FatherAlabaster

Well, Blood Incantation is the real deal live. Impressive set. Weird venue, it's tiny and half the floor space is taken up by a bar. Looking forward to watching Antti burp.

Well, Blood Incantation is the real deal live. Impressive set. Weird venue, it's tiny and half the floor space is taken up by a bar. Looking forward to watching Antti burp.

Me.

Hellhammer "Apocalyptic Raids"
Weakling "Dead as Dreams"

Found the 2014 re-release of Ra Pariah. Listened through. Fair set of pipes on this guy! Damn. Enjoying this a lot. Nice recommendation!

Apollo Ra - Ra Pariah   @True Belief, you know this album? Seems right up your alley.
Queensryche - The Warning
Lethal - Programmed

It's an interesting psychological quirk, this idea that whenever some person does something really nasty, this somehow reflects on everything else that they have ever done, or will ever do again. The taint somehow becomes transcendental. Case in point, Gary Glitter, that I not very long ago got chided for mentioning among "important glam rock artists" ... because he too got arrested for possessing abuse documents of a paedophile nature.
Nowadays, you rarely hear the word "child pornography" in Norway. I've been one of many people that back in the late 80s started a campaign against that very concept, under the rationale that pornography is something that depicts legal activities between consenting adults, and that there can be no such thing as "child pornography", there can only be documentation of abuse, or evidence of a crime, to be exact. A crime I, like most sane parents, think is even more horrific than murder.
Which is why I have no sympathy whatsoever for those who explain themselves with being "just curious" (as is often the case). My tolerance level may be high and all, but there are some hard limits, and this one is non negotiable. 

Rotting Christ - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers

Sarcofago - INRI
Sarcofago - The Laws Of Scourge 

Valgrind - Blackest Horizon promo tracks
Nocturnus - Thresholds
Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis ... @gregsbrews, have you ever listened to these guys? Different from what you've been gravitating towards, but since you like progressive music, you might get something out of them. This album is phenomenal, but a bit lighter than their previous output; their best album IMO is Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone.

Brexit increases metaldetektors value to me.  Every cloud...

Everything Is Fire is fire.

Ulcerate - Everything is Fire 

Running Wild - Port Royal

When I first got into metal depends on your relative definition of "into metal."
In 1996 when I was 12, I spent my allowance on Metallica - Load which came out that year, because I saw the Until It Sleeps video on TV and thought it was cool (yeah yeah, I know, I didn't know any better). I was later hanging out with a friend who was I think 15 at the time (knew him forever, our moms are best friends) and I told him about the album. He said "that's shitty new Metallica, you need to hear some of their old stuff!" He then played a few songs from the Black Album and Master of Puppets and I was hooked. Whenever I had the allowance and opportunity to go to the cd store I bought a new Metallica album, until I had all of them. I then checked out a few metal more bands like Megadeth, Pantera, Sabbath/Ozzy, and Tool. Throughout high school, I didn't add that many more metal bands to my collection, as I was listening to pretty much all forms of rock (including Nu Metal - I figured some of you would appreciate that distinction). I did consider Metallica my favorite band though.
In college, I became a huge jazz fan. I got really into playing music (alto and tenor sax) in both my school's band and some gigs at restaurants, took music theory classes, and attended jazz jam sessions when I had time. Jazz became my main indulgence (especially modal jazz, hard bop, and fusion). I then got into some progressive rock (Pink Floyd, Phish, Jethro Tull, etc.), which I was drawn to by the elements of jazz present in it. Subsequently, I checked out some progressive metal (Opeth, Mastodon, Dream Theater, etc.).
Throughout the rest of my 20s and early 30s (I'm 34 now), I was very eclectic, listening to many genres including metal, jazz, blues, progressive rock, classic rock, hard rock, alternative, hip hop, reggae, and so on, with jazz still being at the top. My metal listening mainly stuck to a dozen or so thrash, old school metal, and prog metal bands I was familiar with, except for a few times when I went on a metal kick and skimmed a bunch of bands over a couple weeks but forgot most of them and walked away with one or two that I stayed into (Amon Amarth, Kamelot, and Ghost came out these "metal kicks"). I would then get distracted before really gaining the metal familiarity/understanding that most metalheads I know have.
For the past month of so I have been on a huge metal kick, one much more intense than the previous ones. I think what triggered it was a chat about metal with a friend (who's a metalhead) over a few beers, when I realized that I enjoy metal too much to not be into that many metal bands and to not have really explored many of the different metal genres. I've been diving into a lot of metal genres, most notably melodeath, melodic black metal, and power metal, while dabbling in a few others. I feel like this metal kick is not going to be short and fleeting like the others as a lot of the new music I've been listening to has been REALLY clicking with me. 
Back to the question of when I first got into metal, it depends if being a casual fan as I have been qualifies as being "into metal." If so, the answer is 1996 when I was 12 with Metallica. However, if "into metal" means being a full-blown metalhead, and if I continue my current metal indulgence on a permanent basis, years from now my best answer may be March/April 2018. 

BANNED

Thanks for the recommendation!
"In Solitary Ruin" - Evoken
"Lay Your Woes Upon the Ground and Know that the End Will Soon Swallow You" - Cavernlight
"Constructing a Spire to Pierce and Poison the Infinite" - Cavernlight
"Wander, Part II" - Cavernlight  After listening to a few tracks, I must say that this band is awesome.  Great drones and atmosphere.  Thanks @FatherAlabaster!

So that's his "quite merry" face...

For real. Talking with those folks is maddening. It's funny how "don't believe everything you hear" has become the mantra of people who buy vitamins from a nut job talk show host.
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Doom playlist for painting today:
Krief De Soli - Procul Este, Profani
Cavernlight - As We Cup Our Hands And Drink From The Stream Of Our Ache ... @Balor, if you're in a doomy mood, this might appeal to you.
Evoken - Antithesis Of Light
My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers

That Alex Jones idiocy is just running rampant in general today. Based on how frightened and stupid many people seem to be, I shouldn't be surprised at his 3 million listener count, but it's still disturbing. That guy is cancer in human form.

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Krallice - s/t

Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon

Sweet, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying all this stuff. Snowing Still was my favorite track on there for years. The whole album is pretty mint. Their previous album is similar, but a bit more primitive and rough-sounding. You might enjoy some melodic Swedish black metal - Sacramentum's "Far Away From The Sun" would be a great place to start. 

^^^ Skulls and bones and ancient stonework... now that's what I call a vacation destination.

^^^ Skulls and bones and ancient stonework... now that's what I call a vacation destination.