Kudos to those who mentioned Pearl Jam - Ten and 30 Seconds to Mars first record. I also forgot about those! Well, in fact, there are so much great first records that it's almost impossible to not forget some ^^' On the other side, Kill Em All by Metallica is good, but I wouldn't consider it that great for a first record. Lot of great riffs and hooks; my problem with the album is how Hetfield's voice sounded at the time I guess.
I cosign Food & Liquor Kanye West - The College Dropout Copywrite - The High Exhaulted Eminem - Slim Shady LP Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan Kno - Death Is Silent Mute Math - Mute Math Rhyme Asylum - State of Lunacy
Gorillaz debut album I agree on. I think as artists Homework by Daft Punk is amazing and really changed the EDM scene back then. deadmau5 - Random Album Title (not his first, but debut) is very good aswell, although he had an advantage as he wasn't a 'new' artist as such. DJ Fresh - Escape From Planet Monday is a godly produced album, much better than some of his newer stuff, check it out. Oh and I forgot: Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth, Or Something Beautiful? is a really good, talented debut album. Great stuff, as is most things listed.
Turned out as a rather long list, but anyway (maybe I even forgot some): Enter-Shikari-Take to the Skies Rise Against-The Unraveling August Burns Red-Thrill Seeker As I Lay Dying-Frail Words Collapse Wolves at the Gate-Captors Billy Talent-Billy Talent Demon Hunter-Demon Hunter For Today-Ekklesia Underoath-The Changing of Times The Gaslight Anthem-Sink or Swim Funeral For A Friend-Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation Metallica-Kill Em All Oh Sleeper-When I Am God Young Guns-All Our Kings Are Dead Sportfreunde Stiller-So Wie Einst Real Madrid Sleeping Giant-Dread Champions of the Last Year Texas in July-I Am Casper-Hin zur Sonne Fit For a King-Descendents My Heart to Fear-Into the Maelstrom The Overseer-We Search We Dig I The Breather-These Are My Sins Phinehas-The Godmachine +LP Hybrid Theory of course
As far as being an independent artist reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' debut album The Heist is one of the most impressive debuts I've ever seen.
Hybrid Theory-LP \m/ Slipknot-Slipknot Follow the reaper-Children of bodom System of a down-Syatem of a down Signs of life- POTF