"The best" is actually quite misleading, because it obviously has to be the one with the biggest influence, in that case I would definitely go with Black Sabbath's first (Black Sabbath) because it's their first and I see it as their most influential one (even if it's usually overshadowed by Paranoid...) My favorite album by Black Sabbath would probably be Master of Reality, but "Your favorite metal album" would be a more suitable title (Unless the point of the thread is to find the actual most influential albums.)

If the thread were about the most influential metal album ever made only a few metal bands would be mentioned. Since nearly all roads lead from Black Sabbath and then add on Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Slayer and Celtic Frost and a few others, those bands are pretty much going to wrap up a most influential metal band/album thread.

That was pretty much my point.
Anyway, to contribute the thread further, one of my long time favorites would be Intronaut - Prehistoricisms, a pretty important album for the evolution of my taste in metal and music overall.

Hey that bands on my listening list, so can`t comment on them at the moment but see that a large diversity of music is incorporated into their sound.

That's what I could say as well, back when I learned about Intronaut I was listening to a lot of stuff like Lamb of God, Pantera, Sepultura, etc. I don't really listen to a lot of same bands as I did before (since I started to want to explore metal more and more after listening to them) Sure I still listen to Sepultura (one of my favorite bands overall) but Lamb of God, Pantera etc. doesn't really wake up that much pleasure in me. (Even though I highly enjoy The Great Southern Trendkill by Pantera) Anyway, I highly recommend listening to Intronaut.

Sepultura, Pantera and Lamb of God are three of my all-time fav metal bands as well.:D I was listening to Pantera`s Far Beyond Driven last night again and still love that album as much as the first time I ever heard it.

As for modern metal acts being highly influential, only time will tell (say in another ten years time) on just how influential metal bands with their greater diversity from the 00`s actually are.

i find Intronaut rather boring, personally

too much polish

It's funny how people are saying that all modern metal is garbage.
Anyway, it's quite scary that in ten years I'll have even less time in my hands than now, yet I'll probably have even more of music to explore. :/

:rofl:


I've been listening to Metal for quite sometime now and it started with Pentagram, Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Black Sabbath. And of course, it only expanded from there. But I recommend the Pentagram Debut to anyone. It's a great proto-doom album. It took what Sabbath had started and took it to another level.

As much as I appreciate Pentagram, I think that Trouble is the band that started from where Sabbath with Ozzy left. :)