Metal music in your 20s

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So i've got a question for all you 20 somethings, has metal music weared thin as you go older, or are you still a die hard metaller for life, please tell me what you think.

Pffft...double that and still rocking hardcore.

 

[brunothepig]

Now, I'm only (almost) 18, but I honestly don't ever see Heavy Metal losing it's appeal for me. I love everything about it. The way it can get me through a crappy day, the amazing technical skill, hell, it changed my life and helped me realise that in year 8, I was that kid I frequently professed to despise...
I can say I never listened to it to be edgy or popular. Hell, I was the only obvious Metalhead in a school of 1200.
But really, I doubt I'll "grow out" of it. I have a fair few friends in their 20's, still Metalheads. To me it's much much more than music. I'm assuming many of you have experienced this, but I can't emphasise how true the words of bands like Dream Evil and Manowar are to me.
"It's more than a religion, it's the only way too live."
Still makes me smile.

 

[Beryl77]

I never liked metal but it's similar with hip-hop and rap in my case. I used to really like it but lately I've rarely been listening to it. It feels like I like it less and less everyday.

I guess it really has to do something with growing up and leaving your childhood behind you.

 

[Biosophilogical]

To be honest, I'm one of the only people my age that I've met (in person) who doesn't seem to like metal. I like spunky music (Paramore, Pink), meaningful music (as in, where the artist puts a bit of themselves into the music, though obviously it also still has to be a genre I like, the 'meaningful' just makes it better) and some of the more classic stuff (Kiss, ACDC, Bryan Adams, Jimmy Barnes). But I've never gottne into metal (or growl/screamo/rap(though a couple Hilltop Hoods/Bliss'n'Eso songs I do like)/whatever Genre Dizzee Rascal, 50 cent, Eminem and all that overly popular stuff falls into (I'm presuming it falls into multiple categories, but I'll stick with 'teenage mainstream', not that I'm an 'edgy non-conformist' just that my trastes rarely sync up with everyone else's))

 

[Jazoni89]

I'm 30 and its the only kind of music that consistently excites me.

You were obviously not really into the music or the feeling it gives if you 'grew out of it'.

Its not really a case of growing out of it, more of a branching out as you are getting older, and not becoming as much of a fan of it anymore.

That's the message I wanted to try and get across when i made this topic.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Metal music, in our teen years it was our bread and butter, but getting older me and countless others branched out to various genre's, and gone was the stigma of listening to various different music that plagued me in my teen years.

I used to be a huge metal fan when I was a teenager at college, i hanged out with the cool metal guys and we all shared our songs, but then time went by, and metal started to wear thin on me and i started branching out alot more to various genres, and music that i couldn't stand a few years back, i was listening to.

Now at the age of 21, metal has disappeared completely out of my mind, and in retrospect i think metal was just a way for us younger minds to be edgy, and cool, and to rebel against mainstream music.

This is the most correct statement I've read since joining the Escapist.

Bravo. Sir. Bravo.

To answer your question. I didn't listen to metal in high school (well a touch of it) but rather punk music. I'm talking Casualties, Ramones, Op Ivy, Stereo Threat, etc. Yeah, that lasted until about my senior year when other genres started to fade into the picture.

Now, I generally find myself on a country radio station (NOT Nashville country, but rather Texas country (where I'm from)/southern rock.) Though my taste spans from Regina Spektar to Norah Jones, Dresden Dolls to Glen Hassard, Streetlight Manifesto to Gary P. Nunn.

In other words, the older you get, the more accepting your are of other people, their music and views on different topics.

 

[theguitarhero6]

I'm 17 right now, and I've been into metal since about 14 years of age and frankly, I could never imagine being into anything else, though I have heard this phenomenon before. I do like music out side of metal (not particularly out side of rock music but still) but I could never think of wanting to abandonning such a cornerstone of my teenaged psyche.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I'm 30 and its the only kind of music that consistently excites me.

You were obviously not really into the music or the feeling it gives if you 'grew out of it'.

Its not really a case of growing out of it, more of a branching out as you are getting older, and not becoming as much of a fan of it anymore.

That what i wanted to try and get across when i made this topic.

I'd still imagine you were more into the idea of it than the actual music.

I don't think people grow out of music they truly enjoy. I still listen to metal because it still makes me feel really good to hear it.

 

[amadhatter]

I don't really listen to metal anymore, but I'm still going to see Motorhead next week.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm only eighteen, but I'm not in the throes of Metal and never will be. Too much of it sounds like noise to me. Some I quite like (Dope's "Right Round [Like a Record]", for instance), but I've found that the best way to be edgy in my social circles is to listen to soundtracks, non-conventional lite rock, and The Fray. All of which I quite like.

I somewhat doubt it'll wear thin, but who knows.

 

[Jazoni89]

I'm 30 and its the only kind of music that consistently excites me.

You were obviously not really into the music or the feeling it gives if you 'grew out of it'.

Its not really a case of growing out of it, more of a branching out as you are getting older, and not becoming as much of a fan of it anymore.

That what i wanted to try and get across when i made this topic.

I'd still imagine you were more into the idea of it than the actual music.

I don't think people grow out of music they truly enjoy. I still listen to metal because it still makes me feel really good to hear it.

Maybe so, but that what most teens do, and that's how most people find their place in the world.

Im not totally a anti metal person, don't get me wrong, i love me a bit of Protest a Hero and such like, now and again, but my music taste is ever changing, and i was wondering if others could relate to what I am feeling.

 

[Artina89]

I have always found metal OK, I can listen to some metal bands (such as Metallica and Megadeth), whereas my brother is quite the metalhead and has been for a while now. His metal music library is actually quite impressive. As for me, I have always loved Voltaire, and I have never gotten sick of listening to him. IMO Voltaire is part of the perfect remedy to a crappy day.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Maybe so, but that what most teens do, and that's how most people find their place in the world.

Im not totally a anti metal person, don't get me wrong, i love me a bit of Protest a Hero and such like, now and again, but my music taste is ever changing, and i was wondering if others could relate to what I am feeling.

Which is totally fine. Just probably means your ears prefer music that isn't metal and you're finding new stuff they do like.

 

[Jazoni89]

Maybe so, but that what most teens do, and that's how most people find their place in the world.

Im not totally a anti metal person, don't get me wrong, i love me a bit of Protest a Hero and such like, now and again, but my music taste is ever changing, and i was wondering if others could relate to what I am feeling.

Which is totally fine. Just probably means your ears prefer music that isn't metal and you're finding new stuff they do like.

And that, my friend is the Miracle of sound...hehe.

 

[Jazoni89]

Metal music, in our teen years it was ..~snip~

Hmm..
I am 24 years old I want to mention first.
I'll let you all decide that;


No, honestly.
I'll never "grow" out of it.

Its not really a case of growing out of it, more of a branching out as you are getting older, and not becoming as much of a fan of it anymore.

That's the message I wanted to try and get across when i made this topic.

^ see that, that's what I mean, its got nothing to do with getting too old for it.

 

[Subzerowings]

That's my personal opinion, that is all.

So you're not even going to bother defending your standpoint?
I thought you would take this kind of thing more seriously on a discussion site.
You just insult some members of this site whom you accuse of shallow thinking and having a superiority complex for liking music that you don't?
Do you realise that you're being a hypocrite?
I try to make a valid point and then you just say that it's your personal opinion?
The reason why people discuss is to become wiser and I really hope you learn something from this.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

I'm a Metalcore fan, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart...
but I've found, as I've matured, that I'm starting to enjoy different, and mainstream, types of music...which is good.
But yeah, I don't think I'll ever start to dislike metal music.
...well, I say that now:/
Wheeeeee.

 

[rescuer86]

25 years old, and I still listen to nothing but metal. I have been listening to metal since I heard the song "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin on "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" when I was about 14. I don't do it to rebel or because I feel like an outcast, I do it because metal music talks about pain, suffering, suicide, politics, the dangers of alcoholism, the dangers of religion, child abuse, coming together to overcome the bullshit that society spouts, and countless other controversial topics that no other genres will touch so directly, and I also love metal because the fans of metal are the most caring, loyal, down-to-earth people I have ever met. And nothing gets better than Randy Blythe extending an invitation to turn away from religion and walk with him in hell.