honestly, I found your channel totally by accident. I had always "kinda liked metal" but had no idea that things like Cirith Ungol or Manilla Road existed. i keep discovering more and more and it's thanks almost entirely to you sharing your collection on your channel. Keep the videos coming!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I'm glad the channel's helped you find more cool metal that you enjoy.

Very cool to hear your metal journey! We are about the same age and there are a lot of parallels. I remember your first appearance on the pandemic streams. It feels like yesterday but also 20 years ago, haha. Here's to 200 more, cheers Alan!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

thanks Scott! it does seem like 2020 was a lifetime ago doesn't it? :(

Great Topic and detailed timeline showing your music journey. Bought my first metal album in 83 Maiden PoM, slacked off during mid 90's- Early 2000 due to raising kids , Enjoyed Alan Take Care

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Overkill! The mid-90s weren't a bad time to take a break from metal IMO LOL

I don't like to save It's more fun to spend If you like metal You're my friend

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

That sounds suspiciously like a Manowar anthem!

Really cool video, interesting to hear how people got into collecting. I was lucky, my jr. high English teacher was in a death metal band. We'd listen to metal at lunch, he'd lend us CDs- Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, ha! I designed his logo. I also listened to KDVS- UCDavis college radio- found a ton of underground metal and industrial (used to tape shows, then write down band names). Before I got a job, I'd save lunch money, plus allowance, to buy one CD a week. This was mid 90s, graduated high school in 97.

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I don't think I ever had a teacher who was into music much less into metal

Congrats on show 200 Alan , cool to hear about your collecting journey

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Great video, it rang so many bells. Surprised when you pulled that Pyogenesis album out.

@letstalkmetal

Ай бұрын

Thanks! That Pyogenesis got SO many spins back in the mid 90s. They never got much press TMK but everyone I played it for mack then loved it.

@richardcrook2112

Ай бұрын

@@letstalkmetal They had a big feature in Terroriser magazine (UK) when it came out, that's what made me buy it.

@letstalkmetal

Ай бұрын

@@richardcrook2112 Cool! I heard them on a compilation, maybe Death is Just the Beginning 3. Think they also got a little play on the local college radio meta show when Waves of Erotasia came out.

This was a great topic for Episode 200. Very interesting to hear your recollections of your metal journey. The condensed version of mine would read: Prog >> Led/Purple/Sabbath >> NWOBHM>> Thrash >> Total Rejection of Black & Death Metal >> 20 year hiatus into Americana/Old School Country/Classical/Jazz >> NWOBHM Deep Dive/Doom >> The End (for now)

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

That's quite the swerve in the middle there Frank!

@Frank_nwobhm

2 ай бұрын

@@letstalkmetal That's what Death & Black Metal will do to a guy!!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

@@Frank_nwobhm How's that old saying go, once you go Bach you never go black?

@Frank_nwobhm

2 ай бұрын

@@letstalkmetal Nice!!! J.S. Bach is my favorite by far.

Great to hear your metal history. In 20 years, someone doing a similar review will say ‘I got into metal from watching a yt channel called Let’s Talk Metal ‘ !

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

LOL I pity that poor person- they'll think everyone collects singles from bands that no one else has ever heard of while forgetting to check out Kreator!

Great history lesson Alan. Really enjoyed this video. I would like to see more people make these ones.

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike, cheers!

Happy 35th Alan! Great great video, it reminded me a lot of my own history with the music and collecting stuff. Compilations, older friends, radio shows being taped... I started February 21st 1986, my 11th birthday. You´ll never forget your first, huh? Maiden´s debut was my "Metal defloration", hahaha... Now that we know each other´s story we can hang it up and start "more serious" hobbies, hahaha... well, maybe not!!! ...ask the seniors of the community...

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

But Jurgen I don't want to collect stamps! LOL I'll reply to your Pyo email when I get a chance; got grading to do tonight :(

Awesome History lesson Professor! It's cool to hear about your early collecting experiences.🤘🤘

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Glen, glad you enjoyed it :)

Hey Alan. I think the metalheads in the community really enjoy this type of content and wish more people did it more frequently. Not always hinging your videos on a specific sub-genre or year and spending more time on the person’s history with the music. I also have a gap in my metal history. Mine would be 98’-2008 and that probably shines through with our metallurgy topics and conversations. As always - great video and congrats on 200 episodes.

Nice story Alan myself I got into heavy metal in 1993 and it probably stayed a constant in my life for nearly 20 years had a period from about 2015 to 2019 where I got married bought a house etc sold more albums than I bought but again it was lockdown that got me back into collecting I started watching youtube discovered more bands and now I can indulge in a little used cd buying every couple of weeks and I thank you and marty for some of that!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Robert! Sounds like you and I have been on a similar trajectory these past 10 years or so.

Thats hilarious that you actually recognized Marty. I think you might be the only person I've heard who got into the KZread game via that particular route! Thanks for the kind words!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

It was a strange, serendipitous event to have his video pop up in my YT feed for no reason. Looking forward to getting my Interceptor 7", very cool sound they have! Thanks for pointing that one out to folks!

Awesome and interesting history. I enjoyed that. All of us obsessive metal collectors are truly sick little monkeys 🐒 BTW- Do you have a p.o box i could send my band Post Mortem Superstar (Which Witch Wroughts) ep for a review?

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony. Such sick little monkeys!

Never left metal (61)

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

\m/ I've had other hobbies, interests, etc come and go but Metal's been the one constant

When did you first encounter chainsaw?

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

the band or the Texas massacre?

@peterbrickley6041

2 ай бұрын

@@letstalkmetal band on bone breaker!

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

@@peterbrickley6041 Ah, 'Hell's Burning Up' Chainsaw. Hmmm, first came across them sometime in the late 00s or early 10s. Pretty sure it was through the Corroseum.

Hysteria and heavy used in same sentence? Ummmmm....

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

LOL Choices were made

Great episode, congrats on 200! Thanks for all the knowledge of metal these last few years

@letstalkmetal

2 ай бұрын

Cheers wasabi, I'm glad you enjoy the channel :)