I love prog. It's just not my favorite genre. I consider myself a proghead because it's my favorite rock sub-genre, and I'm a fanatic of KC, Porcupine Tree, and Yes.

I like Guns N Roses and no, they were not hair metal or glam metal at all, and yes they were slightly original back then. They were a good band

Metallica. Who else?

Metallica. A friend burned me Master of Puppets years ago and I found it pretty boring at the time. It took me about 3 years to actually appreciate it, I think.

I think i was indoctrinated form a young age with ZZ top and Metallica, as well as Gary Moore's metal works!

ummmm geee... i thinki was like only 3 or 4 if not younger.... but i am assuming it was probably metalica or maybe nine inch nails...... i am not sure.......(not saying that they sound the same but i can't remember which one it was.)

The summer before second grade in 91, my babysitter showed me metallica, later on my dad took me to the mall and i bought Ride The Lightning, Lifes been ****ING great ever since!

Ozzy or Metallica, from my childhood (90s)

thats tuff i was into industrial metal when i was like 7....hahahaha......id have to say ministry

hmmm Rob Zombie, if they fit under metal? I'd say more rock but anyhoo, Sepultura was probably the first big metal band I heard.

The closest thing to metal/rock I first heard when I was a child was Rob Zombie's song, "Dragula", off the Matrix soundtrack. It blew me away. I don't listen to Rob Zombie anymore though.

megadeath

Iron Maiden in the 7th grade.

Had to hide a copy of Appetite for Destruction from my mom when I was like nine.

Metallica

i think it's nirvana..i was 10 years old back then..

lol...kataklysm


lol fail

Maybe Sabbath. Kiss in the late 70's? Or WASP and Motley Crue in '83. The mid '80's was when, in my opinion, "metal" first started. Metallica, Judas Priest, Slayer, Megadeth and Iron Maiden brought heavy metal to life.

black sabbath

What does "Metal" mean?

The first metal band I've ever listened to was Moistboyz. My dad showed it to me when i was about 5.

First "metal" band was likely Sabbath in the late seventies... but I would say first band in the 80's era that ushered in the real big metal movement that I heard was Metallica when I got a copy of "No Life Till Leather" demo.

For me it was Fear Factory, because of the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack.

I was brought up in country.

So the first metal I listened to on my own accord was probably KoRn/Slipknot/Manson/Rammstien because they were "big" metal when I started looking for my own music.

metallica's ...and justice for all. great album.

Ac/dc

Ozzy(if you consider him so)

My dad used to play him on the way to school even when I was in like, kindergarten.

Metallica, 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', Woodstock 94. Single handidly made me interested in music.

Iron Maiden when I was 13. I was clueless. My gran bought me a cd player and i was like , okay I need to buy some cd's. I got Oasis and all that crap and then one day I saw the maiden best of the beast record. The artwork was class. So I took a chance and I loved it. Fear of the dark rules. I bought loads of their stuff after that , then Metallica Machine etc. A metal head was born

Pretty sure it was Metallica for me.

Sabbath lol...

Seems to be everyones first metal band.

I bought The Number of the Beast from Iron Maiden when I was around 13. The cover scared the crap out of me, in fact it still does. However I have grown to embrace the Beast rather than fight against it

:yikes:

EVAD

All That Remains.

as i lay dyingg

AC/DC - not such a big fan nowadays.

Black Sabbath, or it might have been Metallica, who cares.

Ufo.
Michael Schenker is one of the best guitarist imo.

Yep. Sabbath here. Pop's showed me the light at 6 or 7yrs old

Disturbed was the band that got me into metal, even though none of you will think they are the ideal metal band.

My first taste of extreme metal, I guess, would be Dimmu Borgir.

oh man, the first metal band i ever listened to was, uh, i think lamb of god.
that or olllddd cradle of filth, i cant remember what came first
its like the chicken or the egg, you know. its hard to decide