At what age did you grow out of metal, /mu/?
13 like most people
I am not a pleb so i never liked metal.
when my dad stopped molesting me and I lost 200lbs
when i started browsing reddit
Am I the only one who grew from indie kid into a metalhead?
>>60355096
I only liked metal for a short period, but I'm not bitter enough to make threads about it. I got bigger fish to fry.
people laugh at metal heads in high school, but when they see a metalhead who's bigger, stronger and more alpha than them, they cry like bitches
currently listening to some metal \m/
>>60355544
no.i started liking more metallic things in my adulthood.but metalheads would think theypleb because they are elitist fucks
>>60355580
I'm yet to see one
>>60355096
Grew out of it about 18ish, then listened to some more and realized that I only grew out of bottom-of-the-barrel METAL PURIST bullshit and I can now enjoy various subgenres of metal alongside other genres.
I'm not a metalhead, but I still listen to metal. Is there something wrong with that?
>>60355580
You really need to move on with your life, Jonathan Davis.
>>60355651
depends on what kind of metal desu
>>60355096
>>>/co/
fuck off cartoonfag
>>60355713
lmfao
I grew out of all metal except black metal
>>60355703
Currently it's mostly black metal, traditional and experimental (in the lines of Ved Buens Ende and Thy Catafalque) and some cavernous death metal, but I have a soft spot for traditional heavy metal and thrash as well.
Better question: When did you grow out of being closeminded about music?
>>60355786
ok that's cool
>>60355713
/co/ is actually the most easy-going board on 4chan. Whenever I'm feeling down, I browse /co/ for some pos-vibes.
>>60355809
That's how Tumblr successfully invaded /co/
16
>>60355796
Also 16, I was one of those faggy edgelords who thought metal was the only acceptable genre of music.
>>60355841
I don't think that's much worse than thinking metal is an unacceptable genre of music.
i grew into metal from 2000's "garage rock" and punk/hc. and then i grew out of metal and into harsh noise.
>>60355820
Are you retarded? How did Tumblr invade /co/?
>>60355820
Tumblr invaded /co/ because they weren't barking at each other 24/7 like other boards do?
>>60355096
At around 16. Now I'm 19 but sometimes I still listen to Burzum, Metallica and Slayer.
when i grew into artists that make me think such as radiohead and kendrick lamar
>>60355096
Never liked metal desu, i've listened it some months while i was 15 but that's it.
Although i've met a gazillion of metal musicians in my youth, they were ok, unlike metal fans.
Never because if you grow out of anything you were never really into it
when I got my first girlfriend, it still never happened yet
>>60355096
When I grew into meaningful music like Hopsin. Seriously listening to artists like that make you realize reality and such. I am enlightened.
I used to listen to a ton of metal from ages 12-15 but then started discovering a broader horizon of genres and almost completely stopped listening to metal.
Now 5 years later I still occasionally listen to some metal (black, sludge, prog, industrial, drone) but mostly other stuff.
However I've never seen any kind of need to post on an anonymous imageboard about not listening to metal.
>tfw prog. metal is easily one of my favorite genres
>tfw we can never have a serious prog thread on /mu/ because everyone here thinks every prog band is Dream Theater
>>60355544
I was never an indie kid, I like some indie stuff but it's not rock and roll.
>>60355906
This.
>>60356379
Iktf bro
>>60355995
Same way they invaded /mu/
I tried to get into it, but I never did. I just liked Rammstein (still do, obviously) and like 1 song from Slayer. Iron Maiden is overrated shit even when you're a teenager, by the way.
>>60356421
/mu/ was always tumblr, one way or another. Back then until 2012 people were making threads sharing their tumblr accounts. I was asking about /co/, how did they invade that place?
>>60356379
>>60356449
They probably found out /co/ had a general for Steven Universe discussion, I guess.
>mfw indie kids are more hated than metal heads now
>>60356511
Because indeh is gay.
>>60356511
Nope.
>>60356511
To be fair, we ganged up metal heads quite a bit back in the day. I still have a few gems saved such as pic related.
>>60356658
Ganged up means beating them up or saving embarrassing pictures of them?
>>60356511
not quite, but the shift has definitely started
it took a longass time for /mu/ to accept nerdy metal again but it's still pretty hated on reddit
>>60356680
Collectively posting mean things about them
I grew out of Linking Park and Slipknot only to become a huge symphonic metal fan later (Stuff like Kamelot mostly)
Just after I turned 15. I still listen to metal but not exclusively.
15, for my excuse id like to say i started to listen to music at 13
>>60355580
posts like this only reinforce the metalhead stereotype
>>60356481
Epic
i don't really get all the hate for metal
>23, still metalhead
14
can you guys tell me to why is metal bad or why are you supposed to grow out of it besides arguments like "its fedora"?
>>60357638
The lyrics are edgy 100% of time
>>60355096
Is Primus metal?
>>60355544
this was me.
>>60357671
And yet noise and power electronics are praised here as the most patrician genres
people who shun the entire genre of metal are ignorant af. it's such an enormously diverse genre, i'm certain that if they weren't being so closed minded they could find something they enjoyed
>liking metal ever
>>60357771
>filename
>>60357724
both of those genres are for avant-teen fedora tippers
I just find it funny that most of the people perpetuating the metal is for children meme usually just listen to bad hip hop and indie.
>>60357692
I don't know, but Primus sucks.
>>60357861
Yep Primus sucks :^)
>>60357724
Don't listen to them, noise and power-whatever are equally bad
>>60357771
That's why Deafheaven and Liturgy exist.
Literally metal for people who dislike metal
>>60355580
eggy
>>60357861
Primus is great the fuck you talking about shit taste. I bet you probably love indie crap like St. Vincente pathetic
People who unironically say "fedora-core" or "fedora-tier" are the biggest fedoras of all
>>60357918
>being this new
>>60357918
lmfao
>>60357922
People who unironically say people unrionically say who unironically say say "fedora-core" or "fedora-tier" are the biggest fedoras of all
>>60357918
>"I bet u listen 2 indeh xddd"
>can't spell
>autistic rage fits
found the metalfag
>>60357934
>pretending to fall for him pretending to not understand the joke
>>60356658
>kek
Couldn't have chosen worse font colors desu senpai.
>>60357826
>dismissing an entire post based on such a trivial piece of information
>>60357835
this desu
>>60357918
Gotcha, friendo ;^)
>>60356379
Because prog metal peaked with this album
>>60357671
>The lyrics are edgy 100% of time
Edgy is not bad, it's just that metal lyrics lack tact and melody to them, because the faggots scream them instead of sing them the way any other musician would.
>>60358102
this cover is disgusting
>>60355123
This, closest I ever came was Linkin Park in middle school which we all did so don't even try to deny it senpaitachi
>>60358102
LMAO the entire Mars Volta catalog is better than this
How fucked am i if i used to listen to metal then switched to emo? listening to pic related now
>>60355544
This is me too. I'm deep down the rabbit hole now
>>60358102
Nah, DT's best moment was Images & Words. Not my favorite prog though, Ocean Machine, Remedy Lane and Second Life Syndrome are better.
>>60358394
i'm really confused by this post
at what age did you grow out of growing out of metal
haha this desu. >>60358494
i thought i grew out of metal in highschool. i started listening to indie and hip hop exclusively (which i still like) then i grew the hell up and realized i should listen to what i enjoy and not only what has the most positive social stigma
>>60358632
>i'm not a pleb
>i somewhat enjoy soad
wew
honestly though i think the reason why so many millennials have such a strong hatred for metal is because they were raised during the horrible metalcore/buttmetal revolution. this conditioned them to think that all metal is bad. every time i try to talk to a peer about metal, the only bands they know are soad, korn, disturbed, and slipknot. like honestly guys metal is more than the shitty metalcore you were raised on
>>60358700
I think SOAD is wrongfully lumped together with bands like Korn or Slipknot or generic metalcore bands. For a long time I avoided their stuff because of the stigma but when I finally gave them a chance I learned that musically they are nothing alike.
>>60358700
This.
I've grown to hate indie rock for the same reasons, I never liked nu metal growing up, and bland indie shit has turned me onto raw lofi punk rock and metal with similar production.
>>60358812
this
>>60358700
Or maybe metal is just bad. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the whole
>muh brutal
>muh darkness
kills it.
I can appreciate some of the technicality involved, but I don't like the genre because it sounds like shit, and basically is shit because what I stated above is basically all there is to it.
My brother is into metal and hoes tried to explain it to me before, but if anyone feels they can do better, I invite you to enlighten me.
>>60355096
>people think they ''grow out'' of genres
if you ''grow out'' of shit you were never into it the first place
the sad thing is that you're gonna say the same thing for the music you like now when you get into the so called ''intellectual'' music''
this is b8 but whatever i'm bored
>>60355096
I think when I was 16 was the last year when I still regularly listened to metal.
It was mostly post-metal like Isis and Pelican though, I moved away from more traditional metal with vocals when I was like 14
Now I listen 90% to electronic music of different types
>>60358928
>muh brutal
>muh darkness
>kills it.
I understand the brutal thing, but how does the muh darkness kill it?
It isn't as if all art that deals with dark themes is bad. So why is metal bad for this reason?
>>60358928
What have you looked into to get the >muh darkness >muh brutal -impression?
>>60358928
>muh brutal
>muh darkness
like wtf m8? that is literally just a small portion of specific metal genres. have you literally listened to only slipknot and korn ever?
>>60358928
not even bullshitting. try reading hunter hunt hendrix's black metal manifesto. it sort of explains the desire to be as dark and extreme as possible.
it's on page 53, but honestly the entire pdf could probably help explain some things to you
http://www.radicalmatters.com/metasound/pdf/Hideous.Gnosis.Black.Metal.Theory.Symposium.I.pdf
on the other hand, there's plenty of metal which isn't concerned with being as extreme as possible. heavy, stoner and doom are all about groove. listen to this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8T8vTYaZ8
>>60359017
Metal deals with dark themes in such a juvenile way that is just offputting
Like having some real life tragedic event covered in a metal song is kinda like taking a piss out of it and disrespectful
>>60359003
So... your taste got from acceptable to shit
>>60359095
rockist i presume?
>>60359017
I'm all for darkness in art; I love it, in fact. But, I've always felt that metal tried/pushes it too hard.
Like that kid in middle school who'd go to the park and sit in the corner sulking and then tell people to fuck off if they asked him to come play as if he didn't want friends, as opposed to the kid who sat by himself at lunch, sad, because he just legitimately didn't have friends despite his efforts.
test
>>60359076
>Metal deals with dark themes in such a juvenile way that is just offputting
This is exactly why I dislike metal lyrics most of the time. See >>60358108
There is no tact behind them most of the time.
However, this doesn't mean that all metal is like this, it's the stuff that takes its image too seriously and uses phoned-in writing that irks me.
It's fine music most of the time so long as they shut up and play heavy riffs.
>>60359113
Prog rock, Jazz
>>60359152
yeah only rockists can bother to pretend to like prog rock
>>60355096
I miss this thread. Those were the days.
>>60359167
ok then i think i'm a rockist, yet you still have shit taste
>>60359033
>>60359039
Meshuggah is one that I was told about. There were some others, I can't remember them now.
>>60359044
But why strive to be as dark and extreme as possible? It feels manufactured as a opposed to a genuine representation of whatever pushed the artist to write the song.
And metal doesn't have groove, I really wish people would stop saying that.
>>60359003
Fucking bleepfags
Is /mu/ still all about black/doom/death metal like it was in 2012 or have people started discussing melodic stuff as well these days? I'm guessing that the one sided representation that at least used to take place here is what has given people a specific impression of the genre. Either it's the black/death/doom you see on /mu/ or the nu/core/shit the radio plays.
>>60359287
people that listen to metal are generally retarded and underdeveloped so they glorify the most edgy/brutal/dark/ metal with least amount of melody or other likeable qualities
>tfw 30 and still listen to deathmeal all day every day
I look exactly how you would expect as well
>>60359131
simply shows how unimformed about the genre you are in all honesty
also
>lyrics kill a genre
>a genre of almost entirely unintelligible harsh vocals
this is such an old meme, why do these threads keep getting replies?
>>60359248
>But why strive to be as dark and extreme as possible? It feels manufactured as a opposed to a genuine representation of whatever pushed the artist to write the song.
>And metal doesn't have groove, I really wish people would stop saying that.
jfc did you even read any of the pdf or listen to any of the sample? if you don't think that holy mountain is groovy then there is absolutely no hope for you
>>60359380
>why do these threads keep getting replies?
because quite a lot of people listened to metal when they were preteens but then grew out of it
i mean i only know one guy in my circle of friends (people aged 20-28) who still listens to metal
>>60359248
>The first metal bands had a heavy blues influence that brought lots of groove
>There's an entire subgenre called groove metal
>"metal doesn't have groove"
At least know what you're talking about before you talk
>>60359582
damn this is one bootyblasted af metalhead
>>60359648
Just wanted to set the record straight
>>60359674
>an obvious faggot
>wanting to set things str8
dont lie to me fäm
>>60359648
>is proved objectively wrong
>resorts to ad hominem
good one m8
>>60359702
Chill anon, the record and my dick don't have any overlap
is groove even a real musical term lol
>>60359811
it's just a shortcut term that refers to a person's physical and emotional response to rhythm. rhythms that are particularly soulful, communicative, and emotionally evocative are considered groovy
I honestly never grew into it.
>>60355096
If you "grew out of" metal, you were never in it for the music in the first place and only listened to shit like Slipknot because you thought it was cool.
>>60359939
or maybe because when you were a teenager the cheesiness of metal appealed to your angsty self but then you grew older and saw it for what it was?
>>60359966
>All metal is angsty
>Cheese is bad
>>60359966
>angst
nigga just listen to some fucking sabbath or cream. it's not all about angst. jfc do you like 60's psych? o.g. metal is literally just a heavier variation of jimi hendrix or the beatles. it's fucking rock and roll. all rock and roll is centered around the idea of rebellion and unbridled masculinity.
if you're going to dismiss metal because it tries too hard to be macho, then you may as well dismiss the entirety of rock
23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juZFiBbtIvk
>>60359393
I honestly could not get past all the convoluted fag shit the author was drivelling on with. Like, holy fuck.
>>60359582
This >>60359895
Metal has no groove to me.
>>60360157
>you may as well dismiss the entirety of rock
i kinda do tho tbqh
>>60360656
what has groove to you then? and you'd better not say funk because that sleep record follows bootsy's funk formula to a t. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHE6hZU72A4
>>60360669
>i kinda do tho tbqh
well if that's the case then there's no point in arguing with you
>>60360656
>I honestly could not get past all the convoluted fag shit the author was drivelling on with
well you're just ignorant. plain and simple. there is some truly informative stuff being said there concerning exactly what you were wondering about, but you're too thick to glean anything from it
>>60360656
Then what's the point of saying shit like "metal doesn't have groove, I really wish people would stop saying that" when you also acknowledge that it's entirely subjective and that you're an outlier?
>>60360709
Not blues apparently
>>60355096
I stopped liking metal when I was 13. I've come back around on Grindcore and Black Metal. I feel embarrassed when I'm near people in my college who like other genres of metal.
>>60360788
hahaha get fuckin rekt
>>60360910
Easy there anon
>>60356449
This- I remember people sharing their blogs, even non-music related ones. I made a blog because of them, and I still follow some of them.
Nope, and glad. Probably the most elitist broad music fanbase there is, and they don't even like good music. Quick to insult everyone else's taste when they don't even like real music.
>>60360950
what is "real music" anon?
>muh sub-genres
lol, fuck off metalheads
>>60361136
That's not even something specific to metal
Haven't yet
I don't understand "I used to like metal and then I switched to..." people
I used to like metalcore/deathcore a lot. I don't like those much anymore, but I listen to a -core album every now and then
After I stopped liking metalcore so much I got into black metal and then basically everything else (hip-hop, ambient, noise/p.e., punk/rock, indie shit, &c.) but I still listen to more black metal than anything
If you ever 100% grow out of a genre you are a poser shithead who listens to music for perceived prestige or to label yourself or something
>>60360783
>Black metal is lunar, atrophic, depraved, infinite and pure
There are much better ways to explain this. If there is any explanation of metal without needlessly convoluted fag shit, I'd happily read it, but this really seems like it's trying too damn hard to sound esoteric and deep.
>>60360788
Metal rocks (not in the sense that means it's good), it doesn't have groove. It's not smooth enough to have groove, it's very visceral and angry. I really don't want to take the time to explain it further. I've tried before and it does not work.
>>60361453
Tastes do change, anon. Not necessarily for perceived prestige as you mentioned; sometimes in the context of a certain period of one's life a certain kind of music is more appealing. When this context ends you "grow out" of that music.
I grew out of metalcore, power and thrash metal and grew into progressive, black and death metal
>>60361581
>I've tried before and it does not work.
Probably because it doesn't make any goddamn sense. Just admit that you're not feeling it instead of acting like the entire genre has some problem that everyone else is magically ignorant of.
>>60358287
>mars volta
>prog metal
someone's been taking /mu/ memes too seriously
>>60355096
about 17, still like some metal, I just realize its not the only thing to listen to now
>>60361752
I think it is you, who has been taking the memes too seriously.
>>60361721
Just because I don't have the words to describe doesn't mean there are none.
Also,
>everyone else
tons of people don't like metal, I'm by far not the only one.
>>60355142
Shane Dawson?
>>60361837
It's not that everyone likes metal, it's that everyone else can see that there's groove present because lots of metal uses the rhythmic ideas that give blues groove.
>Just because I don't have the words to describe doesn't mean there are none.
When you can't say your argument, it has no credibility.
>>60361453
>If you ever 100% grow out of a genre you are a poser shithead who listens to music for perceived prestige
lmao
i basically never told anyone i listened to metal back in high school because i was insecure about being seen as an edgy potential school shooter loner
i still grew out of metal though
>>60361930
Misunderstood, my bad. Still, it's hard to find a groove when it's buried under 7 layers of >BROOTAL
Also, I tried to explain metal's "" "groove" "" here >>60361581 <3
>>60362107
Just listen to Black Sabbath then; widely considered to be the first ever metal band, they were strongly rooted in blues rock and had a lot of groove, but were not extreme.
>>60355096
i'm the one who used to post this every day and I fucking love metal
Oh man.
I used to always listen to lots of different stuff, had decent taste but then became a total metalhead when i was 16-17. I even started to wear all black and band shirts and leather jackets and dye my hair long and black and think I was cool for only wearing band shirts and being an elitist dick.
Glad I grew out of that at 18. Now I listen to a lot of great stuff and I still enjoy a few metal songs but mostly I love looking outside of many genres. As I listened to more music I also realized how shitty a lot of metal is and it's very overrated and yeah, the edginess wears off as you get older.
>>60355544
indie to metal to indie
>>60362521
ur mom 2 ur sister 2 ur mom
>ayy
>lmao
>>60362107
>it's hard to find a groove when it's buried under 7 layers of >BROOTAL
idk why you are still insisting on generalizing all metal. do you realize how stupid you sound when you try to assert that every metal song ever has 7 guitar tracks? a lot of metal is extremely sparse
>>60358278
I know I didn't
