Bands for Beginners

[@colossalinfernus3261]

I started from Elvis...HOW THE HELL DID I GET INTO DEATH METAL

[@zararara841]

Started with led zeppelin and now I listen to mayhem lmao

[@Сашаромисмерть]

I started with Ghost

[@piyushvaidya5086]

I'm probably the most embarrassing one xD, I started with XXXtentacion(he does alot of rock influenced hip-hop & screamo even though he's a rap artist) people talking about the genre calling it metal trap. So I got tried bullet for my Valentine(X's favorite band), from there to black Sabbath to Metallica to everything. I fcking love Behemoth.

[@magdachlebicka3895]

I started with rock ballads. Now I'm a proud thrash metal fan. But my favourite band is still the band that I started with, Scorpions

[@holymolyno8056]

Same actually

[@haraldawesomeaase]

started with metallica, still love them tho

[@ssj3goku.122]

Harald Aase started with soad

[@alexruiz4312]

Vegeta CENA same

[@haraldawesomeaase]

***** we all do some shady things in life

[@stolenhal0]

Same here.

[@MetalHeart8787]

starting with Metallica is for people who will think they are cool now like young kids in the 90's starting out with a Band that is The "most popular" you might as well be listing to Madonna or Dance music.

[@Zivon96]

My last girlfriend was a Belieber, then I introduced her to Sabaton. Now she's a metalhead.

[@mariehart1837]

You did a good thing for humanity lol

[@Voidling_System]

Thank Papa, Sabaton.

[@stacysbellum]

you're a hero you saved her soul

[@freeze9842]

Nathaniel Shoresh sickkk

[@wpzp]

My boyfriend introduced me megadeth. I was listening to mcr before. I love him. Thanks.

[@unclebruncle]

You can't go wrong with Black Sabbath. They inspired the genre meaning they're universally loved.

[@silverfang4583]

unclebruncle i do not really like any of the early metal so no they are not beloved by all In saying that i still respect them

[@juriahtalib2765]

Fuck ozzy.ozzy is bullshit

[@magdachlebicka3895]

I love metal but I can't stand Black Sabbath

[@magdachlebicka3895]

@AgentOfOblivion Excuse me? 😂

[@magdachlebicka3895]

@AgentOfOblivion It is so metal way, to shit on one band of Big Four... You can be proud of yourself. I didn't shit on Black Sabbath, I just don't like them Edit: I forgot to ask, are you thrash metal hater or Metallica fanboy? If Metallica fanboy... They are my fav band (ex equo with Scorpions, but it's not important)

[@Hellboy-ge6po]

I think what bands people should start with depends on the genre of music they currently listen to. For example, for pop fans I'd recommend hair metal bands like Motley Crue and Twisted Sister, for rap fans I'd recommend rap metal bands like Rage Against The Machine and Faith No More, for classic rock fans I'd recommend classic metal bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. You get the idea.

[@andrastereminiec6201]

For gothic newbies I';d suggest Tristania, Sirenia & Moonspell

[@kamilee4123]

Angel of Death I agree, I like progressive rock quite a bit so what got me into metal was Dream Theater. It all depends on what you like, metal is pretty diverse as far as sub genres go and if you're willing to look there's probably something you'll like.

[@paulhetrick1759]

Symbolic Leprosy There is no "rap metal", it is rap rock. There is no "hair metal", it's glam rock.

[@Mr.Truxton]

paul hetrick you're very ignorant.

[@paulhetrick1759]

Mr. Truxton No, you're a poser.

[@sbinotto3780]

i wanted my best friend to get into metal and the first song i showed him was my favorite song: disciple by slayer. long story short: he hated it

[@Hellboy-ge6po]

Joshua Lämmlin Slayer aren't the best band for getting non-metalheads into metal lol.

[@ReaperGamesMC]

Joshua Lämmlin I love that song I showed my religious grandma that song and other god hates us all album songs and she thinks I worship the devil although the lead singer is a Catholic as am i

[@andrastereminiec6201]

you may want to try Saxon,or Manowar with your friend

[@benmoyer3606]

you need to get a new freind

[@shaitet]

I think someone should ALWAYS start on Black Sabbath, but even then I liked Slayer the first time I heard them.

[@Martinatr_]

My progression to heavy metal : -Mägo de Oz -The Ramones -QUEEN -AC/DC -GREEN DAY -IRON MAIDEN -MOTÓRHEAD -MetallicA -Judas Priest -SLAYER -MEGADETH - MORE IRON MAIDEN

[@Lexysanz]

Martinat0r_2001 Mago de Oz!!!!

[@Martinatr_]

Bianca Chavarria Yes,that's because soy de España xD

[@labrujanat]

Mago 💕💕💕

[@leiawyatt4917]

Martinat0r_2001 green day is heavy metal ?

[@hauntedbylight]

Queen, AC/DC, and Greenday are more rock than metal but ok cool

[@shaywalters7807]

Dio is always the answer

[@holypeeg2934]

Dio or Rainbow, for someone new into metal Rainbow might be more tame than Dio itself

[@lathanchurch8352]

Shay138 ah men

[@pol1229]

Shay138 - Some Guy: "Conan! What is best in life?" Conan: "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women! And Dio."

[@nathann7281]

Dio is god.

[@bridges4232]

Yeah I mean my teacher ticked my answer 8x403=DIO

[@briantxfazoli]

I got into metal by guitar hero 😂

[@ethniccleansing3293]

It was rock band for me😂😂 I heard paranoid and loved it

[@dylangreen9819]

Yeah... I've got into a bit of metal that way

[@tomspencer7307]

Brian T. I got into metal from this video around this time last year

[@tomspencer7307]

Brian T. Now my favourites bands are Carcass, Opeth and Immortal

[@Jukelol23333]

Brian T. Lol, i got into metal cause my crush is a metalhead. So I started searching for bands and oh gosh, i fell in love. That was like 1 year ago. And he is still my crush lmao

[@faemotionless6914]

I don't know why, but this guy is so lovable and amazing. Like he's so chill that you can't hate him.

[@vhsorion]

the two songs that got me into metal: Raining Blood by Slayer One by Metallica

[@nokturnalmortum4763]

One is so sad....I can't watch the video of it

[@mystriegames7674]

@@nokturnalmortum4763 Why dis like her/him comment? Every one has another opion and suggestions. But if it was he's first of her reasons to start listen to metal. Let it be

[@mystriegames7674]

@@nokturnalmortum4763 I started with Skilled and linking park

[@nokturnalmortum4763]

@@mystriegames7674 what are you on about??? All I said was that the music video was sad

[@mumthrash2755]

Guitar hero 3 🤘🤘🤘

[@TheOneWayDown]

My progression went something like this -Classic rock radio -Some Metallica songs -Sithu Aye -Sabaton -Dragonforce -Parasite Inc. -Metallica -Born of Osiris (dont like em now though) -Lamb of God -Pantera -Now digging into Death and Carcass

[@DavidKazuma]

TheOneWayDown listen to sodom

[@metalrico9480]

Sepultura as well

[@toospooked4594]

Born of osiris is a great band

[@6.thedollar415]

it's been three years where are you at in terms of brutality now

[@SpectacularName]

Iron Maiden got me started. Not even one of their good albums. It was "Fear of the Dark" that got me into Metal.

[@meredithhastings8496]

OMG same haha

[@SpectacularName]

How? "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" and "Number of the Beast" are so much better imo. I loved "Fear of the Dark", but it has some really bad songs on it (Weekend Warrior namely).

[@SpectacularName]

That and "Judas Be My Guide" save the album for me.

[@llersonMoreno-rz6by]

I started on system of a down and KoRn and Metallica.

[@SpectacularName]

2 of those are acceptable.

[@gamesmaker1]

system of a down got me into metal

[@charstarpey]

dude same..still listen to them today!

[@gamesmaker1]

char starpey me too , i think i played each song at least 500 times lol

[@tomastorres1531]

my first experience with metal was with SOAD when i was five. it scared the shit out of ne then when i got into my emo faze it spoke to me and i was hooked to all metal and still am

[@azerix4168]

Only really like chop suey. Not keen on their style for the most part

[@tomastorres1531]

Azerix its understandable they've said in interviews that their motive was to create something that they or others haven't heard before. I love it though. \m/

[@Ilshatey]

Classical Music Jazz Blues Rock 'n' roll Rock Hard Rock -You are here- Heavy Metal Thrash Metal Doom Metal Sludge Metal Drone Metal Black Metal Death Metal etc.

[@ZacharyTheJackal]

Ahhhhhh but you forgot rock and roll between blues and rock.

[@ZacharyTheJackal]

Messing around not being rude

[@ГеоргиПеев-й3ы]

Symphonic metal is really accessible imo, it's actually even below heavy metal in terms of listenability for newbies

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

​@@ZacharyTheJackalWhat do you think Rock is?

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

You've forgotten Southern Hard Rock ( after Hard Rock) Southern Metal (Before Heavy Metal)

[@walruslikeyogurt]

My family is really into metal so I basically started off with Cannibal Corpse, Deicide and Mayhem lmao

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

Lol dude I'm jealous. My dad is weirdly close-minded about metal even though his tastes in music is usually pretty wide, it's weird. I think it's mainly ignorance and I plan to show him some stuff that he'll hopefully enjoy. My mom is surprisingly more open to it. She liked some Viking metal I showed her lol

[@vonbl3]

ONCE UPON THE CROSS!

[@WBoneB]

Amazing start there

[@lunahetfield]

I started with sabbath and ozzy i rlly gotta thank my dad for it

[@AV57]

You lucky bastard

[@juliangonzalez6215]

Master of puppets is how I got into metal

[@andrastereminiec6201]

Smoke on the water for me

[@BlackStar-kt9ji]

Julian Gonzalez same

[@psychosalad6653]

Fozzy and Sabaton for me

[@dankyspanky1811]

Woah same dude

[@liamhamidi3701]

Julian Gonzalez SOAD for me

[@Melodeath00]

Personal progress: - Random radio stuff (aka no real interest in music) - AC/DC - Iron Maiden - Hammerfall / Rhapsody - Melodic Death Metal, old In Flames in particular - Death Metal, the band Death in particular - Thrash Metal - Black Metal, Prog Rock/Metal, Jazz and Classical pretty much at the same time. Thinking back, I always find it funny that I got into Morbind Angel and Obituary before I got into Metallica.

[@silverfang4583]

Melodeath00 isn't "death" technical death metal In which case check out fleshgod apocalypse

[@paulaarevalo541]

I was getting a friend into metal and the first band I show him was slayer xD

[@leconglomeratscrevesoffici850]

MetalCat I tried to get a friend into Metal, I started with VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC....It actually work

[@jacobeverman3432]

Slayer was actually the first metal band I ever listened to

[@derekobs]

Thats generally the way to not get someone into metal xD

[@rathernot3839]

So? Slayer is awesome and I got into metal from Nile so slayer is not unbelievable

[@thatlukedude117]

Slipknot was the first metal band I ever listened to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@stolenhal0]

Not my first but still one of my faves.

[@mclovin3859]

PenguinDrummer same

[@slipknota7xeg]

PenguinDrummer Gotta start somewhere, my first was Sabbath.

[@tommygreen974]

Slipknot, Metallica and System of a Down were my first 3

[@breannathompson9094]

PenguinDrummer yeah Chop Suey was my first song and now im into all types of metal

[@Jeonex]

Me: starts listening to pierce the veil. Me (2 hours later): "Yeah, cannibal corpse are pretty cool"

[@alexanderstilianov]

Same with me listening to Scourge of Iron

[@a.od-reszki4674]

13 yo me : Control Denied sounds cool 4 months later : OMG I LOVE THE ALBUM CLOSE TO A WORLD BELOW

[@spicychinchin6597]

@@a.od-reszki4674 dude fuckin Chuck rules man \m/

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjkl9879]

@EyeHateMusic hey but look at it this way, for many people its a gateway band to get into real metal :/

[@TheLudified]

How to get into heavy metal? Black album

[@Wildbill101]

did you just assume my taste in music?

[@TheLudified]

Did I?

[@andrastereminiec6201]

How I got in to metal? Uriah Heep & Deep Purple

[@mralexhernandez]

How I got into metal? The Number of The Beast album by Iron Maiden and Paranoid album by Black Sabbath

[@Desert-brat]

Savatage-necrophillia started it all for me

[@apollo5554]

I was listening to ac dc, five finger death punch, avenged sevenfold,iron maiden and sparzanza when my friend showed me slipknot. at first I was wondering if I should listen to them and now they are my number one favorite band

[@silverfang4583]

Apollo 555 try out king 810 they are just slipknot if slipknow was gangsters and not bdsm pervs Just taking the piss both bands are pretty chill

[@lmaothewolf2426]

I started with Alice In Chains and started listening to heavier things and then eventually got into cannibal corpse, entombed, and morbid angel lol.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

i think the best bands to get into metal is any of the NWOBHM bands (although, maybe not Venom lol). Cleanish Vocals, standard tuned guitars and really melodic.

[@bendavies4198]

Ryan Thompson Guitarist Motörhead and Saxon were/are usually tuned 1/2 step down (to Eb standard)

[@saintpansy]

Not to sound like Varg Vikernes but Venom fucking sucks

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

@@saintpansy that's, like, your opinion, maaan.

[@corey8941]

I love venom

[@a.od-reszki4674]

I started whith Control Denied as 13yo is that wrong

[@franciscoperez2744]

Just 1 year ago I started with Twenty Øne Piløts 😑 now I'm here listening to Mercyful Fate, Iron Maiden, Behemoth, Testament, Municipal Waste, Dio, Mayhem, Death, Exodus, Overkill, Cannibal Corpse, Darkthrone and more🤘🤘 still can't believe I started with an Indie/reggae-pop/alternative Hip-hop band😂😂😂😂 we gotta start somewhere right?

[@makmae9519]

Mercyful Hetfield boi oh my gosh same 😂 I wanted to go to a concert so bad then I realized basically all of it is just recordings so I said screw that I’m not paying to see that!! I was already into metal I just got into it way more

[@a.od-reszki4674]

Try Majesty and decay

[@matko8038]

How to get into metal: buy a instrument. Soon you will see where it takes you

[@jonathanphlek5252]

Admiral Ackbar the triangle?

[@aamonnorthseeker4542]

@@jonathanphlek5252 I think what he's saying is that you'll start to appreciate the music more once you understand how it's played and how to play it

[@strivingfornewhorizons9281]

...I play the violin and viola😂 Literally gets me nowhere considering I listen to Punk-rock, just rock in general and a bit of metal (hopefully more in the future) I've recently started to play the guitar tho so I can FINALLY play the songs I listen to without making it sound like a pop cover xD

[@aamonnorthseeker4542]

@@strivingfornewhorizons9281 violin is Fucking brutal with BM and Folk epic metal

[@jerrog06]

I wouldn’t even listen to metal without my drums

[@wadeslovick2815]

Linkin Park got me started on metal.

[@sboy3287]

Sentic Memes same

[@sapphireseptember]

Same here, then Evanescence led me down the path towards Nightwish, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Epica, After Forever and Arch Enemy... (Still love Evanescence though, they're my favourite.)

[@hannahthepenquin11]

I'm pretty sure that's where I started

[@finnkellmurray2386]

Start someone of with babymetal. That way you're taking baby(metal) steps.

[@lukaj803]

Bad pun great band 😂

[@irukandjiShred]

The Graveyard Book? ;)

[@finnkellmurray2386]

+Simon Alam why yes

[@gestapoboyz6375]

+Luka Jekic good pun bad band

[@Ch1Frequency]

"I don't like the band, I get to criticize your tastes!" Someone did not watched the video.

[@No-0ne-is-Alone]

Black album is the best transition album, thats how i started.

[@dannyrevolver9855]

Holy Diver got me started, Dio forever! 🤘

[@yourlocalnohomopass7236]

Me: * raised Christian and stuff * Me: * listened to alternative rock to rebel against my parents * Me, three years later: If I’m not risking hearing loss I ain’t interested Edit: I love how you bring up not pushing your music tastes on other people, because most people at my school listen to rap and they’re always trying to force their music on everyone and saying stuff like (and I quote) “if you don’t think this song is one of the best ever then your music taste is shit” and I’m not gonna lie, and they only played a bit, I didn’t like it. But then again I’m not a rap person so :/ oopsadinkles looks like my music taste is “shit”

[@silentnoah]

Metallica got me into Metal when I was 8. Ride the Lightning was my first album from them.

[@pierredessein5568]

Me too, except I was probably like 11. Still a great album even as a more experienced metalhead.

[@finnkellmurray2386]

Best album

[@pierredessein5568]

Definitely.

[@silentnoah]

Finn Kellmurray My favorite by them is actually Justice, I think it has their best riffs, and Lars's best drumming.

[@pixelatedshotgun]

Metallica yassss \m/

[@DragonboltBlastter]

Just start with Little Richard, Chuck Berry --> Rolling Stones, The Beatles --> Black Sabbath, Deep Purple --> Iron Maiden, Tygers Of Pang Tang --> Skid Row, RATT --> Slayer, Anthrax --> Alice In Chains, Nirvana --> Gorgoroth, In Flames = Complete Rock history!

[@mralexhernandez]

What about Judas Priest?

[@doomtrooper4231]

nirvana, no thanks

[@metallovinsportslover2184]

I don't see any prog rock in there

[@astraeareminiec669]

dragon,why go all the way back to the 50s? start in the mid 60s brit invasion then go on from there

[@reymiyamoto5717]

DragonboltBlastter U skipped Led Zeppelin between The Beatles and Black Sabbath

[@borisvandruff7532]

The first time extreme metal ever clicked for me was the first time I heard “The Flesh and the Power it Holds” from Death’s The Sound of Perseverance. It was a nice bridge because the song is very thrashy and complex. It absolutely blew my head off. I’m a classical musician who only listens to metal outside of classical music, and from Death I went to Bathory, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Darkthrone, Burzum, etc. RIP Quorthon and Chuck. Thank you for your music.

[@RATMM1]

Or you could look up the album on youtube before you buy it

[@amberlyelizabeth]

The SuperJake Show or spotify

[@chris3091]

Asking Alexandria got me into metal....oops?

[@rainemy235]

Even if all hate Bands like them, they bring many people to this music direction. ^^

[@sj224]

Mine was Black Veil Brides lol And I remember feeling like the music wasn't doing justice to the guy's voice. And then one day while looking for Maroon 5's This Love, I accidentally ended up listening to Pantera's This Love. Now that music did justice to Phil Anselmo's voice. From that day on, I could no longer look at Pop/Rock the same way again.

[@arieshurt3940]

BOTDF saved meh!! rawr xD

[@rainemy235]

+Ghosts Balz please noo xD !

[@yannimetaxas9839]

Asking, bmth, slipknot, and born of osiris brought me into metal

[@greatest1781]

In two years, I moved from Green Day to Children of Bodom and Make Me a Donut.

[@Lizrose03]

GREATEST1 same

[@CGaspar484]

GREATEST1 in two years I moved from Green Day to Meshuggah and Behemoth lmao

[@jomartyn8789]

Somehow I skipped straight from Led Zeppelin to Gojira. Only thing between those two was The Black Album.

[@willdobson7316]

I went from greenday to a7x to slipknot to children of bodom

[@jonathanphlek5252]

Pink floyd to bathory hahaha

[@hannahliiaa6698]

Painkiller and raining blood & a lot of black sabbath got be here Thank you 🙏

[@theheadbangguy5985]

Starting with the the "first" bands of heavy metal is a great advice, but I would advice against buying albums right at the start. Just search youtube for Iron Maiden, or Black Sabbath, or Judas Priest or Metallica or anything and just look at the songs that pop up first. If you like them then look at the albums they are form and if you like that album then you can buy it knowing that that's what you wanna spend your money on. Some more "easy" bands that I'd suggest looking at for starters are: Nightwish, Sabaton, Hammerfall, Manowar, Rammstein, Disturbed. Many people I know started liking heavy metal from those bands. Me for example I started from "Shitty Metallica albums" like Load and Reload and the black album(Metallica is the name, it's actually good). Those albums have tamer songs like Unforgiven 1 and 2 and Nothing Else Matters.

[@ToastedCigar]

I think Nightwish is one of the best bands to introduce to beginner metalheads. It's great but not too heavy. I made the mistake to introduce Wintersun as the first metal band to my girlfriend (since Wintersun is my favourite band), but she didn't quite get it.

[@dawsonoo7]

it worked for me as well. Nightwish and Rammstein were my humble beginnings. Then over the years I went through the whole spectrum of genres, until I settled down around prog metal and symphonic, which are my favorite kinds

[@jarontin]

Ya Epica and Nightwish first got me into metal.

[@BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL]

Nightwish is the furthest thing from metal, and I've been saying that before I even liked it.

[@dianaribe6840]

I started with Nightwish xD

[@astraeareminiec669]

Diana,I started with deep purple.machine head

[@maciejnowak666]

My go to band and album i would suggest would be Megadeth Rust in peace. Its just one of the best albums ever made. Its well organized. Not too extreme at. Clean yet rough vocals and god damn some of the best riffs and solos you'll ever hear. But yeah the classics or the more poppy power metal isnt a band idea. Alestorm, primal fear, dragon force. Stuff like that. On another note, dont view patreon and shit like that as pan handling. You arent asking for money with nothing in return. You're offering entertainment or information or whatever. Its a fair exchange of someone feels they want to throwbyou a few bucks. Its not like youtubers have less value than people in tv shows. Quite the contrary in fact

[@kingding-a-ling99]

started with korn way back in 98' when I was 13 then moved onto slipknot then went to maiden, metallica (80's), slayer, dream theatre, tool, lamb of god, cattle decapitation etc... that my journey.you can't force it, has to be organic

[@ericaj9822]

At my old job, our supervisor would let us listen to music while we worked. The person who was supplying the music was primarily into hip hop and reggaeton, but I politely requested "Moonlight Rendezvous" by Beast in Black. The following day when he put the music on, I was delighted to find that it stayed on his playlist (he dug the beat and was understandably impressed by the vocals). I hold no illusions that I made this very flamboyant Latinx guy into a metalhead, but as you said, baby steps!!

[@gonzalocurras6589]

Hair metal is great for baby steps, Motley Crew GnR Poison Etc..

[@kingink7964]

3:43 this was the album (compilation) that slowly got me into metal. I found the CD on a store shelf when I was around 8 years old and my mom (who enjoys rock music and basic heavy metal) agreed to get it for me. I would spend countless days listening to that compilation and still have it with me today. Looking through the various cover art included in the booklet while listening to the live version of Phanom Of The Opera is still my favorite thing to do. I even got my dad slightly into metal by playing 2 Minutes To Midnight and The Trooper as he played some fps game or some game of a similar nature. That compilation is the right place to start for people who are familiar with rock classics and want to get into metal. \m/

[@matthewthomas912]

My gel friend used to listen to a lot of generic metal core. Showed her slayer one day, loved it. Then she ended up throwing her sleeping with sirens shit for arch enemy and Amon Amarth stuff.

[@silverfang4583]

Matthew Thomas uh sleeping with sirens are not metalcore unless all the song i have hears by them were "1-off" songs

[@silverfang4583]

Matthew Thomas metalcore would be ice nine kills or shit like that

[@daedricdemon7029]

@@silverfang4583 or Hatebreed.

[@kokly7802]

Daedric Demon or killswitch engage

[@dylanrus8117]

Silverfang 45 Then what is sleeping with sirens?

[@Paul07791]

You're so right about growing out of emotional angst-ridden lyrics. It took me a long time to get back into metal after realising that it was actually about stuff, just like prog rock.

[@yourrealdad9442]

I say start with MESHUGGAAAAAAAH jk don't really, but seriously, I think Mastodon would be a pretty good start (recent Mastodon, not old Mastodon. Like, preferably Once More Round The Sun, but anything from Crack The Skye on is a great start for non-metalheads)

[@lukeystukes]

Pikaboss the hunter, my favourite album from mastodon.

[@ryrkra8096]

Your real dad Oblivion is fucking awesome

[@RATMM1]

I would suggest starting with dying fetus and then ending up with the wiggles and bubble guppies because they are the heaviest bands ever

[@doofy3111]

Your real dad meshuggah would be good for jazz fans getting into metal

[@owenphillips6421]

Haha, I actually did start with Meshuggah!

[@annieblehm840]

I started with emo music -Fall out Boy -My Chemical Romance Then Classic Rock and some others -Asia -Queen -Guns N' Roses -Radiohead -Blue Oyster Cult -AC/DC -blink-182 And the I found TOOL -TOOL -A Perfect Circle -Slayer -Meshuggah -Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwaom... -Slipknot -Rammstein And then I took a few steps back along with an emo relapse that I don't want to talk about -Puscifer -Ozzy Osbourne -Iron Maiden -Judas Priest -Black Sabbath

[@strivingfornewhorizons9281]

Similar for me, I'm at step "blink-182" rn so... Can't take much longer to fall for metal😂

[@heiswatching]

Not to be that guy but none of the bands you listed are emo

[@annieblehm840]

@Leon Russell never said Black Sabbath was emo. But I agree with you now Green Day isn’t really emo.

[@annieblehm840]

@@heiswatching You’re right, old comment, I removed a few. Paramore and Green Day are pretty far from emo. I should have just said modern rock or something.

[@heiswatching]

@@annieblehm840 Yeah although Fall Out Boy and MCR aren't really emo either. Just alternative rock, pop rock and pop punk

[@Brannington]

Candlemass got me into doom metal

[@manofmuscle1475]

Electric Wizard

[@bluegatorade358]

nice I got into doom from the band sleep

[@johnathanjackson4074]

Type o negative for me. I do enjoy Candlemass and Electric Wizard.

[@georgewilliams2152]

i started off with band like whitesnake, then progressed to Dio, then Iced earth, then went to thrash and then went from their. also what i found strange is when i tried to get a friend into metal i showed them Dio- holy diver, they said that they couldn't understand what he was saying, i just sort of stared at him, can you think of anything with cleaner vocals than dio?

[@silverfang4583]

George Williams if they cannot understand dio it is a lost cause

[@ericolsen5592]

The Last In Line

[@TheWeekndsFan]

@@silverfang4583 😂

[@zachv3351]

my progression: the beatles pink floyd black sabbath van halen iron maiden megadeth shadows fall tool Death inquisition dismember summoning opeth type o negative vital remains yeh i got into it fast

[@kboyd9325]

Tool to Death was a big jump xD

[@zachv3351]

i know

[@MotoTweak]

Big leaps

[@cstubbssubs7746]

No Zeppelin?

[@yaniskonate3565]

+Alice In Hell Tool, Alice in chains name, King crimson profile pic, opeth, i'm gonna marry you

[@lewismoore6157]

I hadn't been exposed to the brilliance of blind guardian before this video cheers

[@lewismoore6157]

cjordan I tried but she doesn't even like black sabbath

[@5ar_]

Helloween - Dio - Iron Maiden - Iced Earth - Metallica - Megadeth - Anthrax - S.O.D - DRI - Slayer - Death - Pestilence- Morbid Angel - Napalm Death. Try this.

[@mrmegapilesofpizzayo8681]

I was a punk rock kid and didn't get into metal until I was 19 or 20. Sabbath was who got me into metal, but now I super love the Funeral Doom sub genre and black metal and some thrash, but way into doom amd black. So fuckin awesome. I live in the north woods and the Finnish and Scandinavian bands really resonate with me.

[@josephafflitto2809]

i started with Avenged Sevenfold. still one of my fav bands

[@larryjohnson7429]

I got my friend into it through Gorillaz then Sublime then Rush then Clutch, all great bands btw Rush and Clutch especially

[@jawmatt2102]

First band for me was Stone Sour bands to start on: Stone Sour Three Days Grace Skillet Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit Hollywood Undead Metallica Megadeath Black Veil Brides

[@TheCanadianMercenary]

I completely agree with this list.

[@OLDGREGG315]

You can't put Metallica and black veil brides on the same list. Just can't. Just don't.

[@TheCanadianMercenary]

I also don't really like Black Veil Brides but all this list is saying is that they are a band that people can start with to eventually bring them to better bands.

[@willlange956]

Please no

[@corinna007]

Three Days Grace and Skillet were the start of it for me too.

[@forestfoxurbansprawl75]

I enjoyed some 80s/early 90s, punk, grunge, alternative, and nu. I didn't appreciate metal until later on in high school, started with bands like Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, and Nightwish. From then on it has grown on me, so many great bands and different genres and the list keeps getting bigger.

[@Sengion]

okay. okay. okay. Hold on one fucking second, didn't you have like 3k subs last months o.o

[@blackmetalwerewolf9436]

Haha yeah it kind of exploded out of nowhere

[@Sengion]

Damn, nice job, you fucking deserve it! You make some quality videos

[@RetchaGamerBR]

he's gaining like 10k subscribers per week thats fucking insane!

[@Onus6688]

Yeah I just found him in my suggested, got my sub! (:

[@amcbandofficial5567]

+Atley Meow same

[@dylanluvsmilfs1852]

i listened to slipknot once around 6 years ago and i’ve been hooked ever since 🤘🏾🖤

[@beesechurger_9678]

My step dad first got me started with Judas Priest when I was like 4 or 5 then he showed me the video game brutal legend which introduced me into more stuff. Him and my mom then divorced when I was 8 and I stoped with metal and moved to rap like Eminem and other 90s rap then I got into dubstep and trap. Trap lead me into beatboxing and I learned how to beatbox and I’m not that bad so far. About 1 year ago I got back into metal and I was getting bored of the old stuff that I used to listen to when I was younger so I went searching for harder stuff. I found out about a shit ton of bands after that and started listening to stuff like tool, slipknot, cannibal corpse, exodus, and a butch of other shit and the crazy part is that there wasn’t a slight progression of metal that I listened to. I went from Judas Priest straight to slipknot in about a week. Hope you enjoyed reading this long ass comment 14 btw

[@EncoreASMR]

That last piece of advice of don’t force it on them is key. I started with emo and metalcore, which warmed me up for Deicide and Morbid Angel

[@Carloss01489]

AC/DC brought me into metal^^

[@stasbucik6234]

AC/DC brought me in too, but the first metal song I listened to was Vodka from Korpiklaani

[@terminalgamer8519]

nuclear rabbit brought me into metal

[@kikomihov007]

My progression: Bon Jovi Simple Plan 3 Rays Grace Breaking Benjamin GnR Iron Maiden Iron Maiden IRON MAIDEN IRON FUCKING MAIDEN Is there anything higher seriously ?

[@kikomihov007]

+Ryan Clark lol nope, not even close xD

[@steliospasiardes678]

Iron Maiden is Iron Maiden. Doesn't mean you can't listen to other bands :P

[@kikomihov007]

Ryan Clark AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that's a good one man xD

[@kikomihov007]

+Ryan Clark Instrumental - not even close to Maiden, 1 lame riff per song and mediocre solo (I can come up with better riffs) Song writing - dwarfed by Maiden, and the vocals, hahaha Bruce is like a god to that guy. Pantera can appeal to people because it's "heavier", but I actually find it a bit cringy, almost like djent xD So please don't even try to compare them to living legends.

[@trystonallen4606]

+Kristijan Mihov how the fuck is Panera cringy? Fine bag was an awesome guitarist

[@YokaiSlayer]

I started with Alestorm and now I’m mostly into Thrash metal, also beginning to get into death/black more especially Death and Behemoth.

[@lidsboy4586]

Amazing bands dude, try listening to morbid angel and obituary great bands if your in to death 🤘🏻🤘🏻 very old school, for black metal try immortal, darkthrone, that's fun too

[@YokaiSlayer]

@@lidsboy4586 thanks for the tips.🤘🤘

[@nathanberner1703]

thank you for this. I was into metal before, but you got me into power metal by suggesting sacred worlds. that is one of my favorite songs

[@LuchoCastle_11]

Wait, you had 11000 when you uploaded this video (Jun 21) and now (Jun 25) you have 23.500? Holy fuck.

[@LuchoCastle_11]

By the way I am a new subscriber so I understand the reason.

[@kaj0t]

I thought the same like holy shit :O

[@omarlopez1372]

Buying subscribers is apparently the cool thing nowadays

[@mihajlopanic8516]

3rd of july 28700

[@rafaelblom9323]

it's the demo from slayer, before they went thrash, you can sure as hell hear the slayer in it but a bit more tame

[@finnkellmurray2386]

My progression was Sabbath Maiden Motörhead Metallica Judas Priest Rammstein Cannibal Corpse Amon Amarth

[@finnkellmurray2386]

There was also some Pantera, Behemoth and SOAD

[@mortman200]

If you're going with Blind Guardian, start with Nightfall in Middle Earth. Because it's awesome.

[@powermetalbard]

Blind Guardian is the best band ever. Somewhere Far Beyond and Tales from the Twilight World are my favorite albums. Nightfall in Middle Earth and Follow the Blind are really close though.

[@valland9075]

BG is by far my favourite band, my favourite albums are At The Edge of Time and Somewhere Far Beyond, with "Wheel of Time", "Tanelorn(Into the void)", "Valhalla" and "Somewhere Far Beyond" being my favourite songs. I can also say that for me its the only band that doesn't have a shitty song, they are all so fucking amazing

[@dh8657]

best power metal singer out there imo

[@valland9075]

Yeah, Hansi rules

[@Tesla_Paints]

Blind Guardian is by far one of the best. But I'd argue Nightfall as a starting point based on who's getting into it for the first time. Nightfall is epic, no doubt. But if it's a typical metal fan, I'd start off with Imaginations. If it's someone new to metal, maybe check out Somewhere Far Beyond. If it's someone who's a metal head and also a major nerd (me) than Nightfall because of the heavy Tolkien subject matter. No matter which way, Blind Guardian is always a good way to go.

[@andymorris4653]

Dude, you are awesome! You actually take constructive criticism and didn't ask for help!

[@guhuhhuh1684]

I think the mic just needs to be closed to your mouth

[@guhuhhuh1684]

closer

[@invadernik]

I know. I heard it just fine. never thought the quality was bad at all lol.

[@bewarethebear6262]

or just use an compressor plugin or smthing like that

[@profd65]

I think you should invest in a louder laptop.

[@noo8man3]

There's a compressor in Audacity. It's free and pretty good for general, non-commercial use.

[@c00kiegaming51]

BABYMETAL FOR POP FANS EVERYONE!!! :D

[@c00kiegaming51]

*for converting pop fans

[@tommythecat7752]

I suppose they are good for something :P

[@angelatheunissen3094]

yea but it goes both ways im now lising to j pop after listening to babymetal. dont getme wrong i still love metal.

[@tommythecat7752]

Angelo Theunissen I don't like Baby Metal, but maybe they're crossing a bridge that needed to be crossed

[@angelatheunissen3094]

fair enough man its not for everyone

[@daanloman61]

Yessss alestorm

[@MrPopo-bd1ix]

Daan Loman You mean Halestorm?

[@eliseleroux2517]

Mr. Popo no alestorm is a fantastic pirate metal band...actually discovered them because i mistyped halestorm

[@okdope1925]

I started out with emo music like MCR, P!ATD, BVB, PTV, TØP, SWS when I was around 10. Later I started listening to Green Day, Nirvana, A7X, MIW and other metalcore bands. Then I got into some rock/metal classics and started listening to deathmetal. I started out with Arch Enemy, At The Gates and Cannibal Corpse. That's kind of how it all started.

[@jekyllhirsi1009]

Uriah Heep -> Metallica -> Manowar -> Sabaton -> Korpiklaani -> Dimmu Borgir -> Arch Enemy Guess my way was pretty good.

[@dansaks8961]

Suffocation: Human Waste was my first metal album I ever bought.

[@adrenaliners04]

You make me feel stupid when you mention how Marilyn Manson targets his music for teenagers

[@overgrownkudzu]

it's true though. also that doesn't make it bad music, actually it's great if i really can't be bothered by anyone

[@koffinkiss]

It makes me feel like an emotional teenager when he talks about Marilyn Manson... Because I am.

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

Nothing wrong with liking Marilyn Manson's music even if you're not part of the target audience (pun intended) :)

[@guitarman122508]

Had a girlfriend back in high school who was big into the Jonas Brothers. Let her listen to Master of Puppets and she's been a metalhead ever since. Both of us have Metallica as our favorite band, so we were geeking out pretty hard after seeing them play in Orlando and Miami.

[@weirdpath5481]

Can you do a top 10 albums? or your favorites?

[@Constantine-316]

is not really metal, but i thank my dad for showing me Led Zeppelin, that was the band that starded me into rock/metal

[@yuvaldag1973]

Me too

[@marymoonchild2801]

Same but with Deep Purple, I had to show myself Led Zeppelin because my dad is not a huge fan.

[@marymoonchild2801]

+ana rainbow also Rainbow got me into rock/metal

[@EvilThunderB0lt]

Led Zeppelin actually is a really early form of heavy metal

[@Constantine-316]

EvilThunderB0lt i would say its hard rock

[@beeahom2149]

I got onto metal when I heard Synyster Gates's insane riff from the song-nightmare😀

[@rezayazdan8513]

yeees man!!

[@metalboy6094]

This is how I do it: I scout for new stuff on Spotify, and if I like an album I will get it on CD. That is the best way to support bands. You buy ANC’s and they get a bit of money from the streaming on Spotify.

[@rubengerritsen6868]

Plz don't hate me, but is three days grace a metal band? And if not, what sort of band is it😅

[@rubengerritsen6868]

Also, if it is metal, what is the subgenre?

[@blackmetalwerewolf9436]

I don't view them as metal. They seem more rock to me

[@thanekrios7020]

+Ruben Gerritsen It's like a post grunge so rock subgenre I guess.

[@blackmetalwerewolf9436]

+Peter Ali holy shit you were a roadie for Lemmy?! that's fucking intense! I salute you too good sir!

[@The420Earthling]

Nahhhh nothing to do with grunge.

[@Nwc419]

my first heavy metal band I listen to is disturbed.

[@andrastereminiec6201]

the frist metal band that i ever listened to is Deep purple.. at the age of 10

[@dannyjuice3581]

Nwc419 OH WAH AH AH AH

[@JaneDoe-ko5rn]

Disturbed is my second ,first was KoRn

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

the first metal band I ever heard was Blue Oyster Cult

[@paulhetrick1759]

Nwc419 Disturbed is not heavy metal.

[@peryngveohlin4246]

I started with gothic metal I like, black metal, gothic metal, folk metal, a little bit of doom metal... Thrash metal...

[@arlolambdin8710]

I know this is an older video, but in regards to your success, I think you had a brilliant idea in terms of branding which contributed to your success. That isn't to say that your content isn't great, but one thing that a lot of content creators have problems with is their branding, and you knocked that out of the park.

[@horrormaster1980]

The band that got me into metal/rock has to be AC/DC they're my favorite band of all time I have all of their albums and if someone would recommend me to hear a band AC/DC has to be it

[@drunkflea7822]

Same for me. It all started when my dad put the Back In Black album on the CD player and said "check this out". I remember how the bells began to toss and the guitar started playing in Hells Bells. Now I've come a long way from Hard Rock to Black Metal, from Power Metal to Death Metal, from Pink Floyd to Amon Amarth, from Jimi Hendrix to HammerFall. And there have been so many great bands that I've discovered from that day and I plan to keep discovering. I am forever Thankful to my dad and AC/DC.

[@horrormaster1980]

+Drunk Flea same thing with me it was the back in black album that got me started with ACDC

[@MrShidPasta]

Same here! My dad let me listen to Highway to hell when I was 10. Now 6 years later I have every AC/DC album, have a Epiphone SG, and learned myself to play every AC/DC song :)

[@tacticalpacciani6147]

me too,started with Ac/Dc then metallica and so on

[@MrShidPasta]

+LugiaXen2602 Gone Shootin is the best Powerage song :)

[@LeaTessiMayfield]

i'm gonna dmit it... The band that got me into metal was dragonforce :D

[@stividan2019]

guitar hero 3?

[@LeaTessiMayfield]

actually a friend "forced" me to listen to it after he had played guitar hero, yes^^ same for you?D

[@GINGOLOGUNGA]

lmao same here

[@blurredlights5235]

mine was A7X and Megadeth

[@NIGHTMARE1412]

The bands that got me into metal was Linkin Park and system of a down

[@westcoastrenegade8594]

Started with Duran Duran now I listen to venom and anthrax. I secretly still listen to Duran Duran

[@DavidKazuma]

West coast renegade anthrax isn’t even good

[@kikithepupper6774]

You got such luscious hair!! Looks mad good with long hair

[@Funnyyelowdog]

I got into metal from autopsy and pantera

[@Funnyyelowdog]

Jesus i didn't realize you have over 13000 subs I'm used to seeing 3000, I'm happy for you

[@Drive-n-Vibe]

he's happy for him twice

[@Funnyyelowdog]

James Denton Did youtube post my comment twice, i don't know why it does that

[@Drive-n-Vibe]

looks like its gone now

[@Mistah_Phrog]

I got into metal with Slipknot

[@brahminbronson]

I think I mustve been 8 years old or something when I heard my older sister play Three Days Grace and Skillet. I loved those bands and still do, the I listened to Nightwish and that was a hella magical for me. Then I listened to Slipknot and its my favourite band. Now I think I can safely say Im a metalhead \m/

[@TheJwwinter]

Same for me 3DG, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Sevenfold, Alter Bridge then tried more heavy stuff like Slipknot, Disturbed, Bullet for My Valentine & I loved them. Not really a metalhead though, I tried others like Trivium or As I lay Dying but I can't get into those growling vocals that are throughout the songs.

[@silverfang4583]

Psymin try king 810 it is just a gangster version if slipknot (like actual gangster not the sterotype attila shit)

[@ozj1638]

If I listen to FUCKING SLAYER what metal level am I?

[@MGMCPlayer]

O Zj Fucking Metal.

[@evavandersterren6609]

O Zj what? 😂😂 level? lol... But Slayer is trash metal 😜

[@dannyjuice3581]

O Zj level cap

[@denisasandu4330]

what about starting with Gorgoroth? :)

[@larryjohnson9084]

I started with Gorgoroth! To be fair I have been introduced to metal in the past but I think Gorgoroth is a good introduction to black metal especially if you already like doom metal I think.

[@Damnto]

you don’t ask for money even for high quality videos.....you are a real man. Respect brother

[@Cooldudehero123]

first band for me was my chemical romance

[@mackenziecarder2289]

your joking right?

[@cdpj1416]

+Mackenzie Carder you're *

[@Youtubepoops221]

eyyyy 😎

[@50shadesofgandalfthegrey57]

My first was Iron Maiden, I've been into them since a young age

[@Cooldudehero123]

now? black metal like panopticon and saor, winterfyleth etc, and i also like some mdm bands like Black Dahlia Murder, but before I started listening to those bands I used to listen to PTV, and I still do like that band, idc if its "metal" or not I just listen to it because i like the music

[@LightWeaver_Cyph]

not gonna lie Black Veil Brides was my intro and i still listen to them a bit (no hate the guitar is good) and now I'm listening to a bit of core but also bands like amon amarth, beartooth, bullet for my valentine, killswitch engage, periphery, and of course metallica and megadeth

[@dannyjuice3581]

Jeff Ucker bullet for my valentine is core tho

[@LightWeaver_Cyph]

Gp

[@LightWeaver_Cyph]

also just got into goatwhore - definitely not core

[@symphonicoj5458]

Yeah I’m the same way, also like folk, symphonic, and some Viking but I also sometimes like to be emotional and listen to bullet, bvb, manson, etc but not rlly into sws, or ptv like I was when I was emo *shivers* dark times

[@DC-yb7qd]

I'm a Mexican-core-kid look at my profile picture

[@cynthiawoods2678]

Being honest i started with slipknot and pantera

[@alexandersadura4702]

Aiden Woods Yeah I started with Slipknot too

[@josearaiza3025]

Aiden Woods Pantera is pretty good, I LOVED cowboys from hell

[@undersscore6930]

Bout a year ago I was listening to stuff like Fall Out Boy and Imagine Dragons. Now i listen to stuff like Alestorm, Abbath, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Amon Amarth, Exodus, Megadeth, Immortal and Powerwolf.