The Story of How I Got Into Metal 🤘

[@imaKaiya]

Hiya! I hope yall enjoy the story of how I got into metal! Who was your first metal band? 🤔 Have a great day!

[@michaelkarlsson5966]

It's hard for me to say exactly what my first metal band was. I grew up in the 80s and my parents were fans of the 70s hardrock, bluesrock, progrock stuff. I inherited that stuff, kind of. The first hard and heavy stuff that I remember that I liked was Deep Purple and Rainbow. My dad also introduced me to more "obscure" bands of that age: Sir Lord Baltimore, Mountain, Cream, Uriah Heep, Nazareth... That was in 1983. I never really enjoyed the typical 80s heavy metal but the first metal bands I remember liking was Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. But I quickly went on to thrash metal in 85/86... death metal in 90/91 and then black metal in 92. When it became 97 I was kind of done with metal. Not really, but kind of. Never really found my way back to that extreme fanboy of metal thing again. Seems like the older I get I'm getting more and more into the 70s and 60s rock, blues, prog and jazz... I kind of like country as well...

[@arnepietruszewski9255]

And you still have not reacted to Impaled Nazarene. Finnish black metal, so you will probably like it.

[@satanworshippingdoom3628]

personally for me it all began when i was 8 with Back in Black from AC/DC when I first heard it in Iron Man. It was my first time getting introduced to rock and I loved it so much. then came my first acoustic guitar at the age of 10... i wasn't liking it very much but then my teacher handed me is electric guitar and I was instantly struck by love, the feeling, the distortion, the sound!! Then came Metallica, Iron maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath. And at the age of 13 it was already too late for me, no turning back, i was now a fully fledged metalhead already working on his battle jacket and listening to EVERY obscure bands in my youtube recommendation.

[@imaKaiya]

You know I literally just finished listening to one of their vinyls right before I read this 😂 The record is Nihil!

[@PoorManPerformance]

ac/dc for sure. luckily i have an awesome dad. because he showed me all kinds of awesome music. like dio, iron maiden, sabbath and so on. then i started playing guitar and fell in love with thrash metal. which changed my life FOREVER!!!! then i randomly discovered the band Death like 10 years ago. Then my life changed forever again lmao. Been my favorite band ever since!!!!

[@sonofthunder-fb3cm]

My eyes get all watery with music too, whenever something jams so hard or hits your heart just right. it just happens lol

[@kevinronan7178]

Chuck (R.I.P.) is one I most admire. I will always remember and admire his contribution to music.

[@ampeguy]

You’re definitely not weird for tearing up when listening to music. Just makes you a true music lover. I’m the same way. Getting the goose bumps when you hear that sick riff, time change, or vocal/lyric. Also like myself it prob means you’re an empath. It’s a curse but also a beautiful thing. Embrace it 🤙🏾

[@dertodesking8379]

Mine were Iron Maiden & Accept, that was just before Somewhere in Time came out. First heavier bands were Slayer, Sodom, Kreator, Possessed & Death I think. But Maiden really was the gateway.

[@sumonjamal1653]

Heavy metal was the key to getting out of the abuse I was suffering in school as a kid... It got me out of that situation... I was raised on pop music in the 80's... I heard a lot of dance tunes and disco... Saw a lot of guitars but no guitar sounds in those acts on TV. I saw Def Leppard (the video for "Foolin') and my mind was blown at age 7... Then, I heard Iron Maiden (the song 'Moonchild') and I was confused at age 11 ... Those were my first experiences. I had a cousin who had tapes of music and I listened to those in 1990. Scorpions was the band that got me into hard rock... then, I heard Europe... Def Leppard... Guns N' Roses ... AC/DC... and I was hooked... Metallica was the band that changed my life (this was just before the 'black' album in 1991) ... I heard songs from 'And justice for all'... and then the "Kill 'em all" album... and that was THE band for me... I got "Ride the Lightning"... and by 1992, all 5 Metallica albums were in my cassette player... I wanted the thrash metal... and a friend in school exposed me to all the best - Anthrax... Slayer ... Annihilator ... Overkill ... Motorhead ... King Diamond ... Megadeth ... Kreator ... Testament... Sepultura🤘🤘 I also became a fan of the classic heavy metal... Dio... Ozzy Osbourne ... Judas Priest ... Iron Maiden ... Black Sabbath ... Skid Row ... Deep Purple... Helloween ... Gamma Ray ... Motley Crue ... Accept... Queensryche... Manowar... Yngwie J. Malmsteen... By 1994, I was introduced to my first Death album 'Spiritual healing'... and then Carcass ('Symphonies of sickness') ... and Pantera... I heard Dream Theater ('Images and words') and I passed them over; I got into them later in 1999 when I got the 'Awake' album. I was sure by that point that it was not just a fad for me and I stayed in the metal genre even after most people I knew had walked away from listening to that music. I was a huge fan of Nirvana and the initial grunge era (Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden...) Classic rock like Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix... Alice Cooper... also came during that time. Going to Ozzfest '99 was it for me... I got to see the original Black Sabbath live for my first concert... as well as Slayer ... Rob Zombie ... Primus ... System of a Down ... Slipknot ... Static-X ... Drain STH ... It helped me heal after a difficult breakup w/ my then-fiancée... Death, black and doom metal were the next phase for me... even though I still loved the thrash metal and even got into 80's "hair metal" (Dokken, Tesla, Great White, Slaughter, Warrant, Cinderella ... long after they had been exiled from the mainstream) I stayed true to metal to this day 😈

[@mikesmith6594]

Dying Fetus and Nile are freaking Brutal !

[@mikesmith6594]

Death Metal / Black Metal / Grindcore 3 of my favorite extreme subgenres in metal music .

[@jerryl2627]

Pretty cool that you gravitated more to the extreme side of Metal. Most people getting into the Metal genre are only interested in the mainstream stuff. When my dad first got me into Death Metal nearly 30 years ago, bands like Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Obituary, and Napalm Death gave me goosebumps! Extreme Metal is something you gravitate to immediately, or not at all. Welcome aboard!

[@Duality_of_Man]

Gotta say you seem to be right about the way most gravitate to Extreme Metal very quick, I'm someone who isn't into extreme metal aside from a few rare bands like Vader or Death. Started out as a hair metal and classic rock kid, now I think the heaviest thing in my rotation is Thrash metal, definitely always gravitated towards Thrash, Power Metal, Nu-Metal and traditional Metal most aside from my metal origins of Hair / Glam

[@mattmarkowitz8894]

I'm just really impressed with how you got into the realest of real metal. Love your channel!

[@jaredcorrill6958]

This is a great episode. For me cradle of filth is what got me into real metal. After that, it's been all black and death metal bands for me. Can't seem to walk away from it. Horns up!

[@bigguy4u144]

Sepultura never broke up. They are going on a farewell tour this year though. You say people hate Roots but its their most popular album by far.

[@amarthdagnir2608]

Well, technicly for many ppl Sepultura broke up when cavalera´s left. Roots is popular, but the most hated for many sepultura fans, cause it was the first really "out of context" sepultura album. Heavy Nu metal influences that where not there before and in generell extremly experimental. Therefore "Roots" is their most controversial album in those regards till today.

[@SorceressWitch]

Yeah it's not hated unless you are hanging around the types of people who are very vocal about hating it. They're a loud minority. Most open minded people like it or don't mind it. Never seen people IRL get upset about it, I have only seen the negativity online in certain spaces. The reason for hate was when nu metal was on the rise. Now that millennials have grown up, nu metal has become more accepted. Oldies might be mad about it but the people who grew up with that stuff were millennials. As glam metal was hated by the more underground fans in the 80's, it too began to become more acceptable later on by the people who grew up with it which was gen X. I am a fan of Sepultura, I love the old stuff and new stuff. So I think she is just getting information from a certain group of people. Most people I talk to are open minded. I don't like being around the close minded types who look their noses down on people for liking different stuff.

[@jesseleavy5841]

I want to tell you how much I love and appreciate your channel. Watching your journey and your reactions to new bands just takes me back to my first time hearing certain bands and the feelings that I felt at the time. Being 42 and growing up in the 90s my first "official" introduction to metal was Metallica, but I didn't really get SUPER into metal until I was in my mid to late 20's. The two bands that really got me interested in underground and extreme metal were Opeth and Behemoth.

[@Lord-Lexz0r]

Welcome to the metal family. I just bumped into this video and liked and subscribed right away, your love for the music is genuine even if you had a real late start, most metalheads like myself start when we are just kids (i'm 43 now haha) And a lot of the bands you mentioned i really like, i am mostly into a lot of metal but my fav genres are death/black/doom/gothic/symphonic bbut i also really love thrash and heavy. I think i might really enjoy your content. \m/

[@alitomrprodigyproductor7541]

el metal remueve todo lo que llevas dentro y terminas identificandote con el (tanto tu parte oscura como tu parte de luz, y terminas pensando"al fin he encontrado algo con lo que desahogarme y sentirme a gusto, sentirme triste y tambien feliz") es como entrar en el y no salir nunca mas, es un camino sin retorno, terminas amandolo porque es una musica tan sincera que no busca ser igual a ninguna otra ni encajar, y eso de no encajar reconstruye tu autoestima porque te convence que no necesitas de otros para ser feliz, si es que estas con otros es porque lo disfrutas y no porque los necesitas, y eso es genial. y eso lo hace super especial dentro del mundo de la musica, el metal es una gran hermandad que creo no encuentras en ningun otro genero musical, me alegro que hayas encontrado hayas encontrado al metal y haberte sumergido en el, a veces encuentras todo lo que necesitas en las cosas mas inesperadas.

[@PenaldoCamellonaldoElfricho]

Bien dicho

[@thomaspedersen2092]

@@PenaldoCamellonaldoElfricho Even though that I am from Denmark I like the SOD track "Speak english or Die" ..... !! !!

[@PenaldoCamellonaldoElfricho]

@@thomaspedersen2092 en mi opinión es mejor el cover de Mr bungle "hypocrites/ habla español u muere" 🤗

[@lutfimakarim8258]

I am a new subscriber after watching your documentary about the first phase of Cannibal Corpse. I love the fact that you start with Cannibal Corpse. Personally, I started with Bon Jovi and Twisted Sister. 😂

[@Zach-v7r]

Metal Hammer Metal Maniacs is where i started.

[@FearNoGrave]

Korn->Coal Chamber->Fear Factory->Sepultura->Cannibal Corpse->Morbid Angel->Napalm Death was my "journey" to extreme metal at around 14-15yo, back in the late 90s. I'll be turning 40 this year and still finding new bands; the "journey" never ends!

[@VVRAITH6]

Cannibal Corpse was the first metal band I got into at age 10, and since then, I've been on countless tours, signed to a major label and 2 indie lables, 2 albums out, 5 or 6 E.P.'s with different bands and another on the way with my current band. It really changed my life, jumping headfirst into the brutality that is death metal. It was the album covers and song titles that drew me towards Cannibal Corpse. Back in 1994 buying Tomb of the Mutilated and Butchered at Birth...then my friend got The Bleeding... all of a sudden this large group of 7th graders were blaring obscene death metal in my friend's basement...on large ass Pioneer speakers....playing Quake and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Nirvana and Green Day were soon replaced with Dismember and Carcass, then Internal Bleeding, Dying Fetus, Napalm Death, and Morbid Angel. It was a slippery slope we were glad to be on! 🤘🤘

[@keithdawe8521]

I would like to see you go back to Carcass and review Reek of Putrefaction or Symphony of Sickness in there entirety. For Grindcore you need to listen to Extreme Noise Terror, Doom, Phobia and Agathocles.

[@PapaMetal47]

As a new viewer of your channel, I was very curious about the origins of your journey. Thank you for making this video and giving us your backstory.

[@zekeooo2]

The first metal band i heard was iron maiden when i was 10 years old flash forward to 15 i started going to shows and never looked back. Last month i saw 3 inches of blood and they were the best shows i honestly ever saw! I remember watching cannibals live in moscow video and saw your cannibal show video come up in the algorithm, i ended up digging it and subbed. Ps you ball busting magpie was fucking hilarious, we all have that dude we know at shows that we ball bust all the time 😂

[@kingmagpie666]

Indeed lol

[@zekeooo2]

@@kingmagpie666 this fucking guy! Haha, hope you're well dude

[@kingmagpie666]

@@zekeooo2 no complaints on my end, hope you’re doing good too man!

[@simonspoke]

I'm an old school metaller that was formulated on Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden etc. as a kid. I missed out on a whole lot of the "new" stuff from the mid 90's onward as I just lost touch with it all. Now in my 50's I'm starting to get back into it and expanding my horizons again into the genre I love, and I wanted to say thank you, as you've just turned me onto some great bands I may never of heard of otherwise, like Opeth! Hope you find more greatness.❤ Oh, and here is a fun album suggestion for you to listen to, some Glam Metal in the form of "Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)" 😁

[@bran1886]

It is always interesting to hear people's "metal origin" stories, especially those that didn't grow up with it. My origin story is typical, my dad was always into classic rock and hard rock. I was around 9 and my mom gave us money to buy my dad a birthday gift and he went to the local music store and bought Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell album. Once I heard Ronnie James Dio's vocals on Neon Knights I was hooked. A few days later while pumping gas my dad saw Black Sabbath's Master of Reality on sale and bought that. So at that point I was wearing these CD's out, and on vinyl my dad had Quiet Riot's Metal Health record which was another album I played out. From there I was more looking into what my dad had, he had Bruce Dickinson's first solo album Tattooed Millionaire which I loved, he had Judas Priest's British Steel, Dio's Dream Evil and Last in Line albums. My dad loved collecting music and after Heaven and Hell I was off exploring. A few years later my older brother had some CDs a friend gave him in a couple old milk crates. My brother was into more Nu Metal stuff like Korn and Mudvayne but that style just didn't really gel with me. So when he was at work or with friends I would sneak into his room and look through them and put on his headphones and see if there was anything I liked. First albums I found were Metallica's Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and I think Load. Played all those and then found Slayer's South of Heaven album, and that blew me away. Then I found two albums I first initially was put off by but for some reason kept coming back to the first was Venom's Black Metal and the other was Mercyful Fate's In the Shadows albums. I listened to them over and over again, liking them more and more until they became the only two albums I would listen to nonstop. Then there was this compilation that had death metal and black metal bands like Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Darkthrone and Morbid Angel, but the one's that really got me hooked were Bathory- A Fine Day to Die, Death- Crystal Mountain(iirc) and my absolute favorite Dissection's- Where Dead Angels Lie.

[@justitia257]

Happy Valentine's Day, gorgeous Kaiya 🌹

[@di0__0ib]

mine was Iron Maiden "Live After Death", followed immediately by Metallica "Master of Puppets" and Slayer "Reign in Blood." I was listening to Michael Jackson prior to that 😂 what a hard change in direction for me

[@75pdubs]

3 great ones. My aunt took me record shopping in 1988 and we picked up Master Of Puppets and Reign In Blood. Couldn’t believe the production on Reign In Blood.

[@brettburnside1457]

Dig how you wore a Skinny Puppy t in that one clip! We can be friends :) I used to wear my Last Rights t in HS - in '93!

[@stuartgriffin1001]

My gateway was Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind

[@kevinnordavind3119]

cool recap Kaiya. I heard a handful of metal / hard rock in the early 80s so not sure which was first. Could have been Quiet Riot, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Ozzy. Also, sent you another package of goodies a week or so ago. Hope you enjoy.

[@imaKaiya]

Thank you!! Happy you enjoyed the video. And sweet! I'll go pick it up and open it on stream for Metal Monday. You're the best. Thank you for sending another package!! Hope you are well 🖤

[@djinnxx7050]

Nice to see you got some Bolt Thrower in the back. They're too often forgotten. As a recommend, Dir En Grey. Their album Dum Spiro Spero is an epic masterpiece (as are all of them, different styles though. They're a bit avant garde so not ones to stick to genre confines, always evolving.). It's a band with amazing talent across the board, could say they're a bit like Opeth. Kyo, the vocalist, is easily one of the best ever, cleans, screams, growls, he has it all. Also has great side projects with Sukekiyo and Petit Branbacon.

[@joebarrera9741]

M glad you really enloy Metal ....so COOL

[@mikesmith6594]

Been listening to metal ever since middle school . Glad you're a fan of Death/Black metal also ! Unfortunately I didn't get into Death/Black Metal until like 2009 been listening to Death/Black Metal ever since started out with Early Metal & Alternative Metal first though .

[@dillshepherd713]

Happy Valentine's Day to the metal queen.

[@justitia257]

Grazie gorgeous Kaiya 🌹

[@mikesmith6594]

She is

[@MetalMaps]

My journey went something like Kiss=>Twisted Sister=>Metallica=>Kreator=>Sepultura=>Carcass=>Punk for a bit=>Back to Metal!!! Love the vid. We need more metalheads.

[@swantonatombomb]

@imakaiya I'd really like to see you do a video on Sam Dunn's 2 metal documentaries (2005's Metal a Headbangers Journey) and (2008's Gobal Metal)

[@Gustavo-ew7om]

Mine gate Way was acdc If you want blood you've got it

[@VitaliyNv]

Привет! Твой рассказ очень интересный! Первыми метал-группами которые я послушал были "Children Of Bodom" с их альбомом "Hatebreeder", а также группа "Death" с альбомом "Human". Тогда мне было лет 10, сейчас мне 34. Да, еще в то время были очень популярны "Dimmu Borgir", первое знакомство с ними было с альбома "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant". По-настоящему крутые группы. С тех пор метал музыка навсегда отпечаталась в моей жизни)

[@DimMakTen]

Okie from Tulsa🤘

[@donfades7869]

Please listen to Akhlys - they are incredible! Also Lustre - A thirst for summer rain

[@PorphyryOvTyre]

How have you not had the pleasure of listening to Anaal Nathrakh? I would start with Domine non es Dignus, then The Whole of the Law, then Endarkenment, and Eschaton … complete masterpieces

[@Artem-hp6gy]

Since you like death metal so much, I would suggest you to react to one of my favourite death metal band Aeon especially their album "Aeon's black"(still they prey, title track and Neptune the Mysticism especially cool as well as "i hate your existence" from their another album) . Also you should check out Dethklok if you haven't they are hilarious and their musicis quitegood too, especially "I ejaculate fire", "Awaken", "murdertrain a comin'", "the gears". Also you might want to check out band Vital Remains "dechristianize" is their best album.

[@vasilishatzikos44]

Death literally redefined metal, best band ever. And that's coming from an old school 80's pure metal lover.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Although, it's weird to imagine a newbie not getting turned off by later-period Chuck vocals.

[@kingmagpie666]

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119tbf later Death albums have been described as chick metal to me before, guess it checks out sometimes 😂

[@EncoreASMR]

Chuck the GOAT 🐐 RIP

[@ExodusToxicWaltz]

Very awesome video

[@ms.fruitbat8883]

I listened to a lot of different music when I was younger, but wasn't heavily into metal. I started in metal through doom bands like Pentagram and Electric Wizard around the same time I started learning guitar. Got into heavier stuff through Lorna Shore - when I first heard them, it was To the Hellfire, and I was impressed and thought it was interesting, but wasn't sure I actually liked it or not. But something kept drawing me back, and now they're one of my fave bands. Lately, I've been really digging Crypta - finally made it out to a concert and got to see them play last weekend.

[@mikesmith6594]

Crypta & Nervosa are both Gnarly !

[@jonathanergueta]

If you wanna explore more metal out there, you should get into Spectral Lore and Last Days Of Humanity.

[@imaKaiya]

I'm actually working on a deep dive into Last Days of Humanity! Love that band.

[@dillinguuur79]

I honestly can't tell you how I got into metal, I think it was Faith No Nore and I saw a picture of someone in Metallica wearing a FNM shirt so that's how I found out about Metallica, the first tapes I bought with my own money (and on the same day) were Pantera - Far Beyond Driven, Seplutura - Chaos AD and Danzig 3 How The Gods Kill

[@danielnel4467]

My metal Journey started with Metallica the band that got me into metal went through some death metal and landed on death/doom.so bands like Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, The Foreshadowing, etc.....

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

When I was in 6th grade and through middle school I listened to stuff like Nirvana and Guns N Roses and Alice In Chains. Loved me some grunge music and MTV. Before that? Oldies. Beach Boys. Vanilla Ice. MC Hammer lol. I was a product of my time leave me alone :) Metallica was basically the first 'metal' band I ever listened to and I LOOOOVED the Black Album at the time. Still have a soft spot for it despite how many light years apart I've grown from that band as a whole. When I was 14 (in 1993/4) I was introduced to Gwar and Cannibal Corpse and that's basically my entry point. Shortly after that I learned about black metal like Samael and Emperor and by the time I was a junior in high school I was pretty much 'the metal kid' in school. Nowadays my favorite bands are the matured versions of most of the 2nd wave black metal bands I listened to in high school. Dodheimsgard, Ihsahn (emperor), Amorphis, Sigh, Ulver, Arcturus. Lot of various prog sounds with metal roots. I wish I could just link my library sometimes lol. It's pretty eclectic.

[@PrehistoricMagazine]

I run and publish Prehistoric Magazine and have wanted to start a small publication dedicated to extreme metal not sure if there are readers who will subscribe to the online publication though for free. Mike

[@henryburke2158]

Besides the standards like Metallica and Iron Maiden, the band that really got me INTO metal was Electric Wizard. Everything about them and their music is just what I was looking for in metal, and I still really haven't found a band that can top them yet.

[@thomasvanetten8116]

For me it was Black Sabbath bc my grandpa would play it when I’d cry when I was a baby and then my dad showed me metallica and Van Halen then my uncle’s ex girlfriend Savannah showed me pantera I started playing in a pantera cover band and our drummer Julio said listen to cannibal corpse and Suscide silence and HOLY SHIT the breakdowns the drop tuned riffs

[@paulpenwell77]

If you haven’t done so yet, I’d suggest you check out some Swedish Death Metal. Some bands I’d suggest would be Dismember, Grave and Entombed.

[@crsp.k.6524]

The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre

[@shakingaspen1526]

Technically Black Sabbath, but I didn't know who they were, because they were one of many hard rock sounds my father played in the car when I was young. I have an older brother who got into the more established metal scene and he listened to early Samael, Cradle of Filth, Rotting Christ, Amon Amarth and others. Out of those bands it was Amon Amarth that really grabbed me. The deep growly voice and the high energy heavy melodic chugging. When I listen to AA I feel like I'm close to or in the ocean, their music is like waves, a rhythmic pounding that is the same and different every time. In general I associate Melodic-Death Metal music with the movement of ocean tides.

[@Hecatecrossways]

I always assumed that Cattle Decapitation was her favorite band

[@henrikbergepettersen]

My favorite female (metal) punk singer is the late Wendy O Williams (1949_1998) from the band Plasmatics!! 🔥 Check em out!! 🤟🏻

[@sluglife9785]

It breaks my heart to see you hustle this hard.

[@mafwi1312]

Check out "Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt EP" female vocalist short lived death doom band

[@Kim_Darkman]

❤ Habby Valentines Dayz to all ❤ 🤟😎✌

[@MrMalchir]

I stopped following and listening to Sepultura after Roots but returned to them because of the last album Quadra. It might not sound like the old Sepultura but it’s fierce and brutal thrash album that deserves a listen 😉

[@BlackPhillip765]

Hey Kaiya, How are ya 😊😊

[@tommymaier3017]

mine was definately Sabbath

[@sledge776]

Whoever says there is no journey in a personal metal experience/ journey probably doesnt get emotional hearing Heart of Steel by Manowar, or cant imagine how the last half of Hypocrisy’s Abducted album brings me to tears. So I will never understand the lack of emotion some people have/ dont have in regard to music. Music is emotion, especially Metal in all its forms. I dont understand how a mother can kill her own children either, and I wonder if those non journey non emotional metal listeners understand how a mother could do that? Im just thinking of the lack of emotion aspect of it all , im not calling anyone a kid killer. Hey, 🫵🏻 right there in the black shirt, Stop thinking I said that, I did not……. 😂 Anyway, I lost track of my thoughts so; I enjoy watching the videos here because this woman is authentic. George Straight has a song that goes “ I dont want you under my roof with your 86 proof watered down till it taste like tea, if your gonna pull my string make it the real thing for me” this woman is the real thing. Anyone who is of the same will instantly see it.

[@claatin6273]

My gateway bands were Slayer, Metallica, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide

[@tobiasbaumgartner8629]

My gateway was Rage against the machine, iron maiden and black sabbath

[@kingmagpie666]

My gateway band that really got me into metal was Children of Bodom I’d heard other metal bands before, but most I’d heard up to that point was crap nu metal 😆 CoB is still my all time favorite but generally these days I’m drawn to older dm bands and bands with a more traditional heavy metal sound I still very much hate nu metal and prog tho 🤣

[@fungusbobmoldpants2781]

You gotta check out Annihilator sometime! Their first album, Alice in hell, is their best album I think 🔥 It's a banger from start to finish

[@EncoreASMR]

I used to listen to pop and rap music when I was 10 years old. My family never cared much for rock and metal, so I had to do a lot of scavenging from 2001 onwards.

[@chriscook4194]

cannibal corpse was my first metal band too

[@anthonysuski9248]

Happy Valentine's Day!! ❤ 😀 ❤ 👍 :)

[@dillinguuur79]

The fact that you hate the water ❤

[@hamishcounsell5579]

As corny as it is Opeth really did change my life and my view on music as a whole. I got into Death metal because of Opeth. Got into old Prog rock because of Opeth... even folk music which i wasnt a big fan of either. Mikael imo is one of the greatest musicians to roam this earth. Blackwater Park and Damnation also helped me going through some things in my life.

[@Barnak97]

You Should Check Out Venom Their The Pioneers of Thrash Metal With Their First Album Welcome To Hell Released 1980 The Album Would Inspire Metallica, Slayer, And Many Many More Thrashy Bands

[@EncoreASMR]

Killswitch Engage, Architects, I Killed The Prom Queen, Avenged Sevenfold and a bunch of post-hardcore bands like Alexisonfire, My chemical Romance, Underoath led me to Opeth and Death.

[@jhinterlach79]

You should check out The Bald Cadaver by Cerebral Bore for some guttural female vocals.

[@mikesmith6594]

Slipknot / Soulfly was my gateway to extreme metal . But Slipknot / Soulfly were more extreme sounding nu / Alternative Metal .

[@jamessheppard8402]

if you liked lorna try out whitechaple specifically t he valley album

[@Beardodoomus]

People who hate 'Roots' as a record hate fun.

[@dertodesking8379]

Fun is overrated

[@kingmagpie666]

Fun is for posers* I’m joking ofc lol

[@lueck183]

Since you are into shadow of intent. Did you heard "intensified genocide" already? Something "complete" different: Be'lakor: Smoke of many fires Withering strands Hidden window Abeyance Countless skies

[@lueck183]

Maybe some more melodic death metal: Insomnium (ex: the reticent) Kalmah (ex: evil kin, swamp hell) Children of bodom (ex: bodom beach terror) Wintersun (ex: battle against time, forest season) Parasite Inc. (Ex: Pulse of the death)

[@lueck183]

Some female metal: Only the vocals. It's power metal. You doesn't seem into it until now: Unleash the archers: awakening Apex Cleanse the bloodlines The matriarch Soulbound Death metal. All female band from Brazil. Crypta: The other side of anger Stronghold Poisonous apathy

[@lueck183]

Maybe listening to some female metal artists you get some inspiration for trying steps into metal with your own music. I think a "country voice" is a start for metal. You can always evolve your self in trying different genres. Even these harsh vocals are really easy to learn and sometimes easier than pop singing techniques.

[@lueck183]

Clean female metal voice with harsh male blackening vocals: Brothers of metal - Yggdrasil --- Good female mixed vocals singer: Ad infinitum: Animals Unstoppable --- A male vocalist that sounds female at some points: Beast in Black - blind and frozen

[@chriscook4194]

speaking of female fronted bands you should check out walls of jehrico.

[@pauliewalnuts829]

Metallica was my band at first. Then I heard Slipknot in like 2007 and was hooked instantly. I never heard vocals like that before. Slipknot has the perfect balance for me. They have softer songs and songs that destroy.

[@Michael-zs7yy]

Asome Canniple corpse.

[@sumonjamal1653]

Milwaukee Metalfest 2024 (May 16 - 19) will feature Death to all (Death tribute) w/ former Death members (bassist Steve DiGiorgio, guitarist Bobby Koelbe and drummer Gene Hoglan) playing Death's music live for 2 nights 🤘🤘(Sorry, no OKC or Texas dates...) Slaughter to Prevail will headline 1 night... Other major bands: Autopsy... Marduk ... Nunslaughter ... Incantation ... Testament... Deicide... Possessed (not original band)... I Am Morbid (feat. original Morbid Angel members David Vincent & Pete Sandoval) ... Lacuna Coil... Exhumed ... Destruction... 🤘🤘 Mr. Bungle (feat. Mike Patton of Faith No More) will headline (I know, weird choice) Power metallers on May 17 include: Blind Guardian... Symphony X ... Kamelot ... Hammerfall... 🤘🤘 May 18 will have Katatonia (doom metal) and Skinless (death metal)... Hatebreed (hardcore)... May 19 will have In Flames... Avatar...

[@richpittman666]

dont 4 get misery index

[@01redcloud]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@seanashford8789]

Hi, listen to Orbit Culture, Wolfheart and Five Finger Death Punch

[@cruentomucrone5022]

Roots is a freaking awesome albun. Did they draw on the nu-metal that was becoming a thing at the time? Sure. It's not a nu-meatal record and it's massively popular, the people tellling you it's not are a wee niche. Go see Sepultura on their farewell tour this year if you can, you won't regret it. I last saw them 18 months ago and Derrick walked out on stage and opened with "I want you to fucking Arise", you know what happened next. Still an amazing live band. Igor is fantastic but I wouldn't swap Derrick for Max now, Max is shot and can't sing for shit. Seriously, this year is your last chance - go see Sepultura. You won't regret it.

[@dmphax]

Metallica is boring for me too, I started with Slayer. :) Angela Gossow is the Queen!

[@AlexanderJoneshttps]

Please checkout Leaves Eyes

[@thrashphantom6667]

the cavalera brothers are sepultura anything after that is the disney remake. keep it heavy btw i recommend the band Rottrevore check out the track jesters of recession because i know you'll love the bass

[@01redcloud]

☕️☕️☕️☕️🍩🍩🍩🍩🍔

[@manoftheuniverse7907]

I don't like death metal and I like the band Death

[@dillinguuur79]

Imperial has to be experienced live to really appreciate them, they are some of the most talented musicians I have ever seen but as far as their albums go...meh

[@cockybalboa2]

Still Life IS better. In my opinion of course.

[@heathertiller3644]

I’ll save my time cuz it was cuz of her daddy or her brother. Duh

[@SorceressWitch]

No, she said she got into it by doing reaction to metal starting with Cannibal Corpse and liking them right away and then reacted to more songs that people said to react to. There are a lot of people doing those react videos of metal. She said she hadn't heard metal before that.

[@mylerwilson4879]

Misogynists trying not to gatekeep metal from women challenge:

[@vibetech89]

All these Pop, hip hop and Rap music is trash.We have to make metal popular again in America.

[@tysonwastaken]

unfortunately it cant cuz the only innovation that it can have now is getting heavier

[@richpittman666]

since you like dying fetus so much you should check out misery index first few albums its basically dying fetus up to destroy the opposition minus what you called the frog vocals with a lil more grind sound.albums overthrow & retaliate r some bangers 10/10 in my opinion hope you check it out & continue the death metal journey