Members uppercasenoises Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm pretty sure I have. 5 years ago I was listening to nothing but heavy metal, of all different types. Since then I've gradually declined from heavy metal to... -movie soundtracks (Hans Zimmer, Clint Mansell, James Horner, etc) -ambient -post-rock (This Will Destroy You is my favorite currently) -various classical composers -and even gaming soundtracks like Halo1/2/3 even though I don't spend much time on games these days. I still like heavy metal, and I still pop in an album maybe a couple times a month in the car, but I just can't listen to it non-stop anymore. You could also ask yourself the opposite - did you listen to more and more heavy metal as you got older? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I still love me some metal, I'm just damn picky about it these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anti-flag193 Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I used to be into mostly hardcore. Now I like to hardcore bands (both old bands) and listen to mostly rock, ambient and opera/classical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anti-flag193 Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 OP if you haven't heard of E.S. Posthummus, you need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members uppercasenoises Posted February 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 OP if you haven't heard of E.S. Posthummus, you need to. Yes I have, they are good, but not my favorites. OT from E.S. Posthummus, but I also like Paul Collier a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I don't listen to as much metal as I did when I was 16-17, but I put on Rust in Peace today and dayum is that a killer record. It further prompted me to dust off my Ibanez tuned to D and play some Bodom tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boxcarmonument Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm kind of the opposite. I grew up listening to punk. And as I got older I got tired of the repetitious 3 Chord progressions. And find myself listening the heavy metal channel on the radio. And going to buy albums of any band who intrigues me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clinically Deaf Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I used to be a huge thrash fan (still like it though) but I never had the time to learn to shred so I moved on. If I can ever find the time to take some serious lessons, I'd try tackling the early metallica and paul gilbert albums again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eudaimonia02912 Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Not here. If anything my taste is metal has expanded. My biggest change over time has been with industrial music. When I was a teenager, I loved Nine Inch Nails, Machines of Loving Grace, etc. It doesn't do much for me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I feel like the genre has stagnated, or maybe I don't know where to look for quality. I'll still listen to good metal, but I've heard only a couple new metal bands I thought were even remotely interesting in the last 4 years or so, and many of the bands I enjoyed in the past haven't been putting out amazing stuff lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grunge782 Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'd say 90 percent of the time I am listening to electronic music now . I find a couple of good metal bands, but I have gotten VERY picky about what metal I like (even more so than when I was as a teenager). I do like how some bands like AAL are taking a more "intelligent" or artistic route with the genre. I've just gotten sick of the same imagery/themes in metal and I don't feel anything when I listen to a lot of these bands. So no, you are not alone. I think the age of great "true" metal bands like Death are over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scepter Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Still into the stuff I grew up on, but what I'm hearing now, doesn't appeal to me, except Animals as leaders, and the like. I think it's the vocal style of the new stuff that rubs me the wrong the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members exafro Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 As soon as I started getting laid on a regular basis, my interest in metal has waned. Though I still do play and listen to it on a regular basis, just not as often as I once did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 i like some non metal artists here and there, but everything that i listen to in regular rotation is metal. i'm really picky about what i like, so i don't have a lot of variety in said rotation =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grunge782 Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 i like some non metal artists here and there, but everything that i listen to in regular rotation is metal. i'm really picky about what i like, so i don't have a lot of variety in said rotation =/ This is the problem. There are a few artists I REALLY like in metal and will always love the genre for that. However, when I started expanding my interests because of that and started listening to some other genres (especially electronic in my case) I was overwhelmed by how many artists I liked. I can't stand stagnation, so metal has taken the back seat in my playlists. I will say though that the bigger offshoots of metal have taken my interests lately, mainly post-rock/metal, instrumental and sludge/doom/stoner bands. The more iconic forms of metal have some slim pickins these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 at some point in my life, i came to the realization that while music is very important to me, i'm not a music lover. there is FAR more out there that i loathe than i love. what i like to listen to is guitar playing that's better than mine. not like yngwie type stuff, although i did go through a serious buckethead phase, just bands that are better than me...like, so much better that i know i could never actually learn their stuff, but i would still like to be able to play it. am i making any sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thenakedarab Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I still love me some metal, I'm just damn picky about it these days. This. I've never been just a metal head. I love me some metal, don't get me wrong. Grew up on Sabbath, Ozzy, Maiden, and Priest. I was in my early to mid teens when thrash busted out and Metallica put out their first three, and have loved something from each generation of metal that's come out. But still, I've always loved a huge spectrum of music, classical, folk, jazz, rock, blues, country, punk, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spizzledude Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Only 15 year old dudes with pimples like it in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members uppercasenoises Posted February 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Only 15 year old dudes with pimples like it in the first place. Or guys who have shipping problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spizzledude Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Or guys who have shipping problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thenakedarab Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Only 15 year old dudes with pimples like it in the can in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Only 15 year old dudes with pimples like it in the first place. ORLY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members uppercasenoises Posted February 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 ORLY? I'll raise you one... [video=youtube;w2IRyXzDOsA] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spizzledude Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'll see your O'rly and raise you a: Can you find the woman in this metal crowd? (kind of a where's Waldo for metal heads , if you will) Here's another: Don't get me wrong here, I likes me a room full of angry sweaty young men as well as any 55 year old gay man. I'm just yankin' your chains ya know. Back in the day I loved me some metal. Cut my teeth on Sabbath but I also like Billy Joel so go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 the one thing i do see is that they're not all pimple faced 15 year olds :poke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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