Im 19 at the moment, I am a fan of lots of different types of music, from classical, orchestral and mariachi, to rap, original hip hop (IE KRS ONE and Wu Tang), huge fan of Reggae and whatever niche cage the elephant (THANK YOU BORDERLANDS!) fits into.
But the style of music that I have always loved the most, always came back to, and always rocked out to is heavy metal, with a music library of 2Tb, about 80% of it is made up of bands like ManOwaR, Iron Maiden, Five Finger Death Punch, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Alestorm, Brujeria, Fintroll and more.
I am also a metal DJ at the university Rock society Nightclub, where I play a great variety of epic metal.
It is not to be edgy, cool, to challenge boundaries or any of that, I enjoy metal, I play metal and I dress metal because this is part of my identity, not as some angsty teen who thinks the world doesn't understand him, but rather, someone who knows who they are, what defines them and how to express that to the world.
For some reason this comes with a great deal of disrespect and unkindness from the general public, who, oftentimes think of us as "scruffy moshers" or "stupid metalheads", but when one considers that the people insulting us as this are the chavs hanging around the bus stations with teen mums for girlfriends, living on welfare with no job prospects, no education and a drug problem to boot (mostly), I must ask, who is calling us scruffy? At the end of the day I never would look down on someone for their lifestyle if they have actually chosen it, rather than submitted to the life they found themselves in, but I won't stand for 3 things:
1: People judging me based on appearance and my music choices
2: People being actively violent towards me
3: The black eyed peas