"Why Do You Listen to Metal?!"
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I hope you enjoy this discussion. It took quite a while to put this video together.
This is one of the most reoccurring questions I get. The fact that I do, in fact, listen to and love metal surprises people. I hadn't realized I was an anomaly until recently when comments from some subscribers here on RUclips have repeatedly indicated that my choice in music is "strange"?
There are many misconceptions and stereotypes attached to the genre and those who listen to it. I hope to expand your mind with this video. I also hope to one day find other black females, and especially African immigrants, who enjoy metal as well.
I would really love to hear your thoughts on this topic so feel free to comment below!
Intrigued? Try these songs to slowly delve into the world of metal and similar genres (in order of light rock, metal, to heavy hardcore):
Incubus - Adolescents (reflection on coming of age and what it means to be young and in your world)
• Incubus - Adolescents ...
Demon Hunter - Carry Me Down (lyrics are incredible, sad but makes you come to terms with inevitable death and awaits after, voice is also great)
• Demon Hunter - Carry M...
Of Mice & Men - My Understandings (simple lyrics but the instruments strike an agonizing cord deep inside that I still have no words for, his voice also has incredible range)
• Of Mice & Men - My Und...
A better question is, why does anyone NOT listen to Heavy Metal?
Lol yes!
Exactly!!!?
Because most people are lame
Frankly, because of the general dumbing down of the worldwide society. Simple sounds and simple lyrics that is pop and today’s rap fit right into this.
Now that is a MUCH better question.
I LOVE HEAVY METAL TOOOO!! I am Ghanaian ❤️
SMILE YES 👍🤜🤛🔥🤘🔥
❤️
I feel sorry for people that only listen to one kind of music, the more you like, the better.
Dylan Rus I can relate
But it feels like I'm in a specific mindset when I'm listening to one genre
If that's my happy place why should I mess my mind up by listening to everything out there
You only have another couple decades to live
I like to keep listening to the stuff I love
But sometimes it's refreshing to venture unfamiliar genres too
@@dylanrus8117 same but I do like some 80s pop.
I agree I love metal music and opera music lol
@@dylanrus8117 What im saying is you would be a happier person, if you liked Metal, rap AND Ed Sheeran. 🤔
To me the worst is contemporary christian.
But if i could choose to enjoy it, it would be something new to make me enjoy life. With headphones, when no one is around😬
Metal makes me feel powerful
@@sophiegregson for some falling asleep is a battle!
And happy
@@sophiegregson ❤️
@@sophiegregson same
"Heavy Metal is for everyone!" - Joakim Brodén
He's 100% correct. My wife and I have been to 4 Sabaton concerts, and nobody bats an eye that she's black. 🤘😁🍺
I LOVE HEAVY METAL TOO!!! :D ♡♡♡♡♡♡ and I totally understand this whole thing of why do black girls listen to metal? I feel you. I love power metal, black metal, symphonic metal and heavy plus a lot more.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love you so much even more (always have) ♡ I love Mega deth too. Check out Type O negative too! I love them.
@@BeutifulBeholder The same goes for Native American. I am Cherokee of Oklahoma and alot of my tribe says some pretty harsh things about it.
I've been into Metal since i was 12yrs. imagine a metalhead growing in a boomer generation. you have no idea how much I was criticized, underestimated and blatantly misjudged just because i listen to metal music. I'm 50 now and no just listening but playing guitar on my solo project. and to my surprise, my 7yrs old son loves metal too.
Have you ever tried to listen to melodeath like In Flames, Soilwork, or Disarmonia Mundi?
There should be like a discord for like non white metalheads to share our experiences.
Just listen to music that moves you, inspires you, lifts you. There's no need to explain to anyone.
Exactly
Yesssss
I'm a 42-year-old man with a bald head and a grey beard, and I always get that question.
"You don't look like someone who listens to metal."
Every bald dude with a beard I know listens to metal! :)
I'm a 49 year old man from Germany, still got long darkblond hair, cant wait that they turned to grey. 😀 I'm started to listen to Metal in 1985 with Accept - Restless and Wild. ☺
HEAVY
Because we are all angry of the Same Shit. 👍🏻
As a metal fan, you look exactly like the average metal listener
Late to the party but here’s my story.
Like most modern Black Americans, I grew up listening to Rap and R&B as well as occasionally Raggae and African music. I did also listen to rock/metal too, but I would always prefer rap. From 5th grade to middle school, rap is starting to die out (or at least the kind that I like is) and started listening to metal and EDM more. Like you, it started off with Linkin Park. Then there’s Limp Bizkit and other Nu-Metal and Rap-rock bands. Shortly after I discovered Sum 41, S.O.A.D., and Escape the Fate then I started listeng to Evanescence again and my love for metal has kickstarted. I would play any band or certain songs I like whenever I could, and sometimes even become a one man moshpit. Many of my family members except for my father (an occasional rock/metal listener. Introduced me to Creed, Seether, and Pink Floyd) had gave me shit for it. As a tween already going through depresion (obesity, falling behind school, and parents constantly arguing with each other) this had a harsher effect on me than normal. Eventualy, I got over them and they started to leave me alone. I always look forward to finding new artists and listen to every song they made. I find comfort in metal the most regardless of how aggresive vocals and/or riffs are. Listen to what you want and dont anyone grieve you.
Rock on sis!
epicboy432 how come no one ever talks about seethed? I mean, they are mainstream, but no one ever talks about them
thanks for sharing your story! I've been a metalhead for 38yrs i'm 50 yrs old now and guess what is on my playlist. "Emerge A Tyrant"
Check them out! ruclips.net/video/k2ea8PAKvhA/видео.html
You can never find a metalhead just by looking at them, it's such a diverse genre with such a strong community that isn't separated by race, gender, age or whatever else which is one of the reasons why it's awesome
Unfortunately. People still have a stereotypical image of what a Metal Head is ingrained in their brain.
You mentioned Mastodon 🤘🏻not very many Mastodon fans in my part of the US. The metal community is very happy and honored to have you as a member. Heavy Metal has saved my life.
I was really into rap when I was younger but as I got older I kind of drifted away from it. Now I love metal
XxxMetalheadHippiexxX Same here, but when I was really into rap, it was 98% older rap music
@@foret4a874 of course old rap was good, modern rap is just stupid
Beautiful person and beautiful mind, I'm glad you feel it the way I do. Also, Tool is one of the greatest bands of all time, my favorite band as well. Keep doing you!
You're really smart I'm happy that you get metal so clearly.. Music is life..stick to your guns and don't ever care what anyone says about whatever style of music you like!
Metal is the best. I was introduced to metal bands Metallica, Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Pantera between the ages of 9 and 12, and now at 36 I'm still a massive fan of the many sub-genres that makes up the whole of metal music. I'm more of a fan now than ever! Rock on & happy listening! \,,/ \,,/
Love metal! I think my first band was Korn 😊, then I got into heavier metal genres. I'm Jamaican Canadian, and people are always shocked by my music preferences, and assume that reggae would be one of my favs. But yes, metal sounds frickin amazing!
RAGGADEATH IS A 90S metal reggae hiphop group from toronto with a female singer( mitchie mee) they only made 2 albums but both worth checking out-self titled and whyaskwhy
I've discovered you because of your Jinjer reaction, and knowing your background makes it even better. Of course, metal is like a desert and every band is like a sand grain, each one is unique, vibrant and amazing in its own way. Every metalhead has their own story, and we're like a huge family. If I find someone who likes it in the street and shows it by wearing a T-shirt or something like that, I immediately have a smile in my face and I want to recommend some more. So, in this metaphorical street, here are some bands I love:
Ensiferum - From Afar
Skálmöld - Loki
Dark Oath - Tree Of Life
Wintersun - Time
Korpiklaani - Keep On Galloping
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
I'd really REALLY recommend you have a listen to Gojira 💖
She will feel in love for sure.
Omg yes gojira are the gods of death metal
I had first watched this video back in November of 2019. Watching it again has been very nice. You single handedly got in me into TOOL and I’ve been hooked on them ever since (but not as much as Metallica). In between first watching this video and now I’ve been through some dark times, so I wanted to thank you for getting me into this incredible band. I hope you are well.
“I stick my hand into his shadow
To pull the pieces from the sand
Which I attempt to reassemble
To see just who I might have been”
Just found this. I'm just getting back into the metal scene after 4 years. I'm happy that I'm back.
Metals always been the safest place to feel something extremely intense without either like, exploding or not getting hurt/hurting someone else. It's a positive way to process negative emotions to help you get to a point of calmness
OMG this is crazy since i've never met/seen another Eritrean listening to metal. I 100% relate to your story even if i didn't emigrate here. I'm Eritrean/Filipino so I was always different growing up in a town with literally no Habesha/Africans, always being a part of a group but the outsider. So I get the whole isolated deal.
It's so crazy you're saying you feel calm in the "craziness" of the music cause I feel the same. Music is the best escape, a healing tool, emotion modifier, and fucking everything lol. you're waaay more eloquent on explaining.
I'm more on the metalcore/progmetalcore/hardcore/poppunk side of things. Some bands I always come back to are Killswitch Engage, a day to remember, bullet for my valentine, Underoath, fall of troy, and Saosin.
i'm legit blown away to see someone like me, you're amazing!
But I also have a question for you, you ever been in the pit?
This video brought back so many memories. I was born and raised as a Muslim and later eventually started to hold a more secular view. I grew up with Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and people usually get really surprised when out of know where I start talking about first and second wave as well as contemporary black metal bands. As I always say metal is not a phase, it's a part of our identity.
I'm a Black man and started listening to metal in my preteens. In my experience, White guys my age were intrigued that someone outside their ethnicity would listen to a genre only they had enjoyed. I felt the same when rap expanded out of the ghetto and White kids started listening to it. It made me wonder what another ethnic group was getting from a genre almost tailor made for Young Black men. I think these moments help bridge gaps between people more than the useless politicians, or (insert here) rights activists that help drive divisions between us today.
I’m Egyptian North African and I love Heavy Metal & Rock Music 🤘🏽
Wow thank you so much for making this video. I love metal SO much and your explanation was really amazing. You are right about everything you said here. Thanks a lot :)
You’re so beautiful!! I love that you’re actually able express the emotions that had ridden you during the most vulnerable stages, which eventually lead you to love metal! I found that to be so interesting. Honestly this video spoke to me even though I don’t really listen to metal, but I love many genres that I often get teased for because I’m black like punk and glam rock, electronica, techno pop, etc. loved this video!
Tool is my favorite band. First heard them in 2001 after Lateralus came out when I was in high school. The music video for Schism blew me away.
I listen to all kinds of music, and metal is one of them. When i told people that i was into metal, they would usually be surprised but not judgemental. I guess i was lucky. However I am perfectly aware of how much judgement people make out of someone's taste in music, i think that it's because it's one of the many ways you can learn about Somebody's personality. Unfortunately we don't live in an open minded world.
hey there, just came across this video after watching your Jinjer - Pisces reaction video.
i completely agree with the sentiment that people should not make assumptions about others based upon their ethnicity, their look/image, and/or their musical preferences.
i grew up listening to hard rock and metal, and still do to this day...it's definitely my "go-to" genre, even though as i've gotten older, i've learned to appreciate a whole range of other types of music as well, and regularly listen to other styles. country music and bubble-pop/"top 40" are really the only kinds of music i have never been able to get into.
i was raised in rural Texas in a very small town (my entire school from K-12 was roughly 350 - 400 people), and although by my ethnicity (white male) i quote-unquote "fit in", i always felt like a complete outsider even into early adulthood because of the stigma that my metalhead image brought me. almost everyone there treated me like some kind of satanic freak because i wasn't a "good 'ol boy" who listened to country music, chewed tobacco, and drank too much beer while sitting out in some deer blind out in the woods.
today, i make no apologies to anyone about my musical preferences, and i'm proud to be a metalhead because in the end, if anyone has a problem with it, it's their problem to have. if people would only take a few minutes to actually talk to someone else and get to know them even a little bit, they might come to realize that metalheads are pretty much just like anyone else; we have hopes & dreams, feelings & emotions, and with only a few exceptions (although this is not limited to just metalheads), are not out to cause trouble or hurt anyone.
to me, hard/heavy music is a way to wash away the stresses of life in a healthy, non-harmful way, and there are just so many different facets to the music that make it never get stale or old. to me, if a song that just came out within a year or two ends up being played as musak in a department store, elevator, or restaurant as just "background filler sound", how good could it really have been to begin with?
anyway, i just wanted to say that this video really resonates with me, and although we come from dissimilar backgrounds, we're really not so different in the end. i think you're beautiful in mind, body and spirit, and the world would be a much better place if there were more like you.
It's still very refreshing to see other people with such varied musical interests.I like seeing other people who are well-rounded in their musical appreciation
I used to be a Metal only person in my teens, but now im more open minded and listen to most genres of music :) i mostly stick to metal tho :> \m/>_
Hey thanks.
It's really nice to have someone talk about my music without looking at my like I'm a bit weird.
You are welcomed in the arms of metal my friend... vicarious is my favorite tool song, I’m glad you put that in there.
Love this video as a whiter than milk male growing up in the early 90s my peers asked a lot of similar questions when they realized I didn't share their love of pop\dance music.
I couldn't make them understand that the music helped me deal with my insecurities and fears as an adolescent by showing me I not alone in feeling these things
In the metal community I found acceptance and for me that will always be the point of metal no matter how different we are due to race age sex sexuality or culture our shared love of music unites us
I listen to metal too!
In high school, three things brought all groups and types together: role-playing games, weed, and metal. I'm thankful for all three to this day.
I'm so glad I found someone I can relate to
I feel this LOL I'm a huge metalcore fan and I get asked this question all the freakin time
Poser, get out of here.
@@randomeststranger calm down Varg
What metalcore bands you like m8
are you from Japan
@@goonn337 Nope lol
I'm a 20 year old guy from Ethiopia. I love rock and metal! What I've Done by Linkin Park is what started it for me in 2009. I heard it on Transformers. Currently my favorite band is As I Lay Dying. I saw them for my first concert! What an Epic night!
I moved to the US in 2018 and I have been to a couple metal concerts. Even slam and deathmetal shows! I love crowd surfing and moshing! I also got a guitar and I'm learning how to play (I suck). You have no idea how happy I am by finding this video♥️.
Thank you so much.
Loved this video. You perfectly described the metal genre. People are so easily drawn to what’s readily accessible that they are missing out on the greatest art form in music.
I’ve got some band suggestions: Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Children of Bodom, In Flames (old school), Atrophy, At The Gates, The Haunted, Artillery... The list is endless
Yep, can't go wrong with any of these. Melodic Death Metal is my favourite genre. Dark Tranquillity are my favourite for sure, but Arch Enemy, early In Flames, Amorphis all rank right up there.
You can add Be'lakor and Insomnium to those. Also Amorphis is masterful as Laura said
Arch enemey is satanic
@@dmphax 90's Arch Enemy to be exact
Melodic Death Metal and sometimes Melodic Metalcore are good starting points when listening to the more Extreme Music styles, it's combines the skill, aggression and emotion that I love about the genre as a whole. 🤟🏽
African Metal is on the rise! Much love and support from Canada.
I am a somali girl from London, I love metal!! I went to see suffocation in Feb this year, I've seen lamb of god, Gojira, Malevolence, Creator, and im planning on seeing korn, spiritbox, Slipknot this year!!!! I'm exciteeddd!! Metal brings me joy and it is very calming to me and helps with my depression. I feel so safe and welcomed at the concerts! And I love that I shook people when I tell them I'm into metal, and listen to death metal too :) I started with Metallica, black sabbath, Slayer, AiC, Pantera years ago and knew I liked this! I was 17 (I'm 24 now).
Heyy,
I'm Kenyan in Kenya 😁😂 🇰🇪🇰🇪
I've been listening to alot of EDM stuff since i was a little kid but recently I have been listening to alot of Metal.
I bought a guitar and started learning though RUclips.
There this lessons where you have to learn particular riffs so that's how i started. The more I researched on new songs to practice, the more i got into it and loved it.
It's kinda a stereotype in this part of the world since it's linked to satanism and depression.
I started of with Linkin Park and Metalica, then when on to Green Day, Nirvana, Nickelback, Deaftones, Evanescence etc etc.
It gets a little lonely tho since i enjoy it by myself but i have been loving it (currently been like a year).
s/o to you and everyone. Loads of Love and blessings ❤️😊
if your into metal and guitar playing check out "yngwie malsteen" and also check out the genre "power metal" (if you havnt already)....and dont ever give up
I've been a Rock/Metal fan and player since the 70's. Rock and Metal has always been the most inclusive to all races and sexual orientations. Fact!!!!BTW , there were two brothers who immigrated to the US in the 60's as children and couldn't speak a world of English.Their sir name was Van Halen.
I have been listening to metal since I was 15. I am 42 now and can't imagine my life without metal.
Thank goodness you never "grew out of it!" We "metalheads" are happy to have you as part of our universe of sympathetic and cooperative rock-loving souls, no matter what form it takes! I really like the "cut of your jib" and am very happy I stumbled upon your channel today. You're just a cool chick with a great head on her shoulders...look forward to watching more!! Best, JBP \m/ \m/ PS -- I really like what you're saying around the 10:00 mark when you're talking about metal as an escape to reinforce who you are rather than a shield of protection against life's preconceived notions etc.
Nirvana, RATM, Black Sabbath Soundgarden, AIC, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Pantera...just a few bands i like & respect. God Bless all you beautiful souls who like Metal/Hard Rock. One love one family throughout all this world.❤🙏💯❤
Bravo! Well said. I came here from your Jinjer/Pisces reaction, which impressed me.
My wife (black and originally Kenyan) introduced me (white and English) to Linkin Park and Cypress Hill. Music knows no bounds.
My metal journey started at the beginning, the 1970's in Birmingham and London. Jinjer recently reignited my passion for metal and enabled me to appreciate harsh vocals for the first time.
Metal and progressive rock have always been important to me but I've never expressed it as eloquently as you have. Thank you.
You may like Opeth.
@@colin6612 Yes indeed, a lot of older Opeth is very good. I'm not moved by their newer material though. I get the same with Pink Floyd - I stopped "feeling it" in the early 80's. Thanks for the suggestion.
Recently been getting into J-rock/Metal bands like cold rain, maximum the hormone, band maid and MUCC. As an immigrant myself, always felt the music of rock and metal comforting. To me especially when I was lonely or felt like I had no value. Probably kept me sane, grounded and from ending myself. Especially lyrically, It always resonated with me and made me feel like I wasn't alone out here.
I have been an Black Metal head for decades!! It is SOOO refreshing to see Beautiful and intelligent women such as you in the fold!! I know that I am coming to this video late!! I used to get and STILL get the "Why do you listen to the devil's music??" question!! It just makes me laugh now!! Looking what is called Rap these days, to me THAT is the Devil's music!! LOL Keep doing what your doing!!
Your metal discovery journey is so similar to mine, from Linkin Park to Tool, to Black Sabbath and Rush, timeline is so similar to mine. And through the years I only expanded my taste. I feel like listening to metal doesn't confine you to one sound or genre, you're more open to other music.
P. S.
Saw Jinjer 2 days ago, in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was sick. The band is amazing, they are for real.
I realize this is a video is year and half old but since Tool was featured prominently, I’m curious how excited you are about Tool’s new album dropping in 10 days. Btw, you are gorgeous and have great taste in music!
i think rock (metal) saved me, hip hop taught me, and reggae gave me hope. music is universal no matter what you are or where you come from. its one thing that connect human beings together.
I listen to Rock and Metal because of the energy it contains. It shows how different our world can be in every single moment of life. And it is like a legal drug for me. I have tried it once and this music became a part of my everyday existence.
For me, Metal is cathartic. What I think I love the most is the community it involves. It is a very accepting and caring community 99% of the time (every subculture has it's elitists). Most of the time you can listen to any music other than metal and the community will still accept you for who you are, especially if you just want to hang out with them for who they are. Even at concerts and festivals you have your obvious noobies to the genre but we still don't oust them. The way I see it is that we tend to be a family of outcasts and outliers. Many; if not all of us, know what it is like to be ostracized and ridiculed for your interests and in Metal we try not to do that to each other because that is no way to treat people. Personally, my top five are Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Slipknot, Manson, and Otep but I have guilty pleasures like Aqua, Jewel, Eminem, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Alcyon Massive, Trevor Hall, Peaches and most recently The Weeknd.
A Man after my Own Heart
Simply put, metal is complex, intriguing, and thats why it draws people in.
For me, its always been the energy in the music. As a hyperactive child and active adult, I've always appreciated metal for keeping up with me and pumping me up when I wasn't myself.
Warms my heart to see how wide our Metal family is!! Great Video - thank you for sharing you metal journey with us all
Been a "metalhead "20 years now. And for me personally it's honestly the only thing that has stayed in my life for the past 20 years. It's help keep me alive, helped keep me going. And on top of all that is about the only family I have is the music
how beautifully said !!! i really felt you passion for the metal music!! your suppose to outgrow this kind of music when you getting older(i have been told countless time)…….but what outsider dont understand its a lifestyle music,!!its not about a race or gender(i am french canadian) and when you get it your are in it for life. im 48 and i am a proud lifer,been listening since i was 10years old and i am passionate today as i was back then !!!! KEEP IT METAL !!!!!!!
You're beautiful! Very interesting story, I believe I began with Linkin Park too. Awesome to know I'm not the only one. Great to discover an open female metalhead; most of the ones I've seen try to hide it because they're afraid they'll be teased for it. But honestly, everybody should be able to openly discuss their music taste without feeling embarrassed, which is why I'm happy to have found you. Definitely gonna watch more of your stuff.
What a lovely young woman, and what an open mind of yours, love it. I'm not an immigrant nor in the US, so I'm less concerned, but it was a very interesting video. Cheers from France :)
I'm an Egyptian immigrant to the UK and my favourite music is metal, along with jazz and blues but I love metal with maiden and judas priest being some of my favourite music keep enjoying this awesome music
FTV
Thank you for sharing you metal journey with us. It was a very interesting story, and I reallly enjoyed your presentation as well.
Thank you again.
Speaking some truths, well done.
You’re a metal-head, you got a new subscriber. 🤘🏻
Hey from Scotland. 🏴
I am African and live in Africa (Namibia). Everyday i get this question, frankly i don't care...my love for metal is bigger than their questions.
I can relate to a lot of what you said here... especially your reasons for loving metal both as a teen and an adult. I’m from the Caribbean and believe it or not, being black and into metal here makes you even more of a lonely sore thumb :( Excellent and heart felt video. ❤️🤘
Started with 2 Live Crew, Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer in my early teens....30 years later my tastes have progressed to classical, blues, jazz and extreme metal, thanks to AC/DC w/c opened the floodgates into introducibg me to different genre.
What you like is as much about 'you' as it is about the thing itself. Great video!
I've been into metal since high school and was always asked why an African would listen to that. I really love metal, because I feel very relaxed and at peace when I listen to it. It's like doing meditation or something.
Horror fans and metal fans go hand and hand. We are all a part of a community in which each one of us respects one another for embracing the underground. We’re all the nicest most open group of ppl
First timer on your channel here hailing from Finland, the world renown mecca of metal LOL! I tried to go through the comments but couldn`t find a mention, if you know this already then more power to you! Speaking of power I`m a huge fan of Nordic/European melodic power metal which as far as I know is a bit more obscure of a subgenre in your side of the big pond. The reason I brought this up is a woman named Talia Bellazzecca. Now if someone can correct me on this one I`d be more than happy to find out I was wrong but as far as I know she is the ONLY dark skinned (cuban descent) left handed female metal guitarist in the world and boy can she play! To see her perform I`d recommend to watch the music video Neverending of the band she used to play til last year, Frozen Crown.
What comes to the metal community, I usually wear all black but I`m pretty short, don`t have long hair or big muscles or in any other way look like a "badass", I`ve been in different festivals and concerts of various music genres and ALWAYS felt the most safe and welcome amongst the metalheads. They don`t discriminate, they can laugh at themselves, they don`t take things too seriously ( of course there`s always the zealots but those can be found anywhere), bottom line they (or should I say we) don`t care if you`re white, black, Asian, man, woman, something in between, straight, gay, that`s irrelevant. I like metal, you like metal, we`re here to celebrate metal and that`s all that counts.
🇺🇸 American born son of the green and white here 🇳🇬 I’ve dabbled in some rock before......I could never really get into heavy metal though. My musical taste is rather eclectic......my library houses jazz, rap, r&b and soul to alternative, electronic, pop and soft rock. Really the only kind of music I cannot connect with on any level is country music. That being said, I definitely support and respect your musical preferences. To each his or her own! Respect! ✊🏿
P.S. The songs you recommended aren’t half bad. Thanks so much for sharing!
I understand that Botswana has quite the metal scene. I love how other countries/cultures are incorporated in heavy metal and keeping the multiple sub genres in metal fresh and interesting.
I've been hearing that lately too. I need to check out the metal scene is some of these African countries people have mentioned!
I’ve been a metal head since I was ten years old. (I also love Jazz, Blues, Country, Reggae, Classical and old school rap/hip hop) but metal has.always been at the top of the list. I guess I love so many different genres of music because I am a guitar player. Anyway, when I see someone with a t-shirt that’s metal oriented, I don’t have a problem talking to them because I feel we are of the same “tribe”. When I’m at a concert, I feel as though I’m with my “tribe”. We stick together and respect one another in unison. I feel good about life when I’m with my “tribe”.
My brother took me to see Kiss when I was eleven years old and I was done. I went home and told my mother that I wanted to play the guitar for real. I also told her that I wanted to have long hair. I didn’t get that option.🤪. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It was 1977 and I was hooked. By the time I was sixteen, I was in my first band. It’s been a wonderful trip and I’ve seen just about every band I’ve wanted to see and I’m.still listening to and seeing new bands all the time. The one thing that I would like to leave with you is, “Welcome to the tribe!” God Bless You in all that you do!
p.s. Some bands I like are Gemini Syndrome, Avenged Sevenfold, Nonpoint, Seether, and Bullet For My Valentine. (There’s about a thousand or so more!)
I'm 42, a white guy from the UK, and a metal head goth. One of the things that really got to me as I grew up was that people told me my musical tastes were very white, outdated and the music I listened to was dying out. You had to scour the radio after midnight for shows that played anything even close to metal. When Iron Maiden actually managed to get into the chart top 10 with 'Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter' I freaked.
It was only after the internet exploded and youtube kicked in that I really found access to other metal heads. Even then, they were mostly men, almost entirely white. It's only really been in the last year that I've been watching reaction videos and seeing mostly women and many black people loving and embracing metal. It warms my heart, SOOO much! Not only to see it but find out that you've all been there all along!
It always made me sad to think music was segregated along racial lines and finding out it was just a lie, that media was just pigeonholing us again, has made that sadness just melt away.
And now go and listen lamb of god
We are a very small group, these genres are great. There’s a lot of truth in the music. It’s very deep and thoughtful. You have to think.
The metal community welcomes anyone and everyone. Race, gender,other basis for stereotypes and discrimination are irrelevant in the metal community. It's the music we all enjoy that brings us together regardless of all things that are said to divide us. An African immigrant woman who is a metalhead is not a surprise to metalheads. If it is a surprise to a metalhead,it's in a good way and they will quickly open discussion on various bands and look for common interests, suggest other bands, be open to suggested bands. It's the music that forms a camaraderie among metal heads of every stripe,stature, and flavor. Mosh it up ma'am. We love you here
Hey there! Verry nice video you made, and glad, that you did not let others distract, from what you really like! I had a simmilar experiance growing up, not fitting in with my class, who mainly listened to rap and hip-hop (which I never really liked). Btw, I'm also the son of immigrants.
System of a Down was one of my first bands, which blew me away in a verry good way. And regarding Tool, I 100% agree, till this day, one of the greatest musical gems I have ever heard, and still one of my absolute favorites.
If you have not heard of the following bands, I highly recomend you, to give it a listen: Gojira (Progressive Groove Metal, with deep lyrics about Life, Death and Environmental issues), Animals as Leaders (Jazz Metal, Djent, without singer but even more colourfull, technical and complex). Opeth (older stuff Progressive Death, never Jazz-Folk Rock and anything inbetween), just to name a few must known bands.
Lately I also got into Atmospheric Black Metal like Agalloch and Nechochwen.
Best to you! :)
Sebastian
I started to listen to metal back when I was a teenager because listening to metal helped me to release anger or my pent up negative emotions and helped me feel better. Even though I am 51 years old today I still listen to metal for the same reason. "Your too old to listen to metal!" yeah I get that comment from people all the time.
Hi, confirmed metal head here. I've just found a band called Sleep Token and I'm entranced. A fusion band with definite hard rock threads, but so much more. Check out Chokehold, The Summoning and Alkaline.
I'm of West African descent and have always listen to different genres of music ranging from the 50s to now. As far as rock or metal I grew up listening to alot of classic/soft rock due in part to infomercials for various music collection cds. Til this day Im always listening to Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and more. This old soul millennial in his 30s loves music.
I love metal; it has been my escape since I was a teen. I love the instruments, the lyrics, the energy.
Wow, what a declaration of love to heavy metal! Thanks for sharing that with us.
12 dislikes, 12 a-holes...and 1k people with a brain to think. Would love to see you do so rock reaction vids. Rock on beautiful black girl!
Wow! Very well said, I really enjoyed this. Hearing you talk about your experience with metal made me unexpectedly emotional. I've been a metal head for 30 years, and I can relate with so much of what you said. Great job, young lady!
When you're ready to take the next step check out Blood Bath, Blood Red Throne, Hypocrisy, Bolt Thrower, Death, Celtic Frost, The Crumbsuckers, Dying Fetus, Goatwhore, Legion of the Damned, and Hypocrisy. Did I mention Hypocrisy?
😃 I relate to this story so much, what I especially like about Metal is the whole time travel aspect, Lol. You find yourself listening to songs from the from 90s and 2000s, then go all the way back to 80s, 70s, 60s. This is the way I see it, Metal can be somewhat of a drug, (since it's related to acid rock and early blues hard rock), you get high on it and experience a wide range of emotions. It feels as though the songs are talking to you, they understand what you're going through, because they've felt that before or are feeling it now. Same with my other favourite types of media like anime, manga/comics, video games and pro wrestling, which coincidentally have had used a bit of Metal from time to time, Lol. I'm from South Africa, I mainly listen to a lot of black metal, death metal, melodeath, grindcore, metalcore and sludge. 🤟🏽
Metal music, without race and ethnicity!
we are all children of these noises .... a big hug for you, from the "guarani" people native to Brazil / Paraguay! ImI
You do you girl. I for one, am happy to see anyone join the metal family that has a genuine appreciation for the music. I have always loved classic rock, R & B, Motown and of course metal. Music is universal. It speaks to us all in our own unique ways and in a lot of ways we all can share. Leave the haters and those that can't see past stereo types in the dust. They are not worth wasting your time on. I am an older guy and I hope to see many more young people get into this music regardless of ethnicity or religion ect. This genre of music needs young people to appreciate it but also maybe be inspired by it and become musicians themselves and take on the mantle. I know this video is over a year old and have just found it... but you have earned my respect and a sub just for your amazing attitude and because like millions of us, enjoy metal!
This video made me cry a little bit. Great job!
This is why the metal community is so special and wholesome, metal-heads unite!
I loved your insight - all the way from Australia. :) Similar to you, I find comfort in going to gigs.
You should listen to some Australian metal bands. We have a really great community and some excellent bands down here!
I could give you a list if you're interested.
You're amazing, you explained it all very well...
I did not expect to meet another toolhead here
From now on anyone asks me WHYYYYY!! i'll link them to this video. thank you :')
also you mentioned so many bands and i was looking for new songs to inspire me to draw XD so i'll take it as recommendations
Yeah metal really does unite people man. For me It started when I was just beginning to go through a depressive time in my life and all the music I was listening to just made me feel so bad. I mostly listened to old classics like stevie wonder, don mclean etc, and I started to get this feeling that these were lying. (That sounds stupid and thats cause it was lol) And that need for something to comfort me drove me to metal. Its started with Rob zombie, and then blossomed into other bands like five finger death punch, metallica etc until I found one band that has really stuck with me. Pantera. Pantera to me is like tool to you, theyre music just seems so timeless and amazing its just hard to explain. Metalheads are always the nicest, most down to earth guys and the genre is full if hardworking bros unlike a lot of these other genres nowadays and it honestly has just been an amazing experience
when i was a child, i was about 4 i think and this was around 1989 or 1990. it was one of those times where it was like your first memories, ever, as a child. it was like i just opened my eyes i was already there,every memory of life started on that point,on that day. And the first ever song that i heard, was Guns n' roses's my michelle. it isnt exactly metal but it was known back then as heavy metal but it had a mix of hard rock and punk. ,So, being the first ever genre i ever heard, i just continued listening to it. but the time i got into metal it was already the 90s, the grunge era. but i wasnt ready to move on yet i went back listening to slayer,metallica,black sabbath, etc. i wanted more.. until i got to the point where i wanted to give grunge a chance, soundgarden was my favorite. from that moment on i moved on new stuffs and decided to kinda take a break from old school stuff. so thats it, for years all i heard was rock and metal. its my comfort zone. But also, i grew older, i already 29 now, i also started to appreciate other genres out of rock and metal. ive been listening to singers like seal, john mayer,gary clarke jr, justin timberlake, etc. but i always go back to that genre that started everything for me. Then, i started listening to this band called pink floyd. oh man,David gilmour is a musical genius, he influenced me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play it. for years i practiced his tecniques. Im still nowhere near perfecting his style. but im learning new things everyday.. i even started my yt channel now,i uploaded well 1 video so far. but its gonna be a guitarcover videos channel. ill be playing my favorite rock and metal songs. old and new.
Good video. You make a lot of good points
I am black and my favorite genres are metalcore and hardcore :)