Have you had to adjust to metal over time?

Yes. My original introduction to Metal was through *shudders* Nu-Metal and Metalcore. I remember my favourites bands at one point being Ill Nino, Linkin Park, BFMV, and Trivium. The problem was, however, that I noticed a lack of diversity in my MP3 player. Everything got kinda boring after a while when the novelty wore off, thus I decided to seek out some new music.

The next step was Power Metal. The first thing that came to my mind when I listened to it was 'Wow...that's really cheesy'. Back then, I was introduced to bands such as Dark Moor, Firewind and Kamelot (who are now my favourite band). I sorta liked it...although the music remained a stranger to me, mainly because I couldn't get past the high-pitched vocals and cheesy lyrics, as well as the melody (which was awfully 'sugary' to me at the time). Back then, I was a big fan of downtuned guitars and Groove Metal rasping. Eventually, however, I got used to the style, and began discovering more bands along the way.

Then came Melodic Death Metal, mainly the works of In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and other such bands. I was a fan of new In Flames for quite a while during my Metalcore phase, but when that became stale, I looked into their older material. I was quite blown away, to be honest. The contrast between the melody in the instruments and the aggressiveness of the vocals instantly grabbed my attention. At the same time, I began to realize that the Metalcore bands I was such a big fan of were simply rip-offs the original. As my Metal collection expanded, my Metalcore/Nu-Metal collection shriveled away at an equal rate, as I got more and more tired of every one of 'em.

I slowly began expanding my collection even more by discovering other Metal genres such as Progressive, Gothic, Folk and Thrash. However, I still found several genres to be 'out of bounds' for me. Doom was too depressing and Black and Death were too extreme. Admittedly, I probably didn't give the genres a fair chance. Slowly but surely, I evolved into the genre through bands such as Candlemass, Immortal and Bloodbath (respective to the genres I named earlier).

No Top 40 conformist could enjoy listening to Dying Fetus all of a sudden.

As for me, I started listening to Iron Maiden and Metallica before I actually enjoy death metal. I mean I kind of enjoy Behemoth when I was still a Green Day fan but not as much as today. I think it's some sort of auditory adaptation.

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When I first listened to metal I had to listen to bands who had melodic vocals and well as screaming, as I couldn't listen toi a whole album of screaming. This was probably because I was listening to the more popular bands, who didn't have particularly good screams or growls because they were focusing on the singing. However, as I delved further into the underground I discovered vocalists with far better harsh vocals than I'd ever heard before. As this happened I found myself listening less and less to the melodic metal. I still like melodic music, and am a huge fan of progressive rock and folk music, but I can easily cope with an entire album of screaming now.

That said, I am still getting used to death metal vocals. Having had listened to black metal for so long I found it difficult to adjust to low pitched growls rather than high pitched screams. Even now I struggle to enjoy a whole album of death metal, despite really enjoying the genre. But I'm getting there, enjoying it more every day, whilst still listening to and enjoying my black metal.

When I first started listening to metal I remember moaning that "It all sounds that same: shouty verse, melodic chorus, shouty verse, melodic chorus, guitar solo, melodic chorus and fade". I now realsie that that was because I was listening to the melodic stuff, mostly metalcore. After listening to many of the challanging bands that I enjoy today, I realise that this is not the case.

Sorry for such another long answer! I don't seem to be able to write concisely!

I think everyone thinks that metal is a bunch of screaming or just maniacs that play very fast. I used to think that at first. Heavy metal is one of those genres in which you have to listen a couple of times before getting into it. I first started listening to Power Metal and some Metalcore. Then I moved my way to Progressive Metal and Melodeath Metal. Now I listen to all genres of metal.

The first time I heard death metal (it was Obituary's "Don't Care"), I was 13 years old and I thought, "I bet this is what sex feels like."

Seriously.

Those exact words.

Then I went on a holy quest to find more music like that. It took me longer to let go of nu-metal than it did for me to get into death metal.

I am much more familiar with regular old-school metal bands which I love. But gradually I am clicking on links posted by others and trying to listen to more of the metal genres. Some of them are starting to grow on me now but I am thankful for the people who post the ones they think are best.

Most definitely, it was kind of a few steps. Like the first time I heard Infecting the Crypts by Suffocation and 8 Dead 9 If you Count the Fetus by See You Next Tuesday, I thought they were funny and listened to them for that, not really liking them. Then I realized I loved them, and soon I began craving heaviness. Then I heard Brain Drill and was totally floored, it redefined brutality for me, and after a few weeks I came to love them.

But I remember the first time I heard Slayer and thought it was stupid. I was like "they are playing too fast for enjoyment and the music makes no sense, no melody." who would know that those traits I would come to love and crave?

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I saw Slayer at L'Amours back in 85.I thought these guys are freakin great.My neck was so sore for few days from head banging.

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What a night....

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I'm still adjusting to generic to be honest. I do a good job covering it up by releasing the same song over and over again though. It seems to be working well for me.