I have always been into metal. Yeah, I am a metalhead as some of you know. Like I said before, I may not have the long hair and I’m not covered in tattoos but that’s okay. I just dig metal. I’ve always listened to metal throughout my whole life. When I listen to metal I would only listen to regular metal like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, etc. Those are the kind of metal bands I would mostly listen to. I’ve always stayed away from death & black metal but now I’m just getting into that stuff.

I’ve been listening to a lot of At The Gates who is a great band. I’ve also been listening to a lot of Venom. I’ve also been listening to some Burzum too. I’ve gotten into a lot of these bands thanks to Guitar World magazine which is a magazine that I’ve read throughout my whole life. They introduced me to a lot of these bands that I just got interested into listening to them myself. I’ve already listened to a lot of Opeth.

Over the weekend, I’ve started listening to a death metal band called, Death, which was one of first death metal bands with Chuck Schuldiner as guitarist/frontman. You’ve probably heard of them. I’ve been digging that band too.

There are still tons of other death & black metal bands that I need to check out though… I really need to get around to checking out bands like Bathory, Mayhem, Darkhrone, Celtic Frost, Behemoth, Deicide, Amon Amarth, Obituary and many more bands to name. So many bands to check out so little time.

Why have I been listening to a lot of this stuff? Probably ’cause that’s where all the great guitar playing is. Plus the music is cool to listen to. These bands make some of the most melodic stuff I’ve ever heard. It’s kind of crazy. I love listening to this stuff though as it’s not really all that bad at all. I also listen to this stuff for guitar inspiration. I will never play this music in a band of my own. No way. I just like to listen to it.

Btw, when I was young, I actually tried to grow out my hair long like those metal dudes but my hair just doesn’t grow like that which kind of sucks. Yeah, I really did purposely tried to grow my hair long at some point but it didn’t work out.

Kev