IoMP 66: The Albums That Changed Our Metal Lives

In this introspective (and characteristically chaotic) episode, Collin and Tom sit down to discuss the metal albums that changed their lives, the ones that cemented their love for metal and opened the floodgates to everything that followed.Collin leads off with Dream Theater’s Octavarium (2005), the progressive metal opus that cracked open his “third eye” and revealed the beauty in metal’s madness. The album’s sprawling complexity, emotional weight, and technical brilliance hit him like a revelation — so much so that it also became Tom’s all-time favorite. Tom’s pick? Avenged Sevenfold’s City of Evil (2005), the breakout album that redefined what modern metal could be for him. From “Beast and the Harlot” to “M.I.A.,” it was a power-metal-infused gateway drug that introduced him to full-album listening and opened doors to the wider metal spectrum — from symphonic metal to metalcore to prog. It's not just his impactful album; it’s the one that put A7X on the map.Check out more from Collin!https://indi1015.ca/shows/thrashers-paradise/https://www.youtube.com/@thrashersparadise4132https://www.instagram.com/thrashers_paradise/https://www.facebook.com/Thrashers.Paradise.666/Check out more from Tom!https://themetalrobot.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MetalRobotReviewshttps://www.facebook.com/theMetalRobothttps://x.com/theMetalRobothttps://www.instagram.com/the.metalrobot/MUSIC:Dream Theater “The Root of All Evil”Avenged Sevenfold “Wicked End”-----------------------------DISCLAIMER: Copyright Exceptions under the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42), allowance is made for "fair dealing" for the purposes of criticism or review.