Why do people like metal so much?

[NoNeedCaptain]

Only one mention of Between the Buried and Me. Depressing.

These guys make one of the most emotional and moving (and downright beautiful) albums in this decade and they only get one mention in a metal discussion.

Seriously, the album "Colors" is a magnum opus of musicianship and if anyone here is a self respecting metal head, you'll listen to this album from start to finish. Those of you who just want to listen to a song listen to "White Walls" or "Selkies: The Endless Obsession".

Simply put, these guys are incredible and all of you need to listen to them.

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

Because everything else is shit and I love the energy.

 

[Broken Boy]

Metal gets my adrenaline pumping. Depends on my mood when I listen to metal but it's been one of my favorite genre's for decades. But only the metal that I relates to me in someway. And the metal were I don't need a lyric's sheet to understand what the singer is saying.

Samples of the Metal I like.

Goth Metal

My favorite Metal band.

 

[Hstgonzo]

I suppose One of the reasons I like metal is the diversity of song matter. Most stuff in the charts is either about sex, relationships or How much bling you have.
I enjoy songs about war, death,carnage and mutilation-but some deal with ideas like state control, ideaology,Depression and mania. My GF isn't into 99% of what I like and vice versa.
In fact the best representation of our differing tastes is my living room-near side by side are (her) painting of beautiful ruenesque nude and my print of Ralph Steadmans Lizard Louge from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Beauty and Ugliness.

As for bands to ecommend to forum goers-Anaal Nathrakth, Debauchery, Sunn 0)))))), BoltThrower, Morbid Angel, Ackercocke, Strapping Young Lad, The Bombs of Enuring Freedom and the old favourite Napalm Death

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Because it's highly stimulating and interesting to listen to. That's about all I got.

Sums it up pretty well. when your playing a shooting game like Call of Duty, listening to that kinda music just gets your body moving into "the zone".

heck, even outside in life it does the same for me, fast paced-ish music allows my mind to syncro with my body better, making it easier to exercise/sports.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

... I don't really like metal. There are the odd bands that I like (probably lamer borderline metal/punk rock ones) but I do like punk rock. Loud noise and a fast beat fascinate me. Metal's louder noise but a bit slower a beat, so I guess you could call it a reasonable tradeoff.

You have got to listen to crossover thrash!




And OP, look up power metal. It's what you want. Bands like Edguy, etc. Maybe even Iron Maiden?

EDIT: Right, forgot what this was about. I listen to metal for a few reasons. One, I, well, I like the way guitars sound. It seems nice, I guess. Two, there's a sense of community with metal. You can connect with people.

 

[Hookman]

For more melodic voices try symphonic metal such as Nightwish or Within Temptation. But really, claiming every band has vocals like that is just stereotyping.
Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yUZJZC2V40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrw5bFhZoW8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1QkirsCpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM30iNH8TqA

 

[robobengt]

Personally I like that the melodies are instrument based, while the vocals are rythm based instead of the other way around. Oh, and I don't know if anyone's recommended Caninus yet so here they are.


And if you don't like low growling pitbull sounds here's Hatebeak

 

[NiPah]

I like metal because it's much easier to work with then stone.

 

[dex-dex]

because it is bad ass and manly
probably why i don't listen to it.

 

[Mrrrgggrlllrrrg]

Hard as Iron, Heavy Metal, Ram it Down, a few songs you'll prolly like from Judas Priest

Obligatory 70's rock

 

[dawdarsd]

well i listen to ACDC,incubus,limp bizkit,disturbed,audio slave and shinedown

 

[Tenebrae Aeternus]

Metal is something that paints pictures in my head more than, say, regular rock or rap. This is why I actually LIKE bands like Cannibal Corpse. They seem (at least to me) to tell better stories than other genres, things that I can imagine in my head thus making it more interesting than that stereotypical Pop love song.

Also it makes people stare at me weird when I'm playing it in my car. It's worth listening to just for that

 

[Enigma6667]

It really gets your heart beating. The guitar riffs and shit of that nature (Don't play guitar, so not a big expert) are very fast and complex, and keep you interested in the song, whilst the shouty vocals put you in the right mood for this sort of music (People complain about how metal vocals is "JUS SHOUTIN!11!!1!" when it just wouldn't complement the tone of the music, and wouldn't sound nearly as badass with a pussy like Clay Aiken in the vocals).

It's simply just very exciting music, when done right (Like Crank). When done wrong, it's verbal diarrhea and incomprehensible guitar (Like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).

 

[FightThePower]

I honestly don't know. I don't even know why I like the music I like, which isn't even Metal. It just sounds good to me.

because its not fun to headbang and well get destructive to any other kind of music
(oh and i like to listen to all kinds of music just metal is one of my favorites)

Personally I find I can headbang to Techno fine, just so long as it's the heavy stuff. Although I'm not really much of a headbanging person, if that makes any sense...

 

[klaynexas3]

for some of it, it just gets the blood pumping, adrenaline rushing, and it's straight fun. and i for one like the voices. it's really a matter of taste, and hard to describe. other songs, the meanings. some are about war, death, pain, all different stuff. metal in itself creates an entire new genre in music and is so massive that you could less for like a week straight and not even scratch the surface of this genre. there's so much room and variety, but most people just think of growling and heavy guitars, and while that's part of it, there's so much more to it. it's complex

 

[Wayneguard]

metal is a term that has no meaning anymore. The day that

and

were classified in the same genre is the day that genre died.

In all honesty, I'm a total metalhead but I hate most metal. On this board, I have had an argument with someone about whether or not the lyrical content of metal music was "99% about love and relationships". Being a long time thrash metal addict, I literally was clueless as to where he was coming from. Subsequent posts revealed to me that he was considering system of a down and other bands that I would never classify as "metal", metal. To put it concisely, over the years, literally dozens of sub-genres of metal have been tacked on to the genre; many of them hardly share any similarities other than "haz loud geetar".

 

[DementedSheep]

Why do people like any type of music? Everyone has different tastes.

 

[Theninja'skatana]

scientifically speaking the rapid beats of metal increase heart rate. more blood flowing = more thought energy etc (this is why metal fans occasionally get negative sterotypes like the uber pumped shirtlless guy screaming gibberish) no offense every music has it's sterotype. and personally i listen to little of everything just to know the pure sound of it power metal ranking pretty huge up on my personal list