Tired Of Metal?

Mike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:49 am

The Evil Dead wrote:

No way... I need metal. I've been a big fan for about 8... Almost 9 years now, and it's still pretty much the only genre I listen to with a few exceptions. I'd go crazy without it.

Dunno what it is about metal, but I always want more and it always keeps me satisfied.

I can completely understand. That's how I've been for the majority of my life. I've been listening to metal for about 26 years straight. I was sucked in by JP and Maiden around 1982. I've had a long run.

The Evil Dead · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:27 pm

Haha... Well... Maybe after 26 years I may have a change of heart.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:05 am

I go through "dry spells" fairly often. Although I'm not really going through one right now (today, I listened to Accident Of Birth by Bruce Dickinson). I guess it depends on my specific mood. I tend to listen to metal more when I'm in an good or energetic mood, and I tend to listen to it less when I'm in a more depressed or laid-back mood.

Ness · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:15 pm

I get in those moods too, but I usually find myself getting bored with a specific genre of metal as apposed to metal as a whole. That is why I love how diverse metal is. There are some days where I want something non-metal, but its rare. And even the stuff I listen to is borderline metal/heavy/classic rock type stuff.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:01 pm

metalNESS wrote:

I get in those moods too, but I usually find myself getting bored with a specific genre of metal as apposed to metal as a whole. That is why I love how diverse metal is. There are some days where I want something non-metal, but its rare. And even the stuff I listen to is borderline metal/heavy/classic rock type stuff.

Thats exactly how i feel, there is always something within the metal/rock genre that gets me in the mood.

About a month ago i was driving on the highway and i swear to god i couldnt find anything to listen to, so i browse through some old cds and found my copy of mandrake, i hadent heard it in a long time but dude i swear it was like listening to it for the first time again i think i hurt my throath from all the singing i did ("let the cut run deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" :lol:

) man i love when that happens.

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Ness · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:13 am

The_Voice wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

I get in those moods too, but I usually find myself getting bored with a specific genre of metal as apposed to metal as a whole. That is why I love how diverse metal is. There are some days where I want something non-metal, but its rare. And even the stuff I listen to is borderline metal/heavy/classic rock type stuff.

Thats exactly how i feel, there is always something within the metal/rock genre that gets me in the mood.

About a month ago i was driving on the highway and i swear to god i couldnt find anything to listen to, so i browse through some old cds and found my copy of mandrake, i hadent heard it in a long time but dude i swear it was like listening to it for the first time again i think i hurt my throath from all the singing i did ("let the cut run deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" :lol:

) man i love when that happens.

Yeah me too. That happened to me with some older Angra recently.

Skeksis · **Joined:** Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:20 am **Posts:** 573

Sometimes, but it never generally lasts long. I never really get sick of genres as a whole, but rather just single bands/albums/songs.

rio · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:57 pm

Well I listen to a lot of different types of music but always metal predominantly. I guess at any given time I'll be listening to about 70% metal and 30% othr things. So I don't really go through bored patches because everything is always varied anyway.

But I definitely can empathise with the OP. Many cannot live on metal alone. Some can, though. Truly kings amongst men.

Skeksis · **Joined:** Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:20 am **Posts:** 573

I don't really get when people listen to one genre of music and nothing else. Variety is the spice of life. I couldn't live without my Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies or Elliott Smith but I also couldn't live without Nile, Impaled, Slayer, or In Flames.

Thomas · **Posted:** Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:57 pm

metalNESS wrote:

The_Voice wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

I get in those moods too, but I usually find myself getting bored with a specific genre of metal as apposed to metal as a whole. That is why I love how diverse metal is. There are some days where I want something non-metal, but its rare. And even the stuff I listen to is borderline metal/heavy/classic rock type stuff.

Thats exactly how i feel, there is always something within the metal/rock genre that gets me in the mood.

About a month ago i was driving on the highway and i swear to god i couldnt find anything to listen to, so i browse through some old cds and found my copy of mandrake, i hadent heard it in a long time but dude i swear it was like listening to it for the first time again i think i hurt my throath from all the singing i did ("let the cut run deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" :lol:

) man i love when that happens.

Yeah me too. That happened to me with some older Angra recently.

Happened with me and Lost Horizon right about now!:D I love that band.

Wsx26 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:00 pm

When I'm tired of listening to metal I listen to something else, then I get tired and listen to metal again. There's so many kinds of metal I can hardly get bored.

hellraiser_xes · **Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:06 pm

OldSchool wrote:

Never happened. If I go three days without metal I go into some kind of seizure.

Haha! That happened to me during my internship when my bosses banned metal at the office. I had to put up with their Arctic Monkeys for 5 months.

Anyway, yeah...I do get tired sometimes. More often than not when I'm kinda bored I dig up the old school hard rock stuff like Alice Cooper, Grateful Dead, Deep Purple and Rainbow to refresh myself on the roots.

I also listen to other genres at times for a certain period and when I listen back to my favourite metal bands/songs, the sense of appreciation is overwhelming! I'd just go "How the fuck could I have been bored of this shit?!"

Goat · **Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:25 pm

I nearly reviewed some Arctic Monkeys for here once. True story.

Dago · **Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:20 pm

THey aren't so bad...

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:58 pm

Please don't.

hellraiser_xes · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:39 am

Zad wrote:

I nearly reviewed some Arctic Monkeys for here once. True story.

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Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Zad wrote:

I nearly reviewed some Arctic Monkeys for here once. True story.

You should try Kings of Leon,they actually deserved to be reviewed here if you considered AM :lol:

Goat · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:10 pm

Fingon wrote:

Zad wrote:

I nearly reviewed some Arctic Monkeys for here once. True story.

You should try Kings of Leon,they actually deserved to be reviewed here if you considered AM :lol:

Heh, good band. I suppose I did the Foos and got away with it!

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:06 pm

Thrashtildeth · **Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:19 am

Kings of Leon used to be cool, particularly on the first album, but every release has gotten worse and worse, and I just can't stomach the most recent one at all.

Arctic Monkeys....actually not too bad. I like 'em.

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