Ashamed to like Metal?
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- Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2017
- In my new video I talk about my experience with someone who likes metal but refuses to acknowledge that it is metal.
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I don't think people are ashamed of liking metal. I think they are just scared of what people will think of them (this is very common in teenagers).
Soul Crusher pretty much. I was taught how bad metal was supposed to be by people and parents and shit. So when I LOVED metallica I was super confused and I even became an apologetic that metallica is a hard rock band and I had all these stupid arguments and everything(sth like christian apologetics do lol). Then I just explored further and learned more and ooened my mind and BAM I listen to ober 150 bands now of pretty much all metal genres except for core(to me its pop with heavy guitars and blast beats lol)
im a teen and i dont give a fuck if it is needed i will not have any friends metal is more important than friends i like what i like and they shoud be ashamed for listening pop and rap crap
@@ele7864 That's good, it's better to be yourself
As a little girl back in the 2010s 6 year old me rlly loved Ozzy Osbourne and tried to talk to my classmates about him, they just ignored me so i felt ashamed liking him so i tried to talk to them about some rock music like, aerosmith, kiss and even john lennon they ignored me. So i just kept them to myself and tried to fit in with my school by listening to pop music, of course it didn't work out and i would always shout 'ITS NOT OZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!' Im in high school now and i made a bunch of friends just by saying 'i love black sabbath' and boom now i have a lot of friends and we talk about rock and metal 24/7.
yup like i love the music but ppl think im a Satanist because i like slayer when in realty I'm Christian
How can we wear our passion on our sleave when we cut off our sleaves?
Justin Brantley I think he meant tattoos
its an expression
Tattoos my friend
I never cut off my sleeves
tats
"I know im probably putting way too much thought into this, but im putting the thought into it anyway."
Me with anything ever
Yes exactly
Ashamed to like metal!! Blasphemy of the highest order!!!!
Moron Jk
I agree, off with their heads!!
Here's what I think when people say that they're ashamed of liking metal music ...🤢
the religious nuts always try to turn people away from metal....
indeed
"They can't stop us - let 'em try! For heavy metal, we will die!" - MANOWAR
Stay metal!!!!!!
DEthe5150 f
I'll see them live in 26 Days☺🤘
if you can't be described by every lyric in that song... oh dear
You know what my name also stand for lol .......
I thought it said stay meta for a sec. the l blended
I'm still new to Heavy Metal and it took me a while to be comfortable enough to play Heavy Metal in my car loud. I would get nervous at stop lights while playing Heavy Metal. Seeing people next to me rolling up their windows or just turning to stare at me made me would give me a mini anxiety. ha ha. But now having listened to metal for almost 2 years I am way more relaxed about it and don't worry about people judging me or not. It is the best music to drive too, to work out to and to play when I am feeling down. It has helped with my confidence so I am thankful. Thanks.
Yup been there, then I realized how many others roll up next to me blasting Taylor Swift or some shit, then I don't feel so bad drowning that shit out. Sounds extremely hippocitical I know, but you do what you gotta do to survive in this world.
I turn my volume up at stoplights for those reactions lol.
Yea same. Most kids at my school thinks it’s weird to like metal but today at bowling practice I blasted Pantera over the loud speakers 💀
Jonah Lynx and what happened?? Did they respond to it? Did they look at you?
Just do not give a shit.They are those dumb ones who are ignorants and stupid.
Dinking game: take a shot everytime he says "heavy metal"
Eric st.pierre we would be dead :P
To me Heavy Metal is not “music” to me honestly it my “life” it’s the only thing I think about all the time it is a big snip-bit of my life. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
It took me a little while to being a metal head/rocker chick, but that was more out of the fact that I have social anxiety. The thought of someone looking at me like I was crazy because of my music preferences was a struggle to get over for me.
That's where i am right now. I really want to make a battle vest and wear metal shirts, but my family is heavily religious and social anxiety also stops me from dressing like that in public
I feel that but I have found that now after about 4 months of listening to metal I have gotten comfortable enough to say I love metal and wear my battle vest or metal shirts out in public, even though I dont have many yet. But I suppose people always used to look at me so it doesn't change much for me
I am a proud metalhead. That is something that everyone who knows me knows about me. I don't hide it.
I know a guy who was just an idiot, when i asked him who was his favorite band, he said avenged sevenfold, so i told him mine was metallica, he then said that was hard rock. A month or 2 lator, i showed him a death metal song and he said it was screamo.
My classmate is an even bigger idiot.
We had to make a project and the teacher showed the last years projects for ideas and one of them were about rock.
My classmate knew i was a metalhead and yelled that i should make a project about that. And i yelled back that i listen to metal not rock. And he yelled that it is the same thing.
Loving metal was definitely a huge reason I got bullied at school. The girls couldn't understand why I wore black tshirts and combats and would often shout out in class that I must be a lesbian/actually a boy. The opinion by many (including adults) was that I had brought that on myself by openly liking metal.
This reminds me of a student in my class who told me he is a massive fan of Metallica, believes that Metallica is the most brutal band ever, and that his #1 song is "One" because he likes the beginning of the song.
Now, I thought that because he was new to metal, that I recommend them good bands such as Sodom, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, and Hell! Even Korn.
His reaction was, and I quote "Ew, Cannibal Corpse is too disgusting even though I've never heard of them before. Slayer and Sodom aren't that good, and Anthrax sucks. Korn is a band who are Pussys and posers to Nu Metal."
I forgot to mention, he also wouldn't shut up about how original Avenged Sevenfold is and all the work they put into their band is crazy.
avenged sevenfold being original? lol not even their logo is original OOF
I don't see your point about A7X here. They are pretty original, and they put in a fuck ton of work.
The other stuff I agree with
@@dinkalus
They are. Their logo not so much, but many bands have had deathbat logos, or something close to it
The thing is that people think that heavy metal is just death metal/black metal/grindcore etc. They don´t know that inside metal you have a lot of different subgenres with a huge variety of sounds. They believe that every metal song sounds like an extreme metal song and that below that extreme level, it comes directly hard rock. So yes, they believe that heavy, power, glam... aren´t metal, so they are rock.
The only extreme metal that I like is death metal and I’m not super into it. However the first thing people think of when I say that I like metal is goregrind which I hate.
Stuff like that edges into rock, but even then, there are still plenty of bands that are easily rock while still being far less intense than deathcore and such
I have been a proud metal head since I was 15 years old and now I am 48.... metal head for life
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He could have legitimately not known any better because the vocal styles of those bands weren't uh...harsh enough? I've known people who were legitimately surprised when I had Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath playing and told them it was metal because they were probably expecting death metal pig squeals or screamo whines.
Gabrhil true, a friend of mine who's mainly into hard rock and power metal recently asked me if Iron Maiden were metal, because after I showed him the music I listen to (old school death metal) he thought they were a bit gentle 😂😂
Duuuude in my music class I was playing fucking Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" for the class (because we could present songs on Fridays) and half the class was making fun of the vocals because they were too "rough" I guess, shit was gay as fuck
Twenty one pilots screams more than Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica
I mean....they barely edge into metal (sonically as of modern day, not influentially), but I agree with your point. Metal is a WIDE genre, with plenty of sounds
You're right in everything you said
Thanks
Except he said Satanism is negative, while it's actually just a religion.
Heavy metal forever
sólo metal nice profile
Uriel Arras thanks
Joey is my idol
Uriel Arras me too
sólo metal deathgasm
Listen to justin biber is something ashemed. . . METAL TIL DEATH 🤘
+mrghost3601 Exactly
either bieber or being forced to listen to a cd that was recorded at someone else's church !
This comment touching special snowflake boundaries
well not really, like he said being ashamed of music you like is silly.
I like death and black metal, some of my favourite music. At the same time I like Abba, spice girls etc.
maybe the one issue is homophobia in metal
homophobia in metal, c'mon man you can do better than that.
hey black metal werewolf! I love your channel man, you speek the truth and you have alot of logic and maturity behind all of your points. keep on rocking \m/
Metal for life and beyond
Metal has helped me a lot, to go through shit situations.
Great video dude. I'm 53 and I've been into metal for only a couple of years - I love it and I'm proud to admit it !
How can anyone dislike you, you seem to be such a sweetheart
always love your videos! the new tattoo is fucking amazing!!!!!
I want to propose a Metal drinking game. Watch BlackMetalWerewolf and every time he says "heavy metal", take a shot.
Good luck.
So whenever I wear band t-shirts, people give me that whole "head-to-toe" sweeping glance before making a bad face at me, and I'm kinda shy in real life and this makes me SOOO uncomfortable...but I really love my shirts and I feel like a fucking champion whenever I wear them. FUN FACT: I have this absolutely SICK AC/DC shirt (some may say they're metal, others say hard rock) that says "Givin' the Dog A Bone" and MAN, OH MAN, OH MAN...I get the weirdest stares whenever I wear it (perhaps it's because I'm a girl?) but that's probably the closest I've ever gotten to being "ashamed"... other than that, I fucking love metal and hard rock and am not afraid to let people know :D
People do this to me also, Wear shirts and people judge or laugh at them. Smaller city with narrow minded people. But fuck it, I'm not going to stop wearing them
Overall I think some people will not mention they like Heavy Metal because they may have very judgemental family members or friends. Personally I have never met anyone like this before hell I don’t even have any Metalhead friends. The only time I ever see or interact with any metal people is in my local HMV. I think you are doing great videos Black Metal Werewolf and they are very interesting to watch and it’s well worth the wait.
So are you a metalhead or just a casual listener?
Jewstein I’m a Metalhead, I listen to Metal everyday and not just generic things like Slipknot. I listen to bands such as Municipal Waste, Dawn of Demise, kreator, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Burzum, Darkthrone, Dark Funeral, Megadeth, Pantera etc. I’m also very passionate about the music like a lot of people are. I collect CDs as well Metal CDs obviously so far I have 50 Metal CDs but it’s getting there.
Danthemainman 666 wicked bro, I really only have one "metalhead" friend, I never had anything against the other ones in my school, but I'm honestly kind of a "hipster" (go ahead call me a "faggot"), because if I think what people like is shit, I'll tell them it does (idk if that makes me a "hipster," I don't think I'm an "elitist" because I don't only like metal music). Most (if not all) of the metalheads in my school tend to listen to the shitier side of metal/hardcore like Asking Alexandria or Five Finger Death Punch, none of them seem to listen to Converge, Altar of Plagues, or Gorguts
If you like metal, embrace it! To hell with society’s standards, there’s no shame in being different
I'm very proud of liking metal now. I used to not like saying I was because I was already the outcast and bullied a bit like being called a school shooter. My friend eventually went hardcore into the punk and black metal scene and that's when I started to hear about what people would say behind his back. Now he was very weird about it he always carried a satanist bible and listened to his music out loud. He defiantly have the bullies a lot more fuel on his own. This kinda turned me off from wanting to share my love of metal with anyone but my close friends. I eventually started wearing more and more band tees and everyone kinda just saw me as a rocker and the only really metal thing I wore besides tees is a denim jacket. I'm now much more open about my love for the scene and even made a battle jacket recently, you're Halloween patch is on it I'll send it your way on Instagram when I put the final studs and stuff on it. That's my story so far as always your videos rock hope you have a cool day black metal werewolf
Great video my dude. Keep up the good work
Im glad you're making metal videos again
I listen to metal, and would never be ashamed of admitting it! Have even been bullied especially by family members but that would never stop me from admitting I listen to metal!!
I don't like metal... I do listen to
Acrania
Acranius
Analepsy
Behemoth
Be'lakor
Broken Flesh
Cannibal Corpse
Cattle Decapitation
Goatwhore
Infected Swarm
Ingested
Kraanium
Lamb of God
Ouroboros
Shadow of Intent
Slaughter to Prevail
Until We Die
Visceral Hatred
Vulvodynia
And many more...
But... None of those are metal bands so, society still likes me! Teehee :3
GiverofPain Did... Did you just organize bands based on Alphabetical order?
I did. Too many times have I seen band lists in disarray! I don't need that kind of chaos in my life and neither do the people that read my comment.
@@giverofpain2428 strange ideas for someone with a name like that lol
I Cum Blood is my favorite pop song
BadWolf Cubs Lamo. Isn’t basically every song on that album basically pornogrind
I never really had much problems where I live. Matter a fact I get a lot of compliments, about my hair in particular. Then one time I was wearing my spiked gauntlets in toys r us and the girl that checked us out was like those are sooo cool. If only I was 18 at the time lmao. Well, I am now though.
Great video as always. I've never come across someone with the same thoughts though. I just finished watching "the history of metal" - a 2,5 hour long documentary and it's definitely worth checking out!
They don’t think 'Metallica' is metal?
I really like Thrash,Black and Death Metal, but when people ask me what kind of music is your favorite?, I answer Rock or sometimes Heavy Metal cause I agree that it sounds better than saying I like Brutal Death Metal, Black Metal or Blackened Death Metal, they would call me Satanist and that would be so anoying😡
I do that, too. Mostly because I just don't want to explain to people what [insert metal subgenre here] is. I usually say "I mostly listen to Rock and Metal." Of course, when I'm around other metalheads, I'll name genres and bands, but I think most "normal" people are contempt with knowing that spectrum of "Rock and Metal". They probably don't know and/or care for all those weird subgenres.
Rock sounds way worse to me, besides, I don't even like rock, and when I get asked I said I like mainly death metal and a bit of thrash cuz that's the truth 😂😂
Technically you're not lying because Thrash, Black, and Death metal are all sub genres of Heavy Metal, and heavy Metal is a sub genre of Rock and Roll. I usually just say "metal" because it encompasses all genres of metal. Metal is just a short term for Heavy Metal.
I usually say the same thing, but for different reasons. I find it: A. Annoying to explain exactly what I'm referring to. B. Using "too specific" genre tags is cringy (unless of course you're recommending a band to a fellow metalhead and trying to explain what they sound like)
When people ask me I say I like everything because I don't want to come off as a special snowflake if I say metal, and if in fact I do say metal, I have to be specific because most people I encounter that do like metal like deathcore and I don't like deathcore but if I say "I don't like deathcore" I get called elitist. I don't judge or hate anyone for liking deathcore, it's just not my kind of music but people can't take opinions. Anyway, there are so many people in the metal community that just gloat how special they are for liking metal. I dont care if someone happily admits to liking metal it's when they think the world should revolve around them because they have "rare" taste in music like some snobby hipster. These people are my age, early 20s and some older, picking on emo teenagers and pre teens who like pop music. I told one of my forner friends once "How are you going to bully a kid with your grown ass?" lol. I just have birth to my first and hopefully last child about a month ago, if he gets into an emo phase let's say around 12 and some 32 year old man starts to assult my son over how he dresses, both my husband and I will punch that mans face inside out, I don't give a fuck.
Great video man. I agree with all of it. My personal opinion is basically the first one you suggested. That they just are embarrassed to admit what they like is heavy metal. OR it could be that he generally had a wrong idea about what heavy metal is.
I've met a lot of people like this. It's very prominent in the state I'm in. I had always wondered if anyone else has experienced this.
Great video, first time I've come across your channel. Definitely worth a subscribe.
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Great video man! I don't think I've ever felt ashamed of liking metal. By the way, if you're planning on seeing any concerts soon, I have a BIG recommendation, Belphegor/Cryptopsy/Panzerfaust. I saw them at the Jewel Nightclub in Manchester, NH on the 7th and even met Serpenth (Belphegor's bass player) and Matt McGachy (Cryptopsy's singer) and took a selfie with each of them! They have five Canadian shows coming up next month: Toronto (12/5), Ottawa (12/6), Quebec (12/7), Montreal (12/8) and Rouyn-Noranda (12/9). Trust me, these bands will not let you down with their performance!
Great video!
Stay Metal!
I had to help my friend run away from home because his dad tried to give him an exorcism when he found Slayer albums
Ave is amazing! I never got into venom until I listened to this album and it gave me an appreciation for the test of there music. One of my favorite albums of 2017. Is have to say preacher man is my favorite song off the album though there isn’t a bad song
Never be ashamed of what you listen to be proud of who you are man we are who are right it,s not an obsession it,s a passion brother it comes from within your heart and soul fuck the haters
This is such an awesome video. I loved metal since I was thirteen (starting with Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Rammstein) but studies, work and other people's opinions made me a rather closeted metal fan. I was afraid people would act weird about it and I didn't have any friends who liked the same music or lifestyle. I few years ago I saw Rammstein and decided I didn't care so much anymore about what other people think. I love metal and that's that.
Ι wish I had you as a friend in my high school or junior high school years!!!
you have a good point if you are an open minded person and you like it you should not be ashamed good music is just that just go with it and all of us in this society wear to many masks to please other in order to fit in and that shit is wearing thing im 50 and still a metal head since 84 maiden's aces high like (solo metal) said METAL FOREVER and i was just introduced to crytopsy. love the album review always love venom as well
This title triggered me lol. Nah but I've been through this but now I'm about to show true metal colors. Skeletonwitch hoodie on the way with a few other merch pieces.
I’m in this place too... I wasn’t ashamed per se but I kept it hidden cuz I cared too much about what others would think. Now I don’t care again and It’s amazing :D
So when I started to listen to metal I wasn‘t sure if it was metal or hard rock (I listen to powermetal mostly) so I said I like harder music...I realized that no one in my family was offended so now I‘m a proud metalhead 🤘
I have never ran into a person that was scared to admit their love for metal but if that was the case the reason would be fear of being put down and labeled a "bad influence". Anyways, awesome video as usual and I will be buying a patch from you soon :).
I'm 43 and love black metal, slam, doom, death etc. I have been into metal since middle school. I DGAF if people think I'm too old or think I'm having a midlife crisis or something. I like what I like
I was ashamed at first caring about what other people may have thought of me at the time in the early '90's especially back when i was in high school but i didn't care i enjoy listening to metal and will continue to do so still to this day.
love the Intro
When I was a kid, I couldn't talk about my hobbies at home without being told "nobody cares about that, just shut up" or "I hope you don't bother anyone with that". I'm not scared what people will think of me, and I'm not ashamed of liking metal, but feel like nobody gives a fuck.
yes.
King Pavel 🅱ing 🅱avel
hahahaha hi pav :^)
hey pavsy
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I love your Abbath shirt
Don't ever be ashamed of liking metal and being a metalhead. If no one likes it, than that's just too damn bad. I mean yeah, you're gonna get shit on, called names, and shit like that. But, you know, you just can't let it get to you. Hell, I'm almost 42 years old. And been listening to metal for as long as I can remember. And being from a small hick town. I've had my share of the name calling and the bullying, as well. But, like I said, "you just can't let it get to you".
I'm new to your channel. Came here completely on the recommendation of my best friend Becca.
I think one of the reasons why this kid was ashamed of Metal, maybe because his parents didn't approve of it. And he had to call it something different to avoid his parents getting the wrong idea about him, or about the music. I had to go through something similar with my parents, but know I wear it with pride!! And my parents eventually learned that I can like metal, and they don't have to. And we can both still talk to each other. That's just my observation, but hey, who knows. Stay metal my friends!! :)
I had a best friend who we were in a very large group of friends. of course I was the only metalhead.. can only imagine how sucky music was at those parties. anyway he showed interest in some of my music.. bought some albums but noticed he only played it when it was just him and I. after a few months.. there was no more metal coming from our friendship. I thoroughly believe it was influenced by the others we hung out with. mind you I'm 31 and this was all 11 years ago.. so I agree with this video.. it does seem like people who are branching out of the mainstream shit are ashamed to like our music. but you know what that's okay.. metal is for the devoted ones. 🤟🏻 we're doing a okay without them
The Kingdom will never be crushed!!!
Cool abbath tee bro
I devote my life to metal. It makes me happy and motivated, I love it so fucking much. When people make fun of metal, I feel very offended and fucking go all out life on them. Greetings from England
I agree with the devotion and the dedication to metal. When people talk shit about it I save that anger and make songs.
I like smoke and lighting, heavy metal thunder, racing with the wind and the felling that I'm under.
Most the reasons for people not to acknowledge it is mainly religious reasons whether it be hardcore Christian parents for example or they just think it's the devil's music
I hid Slayer albums and Metallica shirts from my parents for years just to figure out my dad loved metal, same with my mom.
u should make a discord or something so metal heads can talk and listen to music together,
How about we make it and try to make it a very popular metalhead discord server?
I grew up in such a weird town and maybe a weird time where everyone in my high school listened to metal, rock, punk, hardcore. The football players loved pantera and slayer. Skater kids loved punk and hardcore stuff. I was a real nerdy kid and so were my friends but we listened to death metal and black metal. A bunch of soccer kids I was friends with listened to Avenged Sevenfold and other music like them. Literally everyone I grew up with listened to some form of that kind of music.
Ashamed?? Never!!! I am fucking proud of it!!!! 🤘🤘
Great video blackmetalwerewolf tbh when i first started listening to metal i was kinda hesitant at first because i thought i would be picked on but it seems to me i found some of my best friends that way and im more open about say "yes im a metalhead u want to listen to some slayer??" stay metal good people in the comments metal till we die \m/
I agree that Metallica is heavy metal they're one of the big 4. Even slayer, megadeth, and Anthrax is all heavy metal.
i agree Metallica is metal, but when i listen to them i just cant stand it, idk why, i listen and love fast, slow, screaming, etc etc metal, but i just cant stand Metallica
Metal Midget "even slayer Is heavy metal" shit that's a sentence I thought I'd never hear.
Thrash**
metal mike Same here. I stopped listening to them after the Justice album
Aren't they the big four of thrash metal?
New camera??looks good as hell
I got bullied all throughout elementary and some of middle school just because I have a lot of social anxiety but never really because of the music I listened to and I’ve been through my phases *shudders*
I was ashamed to like metal up until a few years ago. My brother showed me some bands he liked when I was younger and I really enjoyed that, but I didn't want to admit I liked it. My parents always said that it was just noise and got angry when he played his music (which I now think is understandable since he did play it really loud and they don't like the music...)
I also asked some of my friends what they thought about metal and they said it was horrible and too brutal and stupid (I don't think they really knew a lot of metal song though)
I guess I was scared of people not liking me anymore and also of them thinking I wasn't a real girl...
But now I don't give a shit about what people think and my friends grew up and I'm proud to say that I adore heavy metal ^^
Bullying is good for society. I was bullied and it taught me to not take crap from people and to stand up for myself. I didn't just let it happen, I fought back against them and held my own, it made me stronger. I sat in at a Utah governor fund distribution meeting; they were allocating something like $50,000 state dollars to "ending bullying". You can't end it with money and commercials, the parents and teachers just need to know it's happening and handle it themselves. Teach your kids that as long as they don't throw the first punch they are in the right. As for your friend saying that music wasn't metal, maybe he just considers something metal if it has growling, guttural, or screaming vocals.
I agree.
No one should be ashamed to like metal. It's just as equal as every other genre. Word, and plus, probably a fact!!! \m/
When I see a Metalhead getting discriminated, it just boils my rage like mad!!!!!!!! >:(
Although to be clear, I haven't, and I hope I don't. And Mahn, you always make killer ass content Bro, freakin' dig the life out of your channel and content Bro!!! ;) \m/
When I started listening to metal I was a little embarrassed of the music I listened to because I didn't have much friends and I go to a small Christian private school and none of my friends like metal. As my passion for metal grew I also grew out of that little embarrassment of listening to it. Now the whole school knows I LOVE, LIVE, and DIE for metal! I took photography class and I did my own metal twist to it and I even gave a whole class presentation on Heavy Metal and I love that the whole school knows me as the only metal enthusiast and I'm not ashamed !
It ain't no "guilty pleasure" for ME!! I I have been a metalhead for years!! Not gonna change!! \\m//
I am a pure metal head I listen to Black Metal death metal my favorite black metal band is dark funeral I got to go see them today
I know someone who bailed on metal after the N.W.O.B.H.M. He still likes Motorhead,Saxon,Fastway and such. Not really in speed,thrash,death or even black metal. It's I guess an age thing. Though I'm in my 50s and love and proud to be metal. Lemmy called his music rock'n'roll!
All of the things mentioned in this video ( metal, punk, anime, superheroes, and comics) are my passions......
I openly admitted it because I don’t care what people think
👊Metal for life!!!
Yeah, that is strange!
This topic reminds me of my dad. He likes mostly old classics like Pink Floyd, The Doors, Joy Division and stuf like that. He admited he likes hard rock, and one of bands he loved when he was young was Black Sabbath, but he's sure it's a hard rock band and he claims that he dislikes metal as a genre.
And I want to introduce him to the world of metal, and show him one of growl-less Opeth songs (since we both like prog) but I'm ridiculously nervous what will he think of me and the music
Jormungandr twists and turns mighty in his wrath! The eyes are full of primal hate!- Amon Amarth
Metal Evolution is a awesome documentary on heavy metal
When I was in high school and started getting into metal, I was afraid to admit it to anybody. I didn't know anyone who was a metalhead at the time and I was scared of being judged. This also kind of refrained me of exploring more of the genre. Now that I have graduated and going to college soon, I stopped giving a damn what people think of me. If someone has a problem with me loving metal, that's their own fault and not mine.
Metal is a genre just like any other musical genre. I’m not ashamed of listening to heavy metal at all!😊😊
An interesting note is that although Black Sabbath are often christened the "Godfathers of Heavy Metal", Ozzy himself feels that they're more of a 'Hard Rock's band.
However, to him - Motörhead comes to mind whenever he hears the term "heavy metal" ^__^
That is interesting. Usually when I hear the term heavy metal I think iron madien and other NWOBHM bands. When i think motorhead i think about the start to thrash metal.
Metal and proud. Ignore the haters. Love the music and culture. Easier now I'm older. We don't get discriminated against as much as when at school. Bulling against people who are different to the norm (metal head (or greebo as is was in my day), goth etc) is prevalent which might be why some people hide the genres they like. I didn't and I took the comments etc on the chin. But everyone is different.
As soon as you said "punk music" I imagined Killbot in the corner pointing a gun at Black Metal Werewolf.
P.s I fucking love Hardcore Punk and Grindcore.
For heavy metal we will die!!! Horns up 🤘🤘🤘
I admit to liking metal and get really passionate about it to my friends and acquaintances (though most of them aren't metalheads). My reservation lies with calling myself a metalhead around other such people. Sometimes I just feel like I don't fit in because I don't look the part, which results in me feeling like the thing that doesn't belong in the room, or worse, like a poser. It feels like I've fallen between two stools.
I had a similar thing but that happened with metal genres. I was saying many of the melodic or technical death metal bands I was listening to with different genre names. For example I was telling some of my favorite bands as:
In Flames: Melodic Groove metal (despite they were melodeath in early albums)
Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Tiamat : All those bands I was calling them doom metal even though they we're deathdoom at least in their early albums
I was telling Amon Amarth was Viking Metal and Opeth and Cynic were prog metal .
And every melodeath band( except in flames)I was telling it was power or Gothic metal with growls
AND ALL THOSE THINGS TO HIDE THAT I LIKE MANY DEATH METAL BANDS .
People should be ashamed of listening to pop, rap, and emo stuff.
I have a friend who asked me what metal bands I like but then kept saying that the bands I was saying weren't metal, like even Google contradicted him on the one band and he still refused to agree that it's metal; and he's a metalhead too, but it's like if it's not a band he also listens to then they're not metal
When I was younger I would listen to Metallica avenged sevenfold system of a down etc. But when people asked me the question "what's music do you listen to?" I wouldn't tell them because I felt like I didnt fit in so well. All my friends would listen to rap, so I tried to listen to rap. But it just didn't click. Nowadays, I'm totally open about it, I wear band ts and I do listen to stuff other then metal. Overall, its what I prefer most. But thats just my point of view and experience.
I love your bracelets!! Can you tell me where you bought them? I would love to buy them myself. I've had my own set of bracelets for a long time, but I'm looking for something new. Do you have any recommendations where to shop for these? I find it pretty hard to find descend studs bracelets like you're wearing, on the internet. Since many retailers don't sell (Or don't want to sell) longer studs. And/or longer bracelets. :/ I only found one site that sells these, (And has a huge assortment with lots of virility) called MetalDevastation.com. Unfortunately, this is a small American retailer, and thou to this the shipping costs really add up. The only place I can find these in stores, is on festivals. But there they end up pretty pricy as well. Do you happen to know any (Online) retailers that are decently priced? And it would really help out, if there located in Europe aswell. :)
Ashamed? fuck no,I'm a metal head and proud of it!