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user-inactivated  ·  2978 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 160th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Amon Amarth is the band I shove at people when they ask why I like metal. Start here, then go to Maiden, Black Sabbath and the first two Metallica albums.

If at that point they are not at least curious about the art form, I can say that I tried.





user-inactivated  ·  2978 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

Aw, but half the fun of introducing people to music is meeting them where they are, and metal is pretty unique in that there is something adjacent to where anyone is. Electronic music? Industrial metal is there for you. Classic rock? The stoners have you covered. Go to renaissance festivals? Folk metal loves you and wants you to be happy. Hear "thac0" and don't think "mexican food"? Every power metal band ever is right there with you. Hip-Hop? Not all nu metal sucks.

user-inactivated  ·  2978 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I saw Korpiklaani, I was fully expecting this one.

Great post. thanks.

user-inactivated  ·  2978 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And you would have been right if I'd thought of that one.