HEVYDEVY FORUMS

So, I thought a few nerdy music discussion topics might be in order for today....
What are your 10 favourite debut albums of all time?

1. Ocean Machine: It's perfection in less than 80 minutes.

The rest are in no particular order:

King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King: Arguably the first ever prog-rock album.
Steeleye Span- Hark! The Village Waits: Was raised on this record.
Suffocation- Effigy of the Forgotten: A monumental death metal album, and the still the best Suffo has put out.
Cynic- Focus: I haven't listened to this as much as I should have, but damn, it rawks.
SYL- HAARHT: Influential beyond belief. It doesn't get the credit it deserves.
Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness: Same as Suffo, Morbid never topped this.
Children of Bodom- Something Wild: The only Bodom album I can really stand now.
Pink Floyd- Piper At the Gates of Dawn
Fear Factory- SOANM

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Big Black - Atomizer
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
The Strokes - Is This It?
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
The Smiths - The Smiths

In no particular order:

Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath (gawd, the influence this album had/has?)
Baroness- Red Album (too damn good. Really. Like it shouldn't exist good)
Mumford and Sons- Sigh No More (seriously if you haven't heard them go. Now.)
Russian Circles- Enter (if this album would have been Death Rides a Horse alone it would have made this list)
Rosetta- The Gallilean Satellites (I heart this band so much)
Devin Townsend- Ocean Machine (no other album ever has become so exponentially better every single time I listen to it)
Isis- Celestial (this album... Damn this album...)
Fang Island- Fang Island (just a fun album)
Shrinebuilder- Shrinebuilder (I dunno why this album didn't get more praise I loved it.
Red Sparowes- At the Soundless Dawn (pretty good showcase of what the band has proven to be capable of)

In no particular order... or maybe alphabetical:
Devin Townsend: Ocean Machine
E.S. Posthumus: Unearthed
Eluveitie: Spirit
Evanescence: Fallen
Loreena McKennitt: Elemental
Nightwish: Angels Fall First
Pain of Salvation: Entropia
Strapping Young Lad: Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

If I didn't ignore already-known musicians with new bands I would include these:
Agua de Annique: Air
Guilt Machine: On This Perfect Day
ReVamp: ReVamp
Star One: Space Metal
...and a couple more

This is fun!

Dev - Ocean Machine (a true masterpiece)
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Daft Punk - Homework
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
Joy Divison - Unknown Pleasures
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
GnR - Appetite for Destruction

Also, cos 10 is 2 hard...

RATM - RATM
Living Colour - Vivid

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Pearl Jam - Ten
Reuben - Racecar Is Racecar Backwards
Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
Boston - Boston
Swervedriver - Raise
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
He Is Legend - I Am Hollywood
Cloudkicker - The Discovery
Beloved - Failure On

swervedriver wrote:Boston - Boston

Oh yes indeed. Brad Delp made it very tough to sing along.

Sweet album cover also.

Ok, here we go:

Devin Townsend Band - "Synchestra"
Strapping Young Lad - "Alien"
Metallica - "Ride The Lightning"
Dream Theater - "Octavarium"
Meshuggah - "Catch 33"
Gojira - "From Mars To Sirius"
Mastodon - "Crack the Skye"
Opeth - "Orchid"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"
Tool - "AEnima"

^ Those aren't debut albums, are they?

Uh... Woops! Somehow I did not see the debut part in the title, hmm. I will fix this very soon .

Too lazy to make a list but VAST's Visual Audio Sensory Theater was extremely full of awesome.

swervedriver wrote:Cloudkicker - The Discovery

Cloudkicker is so fucking awesome.

mrbean667 wrote:
King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King: Arguably the first ever prog-rock album.

LOLWUT. That'd be an interesting argument

The Clash: The Clash
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced?
Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
Neutron 9000: The Greenhouse Effect
The Ramones: Ramones
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Napalm Death: Scum
Air: Moon Safari
Metallica: Kill 'em All.