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traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 6:26 pm

The Annoying Frenchman wrote:

It's not so much stopping listening to metal altogether as widening the range of music you listen to. If that happens, you'll eventually end up listening to less metal just because other kind of musics might have partly taken's metal place. That's how it happened for me anyway.

This. I feel like even in the last two years this is what I've been doing. More Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, hardcore, Van Morrison, EDM, but I still primarily listen to metal but am branching out into a lot of things.

noodles · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 8:19 pm

I don't listen to much metal anymore. I don't feel like my tastes have changed since I still listen to stuff that makes me excited for the same reason metal makes me excited, (and new albums by favourites still get me goin') but I haven't fallen in love with any metal bands in the last few years.

SilkCrimsonMoon · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 10:25 pm

Iron Maiden - The X Factor

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 11:46 pm

Define Infinity wrote:

Iron Maiden - The X Factor

I consider Bayley's time in IM very weak with TXF being the worst.

GeneralDiomedes · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 3:50 am

Define Infinity wrote:

Iron Maiden - The X Factor

Haha .. I bought it 'cause it was on sale at HMV, mostly out of curiosity. Blaze's voice does take some serious getting used to .. not sure if I ever will!

The Necrodude · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 4:23 am

The Annoying Frenchman wrote:

It's not so much stopping listening to metal altogether as widening the range of music you listen to. If that happens, you'll eventually end up listening to less metal just because other kind of musics might have partly taken's metal place. That's how it happened for me anyway.

This is pretty much how i feel as well.

SilkCrimsonMoon · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 5:00 am

MetalStorm wrote:

Define Infinity wrote:

Iron Maiden - The X Factor

I consider Bayley's time in IM very weak with TXF being the worst.

Well, I consider The X Factor a very strong effort by Iron Maiden but Bayley's voice needs a bit of getting use to. I bought it because the song writing and structure is very strong. And I read somewhere that Steve Harris thinks The X Factor is an album which is next to The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

SilkCrimsonMoon · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 5:02 am

GeneralDiomedes wrote:

Define Infinity wrote:

Iron Maiden - The X Factor

Haha .. I bought it 'cause it was on sale at HMV, mostly out of curiosity. Blaze's voice does take some serious getting used to .. not sure if I ever will!

Yes, they're always on sale. I bought it off Amazon as it is basically the same price (I was lazy to go to the mall). Blaze's voice is definitely not for everyone but I really don't mind it.

North From Here · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 6:38 am

The Annoying Frenchman wrote:

It's not so much stopping listening to metal altogether as widening the range of music you listen to. If that happens, you'll eventually end up listening to less metal just because other kind of musics might have partly taken's metal place. That's how it happened for me anyway.

Yeah, I think this is healthy, to an extent.

But then one day, you wake up, look at your last.fm account and realize you've been listening to Bob f****** Marley more than anything else; you ought to question your very existence.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17429

Jesus Christ I feel sorry for all of you people who are giving up metal to try and fit in with women, religion, society, or your fucking alcohol/weed buddies.

yeah I remember when I did that. I wound up in a mental institution for 2 months, then I finally got a little headset to listen to the local radio stations and I tuned into the classic rock station and realized how much I fucking love music. Fuck that was beautiful. How many of you have completely shut off music for like 1 year and a half outside of what you can't go without hearing, to not even hearing any music for 2 months to finding music again?

fucking beautiful man.

cry of the banshee · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 1:40 am

Why post here if you don't even listen to metal, at least the half of the time?

All it does is validate nattulv's assertion that this site is a haven for poseurs and infidels.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17429

cry of the banshee wrote:

Why post here if you don't even listen to metal, at least the half of the time?

All it does is validate nattulv's assertion that this site is a haven for poseurs and infidels.

Lots of kids get into metal in high school because it's cool but then they calm down.

The Annoying Frenchman · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 2:39 am

cry of the banshee wrote:

Why post here if you don't even listen to metal, at least the half of the time?

To keep informed about what's going on in the metal scene nowadays.
Even though I don't listen to much metal, I prefer taking advice from forumites and reviewers of Metal Reviews than any place else.
Now, if you disagree that this is the best metal community around, maybe it's you who shouldn't be posting in this "haven for poseurs and infidels"...

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

It is wierd to post on a Metal website when one has only a passing interest in it.

I have a passing interest in punk but certainly don't post on any of those forums.

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

Skartasis wrote:

emperorblackdoom wrote:

stevelovesmoonspell wrote:

I intend to listen to this music well into my middle age, nothing is more real than old school black, thrash, and death metal.

Yeah. I'll probably end up getting more into classical as the years go by, but I also listen to more death metal now than I did 5 years ago. When you've been at this metal thing for more than a decade it seems hard to stop.

Indeed, been listening to this stuff for over 15 years now, I see no reason to stop.

I've been listening to Metal since 1992! I'm 31 now and don't intend to stop.

I still get that same buzz out of listening to Ride The Lightning or Peace Sells But Who's Buying as I did nearly 20 years ago!

I've "toned" down though by accepting that I'm not much into Black Metal, ultra brutal/tech Death Metal or Grindcore.

I still listen to tons of heavy shit ala Atheist, Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Gorefest etc etc.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17429

bob marley fucking blows

cry of the banshee · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 2:59 am

The Annoying Frenchman wrote:

cry of the banshee wrote:

Why post here if you don't even listen to metal, at least the half of the time?

To keep informed about what's going on in the metal scene nowadays.
Even though I don't listen to much metal, I prefer taking advice from forumites and reviewers of Metal Reviews than any place else.
Now, if you disagree that this is the best metal community around, maybe it's you who shouldn't be posting in this "haven for poseurs and infidels"...

I thought the facetious nature of second part of that post would be obvious; guess not.

As for the first part... yeah. My observative query stands.
Posting nothing BUT non-metal on a metal-based website just smacks of pretention.

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

cry of the banshee wrote:

Posting nothing BUT non-metal on a metal-based website just smacks of pretention.

Well he is French after all!

On a serious note, how big is Metal in France?

Only French band that has got even remotely big is Gojira. I know more bands from Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands and even bloody Singapore than France.

When I was in France just recently, most CD shops didn't even stock the popular metal/hard rock stuff. Lots of jazz, pop and world music though.

SilkCrimsonMoon · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 5:15 am

Ulver - War of The Roses

traptunderice · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 5:50 am

cry of the banshee wrote:

Why post here if you don't even listen to metal, at least the half of the time?

I would like to think we have a somewhat decent community of people with comparable if not entirely similar interests. Listening habits may change but the individual is still shaped by metal.

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