The Top Ten Most Important Heavy Metal Albums To Me

10. Burzum - Burzum/Aske (1992)


this fucker was very important to me when i first got into black metal  it stands out as one of my most favorite albums ever
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9. Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth (1991)

one of my first endeavors into the death metal genre, stands out as one the of the greatest fucking death metal records of all time!!!

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8. Obituary - Cause Of Death (1990)


the first time i heard obituary was in their "Slowly we rot" album which was fucking awesome, but obituary only got better for me with this album Cause Of FUcking Death!!!
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7. Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986)


the first time i fucking heard angel of death i was stunned, i knew for the first time that i was listening to THRASH METAL!!
its wasn't just metal anymore it was thrash metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i fell in love with the speed and brutalness of this record
which later on it would lead me to discover faster and faster albums
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6. Deicide - Deicide (1990)


hail the fucking greatest the death metal album of all time!!
yes thats right the greatest death metal album of all time
i fell in love with this album the first time i heard it and still love it forever,
20 Fucking years later this album is still brutal as FUCK!!!
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5. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)


for the first time in my life i was actually scared of music when i first heard this fucking beastly album, yes i was scared as fuck when i first heard buried by time and dust and other songs. but soon i fell in love with the sound of this album. hail to the greatest black metal album of all time!
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4. Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life (1990)


without this album i would of never even attempted to listen to death metal, this album is responsible for my transition from Thrash Metal to Death Metal. this is the first death metal album i ever owned and it the most thrashy sounding album
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3. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (1982)


The Very first heavy metal album i've ever owned and first time i was ever exposed to heavy metal, at the time i was into rap. THIS ALBUM TRULY CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER, HAIL IRON MAIDEN
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2. Napalm Death - Scum (1987)


can't say much about this album that hasn't already been said. the first time i took listen to this album i finally knew what Grindcore was. this album is very important to me as you can see
SIEGE OF FUCKING POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends (1986)


After this album i was on a one way road to extreme metal, it was the fastest fucken thrash metal album i could find, it lead to discovering bands like morbid angel, cannibal corpse, autopsy, death, and more, every track on the record is a fucking classic!
i remember thinking to myself "holy fucking shit!!" the first time i heard merciless death