Normal people don't understand why we like metal. Probably more than anything else in the world, you either get it or you don't. The truth is, we metalheads are just wired differently. We don't choose to like metal--it chooses us. So, trying to explain why I like it may be impossible. But I'll try anyway. Here are 7 reasons I listen to metal.
1. Everything to 11
Everything about metal is turned to 11. That's the most important feature. They don't settle for heavy--they gave us
Electric Wizard. They don't settle for brutal--they gave us
Suffocation. They don't settle for fast--they gave us
Napalm Death. They don't settle for slow either--so they gave us
Evoken. Nothing is ever half-assed. If you're not going to go to 11, then why go at all?
2. Intense, Raw Emotion
Metal has intensity unmatched by any other genre. Yes, I will agree that punk has intensity, but intense punk only deals with one kind of anger. Metal deals in so many shades of all the most intense emotions: rage, despair, hate, fear. From the terminal depression of
My Dying Bride to the all-consuming rage of classic
Slayer, it's out there.
3. It's Heavy
Nothing can top that physical sensation you get when you listen to some really
heavy music.