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title: "12 Albums That Shaped My Music Taste"
url: "https://ricardodantas.me/posts/albums-that-shaped-my-music/"
markdown_url: "https://ricardodantas.me/posts/albums-that-shaped-my-music/index.md"
author: "Ricardo Dantas"
date: 2025-08-16
lastmod: 2025-08-16
categories: ["Life"]
tags: ["music","albums","personal","heavy-metal"]
summary: "These were the albums that shaped my musical taste during my teenage and early adult years."
---

# 12 Albums That Shaped My Music Taste

These are the records I played to death as a teenager and in my early twenties. My taste in music mostly comes from this list.

1. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
2. Iron Maiden - Best Of the Beast
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Metallica - Black Album
5. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
6. Van Halen - Van Halen
7. Angra - Rebirth
8. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
9. Misery Signals - Of Malice and the Magnum Heart
10. As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security
11. As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse
12. Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache