If you love metal, how did you get into it?

[Xaris3514]

I know this too, but I find the actual music cheesy too, I enjoy it, but it's not 'serious'.

Fair enough.

[Soror_YZBL]

It's so much more interesting though

The CD that got me into something other than metal, since I've already said about buying a Priest album (British Steel, I believe). What put me off metal was, in the end, Julian Cope, who I found out about through he appearance on Sunn0)))'s white 1 album.

We need to start a feminism thread. See how the guys like it LOL

[Lolicat]

We need to start a feminism thread. See how the guys like it LOL

I don't think political threads are allowed, and it pretty much counts as one. Unless it's 'women in music', I guess. Slashboi will love it, he already got at me for my sig.

[metalhead27]

Good topic. I didn't get into metal until college. My parents had pretty narrow tastes in regards to popular music (mostly older country and western), so I played catchup during most of my youth. I was listening to classic rock when my classmates were listening to grunge and alternative, then when I belatedly fell in love with Nirvana and Alice in Chains, they had moved on to rap, hip-hop, and nu-metal. I got into proper metal through Metallica, Dio, and various power metal outfits, which was catalized by Guitar Hero, although my tastes had been drifting heavier already. Then I was drawn to the diversity of the genre, discovering things such as progressive-metal, melodeath, and folk-metal. Aesthetically, metal best fits what I like in my music, my ideal rock band approximates something like a Dream Theater or a Judas Priest. And while I'm on the outskirts of the metal scene, I treasure the history and quirks and wrinkles of the metal community in ways that I'm not attached to any other area of music.

[Lolicat]

And while I'm on the outskirts of the metal scene, I treasure the history and quirks and wrinkles of the metal community in ways that I'm not attached to any other area of music.

Now that's a true fan, not claiming to be massively involved in the scene or anything, aware of the depth they're in, and appreciative of the history. I applaud you.

[Shredder87]

I don't know how, I just did.

[bmcorrier]

Good topic. I didn't get into metal until college. My parents had pretty narrow tastes in regards to popular music (mostly older country and western), so I played catchup during most of my youth. I was listening to classic rock when my classmates were listening to grunge and alternative, then when I belatedly fell in love with Nirvana and Alice in Chains, they had moved on to rap, hip-hop, and nu-metal. I got into proper metal through Metallica, Dio, and various power metal outfits, which was catalized by Guitar Hero, although my tastes had been drifting heavier already. Then I was drawn to the diversity of the genre, discovering things such as progressive-metal, melodeath, and folk-metal. Aesthetically, metal best fits what I like in my music, my ideal rock band approximates something like a Dream Theater or a Judas Priest. And while I'm on the outskirts of the metal scene, I treasure the history and quirks and wrinkles of the metal community in ways that I'm not attached to any other area of music.

I like your avatar. I picked up that Dream Theater album today...well along with many others. I am making my iTunes much much bigger. My friend has everything from Elton John to Emperor, well over 2000 cds. So I grabbed about 7-8 Dream Theater albums today, entire Opeth discography too. It's good so far. Nice taste in music.

[JukeBoxHero]

It went through a year time through the following bands(All the groups are bands I still enjoy).

Black Sabbath->Iron Maiden/Judas Priest/Random Stuff on VH1->King Diamond/Mercyful Fate briefly from watching Clerks II->Atheist by the influence of the metal archives which led to Cynic and Death. (Along the way was bands such as Dream Theater, and Spiral Architect).

Now I can appreciate quite a lot of metal although they're some metal sub genres that I haven't really looked at.(Black, Doom, and I haven't really explored the genres I have listened to now that I think about it).

[blackbirdblackwolf]

When I was a kid, everytime I went on errands with my mother I listened to her hippie music in the car. Which don't get me wrong, gave me appreciation for liking all kinds of music. But when home, I was watching MTV (back in the day when they played music videos! Yeah I'm that old!) And at the time such bands like Guns N Roses or Ratt were consider metal. I loved how it made me feel and that was alive. But what really tipped the scale was when I saw the video for Wish by Nine Inch Nails. (ok so it's "Industrial" but lets not split hairs) I loved how angry it was and I thought "Cool! it's ok to be angry!" And it made me feel more alive. I guess I have always like the fact that its something I can listen to if I'm angry, or have a sudden burst of energy. But mostly, I just like the look on people's faces when I'm stuck in traffic with the windows down and blasting something like Pantera. Priceless! PS the cops REALLY hate Danzig!

[KurtCobain67]

I got into after I heard bands like Tool and Dream Theater and then I went back to some of the earlier metal acts that influenced them. Now I really like judas priest, metallica, and megadeth.