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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! I have reached my 101th post, yay! I love metal because I have been listening to it ever since I was a child. No matter what happens in my life, I can always count on metal music to be there and make me happy. Hell, I could probably attach a metal song to every event that has ever happened in my life. Heh. Metal music has and will always be a part of my life, and that is why I love it so much. c: ... And of course, it sounds awesome. 'Nuff said.

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! I love metal for the sole reason I love all of the music I love; lyrics. I can listen to anything provided the lyrics and meaning are good. Metal is another bonus. The sound pumps me up, gets me excited, like adrenaline. Then most of it have deep, good, meaningful lyrics. Specifics that I love are guttural, harsh vocals, fast double bass pedal, slow and heavy palm mutes, and that feeling of "did my balls drop?".

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! I Love Metal because it has no Bounderies, either Substance or Musically, no other genre can even come close to the Loyality of Metal fans to the music which they Love!!! To some it up My Idea of Heaven (er im mean Hell :twisted: ) is A full ice cold bottle of Jagermister and Poured into my sweet Amon Amarth Tanker while listen to MMEEEETTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL until i pass out :D

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! metal is awesome, firstly because of the mosh pits and live shows being the most fun to go to ever..and i also like how actual thought is put into the instruments and the vocals...lyrics are actually well thought out and breakdowns and solos have effort and coordination put into them..as apposed to alot of the radio "hits" that have no thought and have obviously been thought out in 5 mins in order to pump out songs as fast as possible to make money

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! Why I love metal, when i was young I didn't know what metal was. My bro justs puts on Slipknot in the morning before i go to school and i remember that I was always jumpin' around to it.It filled me up with energy, excitement, and sort of made me feel good. 10 or 12 yrs later im a full blown metal head, playing my guitar and diving into pits and singing along to Judas Priest. (most recently Metal Gods) I just freakin' love being around metal and the lifestyle and I know everyone here can agree with that! Metal Forever!

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! Why I love Metal, I love metal because it is truly amazing it can make you feel most feelings possible (even orgasmic) it has been a huge part of my live and has taught me alot. It has also sculpted who I am today. :D

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Re: Claim Your FREE Metal Forum T-Shirt! I finally managed to reach 100! :roll: I love metal because it intensifies every feeling, because of the everyday pleasure it gives me, because it's absolutely awesome, and becuase of the festivals, the gigs and the headbanging \m/

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