Music that Imprinted on you as a Child

[sahgwa]

I went full metal in college (early 2000s) and Black Sabbath was a mainstay. Had the Hot Topic poster of them in giant crosses on my wall. I actually turned on Led Zeppelin after i read that they used to make fun of Black Sabbath for being terrible. They shared the same rehersal building in Birmingham. 

That lead to Pantera, Anthrax, Iron Maiden, and even some Nu Metal, like Slipknot and Inbubus. And then I went through an Avengened Sevenfold phase which led to metal core and more technical prog musicians.

An uncle (sterotype aside), heard me listening to them, heard "the rev" and told me to check out Rush. Liked their popular "radio" songs (Like Subdivisions) and admire their unmatched skill, but I still get bored listening to prog rock at length, I'm truly sorry. Like Tool's later music. "Yes, you are the masters of unnecessary time signature changes, but this new song is boring as shit." 

Then I learned Angela Gossow existed. This song changed my music tastes towards today's version. 



Like almost everything but metal is my favorite. And since 2011(ish) its gone to Europe where all the best metal singers and music festivals in the world are.

If you are plugged into the European metal scene surely you like some of these masters?
Meshuggah
Epica
Triptykon
Peste Noire
Cult of Luna
? :)