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Re: Huzzah my fellow metalheads!!! Truth be told, I'm a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to metal. I only discovered it in 2006 after I watched my dad die of stage 4 brain cancer the year before. Now I'm not against classic rock or anything like that, but I needed something new. Something that would pick me up, set me straight, and tell me to go kick the world's ass. After reading articles in Guitar World about groups like Celtic Frost and Immortal, I decided to get on Youtube and have a listen. So I kept on listening and listening. One of the first songs that made me go, "Whoa!" was The Pursuit of Vikings by Amon Amarth. At the time, I had recently discovered that I had Norse ancestry, and after hearing that song, the metal bug officially bit me in the ass. Right now, I'm getting into symphonic/power metal groups like Blind Guardian and Hammerfall recently. I have a background playing in Orchestra in high school, so that epic quality where all the parts come together as a whole really makes sense to me. For the record, I am a Christian, but to me good music is good music no matter how it's presented. I get my Black Metal fix from Emperor and Immortal every now and again just to shut up that lil' devil on my shoulder. Hehehe. And yes, I'm the kinda Christian that'll sit down and have a drink or three with you, shoot the shit, and play air guitar alongside you whenever "Heading Out To The Highway" gets played. Anyways, thanks for the kind welcome to the forum. Til Valhall, Joseth

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Re: Huzzah my fellow metalheads!!! sorry to hear about your dad, I first got into meal in 2004, my cousin showed me Pantera's Primal Concrete Sledge and the raw aggression just got me hooked, since then metal has been among the most important things in my life, if you dig symphonic power metal Iceni is a good person to talk to, dude has some killer bands he could show you, personally I prefer the harder side of power metal, bands like Manticora, Helloween and so on but some of those symphonic band, oh yeah you may also like Bathory, particularly later on they really pioneered the viking metal movement, basically it's like black metal with epic nordicnesss are pretty good

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Re: Huzzah my fellow metalheads!!! sweet. i listened to Bathory a while back, just because there's SOOOOO many groups they inspired. that first album of theirs seems like the metal equivilent of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show because so many other people wanted to start a band after listening to that album. i'll be sure to check out some of those other groups, too. have a good day, y'all. Til Valhall, Joseth

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Re: Huzzah my fellow metalheads!!! Welcome to the forum. Concerning your request for symphonic metal recommendations, I've made a post in the 'rock n' roll hall of fame' thread. In the meantime, I recommend Thy Majestie. They're one of the best symphonic metal bands ever. Their album 'Jeanne d'Arc' is awesome.

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