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Greetings all, I just discovered this forum while doing some reading for an article I'm pitching to... whoever might want it, I guess... about metal culture, the inclusivity of the community, all the things that have made me love this music and the scene ever since I was a sad little 12 year old victim of the meanest, most merciless middle school girls that suburban Wisconsin had to offer in the early 2000's. I don't usually use so much alliteration, I've just been awake for a really long time because we're closing on our house in a few days and I'm taking a break from the chaos that is packing and cleaning at the same time with toddlers running around.

All that aside, my parents were quite older compared to those of my peers, and I grew up listening to what they listened to which was of course Golden Oldies, all of the 50's and 60's, all day every day. I still love it, but it didn't do much to help me figure out "myself" when I was trying to "fit in" at a new school. I tried listening to what everyone else listened to on the radio or where have you, and I liked some of it but just didn't connect... until I heard some "heavier" stuff, that is, early Breaking Benjamin and Chevelle. I decided to change the "Music Choice" channel on my shitty bedroom TV to the metal station to find more "heavy" music, and turned my head when I heard Stabbing the Drama by Soilwork. 

Changed my whole entire life. I bought all six of their albums that had been released by that time (2005), and listened to every CD every day for weeks. It just worked for me, I guess. They were also my first concert, which I went to alone, just to discover a community of people sharing a mutual love of something with me who at the same time gave absolutely zero fucks about the nerdy little skinny teen girl with bad acne and a windbreaker. Everyone was so cool and warm, one guy helped me get up to the front of the stage so I was only feet away from the band as they performed. Man, what a core moment for me. Ever since, metal has been a fundamental part of my self concept and a crucial element to my day-to-day life.

I grew away from listening to Soilwork, after their next couple albums didn't really go a direction that I enjoyed as much. That said, I'll always consider myself an early megafan, and credit them with my lifelong love of the music.

These days I've been listening a lot to After the Burial, Fit For an Autopsy, Whitechapel, Meshuggah, other deathcore (I know) and progressive metal outfits. Next week we're moving back to the big city where we'd lived prior, so I'm looking forward to catching a lot more shows in Oklahoma City!

 

That's all! Thanks for reading my sleep deprived rambling intro :)

Oh! I'm also a writer, if anyone is interested in that. I know I said I was doing a freelance article but most of my "successful" work has been screenwriting horror shorts. I have seen close to 3000 movies in my lifetime (that I've logged, at least), and my goal is to direct one of my shorts within the next couple years!

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Hey, welcome. I'm not a fan of deathcore, but I saw Fit For An Autopsy at a tiny venue a few years ago and I have to give it up for their musicianship and stage presence. Meshuggah was one of my favorite bands in the 90s. Destroy Erase Improve is still my top album from them.

Good luck with your move. 

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13 hours ago, KillYourDarlings said:

I grew away from listening to Soilwork,

But an excellent gateway band. I really appreciated your story, and 3000 movies...wow.

Crack on!

(I wonder what part of your name the GG will pick to call you. The GG is a worry, but he's harmless.)

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Welcome!  "Stabbing the Drama" by Soilwork was a staple for me as well!  I was born in 1990, so I would have been around 15 when that album came out.  I played that album constantly as I traveled on the bus to our away tennis matches in high school.  That particular album has a very special place in my metal heart.

These days, I enjoy all different types of metal.  I do enjoy deathcore fairly regularly, although the style is growing more stale to my ears in recent months.  However, Whitechapel is one of my top 15 favorite bands of all time.  Their last few albums have definitely strayed from the deathcore sound, but their newest album that's currently in the works is rumored to be more of a return to their earlier sound.  Phil Bozeman has stated in several recent interviews that he's ready to "get back to writing super heavy stuff again".  He is such a ferocious vocalist (especially for a tiny human).  Love the guy!

Anyway, looking forward to some great metal discussion! 

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Welcome to the forum, was going to see Whitechapel last December but it was age restricted and my son was a few months from Age of Majority to get it at that venue, they are coming back this year though will probably go if I have spare coin which as a guitarist is not often 😅😒 I grew up in the 60's and also listened to Doo wop and psychedelic/acid rock and was listening to proto metal when I started to play guitar, think House of the Rising Sun or Walk Don't Run by the Ventures was the first song I learned so long ago I can't remember. Still listen to the oldies myself and the 50's harmonies were very influential something lost in a lot of modern music. Kevin Starrs of Uncle Acid is a big fan of groups like the Ronettes as other metal musicians are, it was the golden age of harmonies. Introduced my youngest son to the oldies as well as metal at a young age and he plays a few instruments as well as taking singing lessons. Hope you have fun on the forum 🤘

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