However, I love an old-man's voice!)
The one thing these bands have in common is they are all mainstream (Pantera is to a point). You go into more detail but the main reason I get sick of bands like this is hearing their songs everywhere... it gets old. Most of the music I truly like I've found here on RU-vid, going down the rabbit hole of recommended videos. The music I like doesnt usually end up on the radio, even Octane or Liquid Metal. Even those "heavy" music stations play popular mainstream stuff.
Totally agree with you on Iron Maiden and Megadeth. I can enjoy a few Pantera songs. With Metallica, well, thet first album I listened to was the Black album when I was around 10 y/o and really liked it, and then the older ones too; as a teenager i enjoyed a couple of songs from the Load and Reload albums because i thought the videos where cool back then. But after that, nothing special for my taste.
I'll be honest, I don't really like black metal, I'm a punk and I prefer death metal, but there are a few bands that I really enjoy! Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Venom, Harakiri for the sky, and your band, that's it. People at my school listen to well-known bands such as mayhem, burzum, dark throne, etc. but no matter how hard I tried, I never liked to listen to those bands. I have a huge respect for all of those bands, but there were some people who called me a poser just because I didn't listen to them. It's really annoying when people don't respect other people's opinions.
I've been a BM fan since 1998 and I couldn't stand Burzum until maybe 4 months ago *shrugs* Anyway, the real posers are the ones restricting themselves to one particular genre because in the end they're only doing it for credibility amongst their peers and to place themselves on a pedestal to make up for their lower social standing in life. True metalheads don't give a shit what anyone else thinks.
I know I'm commenting on an old video, but I couldn't agree more! A lot of people have given me shit about it, but you're right- not everyone likes the same thing. 🤘🖤
Honestly I can't think of any 5 bands or a number of bands everyone listens to and I don't because I'm an all around guy when it comes to great music especially metal, I mean it just depends what mood I'm in or if an album just reached a milestone then I would go back and listen to it but to me I'm respectful on your picks like I don't constantly listen to these because after while you can actually hear them....without hearing them so from then on you start to listen to upcoming bands that are very unknown to the public which is cool you get a chance to check them out and listen and share your thoughts and insights. But I would say from your picks, the first couple albums of these bands were awesome because it defined what metal really is and paved on to Thrash, Death, and Black metal. Anyways, great video though dude hope to see you more on here or stream. \m/
Cool video! I recommend Rust in Peace from Megadeth, and ..And Justice for All and Master of Puppets from Metallica. Iron Maiden has so many albums that it can be hard to recommend a better one, in my book it would be Somewhere in Time or Powerslave.
The first 2 Iron Maiden albums with Paul Di Anno are the best for me, I love them albums since 1984 very punk influenced that really suited Di Anno's voice..
I get you about Iron Maiden. I remember getting into fights with my friends about them. Megadeth's first four albums are tits. The first four Metallica albums are also tits.
I’m curious of your opinion of my favorite metal band. This was the band that made me a metal head back in the late 80s… Slayer My tastes have evolved into many different genres now.
I love Slayer. I feel wierd when I hear people say " awe, they are great but so and so album sucked". Division within the camp. I like to varying degree's every thing they ever did. If someone asked me what is metal? I would say SLAYER. To each their own.
@@saltpeter7429 I quite like the first album a lot but after that I just find them dull. I've given Reign in blood a lot of chances but I usually get bored and dont finish it. No clue what I'm missing.
I started listening to Metallica in 1984. When Master of Puppets came out I didn't really like it. But then I was listening to stuff like Venom, Bathory, Possessed and Merciful Fate...
"Nothing special compared to other bands" actually apply to ALL bands. No one has to justify themselves about their preferences, but that just ain't a valid argument. All genres are filled to the brim with generic, by the number bands. I personally don't care about bands themselves, and only care about a few musicians, I care about the songs. Same bands produced more songs I enjoy, others less and many produced none. Majority rule does not apply when it comes to preferences, you don't have to like something because everyone else does. You don't have to like everything anyway, that make you an echo chamber, not a person. Funny thing though, metalheads often complain loudly about "everyone" talking shit about the music we like yet we're the one who talk the most shit about bands other metalheads like. And to wrap it up, the worst reason to shit on popular bands is to assert some sort of "individuality" like a statement that says "I'm not a sheep, I know better". That's just plain garbage. Not to say it's what you did, the reasons given in your video make sense to me, even if for some examples I think you picked not enough albums and here and there picked the wrong ones. One thing I'll never accept though is the statement that hair metal is "cool". I hated it when it was the craze back in the 80s, and I even hate it more now.
For Megadeth please check out Peace Sells But Who's Buying. In my opinion that album is a very different beast and I'm thinking you might find that one really interesting. I don't really care all that much for the two Megadeth albums you mentioned but Peace Sells is in my top 3 thrash albums ever for sure
It's been a year and a few months and I just got it to shoulder lenght coming from an almost Buzzcut undercut i'll keep it going until I reach waist. Mine is very thick so it looks longer. Anyways, keep it up and don't give a fuck about what others say. They'll hate and tell you to cut it especially at the beginning but fuck them and go for what you like.
@@Music4Life5 it really depends on your hair, and you can always use some hair growth oils like ricinus oil or something like that. They make your hair healthier and it grows a bit faster
I feel this way about death metal. I really REALLY tried to like the growls and grunts over what is generally very good music, but I just can't find anything appealing about the "big" metal bands out there today :(
i agree with you about all these bands. i got into death metal pretty quickly after getting into any music at all, and it felt like i was going backwards to check out bands like these. even when i did get into thrash i always wondered why Kreator wasn't even in the conversation when i thought they were better than any of the american bands. (said as an american)
I dig this channel,it's always original opinion. I did have to laugh,though,at the question regarding why did Dimebag not do the singing(more) in Pantera. Well...they decided amongst themselves the best way to REPRESENT TEXAS was for all four band members to focus on the one thing they did best,and then go slay the world! Earn gold records,tour the globe,make $$$,buy a stripper club,etc. They had a pretty good plan and the talent to back it up. (My fave with Dimebag on vocals,Pu$$y Tight!). Salute!
Just found your channel,dude. Your list was basically what I started listening to when I got into metal in the mid 90s. Have you tried any Iron Maiden from the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album? I definitely like that you are respectful and rational. Are you a fan of Enslaved and Borknagar? Them along with The Chasm are my favorites.
I totally agree with this list and with all these bands I had to try repeatedly to "get" them because I felt there was no way I could love metal but not love these bands...blasphemy I thought but....then I realize. I'm not alone
You are right about all these bands, they have some good songs,but complete albums are torture. I must admit, i like IRON MAIDEN and KILLERS,but when Dickinson joined...ooomph
Pantera, really like Vulgar Display and Reinventing the Steel. I still listen to some Megadeth but only primarily Peace Sells. Iron Maiden up through Piece of Mind and Metallica through And Justice.
Metallica was my springboard into thrash, but got uninteresting when I discovered more extreme bands of the time like Sodom, Kreator, Whiplash, Holy Terror, Violence, etc.
Mmmm...I agree with Pantera, most Metallica (I only like the two albums you have in mind) and many Megadeth albums ( Peace sells... And Rust in Peace are fuckin' great, mainly) Also, all 80's Ironn Maiden are glorious.
I really tried to like Pantera too. Not my cup of tea either. Plus this girl I was dating st the time played them out for me. Megadeth I like Peace Sells. That's it. His voice gets to me. Iron Maiden I prefer Killers. Metallica I won't even bother. After Master of Puppets I was out. Garage Days was good. You can hear the bass. So I guess I agree. Love the channel. Keep up the good work. 🎸☠️💀🦝
I agree with you for the most part I think alot of it you had to be there at the time they were released and compare it with what was going on at the time
Something that i really liked about this video is that you are very genuine about it. You don't bring up the cliché bands to express dislike for, and you dare to bring up some more controversial bands to "dislike" such as Iron Maiden. I do agree with you regarding Pantera. I appreciate them for how important they are for Metal but i don't like them that much. They have a few good songs, but that's pretty much it. I prefer bands like Exhorder, which is pretty much Pantera but better.
didnt used to love metallica for the same reasons u gave ,but after watching them in paris for two nights last may , i would say ,despite of all their shitty songs , they still hhave great iconic ones , they are also great on live , greetings from tunisia
I do like Iron Maiden, but the other three I can’t stand either. I did kinda cut my teeth on Maiden though, so that’s probably why. They are nostalgic to me, but even so I have moved past them at this point too. Everyone always thinks I’m crazy, but I just don’t get what everyone sees in those other 3.
Believe me. A lot of people share this view. We just don't say much because we don't have the energy to explain why we don't like them. Like you, I tried so hard to love these bands but..... I don't know. Ohhhh and one dude once asked me, "which Metallica band do you listen to?" lol..i corrected him by saying Metallica is the band and metal is the genre
I love asking this question to other metal fans such as myself. I’m ready to hear your opinion, it’s interesting to see what you like and don’t like about the music. I’m not a fan of Metallica or Iron Maiden and everyone likes them. Everyone likes screamo punk metal, I just do not like it. Ugh I really like pantera. Maybe I’m bias since I’m a Texan haha
😂😂 it's understandable. I grew up listening to them back in the 80's and loved their classics (still do and prefer without question) more than the way they are playing now; but that's because, as I stated, I grew up listening to them and became a full throttle metalhead exactly in 83, when Thrash Metal was born, as a response to the Glam Metal scene which I also grew up listening to and enjoyed (still do). Now these bands have changed drastically to the point that even I can admit I fucking hate their latest albums, but I had to understand that many of them decided to change to reach the new generation's (I think that's one of the reasons) but also it's because they're old now. But this is only my opinion. Each individual has a different music taste and view so it's all good 😂😂. But I do understand what you mean Boris. 🤘🤘🤘
Totally agree.The first time I listened to Metallica,Iron Maiden and other mainstream bands I thought that metal was not for me.Then I came across Mayhem...🖤🤘🏻
I loved the four of them at some point in my life but I absolutely despise Metallica after the Black album, and I also think that Iron Maiden and Megadeth should have stopped releasing records after the 90s; Btw Pantera along with Black Sabbath is a top 5 act for me. It's ok to not like certain stuff, for example I don't like Pink Floyd and Queen which were outstanding bands in their own right.
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For me the first band on my list has to be Lamb of God. I can't really put my finger on it, it's something with their sound. I don't know. Secondly, I agree on Megadeath. Love some songs and Dave is a riff legend, but I don't like his singing. Third. Opeth. Sorry, I don't feel the energy here. Great musicians for sure, some great songs, but overall, not my favourite. Four. Beartooth.
For me, it's not that I don't like any of those 4 bands, I just only like some of their songs... not that majority of them. It's actually very rare for me to like a huge percentage of a band's work, so that's one way I sort them out into tiers: If a band has maybe 3-4 or more albums that I like every song on, then that band to me is in the god tier. Megadeth Pantera and Iron Maiden are great examples, where I could maybe list a handful of songs I like but in no way would they ever make the higher tiers for me, personally.
