Introduction

[Tyler]

I am a huge Rock and Metal fan. I spend a lot of time searching the internet for something metal/rock-related, whether it be something factual I want to know, or something opinionative I want to see how others think. A lot of time I end up on forums, obviously. I'm really not that big into computers and technology- (I know alot about computers and how to use them, but this next part is what I mean)- I've never been a part of any social networks, but I decided to give a forum a try- I am very different then most of my peers and don't have many friends so I finally decided that I should try joining a forum, so that not only can I make friends, I can make metal-friends. So I searched google for "Metal forum" and looked through the first two pages. Eventually, after narrowing it down to two, I decided I like this one the most after looking over topics and activity. So here I am, as you can see this is my introduction. A bit about my music-side now. I really like most anything in the whole rock-metal spectrum. I enjoy the classics; ACϟDC, Kiss, and Van Halen. And then there's my Metal Side; I listen to almost anything metal. I listen to Classic Metal like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest. Then theres my extreme side, with Thrash; Sodom, Tankard, Testament. Death; Deicide, Vader, Sacrificium. I am a fan of Power Metal too, I really like Iron Savior and many more. I have just recently began experimenting with Black Metal. In the past I always heard the low quality Black Metal which discouraged me from listening to the genre. Just a few days ago I decided to give it another try. I ended up listening to Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Satyricon and Immortal. I must say, the Black Metal that actually has good quality is very good. I will be listening to more in the near future. Apart from Metal, I said I like rock. Well, I also really like "soft" music. Slow ballad types songs, though the song doesn't necessarily have to be a ballad. I guess you could actually say I'm just a fan of instruments. There are so many soft songs that have a beautiful guitar section. A lot of times I notice that these softer songs are actually harder than I thought to play on guitar. Neal Schon from Journey literally shreds sometimes (Still They Ride solo),

but stays soft amazingly. Don't get me wrong though, I still enjoy hearing someone aggressively shred their guitar. So as I said earlier, I enjoy hearing instruments, I enjoy symphonic type music. Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi to name a few. What I really like is Folk/Celtic style music though, I really like the sound of a well played flute or hurdy-gurdy; instruments not commonly associated with rock or metal. As you can see I am new here, I don't know if this is longer than what the administrator wanted, my apologies if it is. This is just a little about me. If there's anything you want to know that I didn't address just post a reply or message me. I will try to answer whatever I can, I don't know how active this forum, or even this section is, so I don't know how much traffic will come to this thread, but I will answer what I can.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Introduction Nice big intro, cool. No, we don't have a problem with big posts here, I'm probably the worst offender. It looks like you have some varied tastes, which is definitely cool. Not everyone digs everything, so there will always be disagreements, but I like a good variety of music too. Hope you stick around, feel free to dig in, there are tons of threads all over this place, and we love a good conversation. There are a bunch of recommendations all over too, feel free to add to them while checking them out if you like. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[RelentlessOblivion]

Welcome to the forum. Nice to see a shout out for Iron Savior. There's plenty of threads here and lots to discuss so dive right in if you like. Varied taste is really the norm around here we don't have many members who only like one style of music. For instance in metal I like black, death, doom, folk, traditional/NWOBHM, power, progressive and thrash. In rock I like prog, classic (like The Rolling Stones) and hard rock (ala AC/DC). On top of that I'm also a fan of classical music, blues, middle-eastern folk music and flamenco.