So, before I initially got into metal, the only music I really listened to was whatever my Dad put on my old MP3 player, yup not pretty. It wasn't all bad mind, AC/DC, Scorpions, Green Day, Eagles ya know! Back in the day i thought that music was the bee's knees I loved but that is when wonderful high school happened. I was walking home with an old friend of mine, Joe and he used to play music on his phone as we walked home. Most of the time everyone told him "ugh Joe turn that emo crap off ugh blergh" but when they went I said "go on stick it on then" jokingly. He stuck on the famous Freak on a Leash by KoRn and after a while I thought, what the hell are they on about this is great! So we chatted a while, told me who it was and some songs I should check out and there my descent into madness I mean metal began. I became a nu metal kid in a matter of weeks and just like that, Static-X, System of a Down, Disturbed, Papa Roach, Slipknot all of them were on repeat on my iPod. I was well happy!
After a while I can't remember how but I started to find other metal bands that Joe didn't like and neither did I at one point I was "ugh screamo is rubbish" guy but eventually, I learnt that A. Screamo is a term used for people who don't know what they are on about and B. I liked it. At this point I thpough Asking Laexandria (don't judge) were the heaviest in town but I soon found out they were the tip of the iceberg. I learnt that other metalheads though AA were "gay" and stuff. Confused at the can of worms I had opened of the online metal forums, I left quickly and went straight back to nu metal xD
Sometime before that AA mess, I was watching Scuzz (Kerrang basically) and I caught the end of this music video and I was amazed! There was a slap bass bit, a man dressed as a news reporter, fire everything and I thought I need to find this! After sticking Scuzz on again I found out it was Enter Shikari - Arguing with Thermometers. I had to buy the album, listen more everything, metal and dubstep blew my poor mind! I then listened to there earlier stuff and fell in love more, trance and metal as my jam.
On the related videos section on YouTube on an Enter Shikari video, the name "The Algorithm" kept coming up and one day I thought go on then. This was what I was looking for, Trance, Dubstep, Dance, Ambience, Trap and Djent (dun dun dun) from there on I looked at Djent, polyrhythms, Math Metal all of it. Eventually through all this digging I found Meshuggah. 8 strings! Djent! Double Bass! Omg! Then it only got heavier, Rings of Saturn, Periphery, Whitechapel and this where I am today, what metalheads call real heavy music as AA and stuff are not considered real metal. Not my view don't shout at me xD
So that is rough outline of how I got to my music taste today, from classic 80s stuff to falling asleep to Cannibal Corpse, I'm not joking it actually happened. Don't get me wrong I still love 80s music, Genesis, Pete Gabriel, Motley Crue I still have a soft spot but I have changed a lot. Hope this wasn't too boring but I hoped this encouraged you to open your ears to thing you won't normally listen to, you may be surprised.
Thanks for reading!
Sean :')
