Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Looks like good work there
Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +)
- Thread starter M3CHK1LLA
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
This site may earn a commission from merchant links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
EmaDaCuz
Brutal yet soulful
33 y/o here. First close encounter with heavy metal was Maiden's "Fear of the Dark", even though I had grown up with plenty of hard rock bands (thanks daddy). First year of high school, started my rock band. We were sharing the rehearsal room with a death metal band. From those days on, metal is my religion. Maidens are still my favourite band, but my extreme metal collection has grown bigger and bigger. I didn't like black metal at first, while preferring old-school death metal (Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Carcass). Then I started playing death/black and fell in love with Arcturus, Emperor, Immortal,(early) Dimmu Borgir, In Battle... now I'm more into porn gore or grind, but I still love some oldies.
Not a real metalhead on the outside, though. I used to have long beard (ZZ Top style) and long hair (down to my butts), but never wore camo/denim/black. Now I am professor at the university, still have my beard and earrings, hair got shorter though.
Not a real metalhead on the outside, though. I used to have long beard (ZZ Top style) and long hair (down to my butts), but never wore camo/denim/black. Now I am professor at the university, still have my beard and earrings, hair got shorter though.
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Welcome pull up a Chair Professor, grab and beer and warm yourself by the fire.
M3CHK1LLA
angel sword guardian
so who else is getting old?
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Another year older last month, with stil no intention to grow up.
Think us elderly ones are in a minority on here
Think us elderly ones are in a minority on here
AliceLG
\m/^_^\m/
aaaaaaaaaand I can finally post here 
30 as of 3 weeks. Still unable to grow facial hair, still get carded in bars and clubs. I have long hair and tunnel plugs but I don't look metal at all. I have to dress up a little for work and then in my free time I just wear goofy shirts.
Metalwise I got started with 80s Metallica during their 90s hiatus, then proceeded to fall into the nu-metal pit (blame puberty?). During my first week in college someone introduced me to Cannibal Corpse and that was it. Nowadays I try to keep up with the new stuff but I keep going back to my classic Opeth, Cannibal and Death.
30 as of 3 weeks. Still unable to grow facial hair, still get carded in bars and clubs. I have long hair and tunnel plugs but I don't look metal at all. I have to dress up a little for work and then in my free time I just wear goofy shirts.Metalwise I got started with 80s Metallica during their 90s hiatus, then proceeded to fall into the nu-metal pit (blame puberty?). During my first week in college someone introduced me to Cannibal Corpse and that was it. Nowadays I try to keep up with the new stuff but I keep going back to my classic Opeth, Cannibal and Death.
metalgary
Member
I'm 32, still got the long hair, the beard, some piercings. but the gray has started to find me the past couple of years... stay true to it though dudes.. !!
Ill-Gotten James
Well-Known Member
Well I am barely eligible for this thread as I turned 30 this year, but I feel that my tastes in metal music are certainly fit for this thread. In my opinion the best metal albums came from the late 80's and early 90's.
Ride the Lightning
Rust in Peace
Reign in Blood
Painkiller
Vulgar Display of Power
1984
Heartwork
... and many more
I have albums on vinyl, CD, tape, and mp3, although I don't have a tape deck anymore I have yet to get rid of them. Sentimental value I guess of riding around on country roads, blazed, listening to Overkill, Megadeth, and Sabbath.
My tastes have diversified over the past decade and I now find myself enjoying jazz, electronic dance, bluegrass, progressive, and even 90's alternative, but I never get tired of listening to 80's and early 90's metal. I also still rock ripped jeans and a leather jacket except when going to work, or work functions. They may have holes in them, but it's hard to get rid of a pair of jeans that just feels so good to wear.
Ride the Lightning
Rust in Peace
Reign in Blood
Painkiller
Vulgar Display of Power
1984
Heartwork
... and many more
I have albums on vinyl, CD, tape, and mp3, although I don't have a tape deck anymore I have yet to get rid of them. Sentimental value I guess of riding around on country roads, blazed, listening to Overkill, Megadeth, and Sabbath.
My tastes have diversified over the past decade and I now find myself enjoying jazz, electronic dance, bluegrass, progressive, and even 90's alternative, but I never get tired of listening to 80's and early 90's metal. I also still rock ripped jeans and a leather jacket except when going to work, or work functions. They may have holes in them, but it's hard to get rid of a pair of jeans that just feels so good to wear.
nlaplante
Well-Known Member
33 here. If I remember correctly, what turned me into metal was Sepultura's Territory. Thought it was brutal but cool. I then started to collect cassettes of various genres of metal (Ozzy's Blizzard, Sabbath's Dehumanizer, then Ozzy-era Sabbath (all of them)). Then I heard about Pantera. Far Beyond Driven. It's my definition of metal, still today. That's when my metalhead-ness was sealed in concrete.
Today I listen to many genres, some light years away from metal, but I still do listen to metal on an almost daily basis. I'm into Goatwhore, Behemoth, Opeth and Arch Enemy mostly. Ah! and Conquering Dystopia, Nevermore, Feared and Merrow!
For the non metal stuff I llike Kasabian, Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart and some world music.
Today I listen to many genres, some light years away from metal, but I still do listen to metal on an almost daily basis. I'm into Goatwhore, Behemoth, Opeth and Arch Enemy mostly. Ah! and Conquering Dystopia, Nevermore, Feared and Merrow!
For the non metal stuff I llike Kasabian, Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart and some world music.
M3CHK1LLA
angel sword guardian
bump for us old guys...
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Old guy checking in, going througha pahase of listening to English Black metal Winterfyllth and WOdensthrone and good old Finish Melo Death.
Andless
Well-Known Member
This is a fun thread, cool to see so many influential LPs in common.
I'm 33 and got hooked the same way as a lot of people: Metallica, Ozzy, Sabbath, Megadeth, Tool, Pantera, Faith No More, Anthrax, and others in the 90s. Most of it was from trading and copying cassette tapes with my buddies - which seems ancient but was pretty fun. I think the first real metal CD I bought with my own money was Far Beyond Driven, which I obsessed over. It was all great stuff to be into as a guitar player - so many good challenges. As I got older, I kind of got into different music (probably because I misguidedly thought it was "cool") and always gravitated back to metal.
In the past few years I've been really into the technical death, prog, djent, and experimental stuff like Faceless, Periphery, Meshuggah, Protest the Hero, etc. As an older guy I am really impressed by a lot of these younger guys who have pushed themselves to create really interesting and intense music.
And I totally look nothing like a metalhead. Sometimes people from work don't believe me when they ask me what I like and I say "jazz & metal". I've met the Lamb of God guys a few times at their shows and on 2 occasions (Madrid & Bangkok) I think Randy has given me a bit of a weird reaction because I look like a corporate square but have clearly been a serious fan for 10+years ...
I'm 33 and got hooked the same way as a lot of people: Metallica, Ozzy, Sabbath, Megadeth, Tool, Pantera, Faith No More, Anthrax, and others in the 90s. Most of it was from trading and copying cassette tapes with my buddies - which seems ancient but was pretty fun. I think the first real metal CD I bought with my own money was Far Beyond Driven, which I obsessed over. It was all great stuff to be into as a guitar player - so many good challenges. As I got older, I kind of got into different music (probably because I misguidedly thought it was "cool") and always gravitated back to metal.
In the past few years I've been really into the technical death, prog, djent, and experimental stuff like Faceless, Periphery, Meshuggah, Protest the Hero, etc. As an older guy I am really impressed by a lot of these younger guys who have pushed themselves to create really interesting and intense music.
And I totally look nothing like a metalhead. Sometimes people from work don't believe me when they ask me what I like and I say "jazz & metal". I've met the Lamb of God guys a few times at their shows and on 2 occasions (Madrid & Bangkok) I think Randy has given me a bit of a weird reaction because I look like a corporate square but have clearly been a serious fan for 10+years ...
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Never got into Ozzy, stil hanvt same with Tool. I did the Maiden, GNR, Def Lepard, Metallica, Megadeth route with a love for stuff like Graham Bonnet, purple, dio. Then it went to Bolt thrower, Seps, Xentrix, Paradise Lost, Therion, Machine Head. Now its most things, unless it starts with brutal then or anything with core that isnt hardcore. Then I give it a miss
NorCal_Val
Well-Known Member
What a bunch of rookies!!
Comin' up on 50.
Comin' up on 50.
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
What a bunch of rookies!!
Comin' up on 50.
Will pass you a hearing trumpet Grandad and a blanket for your rocking chair.
Andless
Well-Known Member
What a bunch of rookies!!
Comin' up on 50.
Well, after 35, time speeds up, at the blink of an eye, we'll have caught up with you.
... wait! That's never gonna happen
unless you part with this world and stop ageing.
M3CHK1LLA
angel sword guardian
What a bunch of rookies!!
Comin' up on 50.
so far i think your the oldest
just hope i make it that long....
Chiba666
Well-Known Member
Well sat in my nice Ikea chair that rocks a little bit, feet up. Nice warm cup of proper tea and Iron Maiden's first LP (Original release0 on the turn table).
What could be better.
Tonight I'm off out to celebrate the Battle of Trafalgar so into a Dinner Jacket I go.
Yep Im growing up
What could be better.
Tonight I'm off out to celebrate the Battle of Trafalgar so into a Dinner Jacket I go.
Yep Im growing up
