Powerslave also has two of the biggest Maiden anthems on it. The cover, even by Maiden standards was, and still is, pretty epic. Powerslave stood out for me and I played it excessively, especially the epic 15 minute ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and the LP title track. I shortly after then bought Number of the Beast and Powerslave on the same day with my paper-round money from Cruisin Records in Welling, South East London. I was 13 in 2002 around the time Maiden released Rock in Rio, shoutout to my nan for buying a triple LP of this for me at Xmas, and this was also the first ever vinyl record I ever owned. Anyway, the album that really got me into metal, and really made me want to play bass guitar was Powerslave by Iron Maiden. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone looking to have some fun when first picking up the sticks and attempting some extreme metal.Īt the tender age of 10, in 2000, I became aware of metal with the millennial nu-metal classics Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water and Hybrid Theory, which both were both huge albums at the time, and I loved them, but more so the Bizkit.
Unlike other Metallica albums it features many odd time signatures and advanced fills. The album inspired me to pick up some double pedals and delve into the fast and technical drumming of Lars Ulrich, I still enjoy playing along to Blackened to this day as a drum warm up. Not only did the album resonate with me as a music fan but also as a young drummer. James Hetfield’s extremely conscientious and gloomy vocals stand out on this track and was an eye opening listening experience as a young teen. The album is very dark thematically and can be best summarised musically in the critically acclaimed song ‘One’, which features odd time signatures, fast riffs, shredding solos and pummelling double kick drumming. …And Justice For All is a progressive, lengthy and ambitious step, sandwiched between two of the bands most acclaimed and talked about albums, it sometimes gets lost in the band’s rich and lengthy catalog.
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After scraping the surface of heavy music with my old man’s favourites like Zeppelin and Floyd, it was my first true solo dive into a full metal project that I can remember, I was around 14 at the time. My first true metal experience I can remember that opened my mind to the genre was Metallica’s fourth album, …And Justice For All. I think there are a lot of elements I picked up starting here with my guitar and musical journey that still show themselves in our music, with some of the quieter interludes and more post-metal sections of our songs being rooted in this starting point, as well as a shared love of the band with Josh leading to us trying to capture something akin to the journey a Deafheaven song would take you on with the closing track of our album, ‘Collective Unconscious’. I had an acoustic guitar for years prior to this point and had never really gotten on with it but after hearing this album I was enthusiastic to pick up an electric guitar and give that a try, with ‘Dream House’ being the first song I ever learned on guitar all the way through. The low level of the vocals also helped to acclimatise me to the idea of harsh vox in general.Īcting as a foundation for my musical journey into more extreme genres, Sunbather also was a pillar in inspiring my guitar playing.
I came in from a background of being more into shoegaze and post-rock and the interludes and progressions featured on this album really hooked me in instantly. My entry into heavy music was more unconventional than most, having not really grown up listening to the genre, my first exposure to anything that could really be considered metal was Deafheaven’s sophomore full length, Sunbather.
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