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Re: Get me into this!!! no worries mate, I know a few good bands Angel Witch - NWOBHM much like Iron Maiden but heavier, their latest offering As Above, So Below is probably the easiest to find their first three albums are extremely obscure Pentagram - heavy/doom band that started shortly after Black Sabbath but never really made it big Motorhead - quintessential metal band, Lemmy has written some of the finest lyrics in metal Deep Purple - without Ian Gillian's vocal style, Jon Lord's mental keyboard playing and Richie Blackmore's guitar work the NWOBHM and power metal would not have been born, it's that simple Rainbow - Richie Blackmoreplus Ronnie James Dio, no more needs to be said Saxon - NWOBHM much like Iron Maiden UFO - more hard rock then metal but Michael Schenker is absolutely brilliant

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Re: Get me into this!!! Old school metal staples not already mentioned (sticking to the 80's stuff would be a good place to start, though that's not to say that some of these bands haven't released good stuff since): Raven Jag Panzer Satan Blitzkrieg Savatage Helstar Riot Savage Running Wild Grave Digger Accept King Diamond

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I saw those guys open for DRI, and while they weren't as bad as the totally obnoxious and laughable Gama Bomb, they were nothing special. Most retro thrashers are worshiping Exodus, DRI, or Kreator, and those guys are one of the few worshiping Metallica, so I guess that's something that they're doing a bit differently, but they still just sound like a pale shadow of the real deal to me.

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Scorpions 1972-1984 is highly recommended for anyone.
Hey KreNakoorie, as you seem to be German and a fan of the Scorpions you might know if they ever put out an album in German. So I ask you, did they ever? If so what was it called. I'm a life long minor fan, since my first junior high school dance around '82, and I really liked Unbreakable by the way.
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I'm sorry BAN' date=' but could you explain term "AOR territory"? I don't know what that means.[/quote'] AOR is an acronym for Adult Oriented Rock, which is a pretty stupid label. It's identifying characteristics are shorter, poppy song structures, synthesizers, big choruses, basically that whole Styx/Journey/Foreigner sound. I know most wouldn't put them in that category, but that's what songs like Big City Nights, No One Like You, and their other 80's stuff sounds like to me.
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Scorpions sadly fell into the trap which claimed so many of the seventies rock/metal bands namely striving for a broader audience and greater commercial success. This shows in the quality and overall feel of their eighties albums much as it did with Judas Priest. Ultimately Scorpions were at their best in the seventies and had done about all they could with that sound by the start of the eighties.

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Scorpions sadly fell into the trap which claimed so many of the seventies rock/metal bands namely striving for a broader audience and greater commercial success. This shows in the quality and overall feel of their eighties albums much as it did with Judas Priest. Ultimately Scorpions were at their best in the seventies and had done about all they could with that sound by the start of the eighties.
Good comparison, both reached career heights in terms of songwriting and creativity in the 70's, only to pander and dumb down their sound for a wider audience in the 80's. Those glorious late 70's albums from both stand as some of the finest metal albums ever recorded though.
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On 10/3/2012 at 2:09 AM, LiakosVikernes666 said:

I've been listening to Metal 7 years, now I'm 19 years old and yet, I feel like I do not know enough of Heavy Metal. Can you tell me a few good bands I could start listening to? I already know Dio, Black Sabbath, Ozzy(solo), Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Led Zeppelin(partly Heavy).

Since you like Black Sabbath, you should check out Electric Wizard. They are a stoner metal band that sounds a bit like Sabbath. You should check out the Legalise Drugs and Murder EP and Dopethrone when you get a chance. 

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2 hours ago, MetalheadFromBama said:

Since you like Black Sabbath, you should check out Electric Wizard. They are a stoner metal band that sounds a bit like Sabbath. You should check out the Legalise Drugs and Murder EP and Dopethrone when you get a chance. 

And also Sleep, since they are heavily inspired by Black Sabbath. Try out the album Sleep's Holy Mountain and (Dopesmoker, if you got both the patience and time.(It's about 1 hour long))

If you feel like those stoner doom bands might be a bit too heavy at the start, then try out Kyuss and they might warm you up a little with that desert feeling. The album Blues For The Red Sun is pretty great to start with.

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