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Hello there from Latvia. 

I'm an 18 year old. Soon going to turn 19 (February). So today I discovered this metal forum. I discovered it by just searching for "metal forums" Found this place, began to search some stuff about black metal.  So what's my favorite bands you might ask. I'm not just a metalhead who loves to listen just strictly to metal. To be honest, I started listening to metal in beginning of this year by discovering song Master Of Puppets by MetallicA. Then I heard One by MetallicA and it all began. Slipknot, Pantera and then I found Burzum. 

For this moment my favorite bands are (not counted down by specific way):

Metallica

Pantera

Slipknot

Burzum

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Guns N' Roses

Bathory

Of course, I am listening to other songs/genres/bands, but I counted down favorite ones. I love hip hop too. Hard rock of course is one of favorite genres since I'm GNR fan.  Here are some favorite songs of mine.

Paradise City, Welcome To The Jungle, Right next door to hell, Garden, Civil War, Rocket Queen;

Master Of Puppets, One, Battery, Damage Inc, Disposable Heroes, Fight Fire With Fire, Creeping Death;

Disasterpiece, Eyeless, Sic, Wait and Bleed;

Dunklheit, Lost Wisdom and some more Burzum songs I can't recall now;

like 80% of RHCP music; 

Reaper, 13 Candles, Call from the grave. Almost all Hammerheart album. Twilight of Gods has more than half album of great shit in it; Of course tons of other Bathory material. It's like one of latest bands I've discovered, and I can say that Quorthon was one of the best vocalists in his genre. Might sound kind of a crazy/wrong etc., but just by checking out his raw vocals in first and third album my musical taste just screams "That's f-ing great!" Hammerheart goes softer, but it's clean, good and just creates the whole vibe. Well, what he did on last two albums in plan of vocals is just pure magic. Just that soft and beautiful vibe those vocals give to you... Uhhh, just incredible. 

What I hate about metal is songs where vocalist just ghrowls/screams like an ork. I'm sorry for maybe offending somebody's tastes, but it's just my honest opinion. I also hate those "tu-ru-tu-ru-tu-ru-tu-ru" beats that just go fast and monotonous. 

I love vibe. Dark, creepy, cold, real and honest vibe of something in music.

Well,  that's it. Won't call my name cause big part of you guys here wont pronounce it right anyway. 

My english is not in a good level to right very confident and fluently. Anyways, cheers!

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Welcome. Don't worry about your English... not like any of us are pronouncing anything here anyway. I love lower death metal vocals but I can understand why some people don't, I prefer them to be expressive and I can get turned off by a monotonous vocalist. Quorthon and Varg both have great vocals, I think that's the reason their music has had such an impact on so many people. There's plenty of great black metal with intense vocals out there, though, happy hunting.

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1 hour ago, Balor said:

Welcome!  Your path into metal was very close to my own, and I like several of the bands that you listed (especially Burzum - the greatest!).

Since you like hip hop and black metal, are you planning to get the new Peste Noire album?

Honestly, I've never heard of them.

E: Oh, I checked that thing out. Well,  I dont really like mixing two so different genres/styles together. But I will get deeper with that PN thing for sure.

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2 hours ago, Natas said:

Honestly, I've never heard of them.

E: Oh, I checked that thing out. Well,  I dont really like mixing two so different genres/styles together. But I will get deeper with that PN thing for sure.

Their early material (the demos and the first few albums) are excellent.  Peste Noire's newer songs are still good, but not nearly as much as what came before.

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