Members NixerX Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I like good music...Metal or otherwise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mudcat Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I used to be 90% metal when I was 18. Now I'm maybe 5% at 39. Not sure where Porcupine Tree & Tool fit into the "heavy metal" genre, if at all, but that's about as close as I get.The genre just seems completely stagnant. Besides, what else can you do beyond what Slayer did?!? Someone said "Why would anyone stop liking a song that they found appealing" and to that I say...didn't you once watch (insert childrens show here)? Even though it was completely great to you at that time, you grew older, and it lost its appeal. It may hold some nostalgic appeal, but thats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadKeithV Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I like good music...Metal or otherwise... This. Good music, is good music. Show me a good country & western song and I'll probably like it. The odds are low, but it's not impossible. Heck, I loved some of the True Blood background music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magmadeth Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 It's kinda of funny, I'm pretty young right now, and the mood I'm in determines what kind of metal I listen to. My spectrum of metal spans far an wide. That is about 80-90% of the time. The other 10-20% is listen to other types of music. Like Joe Bonamassa, Deep Purple, blues, Django Reinhardt, Tool, APC, Robin Trower, Al Di Meola, Pat Metheny, and tons of other things too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nateispro Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I've listened to metal almost everyday since i was 16, but last august when i joined my first metal band, i pretty much quit listening to metal and got into other styles of music like The Tallest Man on Earth, The Strokes, Explosions in the Sky, Minus the Bear, Circa Survive. And now that i've quit that band my desire to start another metal band is almost gone, it's more fun to listen to metal then play it IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadKeithV Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 And now that i've quit that band my desire to start another metal band is almost gone, it's more fun to listen to metal then play it IMO Actually I'm the opposite. It's more fun to play (sport metal!) than to listen to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elemenope Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I get into heavier {censored} the older I get. Idk its like nothing is heavy enough anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimAnsell Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 metal is in a bad place right now. even most the bad ass euro metal bands that saved the day in the mid/late 90's(when all america had to offer was korn, limp bizkit, and rob zombie) are putting out boring, non-memorable albums. as far as getting old and growing out of it? to some extent thats probably going to happen. i mean i'll throw on some iced earth or some stratovarious, and even though i'm enjoying it, a big part of me knows how cheezy it really is, where as when i was 18, it was the coolest {censored} ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teemuk Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I grew out of "Heavy Metal". Nowadays I mostly prefer to listen to Death, Folk or Black Metal. :poke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 For those of you finding you are "growing out" of Heavy metal.Get your Testosterone levels checked.A regimine of "T" to get your hormone levels back to normal will have you head banging again in no time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elric Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 The New Wave of British Heavy Metal acts (Maiden, Priest, Def Leppard, et al) are sort of when I became musically aware, so Metal was all I listened to back in the day but now that I'm starting to hit Middle Age, I've obviously matured quite a bit, so now I'm just more diverse... when you're an adult, you can't just listen to Iron Maiden all day. Sometimes you want something more in tune with whats going on in your family or professional life, like some Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, or Children of Bodom. That kind of stuff. So, really, I've grown up musically, I honestly like both types of music now: Heavy and Metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny Z Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Never did much Heavy Metal, by the time it came around I was moving from Rock to Jazz. It's a good idea to reinvent yourself every few years, move on to something more advanced. I've done Folk, Surf, Country, Blues and a ton of different Rock music. I can't imagine most the 30 somethings playing Heavy Metal today will still do it in their 50's, 60's and beyond, I hope they move on to something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I seem to just be getting pickier about what I listen to....majority of it being metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slunderfungus Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 This. Good music, is good music. Show me a good country & western song and I'll probably like it. The odds are low, but it's not impossible. Heck, I loved some of the True Blood background music. Cash, Johnny Cash, Ghost Riders in the Sky may have been one of the 1st metal songs and he never knew it or intended it to be.:cop:Just add heavily distorted guitar and slightly more aggressive singing:idk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members co&cafan808 Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I never was a big metal fan but every now and then I have to listen to some. I don't mind the music so much as the terrible cookie monster vocals, otherwise I would probably listen to it more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny Z Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Cash, Johnny Cash, Ghost Riders in the Sky may have been one of the 1st metal songs and he never knew it or intended it to be.:cop:Just add heavily distorted guitar and slightly more aggressive singing:idk:Gene Autry may have been the first to sing it in 1949. The best instermental version I remember was done by a Surf Band called the Challengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubefox Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I wouldn't say I "grew out of it." I mean, I don't listen to JUST metal any more. I go through phases. For a period of about a year I mostly just listened to IDM, post-rock, and a bit of jazz. The only metal I really listened to often was Buckethead.Oh, for you geezers out there, "IDM" means "techno that is pleasant to listen to while sitting around your house, rather than most techno, which is only pleasant if you're a dancing e-tard.NOTE TO THE MODS: "E-tard" is not meant to be a cheap bypass of the wordfilter. It's a term for people who do too much ecstasy. Just thought I'd point that out if you guys were feeling trigger-happy today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny Z Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I wouldn't say I "grew out of it." I mean, I don't listen to JUST metal any more. I go through phases. For a period of about a year I mostly just listened to IDM, post-rock, and a bit of jazz. The only metal I really listened to often was Buckethead. Oh, for you geezers out there, "IDM" means "techno that is pleasant to listen to while sitting around your house, rather than most techno, which is only pleasant if you're a dancing e-tard. NOTE TO THE MODS: "E-tard" is not meant to be a cheap bypass of the wordfilter. It's a term for people who do too much ecstasy. Just thought I'd point that out if you guys were feeling trigger-happy today. I finally learned something new. I'm a geezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MOOMOO Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 "Anyone ever grow out of heavy metal as you get older?"NEVER! 40+ love it as much as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hardtail Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Nope - still keep the faith ... 80's metal is still my gig & 95% of what I play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pamackie Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 xs4v-zexx8M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubefox Posted February 15, 2011 Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 I finally learned something new. I'm a geezer.Yeah, I'm well aware of this boards user base. Although just so we're clear: That was a good-natured joke, not "HAHA OLD PEOPLE ARE DUMB!"Sorry if I came across the latter way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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