The six stages of being a Death Metal fan...

[Archae]

[Bladian]

1. Hey!

I resemble that!...wait.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

2. I'm definitely at #6

I just listened to a Cannibal Corpse song, and I think I actually liked it.

[L0oniX]

5. One of my parrots squawks when he hears a certain section of "From Skin To Liquid".

[cyberswede]

3. I'm a 40+ y.o. mother of two, and

I just got into death metal within the last couple years. Talk about !

People are shocked when they visit me in my office.

My 11 y.o. just recorded an ep of Metalocalypse on our DVR for me - LOL

[Bladian]

4. I just bought the first two seasons from Amazon.

A show this vulgar and violent should not be as god damn hilarious as it is.

[OriginalGeek]

7. I've seen Dethklok live

sort of.... Brendan Small is a true genius. I loved his other TV show "Home Movies" so I was really excited when I heard he was gonna do a show based on metal. And it really is hilarious.

But a while back he got a band together (he actually does play metal guitar and does it well) and toured for a bit and I had a night off so I caught a show. It was a lot of fun.


DO YOU WANT SOME COFFEEEEEEEEEEE?

ETA: And I am a grandpa. But I've been listening to metal since the early 80s.

[cyberswede]

9. *jealous!* nt

[Initech]

11. It's hilarious how many similarities there are between Dethklok and Opeth

I've heard that Opeth was the basis for Dethklok, but I like to joke that they're like if Opeth had Lady Gaga's fan base and media connections.

[Bladian]

12. It's funny, because...

Brendon DOES NOT look like he could do vocals like that. He just doesn't. To me, at least.

[cyberswede]

8. I've only read about it so far...

My 11 y.o. told me it's definitely not for kids, since the "bad guy's name is Murderface." LOL

I can't wait to check it out.

[hifiguy]

15. Murderface isn't the "bad guy"

he's just the bass player.

"I play bass not to have a job." - William Murderface

[cyberswede]

16. Yes - I just learned this!

My son thought he must be the bad guy, based on his name. LOL

[cyberswede]

13. So...I watched the ep

...that my kiddo recorded for me - it's the one where the bands' mothers show up (which I found ironic LOL).

All I can say is "wow" - and I'm glad I didn't let my son watch it with me.

[Initech]

10. I'd be in your office like every day.

I love the metal - but I'm more of a doom / prog fan (Symphony X, Iced Earth, Katatonia, Opeth, Tool, Iron Maiden, Dio-era Sabbath are a few of my favorites). I used to be into hardcore death stuff but I kind of got tired of it.

[cyberswede]

14. Tool is great

Saw them live a few years ago - great show!

I think the stuff I play most is referred to as "melodic death metal" - In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, like that.

I also like prog stuff like Liquid Tension Experiment, Ozric Tentacles, and old school Prog Rock (Gong, Caravan) and Krautrock (Tangerine Dream, etc).

Now I'm off to check out Opeth... (Thanks!)

[Arugula Latte]

6. #7: hearing loss

[backscatter712]

17. WHAT?!

[Arugula Latte]

18. I said, I'M SHEARING MOSS.