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Novembrine_Waltz

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Good evening guys!

I come from Italy so my english can be bad :D

But I would like to use this forum also to improve it and daily exercise.

I listen to metal music since I'm 14. My love go to black, doom and gothic but I'm open to any kind of music as well.

I hope to know a lot of kind and nice people here, to discover new band and maybe to let you know some that you don't already know.

See you!

C.

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Well, it's an hard question.

During my life I went trough different kind of music. I was very active when I was 14/15. Looking for new band every day, especially from Norway/Sweden and then the most strange names in metal archives.

Then when I was 16/17 I started to listen to different music like Hardcore, electronic and similar because of a friend. This opened me to contaminations in metal and to other kind of music. I can say I'm grateful of this route, otherwise I could still listen to only "Trve norwegian and swedish black metal". 

Then after that I started to really appreciate the Italian Scene, we have great bands that have nothing to envy to the Nordic scene. But now I'm lazy. Is rare that I want to discover something new. I just start to listen something that I know on youtube and can happen that the site goes to another band and then maybe I ask myself "Who are they? I like that!!".

Sometimes I go to live music and listen to really good bands. I like to support underground scene even if my heart bands have big names.

I can tell you few names. I can tell you in advance that I usually prefer Black metal (melodic/symphonic as well), gothic and doom.

Marduk, Dimmu Borgir, Dark Funeral theese were the first ones.

Then Carpathian Forest, Burzum, Katatonia, Cradle of Filth, Theatre of tragedy, Tristania, Forest of Shadows, Satyricon, Emperor, Grand Alchemist, Forgotten Tomb, Cadaveria, The Foreshadowing, Novembre, In Tormentata Quiete, Nox Illunis. I am a Kurgaall fan even if I don't like too much his idea of a pure black metal sound.

Then I like a lot of other bands, metal or not like Helloween, Månegarm, Vinterorg, Finntroll, Pantera, Nirvana, The Cranberries, Oasis, The Prodigy, Rob Zombie, Rammstein, Slipknot, SOAD, Marilyn Manson, Klimt 1918, Aerosmith, Coldplay.

Then I can say that I also like something like Lady Gaga, Madonna, Stromae and I don't really remember their name but if I listen to them on the radio I don't have the istinct to brake it.

I also like classical music, especially orchestral.

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I hear you having gone through a similar journey myself. When I first started listening to metal around 12 years ago the only way I came across new stuff was my cousin. A few years later when I had my own money and a little more freedom I'd buy whatever metal I could indiscriminately. Then around 18 I stopped looking for new stuff and stuck to what I knew. This forum really re-ignited my passion for discovering new bands and helped me understand just how massive the metal world is. Doom is my favourite sub-genre but I enjoy most of the spectrum.

 

You know if you're ever bored there are recommendation threads stickied to each genre subforum. BlutAusNerd, one of our users and a fellow moderator, has taken the time to create in-depth lists featuring band names, videos, and descriptions. Heaps of amazing stuff in there that's well worth checking out. 

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We have a lot of very good bands!

Necrodeath are good, I don't like them too much but they are from my country and region so I try to support them.

But you have to know Spite Extreme Wing, Forgotten Tomb, Cadaveria, Aborym, Dark Lunacy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Elvenking, Sadist (!!), Vision Divine, Rhapsody of fire, Opera IX, Extrema....are just few names of famous Italian metal bands

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6 hours ago, Novembrine_Waltz said:

We have a lot of very good bands!

Necrodeath are good, I don't like them too much but they are from my country and region so I try to support them.

But you have to know Spite Extreme Wing, Forgotten Tomb, Cadaveria, Aborym, Dark Lunacy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Elvenking, Sadist (!!), Vision Divine, Rhapsody of fire, Opera IX, Extrema....are just few names of famous Italian metal bands

I know Forgotten Tomb, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Elvenking, Rhapsody and Opera IX, but from this list I only like Forgotten Tomb and Fleshgod. I might check the others I haven't heard of yet.

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