Metal as you get older

[Betancore]

You don't outgrow good music. Maybe it depends on why you listen to metal - if you listen to metal because you can share in the power and the rage, then you might not feel the same way when you're older. Same goes for all music really. I sincerely hope that I'll never stop loving metal, though.

 

[Macheteswordgun]

I'm not sure if that's true or not. But I will never lose my love of, 'A Day to Remember'.

I sir have no comment on your preference here.... that i will say.....

 

[Macheteswordgun]

You don't outgrow good music. Maybe it depends on why you listen to metal - if you listen to metal because you can share in the power and the rage, then you might not feel the same way when you're older. Same goes for all music really. I sincerely hope that I'll never stop loving metal, though.

Tis true but i always point towards the fat bloated horse in the corner. Theres so many different bands type etc how could you lose your love of it really

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

If metal is/was a "phase" for you, then you really didn't know yourself. Its not for everyone, and I know a lot of people who were "hardcore" rap fans in high school but then learned that its not the music that you listen to that makes you "cool" nor is it the clothes you wear. Whatever makes you happy in your life and comfortable with yourself is what makes you "cool".
Metal makes me happy, strange as it may sound. I've always found a light inside the darkness that is hard/heavy rock.
Pop music irritates me, as does new (post 90's) rap. Metal has rarely moved away from the core that began it (Ozzy/Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, AC/DC, etc.) it has only evolved into more brutality and violence. But the funny thing is I feel safer at a metal concert than I do at a rap concert.
Then again, the definition of metal varies from person to person. I've had people tell me that Nine Inch Nails is "metal" when they're nowhere on the metal radar. Awesome music, but they're more industrial rock than metal.
But to return to being OT, metal's not generally "fad" music except for people who're still searching for who they really are, or people who are mad at mommy and daddy and want to piss them off.
I was never a "rebel", never used music as a weapon against my parents, nor did I dress in black to scare people off or look dark and spooky or to be different. Well, yes I did (and still do) dress in black, but thats because I find it comfortable and a lot of my best clothes are black (plus its easier to match with...).

 

[JoeBattisti]

I'm not sure if that's true or not. But I will never lose my love of, 'A Day to Remember'.

I sir have no comment on your preference here.... that i will say.....

What's wrong with A Day to Remember?

 

[DeadFOAM]

I've always been a metal fan. But my days of GRAGH ANGST ANGST GRAGH (Korn, Slipknot, etc) are gone. I stick with symphonic metal primarily, like Kamelot. I still do like the angry stuff every now and then (Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Mudvayne, Lamb of God). Although recently I've been getting more and more into techno/electronica. For me, it's whatever has a good beat.

 

[The_Echo]

Perhaps by "growing out of metal" they mean going from metalhead to "Yeah, I listen to rock, ska, drum and bass, and some metal."

Not entirely losing interest in the genre, but broadening your spectrum of favored music.

Then again, the definition of metal varies from person to person. I've had people tell me that Nine Inch Nails is "metal" when they're nowhere on the metal radar. Awesome music, but they're more industrial rock than metal.

I just checked Wiki because of your claim. They're listed as industrial rock, alternative rock, and industrial metal. I'm assuming the industrial metal would be the minority of their work. So you're sort of right, but not all the way there.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Also, Atreyu is *not* metal.

 

[Macheteswordgun]

If metal is/was a "phase" for you, then you really didn't know yourself. Its not for everyone, and I know a lot of people who were "hardcore" rap fans in high school but then learned that its not the music that you listen to that makes you "cool" nor is it the clothes you wear. Whatever makes you happy in your life and comfortable with yourself is what makes you "cool".
Metal makes me happy, strange as it may sound. I've always found a light inside the darkness that is hard/heavy rock.
Pop music irritates me, as does new (post 90's) rap. Metal has rarely moved away from the core that began it (Ozzy/Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, AC/DC, etc.) it has only evolved into more brutality and violence. But the funny thing is I feel safer at a metal concert than I do at a rap concert.
Then again, the definition of metal varies from person to person. I've had people tell me that Nine Inch Nails is "metal" when they're nowhere on the metal radar. Awesome music, but they're more industrial rock than metal.
But to return to being OT, metal's not generally "fad" music except for people who're still searching for who they really are, or people who are mad at mommy and daddy and want to piss them off.
I was never a "rebel", never used music as a weapon against my parents, nor did I dress in black to scare people off or look dark and spooky or to be different. Well, yes I did (and still do) dress in black, but thats because I find it comfortable and a lot of my best clothes are black (plus its easier to match with...).

You bring some points i'd like to elaborate on. I myself am a metal head who dresses like one. Typicaly attire band t shirt *i have like 30 i wear more signed* denium jeans wallet with chain and black boots *i have weird feet so boots are amazing <3* but there is a typical attire that us metal heads can point each other out. But nothing is more insulting than someone thinking your emo *they never did me cause i dont have black hair i drink i smoke and i have sex and im a giant* or those kids "claiming" their metal wearing lightly colored shirts pants some of the women ive fucked cant fit into and some kind of silly shoes and being fucking pansys and doing stupid things in the pit. This sucks cause it gives normal *i use the term lightly* people a shitty impression of metal heads. But i also admit the shirts i have are always brutal and its fun to fuck with people who see me in them and my size scare them shitless. As for the sound i understand it just speak to you on so many different lvls mood feelings life etc there a song for it in metal i promise. More stuff i wanna talk about but i lost my train of thought

 

[Macheteswordgun]

Also, Atreyu is *not* metal.

To continue talking with you yes all that core bullshit or gore "cookie if u get the refrence" is not metal. Its a gay adopted child that wants metal to be its parent or be as cool as it

 

[matoasters]

I got into metal when I was around 9/10, and haven't yet grown out of it. I still actually like the same bands as when I first started out, but I also have discovered other bands. So as I got older I actually just expanded my metal tastes instead of changing them. I still love Slayer, the band that first really got me into metal, but I also like bands like Death, Kalmah and Iron Maiden.

 

[ldbmikey86]

was really into it along with a lot of hip hop when I started drumming at 14, but eventually got into certain bands that got my musical curiousity waaaaaaay out of its comfort zone. I can say that I really don't care to look back. Stoner Rock/noise rock is about as close to "metal" as I get these days. Not a huge fan of double bassdrum stuff, unless it's something like Rush or Primus. but, I still love my hip hop.

It's all just conditioning, I think. You get into music through your own experiences, picking it up through role models, mentors, parents, etc. So that said, I think it's pretty safe to say that no two individuals approach a new music genre the *exact* same way. That's the great thing about music. It's its own language that affects us all differently.

 

[Vredesbyrd67]

I've definitely moved past the metal "stage" of my life. It seems like everyone else I know has as well, even the guy in high school who was literally the self-proclaimed "Metal Guru" of our school. He's now shaved his head, started listening to techno, started dressing in button-down collared shirts, joined a fraternity, gotten kicked out of it, and is a declared accounting major at his University.

Metal as I see it applies to certain types of people:

-Sociopaths
-People who feel inadequate and feel that by adding superficially "intimidating" aspects of their personality, they can coerce others into respecting them, despite their deficit of self-esteem and lack of charisma
-People who feel like they are misunderstood, isolated, and generally antagonized, victimized, or exploited unjustly by others
-Angry or passionate people (pretty much applies to everyone who likes metal)

Though I still consider myself a metal head, I'm branching out a lot more. I don't listen to it as much as I used to, but I still enjoy a good metal song every now and again. I just hate the asinine "metal or die" mentality that many metal fans harbor. Though the self-imposed xenophobia that metal heads enforce is basically one of the things that has allowed metal to survive for so long (since metal is considered an "underground" genre), it's the worst part of the culture. That being said, I don't think metal really mixes well with many other genres. Metal, in my opinion, should be able to be summed up in one compound word: "badass."

Sidenote: if you think Bullet for my Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Sonic Syndicate, The Black Dhalia Murder, or any of those other shitty emo hybrid knockoff bands are metal, you are not a metal head. You are not a badass. You are a dull, gullible, self-pitying kid who pretends to be a member of the big boy's club because you think you understand what makes metal art. In truth, you are the pawn of corporate idea harvesting; you are the victim of the music industry's attempts to bastardize metal into a marketable, more docile form. You are like the label heads that take what they think they know about metal and twist it into something sure to sell. This is not a question of "differing tastes and opinions." This is a matter of you supporting the death of a truly genuine genre of music, the only one of its kind, for the sake of bands that are today's equivalent of late 90's "boy bands", and I'm not kidding at all.

 

[Macheteswordgun]

I got into metal when I was around 9/10, and haven't yet grown out of it. I still actually like the same bands as when I first started out, but I also have discovered other bands. So as I got older I actually just expanded my metal tastes instead of changing them. I still love Slayer, the band that first really got me into metal, but I also like bands like Death, Kalmah and Iron Maiden.

You sir are my brother. Slayer who started me who i met first who i lost my virginity to *they were playing the background in my room when i was 12* and getting show no mercy cover on my back with a demon on the other side

 

[Macheteswordgun]

I've definitely moved past the metal "stage" of my life. It seems like everyone else I know has as well, even the guy in high school who was literally the self-proclaimed "Metal Guru" of our school. He's now shaved his head, started listening to techno, dressing in button-down collared shirts, joined a fraternity, gotten kicked out of it, and is a declared accounting major at his University.

Metal as I see it applies to certain types of people:

-Sociopaths
-People who feel inadequate and feel that by adding superficially "intimidating" aspects of their personality, they can coerce others into respecting them, despite their deficit of self-esteem and lack of charisma
-People who feel like they are misunderstood, isolated, and generally antagonized, victimized, or exploited unjustly by others
-Angry or passionate people (pretty much applies to everyone who likes metal)

Though I still consider myself a metal head, I'm branching out a lot more. I don't listen to it as much as I used to, but I still enjoy a good metal song every now and again. I just hate the asinine "metal or die" mentality that many metal fans harbor. Though the self-imposed xenophobia that metal heads is basically one of the things that has allowed metal to survive for so long (since metal is considered an "underground" genre), it's the worst part of the culture. That being said, I don't think metal really mixes with many other genres. Metal, in my opinion, should be able to be summed up in one compound word: "badass."

Sidenote: if you think Bullet for my Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Sonic Syndicate, The Black Dhalia Murder, or any of those other shitty emo hybrid knockoff bands are metal, you are not a metal head. You are not a badass. You are a dull, gullible, self-pitying kid who pretends to be a member of the big boy's club because you thinks you understand why metal is art. In truth, you are the pawn of corporate idea harvesting; you are the victim of the music industry's attempts to bastardize metal into a marketable, more docile form. You are like the label heads that take what they think they know about metal and twist it into something sure to sell. This is not a question of "differing tastes and opinions." This is a matter of you supporting the death of a truly genuine genre of music, the only one of its kind, for the sake of bands that are today's equivalent of late 90's "boy bands", and I'm not kidding at all.

That is true there are certian types of metal heads but it pains me to say people do it to to add "scaryness" to themselves metal just matches the way i feel look etc QQ lol. As for your bottom paragraph i agree with you full heartedly if i see a core kid in the pit. There ass=grass

 

[Googooguru]

I was into metal as a teenager and then drifted away from the genre, years later, when my own son started listening to metal it refresh my interst. it is interesting to see regardless of age there are metal bands that can transcend generations so successfully. My Dad, Son and I all listen to several of the same metal bands

 

[Macheteswordgun]

I was into metal as a teenager and then drifted away from the genre, years later, when my own son started listening to metal it refresh my interst. it is interesting to see regardless of age there are metal bands that can transcend generations so successfully. My Dad, Son and I all listen to several of the same metal bands

Its a fucking family thing ive seen 5 and 6 year old kids at an anvil concert rocking out to it. It is a very good bonding tool