Hello from the S.F.area!
I was a metalhead fpr awhile as a teen,but ended up gravitating towards Oi/Punk/N.Y.H.C.and alt,,but found myself recently becoming really drawn back to lthe intensity and musicianship that metal has.
Im not so hot with the genre,sub-genre stuff,but I guess Im really digging on Death Metal,Black Metal,Grindcore,War Metal ,and still love some Thrash and Crossover.
I'm really loving:
Cannibal Corpse
Bolt Thrower
Ghoul
Acid Witch
1914
Brujeria
I also had the great fortune to see Neurosis at the Gilman St.Project in Berkeley Pain of Mind era--- pre Word As Law.