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So I am the proud father of 3 daughters and 1 son. They all love their classic diet of Judas Priest, Sabbath, and of course Iron Maiden. Yesterday I was listening to some Darkthrone and cleaning around the house when my 2 year old started screaming. Being a dad I freak the hell out and run to see what is going on. Turns out she was just trying to sound like the screams from the cd. My heart melted, and my blood pressure went down at the same time :)

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LOL I love it!!! My kids normally listen to everything, if I take them to school they know it is going to be black metal. If mom takes them to school it is going to be country or pop.One Halloween I did all their make-up in corpse paint and we rocked out on candy.Have you ever seen the black metal dad video?

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understandable for those not wanting kids, it is a full time non-stop job. for me it is well worth it honestly, they bring me joy that I never thought was possible.

As someone who never wanted to have children, I totally agree. I couldn't be happier to spend time with my son. It's great when I have time to myself, too, so I don't feel like my brains are being scrambled, but I always miss him when he's out. 

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I'm sort of like "well I've had three younger brothers and they all drove me nuts so do I want to go through that again with my own kid one day?" but then on the other hand when I'm out and about and I see kids I'm always caught thinking how adorable they are and how awesome it must be to be a parent. I dunno I think there's part of me that does want to one day be a parent.

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I understand where you are coming from, when I was a dad at 18 I was scared shitless mate. I was a kid myself, what the hell did I know about raising a child. As the years followed I had more and I realized that no one has a clue to as what they are doing and you just follow your instinct and make the little ones as happy as can be. Last night I gave our littlest one Rosie a Elmo doll that she could take a bath with and she broke out in the dance that was so freaking cute I laughed till I cried. The joy I felt was better than seeing my favorite death metal band Cannibal Corpse live. To me there is nothing more metal than being a parent. Cause if you can sport a Death shirt, wallet chain and a pink boa while playing tea party, then you sir are a bad ass.

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I admire anyone who has kids.  I simply don't possess that devotion to dedicate to a child.  I am too selfish and don't think I am of the calibre fitting enough to be a good parent.  All of my friends have children and seem to be happy despite the immense hard work involved but it is just not for me.

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I caught my son singing rolling in the deep from Adele in the shower the other day... Thankfully he did in a death metal version... Talk about mixed influences.... I was proud though, and the death metal version sounds so much better. He is refusing to do it for me when I try to record so I can't share it I'm afraid..

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I have 4 kids. My daughter being the oldest and 3 sons. They range in age from 19 to 31. It seems like yesterday that they were all little and the house was a whirlwind of activity. The oldest 2 now live in the US and the youngest goes to school in Toronto. It's been a huge adjustment not having them around all the time. I have 2 grandkids that I love to death. I only get to see them about once a month but I cherish the time that I spend with them.

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Sadly my kids don't like metal music. However my son loves the artwork to alot of metal albums I have.  Who does not like the early megadeth artwork and iron maiden album covers. I was a fan for sure of metal artwork growing up. 😁 So that's the start. Maybe few years down the road he will listen to proper music 👻☠️💀he's 5 he's got time. 

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