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Hi, I just joined this forum, I am a metal fan, and I play in a band. I have been drumming for just 7 years, more than half my life, and I have been in our band for 3 years, and gigging for the past year or so. Hoping to chat to some fun people and learn stuff, I am 13 and a girl. SBD

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Kids these days will be very well educated. When I was thirteen, my education were other kids from high school. I thought Slipknot, Murderdolls, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth were the only metal bands existing haha. My first local death metal show was frightening, mind blowing and a real eye opener!

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Welcome young metalhead. What kinda music do you play with your band?
Hi, our band is kind of metal, we are a punk/metal/rock mix. We do cover some Slayer,Machinehead, Metallica and Motorhead to name a few. I might put a link up if I can work out how to do it on here. SBD
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Kids these days will be very well educated. When I was thirteen, my education were other kids from high school. I thought Slipknot, Murderdolls, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth were the only metal bands existing haha. My first local death metal show was frightening, mind blowing and a real eye opener!
Hi, not many kids I know like metal, my sister does, and our bands vocalist does, so I get to hear lots of stuff through them. I went to see Leeds band Severed Heaven in November, they were awesome, and the best bit was all these massive guys watching were just gettng into it, and I didn't get squashed at all, some teenagers at gigs are so annoying, throwing each other about! I am more into watching them play \m/
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Re: Hi, I am new here, looking forward to meeting people,and chatting metal. It's cool you're forming your music taste early. I didn't have access to hard rock or metal as a younger child, but I got into Metallica and Guns N' Roses when I was around ten, and by thirteen or fourteen I had gotten into Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Amorphis, other stuff...

I like to suffer with the friendly violent fun though. And a good thing they keep an eye out for you to not get squashed. Hate it when people push mindlessly to get into the front row.
I still have fun in the pit sometimes. But I don't do it at big shows, I like being around people I trust. Plus, my knees aren't what they used to be. :D
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Haha, who got you so young in rock and metal, if I may ask? I started to show some interest in music when I was 14 years or so and started to play guitar when I became 18.
Erm, I just liked stuff my parents listened to, and when I was 6 I was given a drum kit by a friend of my Mum's he is a metal drummer, maybe there was something on the kit that rubbed off on me! My friend wouldn't sleep over when I was 10 because I had slipknot posters in my room, and she was scared of them! lol :P being in a band has broadened my music taste too. SBD
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Erm, I just liked stuff my parents listened to, and when I was 6 I was given a drum kit by a friend of my Mum's he is a metal drummer, maybe there was something on the kit that rubbed off on me! My friend wouldn't sleep over when I was 10 because I had slipknot posters in my room, and she was scared of them! lol :P being in a band has broadened my music taste too. SBD
Parenting done right :mrgreen: I'm pretty sure you'll find in the other parts of the forum enough interesting things to broaden your music taste even more :D
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