Years ago I had an iTunes account and what I really enjoyed about that was their recommended music. You could type in bands that you liked or albums that you liked and you could see albums/bands that were recommended based off of that. At this point I don't recall what albums I had been searching, but somehow I came across a band that I'd never heard of called SLEEP. I saw that name and immediately new that I had to give this band a listen. The album was Dopesmoker and I was blown away. That was the moment that I knew that I had to further investigate the heavy metal underground.
Just for clarification. It's not like I'd never heard a heavy metal song before. I grew up in the 80's and as anyone who grew up in that time knows you couldn't escape hearing heavy metal on some level. At the same time, I did not grow up in a heavy metal household. I'd heard songs by Judas Priest and some Iron Maiden, but it wasn't enough to compel me to listen further. One of the first heavy metal albums I listened to was Master of Puppets (this was around 87) and although I loved it. I still didn't journey down the rabbit hole at the time. People are always blown away whenever I tell them that the only Black Sabbath album I've listened to is Heaven and Hell and that was only in the past year. I've heard many, many songs by Black Sabbath (Ozzy years) and I enjoy them. I just haven't gone out of my way to listen to complete albums. I surprised myself at how much I enjoyed Heaven and Hell.
