First song was Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden
First album - Some K-Tel Masters of Metal compilation (which Run to the Hills was on).
First REAL Album - Dio - Last in Line
First heavy metal song I ever listened to was Dance of Death by good ol' Maiden! First full album was St.Anger (followed shortly by Number of The Beast)
Also, first post! :-D
Really it was 2 albums at once, Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold and The Black Album by Metallica. Then later on SkidRow, Slayer, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and many of the other classics and newer ones.
Honestly, a bit later than most on here but "Technical Difficulties" by Racer X [ Paul Gilbert ] who later, by the way, played in Mr. Big with one of the greatest bassists alive Mr. Billy Sheehan. What a great way to be introduced to metal in my honest opinion
EDIT - Can't go without the honorable mention of Megadeth's "Rust In Peace"
Edit Edit - Fairies Wear Boots from Paranoid, how fantastic was that one.
My first Heavy Metal experience was with Metal Works by Judas Priest. I was really into Jazz and Bluegrass music when I bought this record because it had a cool cover and cool song names. I still remember buying albums because of the cover art and reading the song names.
We're giving away a set of Steve Harris SPB-4 pickups, to enter just tell us the first metal album (or song) you recall being your introduction to heavy metal.
First song - God of Thunder and first album Destroyer, both from KISS.
It may have been "Eight Days a Week" by Alvin & the Chipmunks, but if any of you 'purists' out there don't think it fits the category, then it would have to be the Machine Head album by Deep Purple