^^ although these days I listen to a wider range of music, most of my favourite stuff still comes from metal. Or at least acts associated with the broader metal genre.
Although over the past couple of years I've broadened my musical tastes to have more than rock and metal, the majority of my CDs are metal albums. Love me some Slough Feg (formerly The Lord Weird Slough Feg)
If Hammerfall, OT3P, Disturbed and BattleLore fall under that, then yes.
You can never be sure, with the grunge post rock metal dark wave new tone shit... Genre's suck.
Edit: Also, not like, but love. The guitar shreds through the last piece of sanity in my soul while its bass lines pound along with my barely beating heart, clinging on to dear life while lyrics replace logical thoughts in my head...
"I like metal when it's thought out & well composed. Heavy for the sake of heavy does very little for me."
Agreed, but isn't that true of any music? Even country fans think that there's bad country (I then have to correct them so that they understand that the term "bad country" encompasses the entire genre, but that's beside the point). Metal is just like any other genre; some people make awesome music, others make noise.
Used to, still listen to Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets but metal is something you'll grow out of and your tastes with diversify. It's a good thing.
I really like it. It's just really nice to hear something grinding into your ears with so much ferocity and manliness. Even female bands are manly (Kitty)
Unsurprisingly, I was a metal-head in high school, specifically thrash. I couldn't get enough of the stuff. It was loaded with aggression, speed, and attitude. It helped me deal with my frustrations growing up, but I was distanced from it when I got older and my musical tastes shifted. These days I don't listen to too much metal, with the only band I really listen to on a regular basis being Metallica. I will still put on any of their albums and enjoy them. I'm more of an alt-rock/rap guy now.
@Timing: I wouldn't say that's an elitist view. Prog. seems to be the eventual path for anyone that is way into metal to end up at. I remember for years a band like Dream Theatre just did not appeal to me, but one day it just clicked and now I am a huge fan of theirs.
Mostly no but I do like some stuff EG: Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon, Rage Against The Machine, System of A Down (Not sure many of these are actually classified as metal).
Saying do you like metal is like saying do you like cars. There aren't just cars anymore. There are mini vans, trucks, suv's, sedans, coupes etc.
I don't consider most of the shit you hear today very metal at all. The only thing I consider metal is Black Sabbath and maybe like Iron Butterfly, Saxon, and Judas Priest.
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