FabSwingers.com forum: Question for my fellow metalheads

By *ire_thorn OP Man
over a year ago

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Simple question..

What group started you on your path down the way of the metal

For me when I was 16 a coworker handed me slipknot's self titled album.. I listened the that for weeks. And from there I started listening to heavier stuff and slipknot still makes me happy

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

Black Sabbath. After that it was Maiden, Metallica, Priest. The usuals I guess.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I heard Van Halen somewhere, probably the radio back then, and bought VH2. From there I bought VH1, and then Maiden happened and I was hooked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iron maiden

Guns n roses

Ac/dc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was The Offspring first, then it branched out to Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, then Rammstein, AC/DC, slipknot etc..

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Alice Cooper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Led Zeppelin 1V back in early 80s, about a decade after it came out.

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

Maiden, Kiss, Aerosmith..

I'm taking my daughter to see Maiden this year.. never know when they will stop touring.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Black Sabbath and AC/DC the Bon Scott years, I’m a vey old rock chic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metallica first then Sabbath and onwards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slipknot, linkin park, soad, limp bizkit, Korn xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rainbow

Iron Maiden

Kiss

Judas Priest

Black Sabbath

Deep Purple

Motorhead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The first 2 iron maiden albums with paul dianno.

Though i don't follow the metal genre that closely any more..apart from a few progressive djent artists.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

You know what? I can't remember a single specific band. I got really into Maiden, Metallica, SOAD etc when I was about 15 but there was a lot of different music that carried me along. Mr KC was/is heavily into HIM and stuff like that, he influenced me in that too. We have eclectic taste so not just metal we were/are listening to.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

No one real group or song. I heard Nine Inch Nails - broken, I was hooked. I listened to nuclear assault, napalm death, rage against the machine, metallica, Rammstein, etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At school in art class, one of the boys put on Appetite for destruction. 1988.

The whole class were hooked, good old swear words.

Metallica - Master of Puppets and Justice followed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iron Maiden was my first, but all the stuff ah kid had on in his room got me into it. Pantera, Fear Factory, Type O (fave all time band) and other such 90's delights

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not a full metalhead but there are quite a few bands I like. Motorhead probably started me off because I was a huge wrestling fan and Triple H had a number of theme songs performed by them

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By *melia DominaTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburgh (She/Her)

As a wedding/pub DJ you start to expand past the cheese. Then I was introduced to the old Mission, Victoria st. Edinburgh.

Rock punk goth industrial indie and metal central - I Never left!! It was my weekend home for years..

Very punk driven to start with, bad religion, nofx, expanded to goth, big suzi fan, industrial and metal soon after...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against The Machine. Not strictly metal but started me off on the path of going harder

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Iron Maiden- saw Bruce's leaving concert on TV and was hooked from there

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By *0shadesOfFilthMan
over a year ago

nearby

Nightwish

Scorpions

Cinderella

Velvet revolver

Skid row

Plasmatics

Femme fatal

Vixen

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Nightwish

Scorpions

Cinderella

Velvet revolver

Skid row

Plasmatics

Femme fatal

Vixen "

How did I forget Nightwish?! Fucking hell. Add Nightwish to our list too.

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By *eet The FlintstonesCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

Played in a few bands but guess Deep Purple, The mighty Zep and then really all the stuff from the 70s on through time. Uriah Heep were the 1st band I saw live and so much fun to play live rock.

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By *yourselfMan
over a year ago

Heworth

Iron Maiden for me, followed by Guns n roses

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By *uffolkClareClactonDaveCouple
over a year ago

Felixstowe/Clacton-on-Sea

Black Sabbath

I was round a friend's house when I was about 8 and his elder brother had their first album on in his room. That 6th chord in the intro to the opening track, Black Sabbath, just blew me away.

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By *atalie..Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

My childhood friend was and still is into metal while I was into bros and new kid's on the block

She was more into glam rock, so it was...warrant and their song sweet cherry pie.. and now it's different metal band's for different mood's

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By *aliceWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

Neurosis

Carcass

Meshuggah

Mr Bungle

Ministry

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By *riel13Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

Metallica... Hearing the guitar riff to One at the end of Top of the Pops, weirdly... Now, My favourite song of theirs on my favourite album of theirs

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By *itzi999Woman
over a year ago

Slough

"Simple question..

What group started you on your path down the way of the metal

For me when I was 16 a coworker handed me slipknot's self titled album.. I listened the that for weeks. And from there I started listening to heavier stuff and slipknot still makes me happy"

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Pantera. I was a kid!!!

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By *hoirCouple
over a year ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Simple question..

What group started you on your path down the way of the metal

For me when I was 16 a coworker handed me slipknot's self titled album.. I listened the that for weeks. And from there I started listening to heavier stuff and slipknot still makes me happy"

Guns N Roses. The Lies album

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Slayer initially, then some Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Celtic Frost, Testament, Sabbat.

Then Dance Music happened and I left metal behind.

Then got in to Classical quite heavily.

Then veered in to industrial metal and experimental music.

Now I listen to almost everything.

However the most common thing I listen to is silence. I rarely play music these days. I find it too distracting.

I think the last time I played a CD at home was 9, perhaps 10 years ago ? Just not fussed anymore really.

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By *tew008Man
over a year ago

edinburgh

Grunge that got me into rock and or roll, then a gradual slide into metal.

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

Deep purple.

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By *eyondhornyMan
over a year ago

Edwardsville

Iron Maiden around 11 - 12 probably because I loved the album covers and picture discs,

Got progressively heavier after that.

Still listen to Slayer, Slipknot, Korn, Machinehead, Trivium, Metallica, pantera, the list goes on

Got a guilty pleasure of The Pretty Reckless too.

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By *it-chrissyTV/TS
over a year ago

sw. london

zz-top and those videos from the eliminator album coincided with hearing powersl#ve by iron maiden and the rest is history

1985 i think and im still rocking hard \m/

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metallica, deftones, korn, slipknot ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iron Maiden! My older brother was into them from when NOTB released in 82 and as an 8 year old I was just drawn to the imagery of Eddie. Bought POM on cassette with my pocket money the following year and the rest is history. My neither feel away from it after LAD so I inherited all of his singles and picture discs. Still my fave band of all time and any chance to see them live is grabbed with both hands!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Iron Maiden! My older brother was into them from when NOTB released in 82 and as an 8 year old I was just drawn to the imagery of Eddie. Bought POM on cassette with my pocket money the following year and the rest is history. My neither feel away from it after LAD so I inherited all of his singles and picture discs. Still my fave band of all time and any chance to see them live is grabbed with both hands! "

*My brother fell away...." not my neither feel away lol

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By *uicy 2020Woman
over a year ago

London

A boy i fancied at college lent me a Coal Chamber album i think. Readers, we dated for 2 years

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

My dad liked rock, as in Stones, Animals, etc and my mates on the sane Street liked rock. Went to a youth club, god how old am I, and the DJ played all sorts of mixed.

That's where I first heard

AC/DC

Meatloaf

Judas Priest

Whitesnake (before the gloss sheen)

Pink Floyd

Rush

So with my pocket money,

I bought rock singles and albums and was hooked.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Metallica

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Metallica... Hearing the guitar riff to One at the end of Top of the Pops, weirdly... Now, My favourite song of theirs on my favourite album of theirs

AJFA is such an underappreciated album compared to Puppets. Yes there's the bass issue but what an album from start to finish. Still one of my faves of theirs and that tour was my very first gig so still holds special meaning for me.

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By *hilledGuerillaMan
over a year ago

In the monkey house

Age check!!! My mate gave me taped copies of Appetite For Destruction and Use Your Illusion 1&2. Quickly moved to Metallica, NIN, Pantera, Sepultura, RATM. Went through so many batteries in my Walkman because of those bands.

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

"A boy i fancied at college lent me a Coal Chamber album i think. Readers, we dated for 2 years

2 years? That's loco!

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Slipknot, linkin park, soad, limp bizkit, Korn xx"

My ringtone is " In The End"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Guitar hero Metallica I'd say. Great game and was a great introduction to the band.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

According to my significantly older brother my favourite track when I was 3 years old was Iron Man by Sabbath and I'd make him play it over and over again until he was sick of it...

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

My mother would play LP's of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath in the house when I was 4/5 years old.

It began early and with the all time greats

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By *uffolkClareClactonDaveCouple
over a year ago

Felixstowe/Clacton-on-Sea

"Neurosis

Carcass

Meshuggah

Mr Bungle

Ministry

"Never trust a junkie"

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Rainbow when the 'Down to Earth' album was released. Not long after, I got into my favourite band AC/DC when they put out 'Back in Black'.

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By *eyondhornyMan
over a year ago

Edwardsville

"Metallica... Hearing the guitar riff to One at the end of Top of the Pops, weirdly... Now, My favourite song of theirs on my favourite album of theirs

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Worth listening to And Justice for Jason on YoutTube.

His bass track is much more prominent in the mix.

I get that the band were still reeling from Cliff Burton being killed but James and Lars hid some great bass playing by Jason.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im not a Metalhead as such iike everything but ACDC back in black is played regularly,i love the black album by Metallica but after watching one of there documentaries i think there a bunch of pansies.Forgot, love Thin Lizzie too and Zeppelin.

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By *onlywishiMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

On a school holiday in south of France we found a bar that would serve us !

One of my mates put Ac/Dc on the jukebox ( his name was Angus ?) and we spent a few good d*unken afternoons in that place with the same music !!

Went back to listening to Ac/Dc when my friend now work colleague died aged 17

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metallica where the first band on at Freddie Mercury's tribute concert at Wembley.

The rest is history.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mudvayne, Not Falling when I first saw the film Ghost Ship!

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By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

Initially Black Sabbath, Motorhead and Iron Maiden.

Discovered the Friday Night Rock Show with Tommy Vance and the world of Thrash Metal was opened up to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being a teen during the nu metal era was kinda my soft intro to metal

I picked up an Ozzy ozzmosis album one day and that was my first real intro to actual metal

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By *anther and gothic angelCouple
over a year ago

fairy land

Black sabbath, witch finder general, led zeplin and motorhead

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By *andy and DannyCouple
over a year ago

Barnstaple

In 1986 i saw on telly a gig by the cult from brixton academy and it changed my life

all uphill from then on ,

have a good day you lil devils ??

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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago

cognito

Black Sabbath when I was about 11 and pinched the self titled cassette off my Dad

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By *appyhoppyMan
over a year ago

North

Probably whitesnake for me. Also liked Aerosmith, motley crue, gnr etc before moving onto maiden, priest, sabbath, Metallica, megadeth etc etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I guess UFO started it off for me around 79 the usual suspects soon followed, DLR Van Hagar,Lemmy

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By *assy MissWoman
over a year ago

Sent to Coventry

AC/DC for me. The ‘If you want blood’ tour 1978

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Motorhead

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By *aleunicorn500Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

Probably a housemate lending me the Metallica black album when I was at uni. He played guitar and played along. I remember him saying "you have no idea how hard that is!".

Never looked back and remember fondly when I listen now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ditto Friday Rock Show with Tommy Vance. I had a decent hi-fi setup and recorded the show to listen to going to work and back on Saturday. All the regulars but a mention for UFO, SPACE Metal & Strangers in The Night albums.

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By *iromancergirl1Woman
over a year ago

bolton

All sorts thanks to my ex iron maiden Metallica Queensryche black sabbath and loads more

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By *eavy-Metal-CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Liverpool

For me (Raven_Wolf) it was when I was flicking though channels Kerrang and seeing the video for Metallica's One then I just fell down the rabbit hole of this crazy world. With my Partner (VelvetPanda) is was listening to her dad's LPs which range from Accept to Black Sabbath and everything in between. Last gig was Hammerfall and Helloween which was fun

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By *ettieAndIrvingMan
over a year ago

Derby

My old man was entertainments manager for a large local venue.

There were always records playing in the house. AC/DC were his faves. And Budgie, Cheap Trick and Deep Purple.

I've never known not loving this music.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hearing my sister playing paranoid by Sabbath and Black Night by Deep Purple, quite different to the other stuff she listened to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldnt say im a metal head just like a few bands but anthrax i liked first

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By *aeganaWoman
over a year ago

birmingham

Hearing black sabbath cradle of filth my ruin, kittie and so on and just going on from there

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By *reyja78TV/TS
over a year ago

Northampton

"Neurosis

Carcass

Meshuggah

Mr Bungle

Ministry

Love every single one of those groups x

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By *reyja78TV/TS
over a year ago

Northampton

First metal music that I listened too was more than likely Metallica, I was only about 8/9. Within a year or two I got into the Swedish death metal scene, I'm talking like around 1991, bands like dismember, entombed etc. That then progressed into the second wave of black metal. Basically I love every sub genre of metal and have been a fan for 30+ years which I remember my mum used to say it's just a phase your going through lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metallica ride the lightning...

I was the only punk on our local and that got us all to be mates

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By *dging-In-EssexMan
over a year ago

Southend

Sabbath, Maiden and Metallica were probably my first real loves in the genre.

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By *aggy dollsCouple
over a year ago

bradford

Born and raised on the likes of black sabbath, motorhead, thin lizzy. But I reckon it was always sabbath that really got me into it still a massive fan and so glad I got to see them play milton Keynes in 2001 with bill on drums, I dont think any gig will ever top that.

Mr Hayes.

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By *dging-In-EssexMan
over a year ago

Southend

Now I've got Raggy Dolls theme lodged in my brain

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By *aggy dollsCouple
over a year ago

bradford

"Now I've got Raggy Dolls theme lodged in my brain

It happens a lot to people

, when I was single I was "littlest hobo" so people got that stuck in their heads... can you see a theme developing here?

Mr Hayes.

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By *MrandMrsRedxCouple
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Funnily enough Sum 41 was the first band I truly got into and All Killer No Filler was the first album I purchased myself. From there it extended, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Slipknot before going deep into Finnish folk and black metal (it kind of took a spin whilst I still loved pop punk)

Mr x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Funnily enough Sum 41 was the first band I truly got into and All Killer No Filler was the first album I purchased myself. From there it extended, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Slipknot before going deep into Finnish folk and black metal (it kind of took a spin whilst I still loved pop punk)

Mr x"

Which black metal bands?

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By *MrandMrsRedxCouple
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Mr x

Which black metal bands?"

Nothing too obscure and has reigned in since my late teens. Bands like Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Gorgoroth, Bodom. I’d say I was always more into the folk metal with bands like Ensiferum and Korpiklaani though

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By *reyja78TV/TS
over a year ago

Northampton

Mr x

Which black metal bands?"

I'm a big black metal fan, my favourites at the moment are mgla and wolves in the throne room

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr x

Which black metal bands?

I'm a big black metal fan, my favourites at the moment are mgla and wolves in the throne room "

Cool. I'm quite into tech Death atm so listening to a lot of Archspire, but also had on some Anaal Nathrakh today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr x

Which black metal bands?

Dissection... Emperor?

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By *MrandMrsRedxCouple
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Quite possibly, it was many years ago that my music taste was that far into it. Honestly can’t remember x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Status Quo ... my Dad was a big fan

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

I was A punk but loved motorhead.

The I saw zz top a couple of times, Donnington Park and Wembley

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weirdly it was AC/DC who got me into heavy rock back in the late 70s then Iron Maiden came along and I became a fan of lots of metal acts. I'm old now and have relaxed my tastes somewhat.

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By *reyja78TV/TS
over a year ago

Northampton

Mr x

Which black metal bands?

I'm a big black metal fan, my favourites at the moment are mgla and wolves in the throne room

Cool. I'm quite into tech Death atm so listening to a lot of Archspire, but also had on some Anaal Nathrakh today "

Anaal nathrakh haven't listened to them for years. I got into black metal during the infamous church burning era bands like emperor, thorns, zyklon b, dissection, dark throne, all the classics lol, love all forms of extreme music of all genres though x

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By *r SteelhammerMan
over a year ago

belfast

Ritchie blackmore and rainbow

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

i have liked metal but i was never really a 'metalhead' or anything really. in the 80's in south wales everything was completely dominated by rock music so it wasn't really surprising that i was playing in various rock bands, touring and supporting a number of bands.

the bands i admired were Budgie, Pink Fairies, Minute Men, MDC, DRI, Scream, VoiVod, Hellhammer amongst loads of others.

I have a huge softspot for Bad Brains on account of also being a huge reggae fan, so i loved what these guys did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slayer, napalm death.

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