10 Heavy Metal Albums a Newbie Needs to Own!

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10 Heavy Metal Albums a Newbie Needs to Own!

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@seaoftranquilityprog 5 ай бұрын

Remember folks, these are supposed to be 'starter packs' for folks who have NEVER listened to the genre in question. Many people stating that 'x album or band isn't metal enough' are missing the point. All of these albums were considered metal or early metal back in the day, and for a complete newbie, are albums you need to have. Lots of bands being mentioned in the comments will show up in other shows, as I am looking got get in deep with all the sub-genres going forward.

@doctorfeelfunny584 5 ай бұрын

I think including AC\DC and Motorhead is misleading to the person interested in starting down the metal path, but I agree with the others.

@wernermoritz882 5 ай бұрын

@@doctorfeelfunny584 Exactly my opinion, thank you!

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@doctorfeelfunny584 "MetalSucks recently polled over a hundred of metal’s most revered musicians, critics, journalists, artists, publicists, and industry insiders to find out which 25 bands represent the very BEST in the history of metal. Today we continue the countdown with Australia’s…AC/DC." "Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer and bassist of Motörhead and a heavy metal icon for six decades, passed away Monday after a battle with cancer."

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@wernermoritz882 "Heavy metal has long been impervious to cataclysmic intra-band events. One could argue that’s because most metal bands are forced to live in the moment: no sense daydreaming about chart success - there won’t be any. And stadium gigs are completely out of reach for all but a select few groups. Music videos? Pffft. So the problems that normally sidetrack rock and pop acts are dealt with by metal bands swiftly and efficiently. There’s no better example of this fact than the Australian band AC/DC who, 40 years ago, released the most unexpected and important album in hard-rock and heavy-metal history: the appropriately titled Back in Black, which has sold upwards of 50 million copies worldwide." "By some estimates, the movement [NWOBHM] spawned as many as a thousand heavy metal bands, but only a few survived the advent of MTV and the rise of the more commercial glam metal in the second half of the 1980s. Among them, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard became superstars, while Motörhead and Saxon also had considerable success."

@doctorfeelfunny584 5 ай бұрын

@independenceltd. There has to be plenty more sources that have mislabeled AC/DC as metal. I've even seen the Cult categorized as heavy metal, not to mention Jethro Tull.

@chaddubois8164 5 ай бұрын

Hey Pete, in case you see this. I want to thank you and the rest of the gang for enlightening me to all these bands that I missed out on being born in 87. I've learned about so many great bands from this channel that don't get the recognition they deserve.

@kamranmalik8546 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (or the self titled debut) Deep Purple - Machine Head Rainbow Rising Metallica - Ride the Lightning Motörhead - Ace of Spades Judas Priest - British Steel Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Megadeth - Rust in Piece Anthrax - Among the Living Slayer - Reign in Blood

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

6 same albums, 7 bands

@caiogrilletti9341 5 ай бұрын

This is a pretty solid list

@captainkirk70 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, Pantera over Metallica is baffling.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

Deep Purple is not Metal

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@neuroisis85 "Next, 'Into the Fire' and 'Living Wreck' proved more concise but equally appealing, and though closer 'Hard Lovin' Man' finally saw the new-look Deep Purple waffling on a bit too long before descending into feedback, the die was cast for one of heavy metal's defining albums."

@stevenlemons2602 5 ай бұрын

Back in Black is the album that completely changed music for me. I became totally obsessed with them. And there was so much to love from the past. So much.

@marcjones2493 5 ай бұрын

I became obsessed with it too as a kid. Had it on cassette, and I remember playing and rewinding it over and over so I could write down the lyrics. It's a little easier to get song lyrics now

@logancollins7097 5 ай бұрын

You can tell Pete is a guitar player by the way he holds his CDs lol love it!

@jimmypage2843 5 ай бұрын

Pete plays left-handed though. 😜 Always wondered if that's because of his love for Tony Iommi or it just came naturally.

@logancollins7097 5 ай бұрын

@@jimmypage2843 Maybe a little of both!

@williamwalker146 5 ай бұрын

Lol yeah! 🤣🤣🤣

@santinogbarbas 5 ай бұрын

He holds CDs like he's doing a power chord 😅

@ianscholes3049 5 ай бұрын

The two guitars hanging up in the background wasn't enough of a hint?

@GuitarHack66 5 ай бұрын

Great idea for a series Pete. I'm with you with all but 2 albums.

@jtull68 5 ай бұрын

I am guessing leave off Mercyful Fate and Motorhead. I can't deal with the vocals..

@mahogany174 5 ай бұрын

@@jtull68I’ve been listening to metal for decades and never listened to Melissa. As you rightly say the vocals turn me right off.

@spice_krispies 5 ай бұрын

.@@jtull68No, AC/DC and Rainbow. Mercyful Fate album is good, i wouldnt have put it on this list though. Not essential for newbie ears. Holy Diver, Kill Em All, Power & The Glory, Balls To The Wall are more fitting

@foobman 5 ай бұрын

King Diamond is an acquired taste for sure. But Melissa is still a good entry IMO.

@GuitarHack66 5 ай бұрын

@@jtull68 Mercyful Fate is one but I agree with Motorhead.

@karldougherty6517 5 ай бұрын

I'm 60 yrs old . Grew up with ACDC and others and Iron Maiden. Great video Pete. Thanks

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

That explains why you think a super bluesy Hard Rock band like AC/DC is Metal. Pull your head out of the 80’s.

@humphreygruntwhistle3946 5 ай бұрын

Tell that to Pete, who has AC/DC on his list.@@neuroisis85

@paulfitzpatrick6566 5 ай бұрын

I’m 61. Scorpions, Rush & UFO of which iv seen all 3 live numerous times, were not & never could be considered metal. Priest on the other hand, early & mid with KK, were. As Rob Halford regularly said by way of introducing Heading Out To The Highway live. Modern day Priest however, with Richie Faulkner, have evolved into a far more classier rock band. Their most recent recordings with RF stand well above those prior to. Firepower, Redeemer & Invincible Shield 🛡️ are superb rock albums & have elevated JP to higher levels of professionalism.

@mazeoftorment805 5 ай бұрын

Bunch of solid picks. Doing more generas is gonna be interesting. Here is my list. Dio-Holly Diver Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast Judas Priest-Screaming for Vengeance Black Sabbath-Paranoid Helloween-Keepers Part 1 Motörhead-Ace Of Spades Queensryche-Rage For Order Ozzy-Diary Of A Madmen Exciter-Violence And Force Trouble-Psalm 9

@viestursla 5 ай бұрын

When I started listening to metal, there was no one to recommend which albums to start listening to. Everyone has their own path to the world of heavy music and it is difficult to recommend anything to someone there.

@stevebutchart3638 4 ай бұрын

Hell, my path Started with Ministry's ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ. Cue the "That's not heavy metal" guy

@santinogbarbas 5 ай бұрын

I agree 80% with the list. I wouldn't put ACDC and Pantera since they're Hard Rock and Groove/Thrash, respectively. To complete the top10, I would add Accept's Balls to the Wall and Dio's Holy Diver. 🤘🏼

@b.g.5869 5 ай бұрын

Pantera is unambiguously a metal band. Surely you understand that thrash is within the metal genre (in fact it's on the heavier side of the metal spectrum, usually intermediary between traditional metal and more extreme metal). As far as the groove element of their music is concerned, that style is literally referred to as groove metal. ACDC is generally considered a heavy metal band, but even if you think they're more closely aligned with hard rock than metal, it's hard to argue that Back And Black isn't metal enough to include in a list of recommendations for people new to metal.

@VampireJack10 5 ай бұрын

Back In Black is a metal adjacent as it gets, so for me it gets a pass. You're more likely to like AC/DC being a METALLICA fan than being a COLDPLAY fan - although there will be some out there .....

@VampireJack10 5 ай бұрын

I suspect Pete left of Holy Diver due to already including Dio in RAINBOW. Although I do agree Diver should be near the top 10, if not quite in it. GREAT album. I would have left off PANTERA and used them either in a groove list, or even thrash as groove is really a subsection of thrash.

@paulriddle7818 5 ай бұрын

Wait! So Thrash and Groove Metal aren't metal????

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

Thats hilarious regarding Pantera.

@adamwarlock3530 5 ай бұрын

In no particular order: Judas Priest - Hellbent for leather Iron Maiden - Killers Megadeth - Rust in peace Scorpions - Lovedrive Ratt - Out of the cellar Black Sabbath - Mob Rules King Diamond - Abigail Dio - Holy Diver Ozzy - Diary of a madman Van Halen - (the 1st one) I tried to be a little diverse in my 10. There are a whole lot of others I would include. But, I think this is a nice variety.

@shack8110 5 ай бұрын

Good list. no Zeppelin? no Masters of Reality? 🙂

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

Ratt, Scorpions and Van Halen are not Metal.

@takodabostwick8507 5 ай бұрын

I went with Stained Class because it was the best Judas Priest album that came out in the 70s. I know that it was British Steel that made them popular in the US, but they originated in the 70s. But Hell Bent for Leather is awesome 😎! The title track is my favorite song of theirs.

@CrazyCooter-ld6sz 5 ай бұрын

Van Halen is not heavy metal. Megadeth peace sells is where to start. Scorpions aren't really heavy metal but Blackout would be my pick as a better starter. I would put ac/dc van Halen scorpions, all in the hard rock category. Nice choices though. Rock on.

@jayjaytee9944 5 ай бұрын

@@neuroisis85 Yes they are, google Heavy Metal mags from the 80s you will find those bands all over them, Did you not know Van Halen headlined Heavy Metal day at the US festival in 1983, nobody was complaining they weren't Metal. Metal has just expanded and grown over the years., Thrash really changed everything.

@matts9064 5 ай бұрын

This sounds like a great series Pete!!! My favorite channel just keeps getting better!!!

@miguelbarahona6636 5 ай бұрын

After over 40 years listening metal, I will recommend this 10 albums straight off the bat. No time to lose. 1) Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian. 2) Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied. 3) Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black 4) Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus 5) Dream Theater - Images And Words 6) Stratovarius - Episode 7) Ynwie Malmsteens¨s Rising Force - Marching Out 8) Jag Panzer - The Fourth Judgement 9) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 10) Queensryche . The Warning

@fourseasons4105 5 ай бұрын

I think you like power metal

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

Only Iron Maiden is Heavy Metal, the rest of your list is Power Metal or Prog Metal. Fail

@fourseasons4105 5 ай бұрын

I don't think that's even the problem, it's just that these bands and albums mostly feel like the most stereotypical, meat and potatoes version of each selected genre

@miguelbarahona6636 5 ай бұрын

@@neuroisis85 Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal all fall in the Heavy Metal category. You failed.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

@@miguelbarahona6636 I meant you fail the assignment because the video was about listing Trad Metal, OG Metal or whatever you wanna call it not any subgenres.

@SwordAgainstChaos 5 ай бұрын

Nice addition with Melissa. A highly influential record. I hid that record from my parents! Some might argue about AC/DC being “metal” but Back in Black’s production and visual look makes it feel like it.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

they were definitely metal in 1980

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

AC/DC is not, was not and has never been Metal. Same with Scorpions, bad choices when he could've picked Angel Witch or Diamond Head.

@dt6949 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@independenceltd.Totally agree. Back in the day if you listened to any of these bands it would have been considered metal. The younger generation who weren’t around at the time have invented about 30 sub genre of rock which simply didn’t exist at the time. I particularly hate bands being pushed into something they now call ‘hair metal’. Back in the day they were just metal bands to me. And they always will be. Glad to hear someone who feels the same as I do about this.

@foobman 5 ай бұрын

@@dt6949I have often noticed a difference between what Europeans and North Americans like to place inside the (Classic) Metal category. I'm guessing it has to do with what we were told by local music critics at our respective sides of the Atlantic ocean. Americans tend to include Hard Rock bands more often (AC/DC, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Deep Purple (both VH and Purple DO have one or two songs I'd dare call Metal though), Led Zeppelin, sometimes even bands like Molly Hatchet,...). I'm guessing that, since very early on Metal was in short supply in North America the net was simply widened a bit to include adjacent genres. There are a few early what I would consider true Classic Metal bands though. Fortnox comes to mind.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@dt6949 i usually try to just ignore their naivete and let them revel in their mallcore and screamo.

@michaelweber9108 5 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you with the list! Here are a few albums I would like to add. Saxon - Denim and Leather, Accept - Restless and Wild, Manilla Road - Crystal Logic, Riot - Fire Down Under, W.A.S.P. - s/t, Manowar - Battle Hyms And Jag Panzer - Ampel Destruction !

@LuisNunes-ps4sl 5 ай бұрын

Two Ozzie albums and no Manowar, Helloween, WASP or Accept is a travesty.

@marctoupin3968 5 ай бұрын

Never understood why so many people consider AC/DC as a metal band. 🤷‍♂️ To me, they are more of a blues-based hard rock band. I don’t hear the metal aesthetic in their sound.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

"Back In Black was released on July 21st, 1980 - five months and one day after Bon Scott had died. Rolling Stone writer David Fricke declared the album a masterpiece and a milestone in rock. 'Back in Black is not only the best of AC/DC’s six American albums,' Fricke wrote. 'It’s the apex of heavy metal art: the first LP since Led Zeppelin II that captures all the blood, sweat and arrogance of the genre. In other words, Back In Black kicks like a mutha.'”

@house9Tube 5 ай бұрын

Back when this album came out Hard Rock and Heavy Metal just went together, there were no sub-genres beyond that; if you were a metal head chances are you liked Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Van Halen and AC/DC. But yes AC/DC is a hard rock band.

@wernermoritz882 5 ай бұрын

the guitar runs in Thunderstruck are pretty metal I would say but overall AC/DC is not a metal band to me.

@richardb2652 5 ай бұрын

Just remember, at the time, Journey was considered hard rock. So, by comparison, AC/DC was considered Heavy Metal. Also, Lemmy always said Motorhead was a Rock and Roll band. So ....?

@oliviervachez226 5 ай бұрын

ACDC plays heavy blues.

@truckerkevthepaidtourist 5 ай бұрын

Nice choice I agree with 9 out of 10 of them Look forward to a southern rock one

@michaelschmidt9708 5 ай бұрын

The Southern Rock newbie Top 10 should be: 1. Blackfoot - Marauder 2. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres 3. Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster 4. Doc Holliday - Doc Holliday Rides Again... 5. 38 Special - Special Forces 6. Lynyryd Skynyrd - Secong Helping 7. Pride & Glory - Pride & Glory 8. Raging Slab - Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert 9. George Hatcher Band - Dry Run 10. Point Blank - Point Blank

@paulh6673 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Paranoid Rainbow - Rising Judas Priest - Stained Class Motörhead - Ace of Spades Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Metallica - Ride the Lightning Megadeth - Peace Sells Slayer - Reign in Blood Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Pantera - A Vulgar Display of Power Edit: if Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer (and perhaps Pantera) are not considered pure 'heavy metal', and Queensryche could be slotted in the 'prog metal' list - then I'd replace those with something from this list: Dio - Holy Diver Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz Accept - Restless & Wild Riot - Fire Down Under Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

"Stained Class" is my favorite JP album, but I went with SWOD cuz I figured that was the best album for a newb IMO.

@Nick-qf7vt 5 ай бұрын

Hell yes to Stained Class. That's the album that got me (a young guy) into metal

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

Fire down under is a masterpiece

@CoryMason-fe8rp 5 ай бұрын

Accept and Riot don't get the recognition they deserve. Great albums

@Coexist-ph2ye 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. Love me all of JPs early stuff, but SWOD is not the first album from them for heavy metal initiates to hear. Hellbent/Killing Machine, British Steel, or Screaming are all better choices.

@Nick-qf7vt 5 ай бұрын

I'm seeing great picks from everyone! For a newbie, here are some "less obvious" picks I'd recommend. - Judas Priest: Stained Class - Motörhead: Overkill - Iron Maiden: Killers - Accept: Restless and Wild - Mercyful Fate: Don't Break The Oath And some other types of metal: - Metallica: Kill Em All - Slayer: Show No Mercy - Megadeth: So Far, So Good, So What? - Celtic Frost: Morbid Tales

@briansmith9356 5 ай бұрын

No saxon surprised at that

@trevorw3233 5 ай бұрын

What? No Denim and Leather or Wheels of Steel?

@chuckpriselac7958 5 ай бұрын

Gotta have Saxon in there for sure

@biffsaxon3808 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, and Accept!

@franohmsford7548 5 ай бұрын

Drop British Steel, add Denim & Leather - Priest are overrated as all Hell!

@milesdorst7120 5 ай бұрын

2:40 Pete’s list SPOILER ALERT 1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 2. Rainbow - Rising 3. Judas Priest - British Steel 4. AC/DC - Back In Black 5. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 6. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz 7. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 8. Scorpions - Blackout 9. Mercyful Fate - Melissa 10. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

@christophercoles4401 5 ай бұрын

Very cool starter list Pete. I'm a little surprised that you included AC/DC. I would've thought you'd consider them more Hard Rock than Metal.

@Veaseify 5 ай бұрын

@@christophercoles4401 Yeah, also if Deep Purple are going to be in the Hard Rock category then Rainbow aren't any heavier so I don't know why that is 'metal'...

@captainkirk70 5 ай бұрын

@@christophercoles4401 Agreed. BIB was a surprise as well as Pantera. As much as I dislike it I would have to have put the Black Album on that list. And perhaps Shout at the Devil to cover the catchy hair metal side. If Pantera counts then Master of Puppets would have been my choice instead.

@christophercoles4401 5 ай бұрын

@@Veaseify I don't necessarily disagree with Pete's picks, as I said, I'm just surprised at him including AC/DC as Metal. I would include the first Montrose album.

@estebangonzalez9080 5 ай бұрын

Great albums. I so happy for Melissa in this list

@SimS-uh2fg 5 ай бұрын

This is a cool topic which I have thought about sometimes. There are (at least) a couple of ways to approach this question: 10 albums that showcase "what is metal", or 10 "historically significant" albums from the more mainstram subgenres, that are also palatable for someone who has never listened to heavy music before. My list is more towards the second interpretation: - Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Paranoid - Iron Maiden Piece of Mind - Judas Priest Stained Class - Judas Priest Painkiller - Deep Purple In Rock - Rainbow Rising - Metallica Ride the Lightning - Dream Theater Images & Words - Haken The Mountain Mostly obvious choices, nothing strictly extreme but some early thrash. Two bands appear twice because they exemplify two different styles to perfection. For maiden you can replace with any of the first 7 albums. Chose PoM because it is the first with the "full" lineup and immediately draws you in with a killer drum intro.

@MichaelSmith-zx5lw 5 ай бұрын

When I was a newbie metal fan, I got into the genre via Mastodon, Trivium, In Flames, Opeth and Lacuna Coil. I didn't need the "classics" to embrace the genre. I did, however, come to love and embrace the classics later. I wasn't a newbie to metal when I came to love Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Rush, Savatage, Saxon etc

@jordanjackson6151 5 ай бұрын

I'm not a newb (37 years old). But having played guitar and other instruments for 21 years across many genre's its fun to see how predictable or unpredictable this gets. My greedy 'more than 10' list in no order: (Honorable Brag: How will anyone know where to look?) Pantera -- Projects In The Jungle (Own an official CD copy used from a Vinyl store.... and No I'm not crazy. Love it better than anything with Phil.) Riot -- Thunder Steel (a 70's band got all thrashy....I inherited a promo poster of the album cover....Who the hell is Quiet? I'm only kidding!) Exciter -- Heavy Metal Maniac (Damn I love this album. That and the drummer doing vocals. Triumph sometimes did that. Exciter did it as a norm until a little later. Love this album better than anything in the big four.) Y & T -- Black Tiger (Dave Mineketti always seemed like Sammy Haggar with Eddie Van Halen's chops. Its a good thing. So is there 70's stuff.) Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (YJM is Reason I play guitar and shred. I even have a signature Fender scallop. Also Jens Johansson is a Keyboard influence.) Fates Warning -- Awaken The Guardian (I first heard Specter Within. In any case. Prog fans will enjoy things in spite of the traditional feel). Triumph -- Rock 'N' Roll Machine (This entire band was overshadowed. I love Alex Lifeson....But c'mon man. He ain't Rik Emit)! Budgie -- Never Turn Your Back On A Friend (If its too 70's for them....Tony Bourge's 80's Tredeager: Remix Rebirth oughta do the damn trick) Judas Priest -- Stained Class (This needs more respect....I still listen to it more than any of the later albums). Scorpions -- Taken By Force (I saw Uli live in his solo band during 2017. It was like $25.00. But it was a $300.00 performance If I never see Scorpions live.... eh hard to complain considering the more rare experience I did get)! UFO -- Force It (I often felt that this was the U.K. band that really should've blown up more than it did.) Loudness -- Disillusion -- (Longtime Loudness and J-metal fan. Even before You Tube. X-Japan was my intro. I'd include them as well.) Van Halen -- (#1! And 2 ain't bad either.) Thin Lizzy -- Thunder & Lightning (There will never be another Lynott, or Thin Lizzy. John Sykes is too underrated.) Ozzy -- Tribute (What's a better album? Blizzard or Diary?.... The answer is Tribute!) Iron Maiden -- Peace Of Mind (Steve Harris is when I decided to learn Bass starting with Killers. Peace Of Mind is just amazing.) Running Wild -- Under Jolly Roger (We have new pirate metal bands now. But when I heard this in high school, I wondered when's the next?) Helloween -- Keeper Of The 7 Keys Pt. 1 (Dragon Force fans need a history class....before they make the same mistake....) King Diamond -- Abigail (I worked a decade at a Library. But even before that, I was a regular there. This album is the first I checked out. Educational shit to be honest....How they allowed an album like that to circulate? Won't question it!) What's on your shelf?

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

Great show Pete.. looking forward to up and coming episodes in this series.. Thanks so much for all you do..

@darcyska 5 ай бұрын

Loving the series so far! Love this 'starter pack' kind of episodes - always love the intention of them: are we giving a history? Chronology? Trying to showcase a bit of the genre-bending or diversity? Tons of directions you can take them in, but always tons of fun.

@robertharvey2604 5 ай бұрын

Haven't listened to metal in years but watching this I'm feeling nostalgic. I had those 70s and 80s albums. It's time to revisit the genre.

@andrehendrik 5 ай бұрын

I'd say Rising is a hard rock, not metal, album. But it definitely pointed the way toward metal.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

I mean it’s definitely got a lot of the compositional elements but that guitar tone is weak af. I mean if you can’t get a guitar tone that’s at least as heavy as Sabbath and Priest I can’t call you Metal.

@andrehendrik 5 ай бұрын

@@neuroisis85 I wasn't talking in terms of guitar tone (and I wouldn't criticize on that level either), I just think Rising is more accurately classified as a hard rock album because most of its tracks don't have the more aggressive metal guitar riffage that Maiden and Priest ushered in. I highly doubt Blackmore considers it a "metal" album. EDIT: just for the record though, imo Rising is rightly considered a classic, a masterpiece. Stargazer is just epic, one of the best songs of the genre.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

@@andrehendrik Yea the aggressive riffage thing doesn’t factor in as much for me really. European Power Metal, a good chuck of Stoner Metal and most Atmospheric Black Metal don’t have really aggressive riffing and they’re still Metal. No doubt that Rainbow with Dio was a killer band though.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

"In issue 4 of Kerrang! magazine (cover-dated October 1981), Rising was voted the greatest heavy metal album of all time."

@andrehendrik 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. "interesting"

@arto2533 5 ай бұрын

for Priest I'd definitely pick 'Screaming For Vengeance' for a newbie. I mean just that opening punch...Hellion..Electric Eye...Riding on the Wind...Bloodstone...so great and IMMEDIATE. If that don't make you a fan, I doubt anything will.

@reprintranch 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I’d go with Screaming for Vengeance, Defenders of the Faith or Hell Bent for Leather (first Priest album I ever heard) before British Steel.

@user-xp2iz3so1z 5 ай бұрын

@@reprintranchListen to Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden to know if you are or are not born to be wild.

@adnilrummut105 5 ай бұрын

01. deep purple - in rock 02. black sabbath - master of reality 03. judas priest - painkiller 04. thin lizzy - thunder and lightening 05. motörhead - ace of spades 06. manilla road - crystal logic 07. iron maiden - killers 08. saxon - strong arm of the law 09. rainbow - rising 10. the michael schenker group - s/t worth to mention: 11. ozzy osbourne - blizzard of ozz 13. ac/dc - back in black 14. dio - holy diver 15. metallica - s/t

@CoryMason-fe8rp 5 ай бұрын

Manilla road rules!

@djacobmadrigal 5 ай бұрын

It’s amazing how so many people don’t listen to the content creators thesis/disclaimer : this episode is about classic heavy metal and yet people are listing Metallica and Megadeth. Pete clearly said thrash would be a different episode.

@seekah1 5 ай бұрын

Yup

@soulcrusher807 5 ай бұрын

Metallica does have a few non thrash albums and one of them is the biggest selling metal album of all time and one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Still on the billboard top 200 33 years after it was released.

@djacobmadrigal 5 ай бұрын

@@soulcrusher807 yes but Metallica is considered thrash overall so he implied no Metallica today. They are not in the category of classic metal according to Pete.

@soulcrusher807 5 ай бұрын

@@djacobmadrigal I personally would include it because it is the biggest metal album in terms of sales and what the band is most well known for. I personally think the album is shit, but I can't deny how many people who don't like metal can at least tolerate the singles so to me that says it would be a top 10 starting point.

@seekah1 5 ай бұрын

Exactly. I'm not a Metallica fan whatsoever these days I'm over them but the album that best reps them would HAVE to be Puppets, it just is. Essential thrash starter kit I guarantee will be on his list.

@kelvincanda6617 5 ай бұрын

My top 5: 1. Judas Priest - British Steel 2. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 4. Motörhead - Overkill 5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

I originally had "Overkill" but I figured AOS was more accessible for a newb.

@takodabostwick8507 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd.Overkill is phenomenal, but AOS is my favorite Motorhead album!

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@takodabostwick8507Mine too. I was going with "Overkill" cuz it was first (for the Motorhead blueprint going forward), but that doesn't mean "most accessible" which is why I dropped it.

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

Pete.. Good Morning.. Great GREAT idea for a new series.. After you told me about it.. i put together my own list very quickly and had to stop myself.. LOL.. Have a great weekend..

@stephenbrown4211 5 ай бұрын

Angelwitch self titled. A must for an intro to NWOBHM

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

💯 to this day Atlantis is still one of my favorite songs

@realfloridaredneck1988 5 ай бұрын

Angel Witch is an excellent start for metal newbies. Since we're on the topic of NWOBHM, I'd throw Spellbound in there as well from Tygers of Pan Tang.

@torarauland7145 5 ай бұрын

A great list Pete DIO Holy Diver, Black Sabbath Heaven & Hell KISS Destroyer the list goes on .....

@assortedbile5381 5 ай бұрын

I remember my first copy of kerrang in 1988 recommending 5 albums every metal head should own, I think it was Back in Black, Piece of Mind, Moving Pictures, Rocks and Paranoid. I started with A for Aerosmith and never looked back.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

It pained me to leave off Aerosmith and I figured my Zep and Sab albums were close enough for Rush (for beginners anyway)

@assortedbile5381 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd.Of course back then there just weren't the labels we've got now, half of them didn't even like the term "heavy metal". Like yourself I think Kerrang was trying to cover the bases. Sabbath as the foundation, Aerosmith for blues/hair metal, ACDC for heavy/pub rock, Rush for Prog and of course New Wave coming from Maiden. 6 albums could have included Master of Puppets and that would do it for me. Purple/Zep definitely honourable mentions (but let's not go there, where would it end) 👍👍

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@assortedbile5381 I was watching "Iron Maiden: The Early Years" (I believe) and they were showing the "Soundhouse Top 25 Heavy Metal Songs," with Maiden occupying two top ten spots with their "new" "Soundhouse Tapes" release, and I remember seeing Heart and Styx also on the list. I laughed, specifically thinking about ppl like this who'd have a conniption seeing those bands listed on a "metal' list.

@guillermomaldonado6277 5 ай бұрын

Excellent selection! For the most part can't agree more. I'd just switch "back in black" for "highway to hell" and include Dio's "Holy Diver". Thanks 🍺🤘!

@jsods1 5 ай бұрын

Gotta have Quiet Riot's "Metal Health" from 1983 on this list. It was the first heavy metal album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It opened the door for a lot of bands in the genre.

@johnhouse3898 5 ай бұрын

Dio could take up 3/10th of this list with Rising, Holy Diver and Heaven & Hell. Great memories on your other choices.

@amysson5151 Ай бұрын

Another great list, Pete. I would also add… 1. SAINT…’Time’s End’ 2. Shout…’In Your Face’ (Sammy Hagar’s cousin, Ken Tamplin) 3. Guardian…’Miracle Mile’

@michaelschmidt9708 5 ай бұрын

10 must-hear heavy metal albums (for newbies) in my book (and I'm talking classic heavy metal, not what came later, in the 90s etc). 1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 2. Iron Maiden - Killers 3.Rainbow - Long Live Rock'n'Roll 4. Metallica - Master of Puppets 5. Judas Priest - British Steel 6. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 7. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime 8. Riot - Fire Down Under 9. Motorhead - Ace of Spades 10. Deep Purple - Machine Head

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Paranoid Van Halen - I AC/DC - Highway To Hell Motorhead - Ace of Spades Judas Priest - British Steel Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Metallica - Master of Puppets Slayer - Reign In Blood Megadeth - Rust In Peace Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

Hi Tom Great list.. I just threw together my list very quickly.. i couldn't stop a lot more i could've added.. LOL..

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

@@markandmandyd7445 , thanks! Of course, I went with the all-time classics gateway starter pack. lol

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

@@tomp4053 Fantastic list Tom.. Now i am thinking i could've added that one of Motorhead as well as Van Halen 2.. Wow so many in METAL.. But then my friends and i started a local collage radio show in the 80's called Metal Monday and had a band.. Love me some great Metal.. LOL..

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

4 same albums, 7 bands

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

In what world is AC/DC and Van Halen Metal? Hard Rock is not Metal

@glenfinston704 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Pete! I am familiar with all of these but the one I don’t have is the Scorps Blackout which my college dorm mate used to crank all the damn time - I’m on it! I already know it is great! ‘I Really Had To Blackout!’ That descending lead riff immediately goes to my head lol!

@danburch2989 5 ай бұрын

It’s the scorpions blackout….very heavy

@glenfinston704 5 ай бұрын

@@danburch2989yep I like to call them Scorps lol thank you for reminding me not everyone will get the translation!

@gattingbowledwarne 5 ай бұрын

A really accessible album.

@metalmusicmeltdown 5 ай бұрын

Great picks , I think like 7/10 from your list would make my top 20 metal albums of all time , and love the Styx shirt 🤘🏻

@ivandavidfloresherrera5348 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the fusion top! My choices would be: Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind Black Sabbath - Paranoid Metallica - Ride the Lightning Megadeth - Rust in Peace Deep Purple - Machinehead Dio - Holy Diver Rainbow - Rising Helloween - Keeper of the Seventh Keys Ghost - Prequelle Visigoth - The Revenant King (If you haven't heard them please do, I loved this band first listen)

@scottlame6724 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath-Heaven and Hell Fight-War of Words Megadeth-Countdown to Extinction Dio-Holy Diver Danzig-How the Gods Kill Metallica-Kill Em All Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power Artillery-By Inheritance Slayer-Seasons in the Abyss Prong-Cleansing

@spice_krispies 5 ай бұрын

You have to remember he's trying to target "beginner" friendly albums. Slayer and Prong is nowhere near that.

@foobman 5 ай бұрын

@@spice_krispiesI would even dare to say that only Sabbath and Dio fit the bill, good though the proposed albums in this list are.

@fuhrersavior9575 5 ай бұрын

He said no Thrash, but Trad Heavy metal.

@laudanum669 5 ай бұрын

@@spice_krispies Yeah, I was going to suggest "Bonded by Blood" by Exodus then I remembered the list doesn't include Thrash Metal.

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

War of words classic top notch metal album and halford at his finest love it

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

**My 10 Heavy Metal Albums Starter Pack List (in no order)** (note after the 10. Couldn't stop.LOL) 1. Ozzy "Diary Of A Madman" 2. Overkill "Takin' Over" 3. Mercyful Fate "Melissa" 4. Black Sabbath "Masters Of Reality" 5. Venom "Welcome To Hell" 6. Accept "Restless And Wild" (picture hearing the opening for the first time?? LOL LOL..) 7. Judas Priest "Sad Wings Of Destiny" 8. Scorpions "BLACKOUT!!!!!" 9. Slayer "South Of Heaven" 10. DIO "Holy Diver" ..and let's not forget.. Opeth "Blackwater Park" Metallica "Kill Em All" Deep Purple "In Rock" Deep Purple "BURN!!!!!" Uriah Heep "Demons and Wizards/Magician's Birthday" (to me they are a double album) Kryptograff "Kryptograff" Megadeth "Peace Sells But Who's Buyin'" Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell" AC/DC "Highway To Hell" Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses" Iron Maiden "Killers" Accept "Balls To The Wall" Whitesnake "Come And Get It" Europe "Wings Of Tomorrow" Anthrax "Spreading The Disease" ------------> About my list.. ----------> I put a few that some may say isn't metal.. Coz some newbies have to start out not so heavy and work their way up.. Plus back when this stuff was new it was called Heavy Metal.. Any mag of Metal of the day "Metal Edge" and "Kerrang" had all of them within it's pages.. Back in the day they would call BON JOVI Metal.. Now that is off base but they did.. Look at the Heavy Metal soundtrack that had Devo Stevie Nicks Cheap Trick And Open Arms By Journey on it.. NONE of that was Metal.. My Friends and I started a local radio show on collage radio called Metal Monday in 1984 and we had to play all over the board to satisfy every listener.. When it comes to Mercyful Fate it is all up to the newbie some can't take it and some can.. All according to the person.. It is a tricky subject.. I been listening to bands that most don't discover til they are 18 or so when i was 4 and 5.. Plus in a band for 25 years.. This is a show about newbies remember everyone is different in what they can start off with.. Some have to work their way up which is why i did it that way.. I knew a lot who had to start off with hard rock and move up.. i knew a lot of people who started out with Mercyful Fate and Venom.. But most of my picks are METAL!!!!!!!!!!!! PS kind of like Elvis Costello , Talking Heads and Blondie list goes on on and on are called Punk Rock.. Are they punk like Sex Pistols , Anti Nowhere League , Minor Threat , Dead Kennedys ect ect NO.. But they are still considered to be.. Music is in levels.. It is all according to the listener.. I learned that from radio and being in a band.. As Pete wisely says we all hear music differently.. People aren't all the same.. True and Nothing wrong with that.. Think of it , If someone can't take the hard rock of Kiss , Aerosmith , Deep Purple and even the Metal of Black Sabbath.. How will they be able to take Thrash ect ect?? That is why some not all have to start off Hard Rock and work way up.. If it is forced beyond what they can take at that time there will be no enjoyment or even headbanging.. LOL.. It is meant to bring people together not tear apart.. Not meant to fight over.. Enjoy music is what it boils down to in the long run..

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

You really like Opeth's Blackwater Park? epic!

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

@@tomp4053 Yeah.. I am not a death metal fan.. But for some reason i love it when Opeth does it.. Musicianship is off the charts brilliant.. Love the smooth vocals they do as well.. Got most the Opeth albums on vinyl.. I still need a few more..

@markandmandyd7445 5 ай бұрын

@@tomp4053 Ps i wanted to tell you what 6 record album vinyls of OPETH we own.. "MorningRise" / "Still Life" / "Blackwater Park" / "Ghost Reveries" / "Pale Communion" and "In Cauda Venenum".. Want the others but are hard to find.. If find them they are so overly priced it is outside of anyone's budget.. LOL.. Great band..

@logancollins7097 5 ай бұрын

Love it guys! Just went on an Accept kick after being away for awhile I LOVE Restless & Wild definitely one of my fav albums of the 80s period. Great workout music too!

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

So many non Metal albums. Hard Rock is not Metal

@ChuckDharma 5 ай бұрын

Great episode, and really looking forward to all of the ones forthcoming. Especially the prog from different countries! Thanks, Pete!

@JimmyRJump 5 ай бұрын

There's a few distinctions to be made here. "Classic Rock" isn't a genre or sub-genre of Rock. When I was a kid in the seventies, "Classic Rock" was a term used by journalists to separate what was then called Hard Rock (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, etc.) from the earlier rock like Kinks, Rolling Stones, The Who, Small Faces, Cream and some such. And yes, we, on mainland Europe, called Black Sabbath's music "Hard Rock". It wasn't until Judas Priest's 1977 "Sin After Sin" that the moniker "Heavy Metal" started to be used, but it wasn't until Metallica came to the scene that the term became a household name, again to separate that style from Hard Rock. There's always been a bit of confusion about what was what, mainly thanks to American journalists who didn't know their heads from their arses. I mean, some nutjobs called Eagles heavy metal and once upon a hungover monday Jethro Tull got the Grammy for "best heavy metal release" for their "Crest Of a Knave" album. Go figure. Ian Anderson wasn't much impressed and even refused to accept the Grammy. There's always been a distinction between the USA, England and mainland Europe. "We" called Iron Maiden "Hard Rock", while in England the lads were part of the NWOBHM because the term Heavy Metal hadn't gotten across the channel yet. I saw Maiden at the 1980 Reading Rock Festival and noticed people called 'em Heavy Metal. In the end it doesn't matter what style you glue to a band, as long as you like the music. And I don't always have to agree to agree...

@Mark-bi5dk 5 ай бұрын

Savatage hall of the mountain king

@chaddubois8164 5 ай бұрын

Ah ah ah ah ah!

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

Sirens

@cookiebombsta2607 5 ай бұрын

AC/DC Is certainly NOT heavy metal. They are hard rock. And God bless Malcom Young.

@johncampbell3390 5 ай бұрын

I agree. Love Blackout but I don't consider them meatal either.

@gbottesini 5 ай бұрын

Also Pantera is not traditional heavy metal.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

all 3 of those bands were metal in their day

@johncampbell3390 5 ай бұрын

@independenceltd. AC/DC was never considered a metal band. Scorpions weren't until Rock you like a Hurricane hit, and that was completely media driven.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@johncampbell3390 "Reviewing the album for Rolling Stone in 1980, David Fricke regarded it as 'not only the best of AC/DC's six American albums', but also 'the apex of heavy-metal art: the first LP since Led Zeppelin II that captures all the blood, sweat and arrogance of the genre.' Red Starr of Smash Hits was more critical, saying he found the songs indistinguishable from one another and marred by hypermasculine fantasies, rock music stock phrases, garish guitar, and dull rhythms, on 'yet another triumph for lowest common denominator headbanging-the new thoroughly predictable, thoroughly dreadful AC/DC album', and gave Back in Black a score of 3 out of 10."

@user-rw5fg5wj7q 5 ай бұрын

Montrose: Debut Album, Van Halen 1, DIO: Holy Diver: Accept: Fast as a Shark and Balls to the Wall, Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak, UFO: Phenomenon, Metallica: Ride the Lightning, Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic and Rocks!

@JesusChrist-xb7jq 5 ай бұрын

When I was a teenager, I was more of an AC/DC, Def Leppard kind of guy. I had heard Iron Maiden, but it didn’t really interest me until I overheard someone listening to Live After Death. The live versions sounded so much more powerful! The guitars were heavier, the energy was higher, and it just sounded so badass. At that moment, I was hooked. They were my gateway into heavy metal and thrash, and I never looked back.

@andreasb4202 5 ай бұрын

King Diamond - The Spider's Lullabye Magnum - On a Storytellers Night Judas Priest - Killing Machine Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Pantera - Far Beyond Driven Ac/Dc - Highway to Hell Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil Accept - Metal Heart

@BrianRobbins2 5 ай бұрын

1. Judas Priest- British steel 2. Iron Maiden- number of the beast 3. Judas Priest- invincible shield 4. Slayer- reign in blood 5. Iron Maiden- Iron Maiden 6. Judas Priest- hell bent for leather 7. Black Sabbath- paranoid 8. Dio - holy diver 9. Rainbow- rising 10. Deep purple - in rock

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

well, if we go bands/singers we hit on 9/10

@logancollins7097 5 ай бұрын

Nice adding new Priest in there!

@tylerpatterson4787 5 ай бұрын

@@logancollins7097I was just listening to new priest this evening for the first time really enjoyed it. I like firepower but this I enjoy it a lot. Looking forward to Pete reviewing it 🤘

@logancollins7097 5 ай бұрын

@@tylerpatterson4787 Yes Tyler I was very impressed by it first listen Friday. Gonna have to give it a couple more spins here soon. Like you said will be interesting hearing Pete's thoughts

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

@@tylerpatterson4787 , I enjoyed Firepower so much that I wasn't sure if JP should make another album. Thankfully, this is one is on par but I still prefer Firepower at the moment. This one is still a major contender for AOTY.

@pacifique73 5 ай бұрын

Always have been more into prog and hard rock. For some reason I never digged into some of those bands even if I know some of their music. Great to have some suggestions to what album to begin with. I'll be listening to some of them real soon. Thanks for the suggestions!!

@dirkbag22 5 ай бұрын

British Steel is the first modern heavy metal album. That album is the template for so many bands that followed.

@gattingbowledwarne 5 ай бұрын

To be honest I hate living after midnight and breaking the law. Rest of the album is great. For mine killing machine or screaming for vengeance.

@dirkbag22 5 ай бұрын

I know that many fans don’t like it when their band has a big head or two.

@Mario-lw5sr 5 ай бұрын

We are talking about a Newbie. It is not the same to know a deep knowledge about Heavy Metal than being a newbie in this field. I wouldn´t choose The number of the beast, but if you don´t know Maiden, this is the perfect album. The same with British Steel or Paranoid. 1. Black Sabbath: Paranoid 2. Rainbow: Rising 3. Metallica: Ride the lightning 4. Dio: Holy Diver 5. Ozzy: Blizzard of Ozz 6. Mercyful Fate: Melissa 7. Accept: Balls to the wall 8. Iron Maiden: The number of the beast 9. Wihbone Ash: Argus 10. Motorhead: Ace of spades

@porkins74 5 ай бұрын

Great list. I would swap out The Scorpions for Holy Diver. Look forward to this series!

@spice_krispies 5 ай бұрын

You mean for Rainbow for Holy Diver. Scorpions are one of the forefathers....

@porkins74 5 ай бұрын

@@spice_krispies never cared for them

@damon7956 5 ай бұрын

I'll go with: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Megadeth - Rust in Peace (original mix) Metallica - Master of Puppets Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance Accept - Balls to the Wall Krokus - Headhunter Metal Church - Debut Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

great list. it might be a sophomore list, but there's no flaws to be found otherwise.

@pedrolucass.8969 5 ай бұрын

Peace sells is more effective in capturing a newbie than RIP

@Duality_of_Man 5 ай бұрын

Rust is PHENOMENAL, I also love your specification of Original Mix. I'm lucky enough to have got myself one of the Capitol Vault original mix vinyls. Thank god

@arto2533 5 ай бұрын

@@pedrolucass.8969 I'd say no to that, but that's just my experience. Holy Wars, Hangar 18 and Tornado of Souls have turned more people into Megadeth-lovers than I can count.

@damon7956 5 ай бұрын

@@Duality_of_Man Yeah the remix is just awful. I was so excited when I heard they were remixing/remastering RIP, what a disappointment. I thought one of my favorite albums would be even better. I'm glad I kept my original cd copy. Not only did they ruin the mix on the instruments, they also lost some of the vocal master tapes and Mustaine had to re-record some of the vocals and it sounds out of place with his original vocals on the album. It's just terrible that one of the greatest metal albums of all time is forever ruined, but fortunately people can always find the original mix on KZfaq. They also ruined Countdown, but I'm not sure about the others. I have all the original releases on cd and I'm just not interested in listening to the re-releases after hearing what they did to RIP and Countdown.

@Duality_of_Man 5 ай бұрын

Gonna add my choices here: Ride The Lightning - Metallica Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera Van Halen I - Van Halen (this is on the line) Metal Health - Quiet Riot Peace Sells (But Who's buying?) - Megadeth British Steel - Judas Priest Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Slipknot - Slipknot Paranoid - Black Sabbath

@martinfranco3716 5 ай бұрын

Excellent starter pack, Pete. You seem to have struck a nerve with some people that don't understand the concept that this is what you would suggest. Everyone can pick their own starter packs which is part of the fun of your shows. I personally like every pick on your list.

@mikelehmann6256 5 ай бұрын

These are Pete’s picks. What he thinks are a start off for a newbie can be way different than what my picks would be or anyone else’s picks. It’s a good starting point. So great picks Pete that was a fun premier show!👍🏻👍🏻 Cheers, Mike L 😎🇨🇦🤘🏼

@SO-ym3zs 5 ай бұрын

These lists are always interesting more for the questions they raise than the suggestions they offer. For example, why include AC/DC, which most would classify as hard rock, or at this point, classic rock? More broadly, is the goal to pick historically significant albums, albums with a critical consensus for excellence, albums that might be palatable to someone coming from a particular genre? If I were to make a list like this, not knowing a listener's tastes or musical background, I'd probably pick things from across the years that hint at the full historical and musical range of metal, so extreme metal genres would necessarily be included to give an accurate picture of what metal can do musically. And you don't want to assume that the best entry into metal is music that is relatively tame and digestible. Someone into avant garde jazz or the more experimental forms of classical music might find Ozzy or Maiden a snooze but perk up to prog metal or some really abrasive black metal.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

I completely agree with you but to be fair to Pete he does say in the video that he is just covering old school Metal ie the stuff before the subgenres emerged. I believe he said he will be doing vids for the other Metal genres though.

@SO-ym3zs 5 ай бұрын

Understood, but he contradicts himself by including Pantera. Both the style and date of that album put it outside classic "pure" heavy metal.@@neuroisis85

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

@@SO-ym3zs Oh yea, no doubt Pantera should not be in the list.

@LuisNunes-ps4sl 5 ай бұрын

@@neuroisis85 Also, if only traditional heavy metal is allowed, why not include Sabaton? A token representative of the current state of the genre.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

@@LuisNunes-ps4sl Well Sabaton is a Power Metal band, which is a subgenre. Now he could’ve picked something like Eternal Champion or Riot City, or any of the other bands being lumped together as the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal. Since those bands sole purpose is to play Metal in the 70’s/early 80’s vein before the subgenres.

@paulwills1459 3 ай бұрын

A funny story . I used to live in Dallas in the 80s and would party at a bar called Dallas city limits . I can remember Pantera playing in front of maybe 20 people. You could go and high five Phil and dimebsg . That' was during the power metal days. They were a little glammy , which was in at that time . But they kicked ass . Became a huge band you would have to wait in long lines to see . Good ole days 😁

@ilkkak3065 5 ай бұрын

My list is quite different 1. Battle Beast - Circus of Doom 2. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play 3. Helloween - Master of The Rings 4. Europe - The Final Countdown 5. Stratovarius - Visions 6. Bonjovi - Slippery When Wet 7. Scorpions - Black Out 8. Whitesnake - 1987 9. Def Leppard - Hysteria 10. Alice Cooper - Trash

@jeffreyrobinson9120 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" Deep Purple - "Machine Head" Judas Priest - "Sad Wings Of Destiny" Montrose - "Montrose" Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades" Megadeth - "Rust In Peace Overkill - "Taking Over" Rainbow - "Rising" Candlemass - "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" Scorpions - "Animal Magnetism"

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

5 same albums, and Montrose is probably a better pick than "VHI," except for maybe the name recognition. And Eddie's a "shredder," so if I didn't have a shredder on my list then I'd have to drop else someone for Yngwie. Thanx for helping me realize I made the right choices. 😬

@lacyleech7798 5 ай бұрын

Agree on Scorpions

@captainbeyond7469 5 ай бұрын

I would add King Diamond- Abigail

@seekah1 5 ай бұрын

Acquired taste though not easily accessible

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@seekah1 more accessible than "Melissa" IMO

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd., I still consider it junior level. Perhaps I could consider it sophomore because maybe King Diamond's vocals would be appropriate by this stage. THat would actually be a very cool series in itself.

@billyhodges7194 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Dio - Holy Diver Judas Priest - British Steel Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales Def Leppard - Pyromania Accept - Balls To The Wall Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Van Halen - Van Halen Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind Metallica - Master of Puppets

@michaelsmyth3935 5 ай бұрын

Nice list. Sin After Sin would be my choice. Bought it at 13, heard Diamonds on Detroit radio. About a year after release.

@CreamySpoon 5 ай бұрын

Great episode. In a similar vein, I always hoped you do a "Top 5 (or 10) songs to introduce someone to Heavy Metal" in roundtable format. Again, not necessarily a group's best song, but more of what defines HM.

@davidholmes6119 5 ай бұрын

My choices would be (limited to one per artist) - Blackwater Park by Opeth Dopesmoker by Sleep Hellbilly Deluxe by Rob Zombie Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II by Helloween Killers by Iron Maiden King of the Dead by Cirith Ungol Overkill by Motörhead Paranoid by Black Sabbath To Mega Therion by Celtic Frost Visions by Stratovarius

@seaoftranquilityprog 5 ай бұрын

For the first 10 albums that someone who has never listened to heavy metal before????

@davidholmes6119 5 ай бұрын

@seaoftranquilityprog I may have let a bit of favoritism seep in, but I do feel this list decently encapsulates different flavors of metal, both instantly accessible and more adventurous. I'm sticking to it! lol

@user-wh9wo5tz3l 5 ай бұрын

@@seaoftranquilityprog I don't think he wants the person to like heavy metal, with that list.

@davidholmes6119 5 ай бұрын

@user-wh9wo5tz3l Tough crowd! lol Here's an alternate list, maybe more apt - Balls to the Wall by Accept Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne British Steel by Judas Priest Dressed to Kill by Kiss Empire by Queensrÿche From Mars to Sirius by Gojira Holy Diver by Dio Machine Head by Deep Purple Metallica (The Black Album) by Metallica Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

@user-wh9wo5tz3l 5 ай бұрын

@@davidholmes6119 Yeah, it's like you don't go straight to heroin right out of the gate 😆

@reactionsaccount3955 5 ай бұрын

Great list, but as much as I love AC/DC, they are NOT heavy metal, they are hard rock. The lack of agression, the averag distortion, the lightness of the lyrics, the lack of complexity in the composition, the bluesy solos, the lack of shredding, etc. none of it screams metal to me.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@reactionsaccount3955 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd.I don't care what he wrote, to me this is not metal, it is way to bluesy, the guitars don't chug like in metal, the lyrics are too light, etc., it just doesn't fit. Of course this being music/art, everyone is entitled to their opinion/taste, but for me AC/DC has always been hard rock even at their heaviest, I have never listened to them or even having seen them live in their prime and thought that they were metal for a second.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@reactionsaccount3955 and the yr. you were born?

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@reactionsaccount3955 "...to me..." being the significant signifier

@reactionsaccount3955 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. My original post ends with "to me", so not sure why this was not clear.

@sabbster1157 5 ай бұрын

Great Great Idea Pete. Love it. Your list is perfect.

@Thomas828 5 ай бұрын

My 10 albums Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath Deep Purple- Machine Head Uriah Heep- Live UFO- A Double Live Album Motorhead- No Sleep Till Hammersmith Saxon- Wheels of Steel Metallica- Kill 'Em All Ratt- Out Of The Cellar Slayer- Hell Awaits Pantera- Cowboys from Hell Extreme- Pornografitti

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Judas Priest - Stained Class Angel Witch - Angel Witch Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations Iron Maiden - Killers Venom - Welcome to Hell Manilla Road - Crystal Logic Manowar - Into Glory Ride Mercyful Fate - Melissa Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead No Motorhead, Rainbow, AC/DC or Scorpions here, cause that stuff is not Metal.

@fuhrersavior9575 5 ай бұрын

FUCK YEAH!!!! Cirith Ungol is solid gold!!!

@fuhrersavior9575 5 ай бұрын

Venom is awesome but maybe too heavy at first bite. Maybe Accept in place of them.

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

@@fuhrersavior9575 True but I see Venom as extreme as Trad Metal can go before becoming something else, so they’re kind of like the test to see if someone can handle the more extreme side of Thrash, Black or Death. So I put them there for that purpose.

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

Props for Angelwitch love it

@garyjoyce2160 5 ай бұрын

Pete/. I absolutely agree with your selections. I get it ( starter kit- not necessarily the best). But, being a loyal fan - I can already see the. “ HOW dare YOU vibe Pete ? lol. Thx again for Your time 👍💯

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

how dare you gary!

@garyjoyce2160 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. /. Lmao. Get that haircut” clean yourself up. The. Donald. lol. Enjoy night 👍💯

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@garyjoyce2160 FEAR THE MULLET!

@garyjoyce2160 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. /. Absolutely love it. 👍💯

@kingmrfone5604 5 ай бұрын

1. Black Sabbath / Black Sabbath 2. Deep Purple / Machine Head 3. Motorhead / Ace of Spades 4. Saxon / Denim and Leather 5. Metallica / Ride the Lightning 6. Judas Priest / Sad Wings of Destiny 7. Iron Maiden / The Number of the Beast 8.Ozzy Osbourne / Diary of a Madman 9. Budgie / Never Turn Your Back On a Friend 10. Blue Cheer / Vincebus Eruptum.

@LyricSlinger-songwolfe 4 ай бұрын

Great list! Totally understand the big focus on the 70s and early 80s. One from the late 80s I'd add is W.A.S.P. with The Headless Children, from 1989

@chuchoggaming2132 5 ай бұрын

Cool, I have the number of the beast on cassette

@davek6949 5 ай бұрын

I would go with the following: 01 - "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath 02 - "Sad Wings of Destiny" by Judas Priest 03 - "Ace of Spades" by Motorhead 04 - "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden 05 - "Kill 'Em All" by Metallica 06 - "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue 07 - "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?" by Megadeth 08 - "Hall of the Mountain King" by Savatage 09 - "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensryche 10 - "Cowboys From Hell" by Pantera

@samuraix73 5 ай бұрын

Great list Pete, however I would have swapped out Pantera and AC/DC for Holy Diver by Dio and Denim and Leather by Saxon.

@TheMillieBurton 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - We Sold our Souls (cheating I know but I couldn't choose) Iron Maiden - Killers AC/DC - Highway to Hell Metallica - Master of Puppets Dio - The Last in Line Ozzy Osborne - Diary of a Madman Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Accept - Restless & Wild Angel Witch - S/T Motorhead - Overkill

@dammitbobby3937 5 ай бұрын

1. Judas Priest - Hellbent For Leather. 2. Black Sabbath - Sabotage. 3. Iron Madien - Iron Maiden. 4. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King. 5. Metallica - Master Of Puppets. 6. Megadeth - Rust In Peace. 7. Slayer - South Of Heaven. 8. Sorpions - Blackout. 9. Dio - Holy Diver. 10. Ozzy - Diary Of A Madman.

@keyguy4752 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath - Paranoid AC/DC - Back in Black Queensryche - The Warning Iron Maiden - Killers Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Dio- Holy Diver Whitesnake - Self Titled Fates Warning- Parallels Def Leppard - High N Dry Dokken - Tooth and Nail

@iankeogh2344 5 ай бұрын

Always give a thumbs up to the mighty Fates Warning 😀

@Paolo8772 5 ай бұрын

I'd make a few changes, but the most important would be to suggest Metallica Master Of Puppets over Pantera Cowboys from Hell, since the latter came 1st and influenced the former.

@jamesegearns 5 ай бұрын

My 10 - in no order. Paranoid - Black Sabbath Rainbow Rising - Rainbow Ace of Spades - Motorhead British Steel - Judas Priest Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne Master of Puppets - Metallica Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer Rust In Peace - Megadeth Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

@ivostoyanov4850 5 ай бұрын

Great idea Pete , im big rock metal, prog rock fen for 40 years and more so always good remembering the begining, the classic stuff

@gbottesini 5 ай бұрын

I never understood why so many people call AC DC (and Guns N Roses) metal. They're hard rock. Also would never recommend Mercyful Fate or Pantera to thr uninitiated. Metallica black album should be in the list.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

Because AC/DC and GNR were considered metal. We can't change the definition for people born too late.

@gbottesini 5 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. Well, then Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple can't be left out of the party.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@gbottesini i didn't leave them out of my party

@gbottesini 5 ай бұрын

Pete did

@lizardpeople259 5 ай бұрын

Problem with Metallica is most would probably go with Master of Puppets. I prefer Ride the Lightning myself.

@hughjass7025 5 ай бұрын

Not sure AC/DC is a fit for this category.

@DrFroyd123 5 ай бұрын

There is a difference in what is considered heavy metal today than forty years ago

@hughjass7025 5 ай бұрын

I am 55 years old and never thought of them as heavy metal

@madguitar1086 5 ай бұрын

And you would be correct. AC/DC is most certainly not heavy metal.

@brennonwolfe4060 5 ай бұрын

Sounds good I'm going to stay tuned with this new idea 😊

@carlpeterson8182 5 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath- Paranoia Rainbow- Rainbow Rising Judas Priest- British Steel Iron Maiden- Powerslave (It is just so much better than Number of the Beast). Mettalica- And Justice for All or Master of Puppets Megadeath- Rust in Peace Ozzy- Blizzard of Ozz- (not sure where else to put this one. It was metal back in the day). Slayer- Reign in Blood Motörhead - Ace of Spades

@sandorfintor 5 ай бұрын

Great no-brainer list, but AC/DC is just NOT metal.

@seaoftranquilityprog 5 ай бұрын

These are gateway albums for someone who has never listened to metal before. Back in Black was certainly called a metal album back in the day, and it's a must-have for anyone looking to explore the genre.

@paulhilz7044 5 ай бұрын

AC/DC was/is not metal, BUT their influence and impact on developing the genre is important.

@metalmykof-hs2sn 5 ай бұрын

I can't argue with these choices. I would still say AC/DC was a hard rock band and not metal.

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

Agree

@blahblahblah6668 5 ай бұрын

Agree

@Deborahtunes 5 ай бұрын

I agree. But I suppose some people like to entwine the two...

@realfloridaredneck1988 5 ай бұрын

I've never 100% agreed with any list that I didn't make, now I have. When you pulled out Melissa, my response was "hell yeah!" The last one surprised me though, for beginners to metal? Fricken right though!

@MrDantres 5 ай бұрын

Great to see Mercyful Fate getting some love!

@realfloridaredneck1988 5 ай бұрын

Hell yeah it is.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

Led Zeppelin (1969) Black Sabbath - Paranoid Deep Purple - Machine Head Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Rainbow - Rising Van Halen (1978) AC/DC - Back in Black Motorhead - Ace of Spades Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Metallica - Ride the Lightning

@tomp4053 5 ай бұрын

All great picks. You can't go wrong with anything in this entire thread.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

Yes, and I did try to stick to pete's format of "newbie albums". these aren't "my" top ten metal albums, or even necessarily my favorite albums by these bands. i also limited myself to one album per band/singer, which is why there's no "Diary of a Madman" or "Holy Diver" or Samson...(kidding). I dropped Yngwie's "Marching Out" and GNR's "Appetite..." when I realized I had too many.@@tomp4053

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@Starman2112ofKings probably. i think pete's trying to be less controversial these days, as to appease the whiners, but what he doesn't realize is that the whiners will always find something to whine about. he should know, he lives in NY. 😆

@user-xp2iz3so1z 5 ай бұрын

Not one person here has ever listened to Sad Wings of Destiny front to back.

@blayne2070 5 ай бұрын

Surprised Master of Puppets didn't make the list.

@sabbster1157 5 ай бұрын

Cause it's not as good as the rest

@blayne2070 5 ай бұрын

Perhaps, but it’s the typical starting point.

@independenceltd. 5 ай бұрын

@@blayne2070 not for people born in the 60s and 70s

@robmlisanti 5 ай бұрын

thrash

@neuroisis85 5 ай бұрын

It's not on here because he's covering old school Heavy Metal before subgenres like Thrash came around. Last time I checked Master of Puppets is a Thrash album.

@d.g.2142 4 ай бұрын

Thank you that much for including Mercyful Fate (and King Diamond) into your list. Both are so talented. I would appreciate to see them more often on a top 10 video.

@llcruize 5 ай бұрын

Great picks. Of those, Back in Black was my intro all the way back in 1980……..it was ON after that with my love of metal.

@Oldy-dingo 5 ай бұрын

Sorry, but Deep Purple fits in this list way more than AC/DC. AC/DC are full on hard rock.

@VampireJack10 5 ай бұрын

PURPLE may be coming up in hard rock, with CREAM and ZEPPELIN.

@Oldy-dingo 5 ай бұрын

@VampireJack10 Yes, I know, he said that in the video. But my point was that he thought DP best fit in the hard rock edition, but named AC/DC in this video. DP are way more metal than AC/DC. I still wouldn't put either on this list.

@georgea6733 5 ай бұрын

Agree, ACDC should be in Pete's Hard Rock list IMO

@Oldy-dingo 5 ай бұрын

@georgea6733 Yeah, there's so many other options here. Pantera seems so out of place too. Until that popped up at the end, I thought it was about traditional HM. He could've had Dio, Angel Witch, Saxon, King Diamond, Saxon, Satan, WASP, Metal Church, Diamond Head, Witchfinder General, Grim Reaper, Raven etc. It's a great list, but I don't think Pantera and AC/DC fit the idea of this list.

@seekah1 5 ай бұрын

It's only an introduction to popular classic albums in trad metal, not difficult. A few odd choices but he pretty much nailed it. I wouldn't include anything with King because he is an acquired taste and Pantera are too extreme for this genre. 80s AC/DC don't belong with Led Zep and Purple, totally different genre.