serpicostraight
Shooter
- Aug 14, 2009
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I'm not sure if the heavier stuff I listen to is properly metal or just hard rock or alternative. You be the judge:
Linkin Park
Metallica
Rob/White Zombie
Motley Crue
Guns n Roses
...among others.
I often listen to Linkin Park, Stabbing Westward and Three Days Grace. I don't care much for the few songs that have a lot of screaming in them but I like the majority of their music.
I was in my mid 40's before I started listening to metal on a regular basis. I bought my first Linkin Park CD, the Hybrid Theory about 4 years ago for the song In the End. I thought the rest of the CD sounded a little angry so I didn't listen to it a lot for the longest time. Got the CD out last fall and actually listened to it and looked up the lyrics to the songs. I've been hooked ever since. They have some awesome lyrics.
Looking up additional songs for LP has led me to Three Days Grace and Stabbing Westward. I can't believe it has taken me this long to discover the joys of metal.
I am not real big on the screaming and/or growling either, but the band Scar Symmetry has me hooked. Try this out, give it 40 or 50 seconds for the melodic vocals to kick in..
Not bad. I need to listen to a few more of their songs to make a fair assessment of the group. I really liked the music but some of the chant like vocals distracted me. The lyrics weren't bad though. The lyrics are usually what makes or breaks it for me.