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What are some hugely important music albums? (sh.itjust.works)
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By "important" I mean that it didn't just become hugely popular, but it also changed a music genre or launched an entirely new one, or otherwise made a huge impact on music in general.

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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing - Meshuggah

It wasn't their first album by any means, but I think it was the most influential on metal music, it kind of spawned its own sub-genre (djent-core?). On this album they really honed in on the sound they made steps toward with Chaosphere, and it influenced the sound of metal moving forward into the late 00s and 2010s.

I haven't really been into metal as much as I was back when this came out, but it was really interesting to see this swedish metal band I randomly heard about in an AOL chatroom take off and become hugely popular and influential.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    I'd argue that you got the band and the reason right, but with the wrong album. Chaosphere. Not as djenty as their later albums, but the seeds and saplings are clearly there.

    Plus every metal drummer I knew back then tried to learn New Millennium Cyanide Christ.

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