![]() But they have enough energy, catchy riffs, and melodic chops to pull it off. Only a band like SOAD could have songs as disparate sounding as “Peephole,” “Spiders” and “War?” on one album and still claim to have anything resembling cohesion. Having a song like “Sugar” as your first single should be an indication to anyone paying attention that this band is anything but typical. But SOAD manages to bring it all together into one unique oddball of an album. In less capable hands, this blend of circus metal, thrash, and doom, topped with frequently cartoonish vocals would be a disaster. Burn My Eyes is a ferocious debut, on almost every front: lyrically, sonically, and emotionally.Įssential Track: “Davidian” 18: System Of A Down: System Of A Down (1998)Įven in the diverse metal landscape of 1998, System Of A Down’s debut stands out beyond the back. Machine Head did just about this (and then some) while cranking up the musical intensity and social commentary along the way. If you mix a dash of the technicality and industrialsound of Fear Factory with the groove and aggression of Pantera and throw in some muscle and some heavy double bass drum, you’ve got the right alchemy for one of the best metal debut albums. The Misfits Enlist Fear And Megadeth For New US Shows.Moody Blues’ Deluxe ‘To Our Children’s Children’s Children’ Adds Albert Hall Show.‘In Sync’ Podcast Dives Into Film Syncs From The Verve, The Cramps, And More.It’s a tight, blazing 35 minutes with a plethora of great hooks and riffs (if maybe just ever so slightly reliant on its influences) but as initial statement, there’s a lot to gush over. There’s enough energy, speed, and great musicianship on this record to make it stand out. That’s not to say that this album isn’t great in its own right, “Deathriders” and “Metal Thrashing Mad” are two killer tracks that hold up just as well today. Baroness weren’t afraid to let their riffs do the talking for them, in stretches and with many instrumental patches and minimal (yet impactful) vocals in between.Įssential track: “Rays On Pinion” 21: Anthrax: Fistful Of Metal (1984)įistful Of Metal is an album bubbling with potential and hinted at what was to come for Anthrax on future classics like Spreading The Disease and Among The Living. ![]() The album really encapsulates what this band is about: heavy and brutal in parts, yet also incredibly beautiful and melodic in others. 22: Baroness: Red Album (2007)Īfter releasing their three simply-titled EPs First, Second and Third, this Savannah-based quartet put out their most ambitious work yet, Red Album. From New Wave Of British Heavy Metal behemoths of the 70s, to the thrash pioneers of the 80s and 90s, and all the groundbreaking acts that continue to refine what metal can be, here are the top heavy metal debut albums of the past four decades. If this is a bit of an overwhelming quantity of music, I have created a guide where I go through the whole discography chronologically to help parse out the best songs.Īny further updates to this discography will happen on this thread, so come back every now and then to see if I've updated it.When it comes to the world of metal music, the best metal debut albums not only require raw power and mastery of instrument, but the ability to push the genre forward into unexplored territory. ![]() I really doubt I missed any songs, but if I did, by all means, let me know so I can add them. If you see any songs in my DL links that you can get through streaming, please let me know and I'll take them out. I've done my best to make sure that I didn't include downloads to any songs you can get on streaming services (I don't want to steal from Chance he gives us enough for free, right?). Tagged each song with year it was released Īdded production credits (according to Genius) to "Composer" tag field Īdded a "Read Me Document" that has links to Chance's important pages and to streams of the songs that are excluded from the downloads Īdded a new custom mixtape with all the HQ freestyles I could track down Made it possible to download individual songs or complete. Reorganized files so that loosies, features, and unreleased songs from a given year are sorted together & improved the album art for these songs Ĭombined This is How It's Done and Wake Up / Beddy Bye (two mixtapes with only two and three songs, respectively) into one multi-disc EP, The Retro Pack Īdded explicit tags to songs where applicable Ĭonverted all songs to a common format. So, I've decided to update the full Chance discography I posted here a while ago. ![]()
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