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[@jojoplaysmusic]

What albums have been massively significant to YOU?

[@kukarah]

sepultura - beneath the remains/schizophrenia cryptopsy - none so vile suffocation - effigy of the forgotten defeated sanity - passages into deformity devourment - molesting the decapitated btw, w for hate eternal

[@spydy6838]

Gloire Éternelle by First Fragment

[@FalseNi9e]

The Somberlain - Dissection Under The Funeral Moon - Darkthrone Apocalyptical Raids - Hellhammer

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@spydy6838 Insane album. Dasein was huge for me but I can't play jack from that album.

[@ChrisJones-yu9rz]

Antichrist superstar by Manson and the self-titled Slipknot album. Then destroy the opposition by DYING FETUS… plus? F****N’ SLAYER! 🤘

[@Julius1997.]

Morbid Angel - gateways to annihilation Cannibal corpse - butchered at birth Acid bath - when the kite string pops Thy art is murder - Holy war Celtic frost - monotheist

[@jojoplaysmusic]

All based

[@MostMetalRowan]

"Epitaph," Alter Bridge's "Fortress," and Spiritbox's "Eternal Blue" are the metal albums that really define what I love and like doing.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Pretty varied and based. Epitaph was definitely a big one for me.

[@MostMetalRowan]

@@jojoplaysmusic "The Stillborn One" blew my shit away. I've accidentally ripped off that song like 70 times by now lol

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@MostMetalRowan you and thousands of bands lol

[@patfix]

Fortress is a banging album!

[@TheColognican51213]

Fortress and Blackbird, YES! Hail Tremonti!!!

[@TheSuffocater]

Killer video ! Overkill "Under The Influence" Morbid Angel "Altars Of Madness" Slayer "South Of Heaven" Metallica "...And Justice For All" Napalm Death "From Enslavement To Obliteration" Pungent Stench "Been Caught Buttering" Incubus "Beyond The Unknown"

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Great list! For Morbid Angel, I’d have to go with “Formulas Fatal to the Flesh”.

[@henrywalton5967]

​@@jojoplaysmusicFormula's 👌😩👌😩

[@patfix]

Nice, my guitar playing also started with One Step Closer! Such a huge influence on me, both the song and the band. I later learned that the intro has some harmonics thrown in, which indeed make it sound more like the original. I guess we never stop learning!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! And true

[@Stefan979-]

It all began with "Ride The Lightning" for me,an album that i still hold as favorite from the band. Have not gotten into Metalcore in truth yet,but in Death Metal,Gojira and Death were my first bands. Dissection was my first Black Metal band(recently listened to the latest Dark Funeral release,great album).

[@paulphoenix1669]

Le Toit Du Monde is incredible, love that track Love your channel ❤

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you! And yes, the whole album is a masterpiece.

[@paulphoenix1669]

@@jojoplaysmusic absconders is my fav

[@nuke9915]

my first major foray into metal was last year, when i decided to listen to every studio album released by Boris. hell of a journey, that was.

[@ronanjenkins2323]

Dillinger is incredible dude.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

One of the best bands to have ever existed

[@claatin6273]

Deicide's debut is what got me into metal. It's my favorite album of all time:)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Nice :)

[@SSPGwemlin]

As of late, the albums that are influencing me the most are “Sadness Will Prevail” by Today Is The Day, “Dopethrone” By Electric Wizard, and “You Will Never Be One Of Us” by Nails.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Interesting. Very varied too.

[@Flolfywolfy]

What the holy fuck, I didn't know Krallice made such DSO type music. That was amazing. I had never been the same ever since a friend of my dad's copied Panzerfaust on a CD for me when I asked for something "heavy". Still without a doubt my favorite Darkthrone album. Besides that, easily CoB's whole fucking discography, but especially Hatebreeder.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

What’s even crazier is that one guitar is tuned to AEAG#BE while the other is in CGDABE and the bass is in B standard.

[@faustianecho]

This is a proper list!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@jaredt3985]

My tastes are a little all over, but right now my biggest influences are: Tribal Gaze - The Nine Choirs Firebreather - Dwell in the Fog Crowbar - Sonic Excess in its Purest Form. Phrenelith - Desolate Endscape

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Phrenelith is a highly based pic

[@andrewcanoy1708]

Tekkno by Electric Callboy was a big one for mow in recent years. Such a fun album and got me to listen to a wider range of metal and music overall.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely been appreciating their style more and more with time

[@stavrospavlides2093]

Gorguts and Devin Townsend?! Hells yes

[@jojoplaysmusic]

On my top 10 favorite artists of all time

[@johnny5805]

To 99% of the world, this an horrendous, unmusical din. But to 1%, it speaks to them in the way The Beatles speak to old people. Human tastes are so diverse !

[@disidenciatotal]

Amigo, gusto en verte y seguirte, que buena selección y excelente toque, un abrazo grande, saludos Metaleros desde Colombia.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Saludos amigo!

[@sangramos]

This is such an awesome idea! I hope to do this with vocals some day

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Go for it

[@sangramos]

@@jojoplaysmusic i need the rehearsal space first haha. You guitarists are lucky with your interfaces 😆

[@micheledachille8130]

I was never any good at playing metal but for me the eye-openers were: Spawn of Possession’s Incurso (extreme technicality going hand in hand with careful, rich, and interesting composition), Agoraphobic Nosebleed’s Agorapocalypse (just over the top insane grindcore with good production that really benefits the sound), Napalm Death’s Scum (made me discover extreme music), Slayer’s Reign in Blood (made me realise that some old bands are a hundred times more aggressive than a lot of contemporary bands, and therefore old doesn’t mean “bad” or “for old people only”), Iron Maiden’s Killers (the energy in that is INSANE, and it’s just an extremely captivating album from start to finish), Korn’s self titled (helped me through some really difficult times), Linkin Park’s Meteora (insane energy and flow, two different genres combined to perfection, beautiful songs from start to finish), Peste Noire's 2011 album which name I can never spell correctly (made me realise metal can be bizarre and "weird" without losing its aggression and emotional impact … I'm sure there were more.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Incurso is one of my favorite Death Metal albums of all time

[@micheledachille8130]

@@jojoplaysmusic It's amazing, and seeing them live blew me away :) Btw you should really check out Agoraphobic Nosebleed’s Agorapocalypse, I think you'd like it!

[@warphalak]

Samael's Ceremony, Immortal's Battle, Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone and Cradle of Filth's Cruelty for black metal... later came the more conventional (mainstream) ones... though Battle in the North I think it's in the mainstream area... Also, some Dismal Euphony, Thy Serpent and Catamenia, maybe... But my real "love" is the old school death metal with Brutality's When the Sky turns Black, Konkhra's Sexual affective Disorder, Edge of Sanity's Purgatory Afterglow (more than just death metal in there, I know, but it's one of the first albums I bought), Malevolent Creation's Eternal, Grave's Into the Grave, Asphyx with Last one on Earth and, of course, Death with Leprosy. L.E.: Forgot about Dissection's Storm of the Light's Bane and Limbonic Art's In abhorance Dementia. L.L.E.: Probably I'll remember a lot more, but it's the last edit, I swear. First black metal...-ish, I bought Arcturus with Aspera, and another more obscure album, but it's in that first batch of albums I bought. Ghostorm with Frozen in Fire.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Crimson is peak EoS for me

[@LurchyScott]

The Black Album and Load were the albums that got me into "heavier" music when I was a teen in the mid 90s. Then it was Rust In Peace, Beneath The Remains, Domination/Covenant, Burn My Eyes and Korn's first album. Nile and Necrophagist introduced me to more brutal/technical death metal in the 2000s and Alive Or Just Breathing got me into Metalcore. Then from there my love for progressive metal formed with Opeth, Dream Theater, Between The Buried And Me and Enslaved who also was the band that made me appreciate black metal more. I know I'm missing a ton but those were the main catalysts that further defined my taste in metal through out the years to where I am today.

[@gimmenames9039]

Great list! That whole Marston-Bubble is amazing & a gift that keeps on giving. CC's "Kill" is their high point - unsurpassed imho. Check Incubator "McGilroy the Housefly" for the unique vocal performance and Voivod goes psychedelic Death Metal thing. Killer record. Scorn "Vae Solis" is amazing. First Beneath the Massacre EP...

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Colin is a genius

[@filiparsovski4250]

metallica - where it started dying fetus - reign supreme, the album that got me into death metal the faceless - planetary duality, got me into tech death mayhem - freezing moon, for black metal rings of saturn - ultu ulla, deathcore thats all i can think of rn

[@keisani5684]

Hello Jojo, here's my own list. Children of Bodom - "Are you dead yet ?" Turmion Kätilöt - "Niuva 20" Moonspell - "Irreligious" Dir En Grey - "Dum Spiro Spero" Solitude Aeturnus - "Into the depht of sorrow" Emperor - "In the nightside eclipse" Devin Townsend Project - "Deconstruction" ( Thanks to your video about the "10 level of getting into metal" ! )

[@FinThrasher87]

Every 10/10 Album On The Planet ______________________ Death - Leprosy (i’m listening to It rn) Gorguts - Considered Dead Infant Annihilator - The Elysian Grandeval Galeriarch Tankard - The Morning After/Zombie Attack Exodus - Bonded/Pleasures/Impact Testament - Legacy/New Order Overkill - The Albums From 1985 To 1991 And 2014 too Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence Demolition Hammer - All Albums Toxik - All Albums Sacred Reich - Ignorance/American Way Iron Maiden - Powerslave/Seventh Son Vio-Lence - All Albums Morbid Saint - All Albums ST - Lights, Camera…. REVOLUTION Kreator - Pleasure To Kill/Terrible Certainty Megadeth - Killing Is Business/Rust In Peace Anthrax - Among The Living Sodom - Persecution Mania/M-16 Destruction - Infernal Overkill Sacrifice - Forward To Termination/Soldiers Of Misfortune Sadus - Chemical Exposure Stone - All Albums Crisix - The Menace Dark Angel - Darkness Descends Artillery - By Inheritance Sepultura - Arise Forbidden - Forbidden Evil/Twisted Into Form Possessed - The Seven Churches Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutantation Atrophy - Violent By Nature Nuclear Assault - Game Over/Survive D.R.I. - Thrash Zone Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

[@sip__]

You forgot about the Elysian grandeval galeriarch

[@jojoplaysmusic]

A fellow Gorguts enjoyer I see.

[@FinThrasher87]

@@sip__ well It is some funny & brutal Shit And i could make It In The list but i ain’t a infant annihilator fan, more Of a Thrash, Death & Heavy fan

[@sip__]

@@FinThrasher87 understandable. The classics are great. Maybe check out suffocation effigy of the forgotten, that album was very influential

[@Butters493]

You're a thrash dude)

[@LazyhotdogGaming]

Scattered Remnants - Whole Discography Including Demos Cryptopsy - First Three Albums Skinless - Foreshadowing Our Demise & Trample the Weak Entombed - Left Hand Path Crowbar - Sonic Excess & Odd Fellows Rest Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia Dusk - Majestic Thou In Ruin Love Lost But Not Forgotten - Upon The Right I Saw a New Misery On Broken Wings - Some of Us May Never See The World Arkangel - Dead Man Walking Vildhjarta - Masstaden & Under Vatten Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - Whole Disography

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Arkangel is based Metalcore deepcut

[@zlobert9877]

Killer playing! Between the Jackson and the Ltd m-10 which feels better to you?

[@nangarsd-00]

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (My first time hearing disturbing harsh industrial music) Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II (Some of the all time greatest rock ballads are here) Saxon - Wheels of Steel (My favorite album that my dad used to play me when I was a child) Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (First time hearing Black metal) Agalloch - Mantle (Most beautiful sounding record ever) Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt (First time hearing kvlt music) Sepultura - Schizophrenia (My first time hearing extreme metal) My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (First time I have shed a tear while listening to something) Within Temptation - Mother Earth (How I discovered my favorite female vocalist) Alice In Chains - Facelift (First album I bought with my own money)

[@Farvann]

Vildhjarta made me love thall too. But then I started to dislike it. That's my journey hahaha

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Lol, Vildhjarta instrumental is the best for me. Especially Masstaden under vatten. I listen to that all the time (surprisingly effective for the gym).

[@soportuguese354]

Lamb of Gods Wrath and As the Palaces Burn are what currently influencing me when making riffs.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I mean LoG just pour riffs

[@Butters493]

I agree, Lamb Of God is amazing

[@s6wir6vin6]

Jane Doe - Converge, the most unique sounding album ever made

[@jojoplaysmusic]

My personal favorite of them is Axe To Fall, but yeah, Jane Doe is undeniable.

[@seemann2401]

Krallice was a good find, thank you for that!

[@THEMARCKNIGHT]

For me it started with Avantasia and Edguy, then Helloween and Gamma Ray. Nowaday mostly Heaven Shall Burn, Lamb of God, Lorna Shore anf Sleep Token

[@eln0va126]

Gracias por enseñarme MaybeSheWill

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Eres grande viejo

[@Ryumeyer]

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory Iron Maiden - The number of the beast Gojira - From Mars to Sirus (recently) Agolloch - The Mantle

[@someshkadam2441]

* Jojo using electric guitars for every song. * Me :Ok * Jojo using semi hollow for black metal * Me:Aee yo WTH!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

hehe

[@Requiem389]

Children of Bodom-Follow the Reaper Iron Maiden-Book of Souls Sabaton-The Carlous Rex Savatage-Edge of Thorns Death-Symbolic/the sound of perseverance (Cant choose)

[@brsrkr65]

Skillet - Awake ( i always liked anime and AMV's , a Danny Phantom video with the song "Monster" was my first contact with music.) Darkthrone - Panzerfaust (my first contact with extreme metal) Sarcófago ‐ INRI (My first contact with a national band, hail brazillian metal 🇧🇷) Death - The Sound Of Perseverance Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness Lifelover - full discography Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh & None So Vile Dissection - Storm of The Lights Bane Lamúria Abissal - Eterno Outono da Alma

[@hildaarlistiyani7834]

TDWP -Dead Throne Miss may i - Monument

[@Butters493]

System Of A Down - Toxicity (the first album i've ever listened) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (got me into metal before i listened whole albums because of some songs on it) Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct (my first Metallica album. Metallica is my favorite band now) The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (some electronic music) Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power (got me into groove-metal) Tool - Lateralus (first prog album and my favorite prog album) Death - Scream Bloody Gore (first death metal album, it blew my mind up) As I Lay Dying - Shaped By Fire (first and favorite metalcore album) Judas Priest - Painkiller (and again my fist and favorite heavy-metal album) At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul (got me unto melodic-death)

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Fuck, I missed the premiere! Anyways, here's some of mine: - Morning View by Incubus and Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park were the starters for me. - Start Something by [REDACTED] was my favorite "nu-metal era" album. I hate what happened with that band. - Iowa and Vol. 3 by Slipknot were my gateway to heavier bands. - The Blackening by Machine Head and The Impossibility of Reason came afterward along with Divine Heresy's debut and the Roadrunner United album. - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal introduced me to djent. - One Of Us Is The Killer by Dillinger was a MASTERPIECE. - Horse The Band with A Natural Death ruined my life and built it back up again. - Mastodon with Blood Mountain and Crack The Skye were phenomenal and made me fall back in love with prog rock.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

No worries! Great list!

[@Guts100Slain]

Alright here we go, not exactly gonna be in order but screw it, for my metal journey, these are the albums that changed MY life in the 8 years I’ve been listening to it (it won’t be all of them most likely) Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists: Legitimately the reason I am a fan of metal music in the first place Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill: The band that solidified my love of metal music (all because of Dragon Ball Z no less) Strapping Young Lad - Alien: The reason I’m into extreme music as a whole, which Strapping was also one of my first bands that I loved funnily enough Torture Killer - Phobia: My first death metal band that I loved Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro: … it’s fucking Anaal Nathrakh, if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be as much of a fan of the most abrasive music to ever exist, and I wouldn’t even had had a taste in things like Grindcore or really anything as chaotic Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony: The reason I know about how to blend chaotic music with soaring symphonies NØNE - The Damp Chill Of Life: DSBM my beloved Cryptopsy - None So Vile: The ultimate template for how death metal should be imo, as well as one of my favorite albums in existence Follow Their Lead - The Blackhole EP: The first djent release to completely alter my perception of the genre, simply due to it being orchestral djent (WE NEED MORE SYMPHONIC DJENT DAMN IT) Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast: I would die in battle to this album, as it is easily the most epic album to ever exist, and also one of my favorite albums ever made Uneven Structure - Februus: The second album to alter my perception of djent, and is the album that blew me away in the most spectacular fashion, with me even crying during the song Frost just from the part near the end, and this is another one of my personal favorite albums ever made Fear Factory - Demanufacture: Got me into a type of industrial metal that I wish was more prevalent than it is (thank god for bands like Sybreed, who I wish were still around) Gorgasm - Destined To Violate: The entire reason brutal death metal has become my favorite sub genre in metal

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Alright, Strapping and Cryptopsy? Incredibly based.

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

Stryper's "Soldiers Under Command " introduced me to metal at the age of 7, started it all. Metallica's black album was what made me a full-blown metalhead. Children Of Bodom's "Hatebreeder" introduced me to melodic death metal (my favorite genre) as well as my favorite band of all time. Fear Factory's "Demanufacture" got me into industrial metal and introduced me to a whole new riffing style. W.A.S.P.'s "The Crimson Idol" reignited my love of classic 80s metal while also being the first concept album I fell in love with. In Flames' "Reroute To Remain" deepened my love of melodeath while opening the door to metalcore. The Halo Effect's "Days Of The Lost" reignited my love for melodeath after the breakup of Bodom and death of Alexi. Insomnium's "Shadows Of The Dying Sun" completely changed my perspective on blending "heavy" and "melodic" and changed how I approach composition. DragonForce's "Inhuman Rampage" introduced me to what I now know as power metal and inspired me to improve as a lead player (and no, I didn't discover it through Guitar Hero). Omnium Gatherum's "Beyond" introduced me to a much more emotional side of melodeath and the idea that even extreme metal can be emotionally moving. They're now my favorite melodeath band.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Melody enjoyer I see

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

@@jojoplaysmusic haha what gave it away? 🤣 Melodeath is my favorite metal genre, so, yeah. Melody enjoyer.

[@calebbliss8626]

first time I’ve ever seen black metal on a semi hollow

[@KeeeKeeedemon]

Disturbed - Down with the Sickness Metallica - Reload and Ride the Lightning System of a Down - Toxicity Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction Drowning Pool - Sinner Linkin Park - Meteora My dad got me into metal when i was little, kinda hard to let go.

[@broncoxy]

I listened to _lots_ of stuff and got my mind blown more times than I could count... but if there had to be one album that completely changed everything for me and will forever be one of my alltime favorites, it'd indeed be _måsstaden under vatten_ long live *ť̵̢̢̧̢̢̟̫̝̺͈͈̺̮̉̽͑͝ͅͅh̴̬̠̫̳͎̉̌̽̄͜͝ă̸̛̮̱̯̦̞͐͗̈́l̸̬̠͕̗̝̰̭̜̇̄̋͑̏̍͒l̸̢̙͖̝͍̲̲̣̬̩̪̘̫̄͝͠*

[@jojoplaysmusic]

YESS

[@sixty1slipperykeys]

Lamb of God - Ashes Of The Wake Orgin - Echoes Of Decimation Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn

[@numbersabcdefg]

Nice job!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! What are your significant albums? :)

[@numbersabcdefg]

@@jojoplaysmusic I'll say Hed (PE) - Broke album, mixing that 70's funk in with whiskey soaked Rock is something I still wish I could pull off as well as they did

[@numbersabcdefg]

@@jojoplaysmusic Decapitated - Spheres of Madness

[@alfiemckeough3762]

Tool - Ænima Deftones - Saturday Night wrist Soundgarden - Superunknown Dream Theatre - Images and Words Animals as Leaders - S/T Sevendust - Home Type o negative - October Rust The Cure - Disintegration Devin Townsend - Z2

[@4QIcehole]

Nice touch going really heavy on the silly faces during the Devin Townsend segment lol Which is a nice coincidence because City by Strapping Young Lad is one of those albums for me. It didn't really influence my playing all that much but it did augment my writing in the sense that I'm more confident smash-cutting from catchy and groovy to utter spastic chaos after hearing it. It's true impact, for me, is more thematic and holistic. It's such an ugly, unrefined expression of deeply irrational but deeply potent juvenile *rage* that tempers its angst only by being directed largely inwards. Raw, violent, explosive id with no pretension in sight. It revels in the fact that being vulnerable and honest means quite literally exposing your insides to the world and that is inherently painful and gross. Almost nothing is quite as good at doing what City is doing. It's not my all time favorite album, it's not my most listened to, but it's way up there regardless and is certainly in the running for the most personally impactful album for me.

[@6.thedollar415]

Here's mine: Metallica - Kill 'Em All: The one that started it all for me. I was 8 or 9, and I actually found the band's history to be super interesting at the time. Nirvana - Nevermind: This is what drew me to a specific instrument, being drums. Technically it was watching their live performances on KZbin, but Nirvana's energy on stage caught my attention, specifically Dave Grohl. I saw him beating the shit out of his drums and said "looks easy, I could probably do that" KoRn - KoRn: Got me into nu metal, which I still love the bounciness of even todsy, despite also liking "real metal." This was about a year after getting into Nirvana, and during that year I spent my time trying to find drummers that hit their drums really hard, because I was twelve and that was interesting to me. Someone mentioned KoRn, and I checked them out. Not only did David Silveria hit really hard, but his drumming also had this groove to it that drew me in, and all of the sudden ghost notes were kind of cool to me. Godsmack - Faceless: This was the first time I saw a drummer have real stage presence. Again, this was more from live shows, but seeing how Shannon Larkin would flail around and still hit everything perfectly was insane to me at the time. The last two drummers hit hard, but they didn't have the stage presence that Shannon did. Slipknot - Iowa: This was how I got into blast beats and double bass. I had heard them before, but I didn't care before then because you can't hit as hard when you play fast. But now, I needed to find the fastest drummers out there. Problem being, all the ultra fast ones didn't have a vibe to them, they just sounded robotic. Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh: This was how I got into extreme metal. The first time I heard Defenestration, with that non distorted ska sounding riff going into that insane hyperblast, I literally burst out laughing. It was the singular most insane thing I had heard up to that point, and I loved it, mostly because of the drums. Gorguts - Obscura: This showed me that there was more to death metal than gore or satan. The lyrics actually meant something, and I could relate to them. Also, I've started paying more attention to guitar/bass because of this album. Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments: got me out of the whole fast thing. I still love crazy fast drumming, but there were a good two years where I literally could not get into a band if there were no blast beats. The Melvins changed that. I listened to this album super loud while walking home from school in the rain, and it just fit perfectly. Mastodon - Remission. I had heard of Mastodon probably before I had even heard of Cryptopsy, but since there wasn't blast beats I didn't care. Now that I'm out of that, I've realized the beauty of this album. I like the mix of shorter, crushing songs, as well as the longer, more progressive ones. Also, Brann Dailor may not do blast beats (except for in their demos and his previous bands) he is still a phonomenal drummer. The constant fills are chaotic, similar to how Flo Mounier's hyperblasts are chaotic, but thry're very tasteful and well executed.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Great pics! Love that you went into great detail for each one

[@Jeff0114]

Absolute fire

[@xyverneas7967]

Periphery I ERRA - Self-titled Crystal Lake - Helix

[@DunlopTortex05mm]

Master of puppets, rust in peace, Arch Enemy Rise of the tyrant, System of a Down Mesmerize, Conquering Dystopia, Hypocrisy Virus, Black dahlia murder Nocturnal, to name a few ... the list is still growing year after, hard to pick !

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely was hard for me to narrow it down too.

[@spydy6838]

same

[@joshbaldwin42]

You forgot to mention what got you deep into wizards, dragons, and power metal!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

That one Daffy Duck song from Looney Toons

[@aa23music]

for me some of my most significant albums were: megadeth :rust in peace, metallica: master of puppets, slayer: reign in blood, pantera Vulgar Display Of Power, slipknot Vol 3, Linkin Park Hybrid Theory, Black Sabbath Master Of Reality, Nirvana Nevermind, Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road, Queen: A Night at the Opera, Led Zeppelin IV, ACDC Highway To Hell, Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction , Iron Maiden Number Of The Beast, Judas Priest British Steel , System Of A Down Toxicity, and finally Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon all ten out of ten

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I love Vol. 3 because it has Three Nil and its intro sounds like Gorguts.

[@aa23music]

yeah vol 3 is definitely one of my favourite slipknot albums... i also feel like All Hope Is Gone gets way too much hate sometimes when it actually has some great songs

[@nucygnet5881]

The Generation Of Danger by Tallah Eternal Blue by Spiritbox We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot The Nothing by Korn Kostolom by Slaughter To Prevail Stargazer by Moodring All SOAD albums These are mine tbh

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Based Tallah enjoyer

[@wolfydafloof1720]

For me , the albums that really inspired me, was Iron maiden - the number of the beast Dream theater - train of thought Metallica - black album Slipknot- Iowa All for different reasons honestly.

[@DystopianDr3am]

Metallica - Black album Megadeth - Youthanasia Slayer - Undisputed Attitude Sepultura - probably all of their records lol Death - Symbolic Pantera - trendkill Alice in chains - Dirt Pig destroyer - Terrifyer Napalm death- FETO and Harmony Carcass - Necroticism Dystopia - Aftermath

[@irenediliberto00]

finally i see youthanasia among the Megadeth albums being quoted! i LOVE that album it's my favourite from them even tho i have to admit it was the song Lucretia on Rust in Peace who made me know the band

[@DystopianDr3am]

@@irenediliberto00 youthanasia rocks man, Dave's vocals on this album are almost perfect in the discography

[@paradise7479]

red hot chili peppers - californication (first album i listen) judas Priest - painkiller (fist metal album) enslaved - frost (first metal extreme) death - the sound of perseverance (introduction to the best metal band and style)

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

Based pfp.

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

I recognize that ballsack logo even from 1000 miles away.

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

Gris the best depressive black metal band oat.

[@ikan69123]

how u remember where its begin

[@krata420]

Extremely based picks, expecially gorguts and hate eternal Here are mine picks Metallica - Master of puppets (it all started there) Death - The Sound of perseverance (first death metal band) Behemoth - Evangelion (first heavy ass record) Dying fetus - reign supreme and None so Vile by cryptopsy (got me into more brutal and dirtier styles) Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (CHUGG CHUGGG, reason i bought 7 string) Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis and DsO - Paracletus (got me into more experimental and dissonant stuff) Humanitys last breath - Valde (fockin drop E)

[@warcrimesenjoyer]

Chimaira's Resurrection

[@Ezraph2001]

DILLINGER MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mcAzcrew]

Gorguts and Krallice

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

Hell fucking, yeah!

[@darksecret965]

1. Hybrid Theory 2. Nevermind 3. Master of Puppets 4. The Sound of Perseverance 5. Rust in Peace 6. Leviathan 7. Tomb of the Mutilated 8. Reinkaos 9. Slaughter of the Soul 10. Onset of Putrefaction

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

*Onset Of Putrefaction* is just too good...!

[@hackalogics7940]

Pantera. Pantera. Pantera.

[@marikiri5119]

For me, these are the albums that changed my life: Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood. The first metal album I listened to and headbanged to, and really the reason I started honing my guitar skills. Those riffs are tough as nails and solos are insane. After all these years, I still can't play any of these solos. I didn't try that hard tho. Isis - Panopticon. When I first listened to this album, my perspective on metal completely shifted. I realized music doesn't have to be fast and aggressive to be good. It doesn't even have to be technical to be complex. It is somewhat of an antithesis to a usual approach of many prog bands. Instead of intentionally making it more complex to convey an idea, instead it just lets you drown in atmosphere. Yeah, I'm a huge fanboy. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞. Just like Panopticon by Isis, but with much less emphasis on guitars at all. It is so weird. You can listen to it all you want, but you can really experience it only once. This album marked a complete shift in my taste. A lot of metal bands try a bit too hard to be "brutal", fast or technical, like an endless competition with limited artistic value. It is not an inherently bad thing, it just leads to being boring after a while. Title Fight - The Last Thing You Forget. Power chord assault with emo attitude. Really helped me cope with my mental issues. It isn't really unique in terms of what it does musically, but lyrically it is one of the best punk albums. Very poetic despite being somewhat in-your-face with themes. At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul. Riffing style so iconic it was ripped off to shreds by a bunch of bands. Do I need to say more? One of very few death metal bands aside from Death that I like. Influenced my playstyle greatly. And the last, but not least important album to me actually isn't rock/metal. It is an electronic album. Amplified Sound - Drawing the Rainbow. This album was sort of like a bridge for me between metal and electronic music. It doesn't feature guitars, vocals or anything remotely close. It is really your average trance album. Yet it is very similar to Isis and GY!BE. It takes a very similar approach of letting you drown in atmosphere, and does that with synths. It works beautifully and finds some creative uses for many natural noises. Just like GY!BE album, you can only experience it once. If you want to listen to it, do it at night, turn off all the lights (even the smallest ones, like a charging LED on laptops), turn off the notifications, put down your phone, lie down in bed, find your most comfortable volume and position, and don't move. Don't drink or smoke in process, there is no need for substances at all. Trust me, it is almost magical experience. That's all I got on my favorite albums. If you read so far, thank you. I hope you enjoyed this long-ass comment and found something new to listen to

[@Nonesovileispeak]

these albums definitely did not change my life None So Vile, Cryptopsy Blasphemy Made Flesh, Cryptopsy Collection Of Butchery, Putrid pile Brutalised Beyond Belief, Viral Load Take As Needed For Pain, Eyehategod Deformity Of Human Consciousness, The Dark Prison Massacre Terrifyer, Pig destroyer Suicidal Tendencies Self Titled Album Killing On Adrenaline, Dying fetus

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I’ll add to that list “Once Was Not” by Cryptopsy as well.

[@RaVirrTheTrader]

This list rips

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! :)

[@aLsordon]

Nice playing as always... But i was surprised by one step closer.. que eso cambió tu vida. Ni siquiera me gusta linkin park para ser sincero

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Es que Transformers me cambio la vida

[@poopguy6208]

Never thought id see vildhjarta on a tele