Hi everyone! I have been a frequent visitor of Encyclopedia Metallum for a while (actually, quite some years!) and always found it a very important source for anything metal. So I finally decided to join.

A little quick about me: I currently live in Sweden, where I was also born, but I grew up in Italy. I started to listen to metal in my childhood and later teens, first "passively" through my older cousin and later on by my own choice. I used to study languages and historical linguistics at university, specialised in Scandinavian/Nordic languages (yeah, sounds kind of nerdy). Luckily I met quite a few metalhead in my field!

Regarding metal, for many years I stuck mainly to trash and classic metal, than I started to explore the Metal universe discovering new genres, bands and styles. I still like trash and classic of course, having added doom (especially death/doom and funeral doom) and death to my favourite genres. Recently I have started to descend the dark path into the abyss.....i.e. I gave black metal a serious shot (so far, so good!). Favourite bands include (early) Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Grand Magus, Motörhead, Candlemass, Enslaved, Behemoth, Rotting Christ, Opeth, Arkona etc.

I know I will enjoy here, so...bye and Stay metal!!

Greetings,
I have been visiting here for a long time before I decided to create an account and join in. I am from Turkey and I'm a high school student. I discovered heavy metal about 3 years ago by listening to Rammstein. After listening to the classics for a few months, I started to explore the actual stuff, that is, extreme forms of metal. I started out with Haggard, Septicflesh and Rotting Christ. Then I dived deep into black metal since it gave me the diabolic, yet beautiful spirit I wanted in metal music. I am also a loyal classical music lover since my childhood and I like symphonic metal bands too.
My favourite bands are (not including the classics) Burzum, Rotting Christ, Septicflesh, Haggard, Opeth, Peste Noire, Death, Nile, Nargaroth, Gorgoroth, Be'lakor...
Goodbye everyone, hail Satan!

Hi, I'm SuspendedAnimaniac, I am yet another guy who has been lurking around here for years but never bothered making an account here until now. The funny thing is that I used to listen to nu metal when it was way, way past its relevancy as well as metalcore and post-hardcore when I was as a young teen, thank God I never went through a scene phase. But as I grew older I wanted heavier and more sophisticated music, I got introduced to bands such as Cannibal Corpse and Dimmu Borgir in high school, and from there on it blew everything else I listened to at the time out of the water. Opening my ears and the urge to discover more bands is what brought me here to Metal Archives. I currently live in the unsavory inland part of southern California, and while the vast majority of music I hear blasting out of loudspeakers or car subwoofers is either rap or top 40's, I do on rare occasions see some other metalheads. My younger brother listens to Sabaton and Powerwolf, and as far as I know, they are the only metal bands he listens to, I have even went with him to see Sabaton (feel free to roast me) and Kreator in LA at The Wiltern in 2018.

Hey, i'm Tanasinn and after lurking here for a little bit i decided to join since everyone here seems really chill. i've been listening to metal for around 2 years now and my favourite bands are ghoul, death, and municipal waste

Literally just been pointed here from another forum, got a wide and varied taste in metal and all the myriad of sub genres. Most recently dusted off my vinyl copy of Morbid Visions for blasting out at home. My commute to work playlist currently has Tomahawk, Hexes and Wagdug among others.

Enjoy good debates and calling shit when I see it.

Star Trek > Star Wars
Michael Keaton > Christian Bale
Introduce Yourself > The Real Thing
Barnsley Football Club > All

I think they were trolling you, dude; but welcome!

Hello,

I hail from Trinidad and Tobago. I've been coming on this site for years looking at reviews to see if a band's album is worth listening to and decided to make an account. I like Symphonic, Folk and Power. I also like bunnies.

Hi everyone, I've been around - mostly using the archives themselves, not exactly the forum - for quite a long time, since 2003 to be specific. I posted a few times here and there, but seldom use the forum, and I think I owe a proper introduction.

I'm from Brazil (don't know if there are many fellow Brazilians here), not exactly a musician - I just goof on a drum kit when I have the chance, never had formal classes, or any classes for that matter - but a hardcore fan of a lot of metal subgenres. I plan to use the forum more often and catch up with the newest topics, but along the lines of "listen more, say less" until I feel confidence enough to share anything.

Cheers!

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum.

I'm a man of few words. Any questions?

Welcome people

I'm from Southern California. I've lurked the archives for years. I figured maybe I would actually start talking to people here as well.

Cheers!

Greetings!

Apparently, I forgot how much time ago I registered myself in this forum.
Anyway, I've been pleased to use the archives since I was a fresh and inexperienced metalhead, and I found them extremely useful. They've been a blessing to me: growing up in a small and insignificant town in northern Italy, right in the middle of what I call "the Un-rock Singularity" (an area where anything remotely linked with rock and its heavier forms is almost unheard of), I had no other way but the Internet to get what I desperately needed, and still need: metal, of almost any kind. Every sub-genre has some bands I like, though I must admit that thrash and death are the least loved kids in the family. But this is not a rule: with some commitment, I found some bands or records I love even there (Vektor and old Dark lunacy, to name a couple).
Now, I decided to take a step forward and starting to write here, hoping to have a good time and always find new bands and records to fall in love with.

See you around.

P.S: please forgive my english. It can be awful at times. I promise I'll try to improve it.

Hi, I'm MickeyLightning. Another long time lurker that has finally decided to register and take part in the discussion. I'm from India and currently reside here but I've also spent about 5 years in the United States (where my Texas folks at?). I've been into metal since about a decade now. Just set up a last.fm today so check that out if you want - https://www.last.fm/user/MickeyLightning

As far as metal goes, I listen to a lot of death and thrash. I also listen to some black, doom and sludge from time to time. Currently obsessed with Infester and Incantation. Apart from metal, I'm into video games, TV shows, and movies, AKA the usual stuff.

Looking forward to posting here more often and eventually getting around to writing reviews.

Greetings,

I used to post here a few years ago as Lowtide85, but drifted away from Metal for a while as I explored other music styles from around the world. I also must admit having and ideological breakdown recently that made realize I shouldn't reject something I love because of what others deem to be right or wrong.

My favorite genre is Black Metal and it's pretty much the only one I listen to (when young though I listened to plenty of Maiden and Symphonic Metal).

Hopefully I'll stay longer this time.

Hey! I'm Claire, a (still somewhat new compared to others) metalhead defying the stereotype that teenagers only listen to crappy mainstream pop and rap! I'm 5 minutes new here but decided to join so I can finally talk about metal (and maybe rock?) to people that actually either know what I'm talking about or listen to the genre. Favorite subgenres would have to be power metal and as of recently, death metal. Jamming out to death metal is my new way to de-stress after a long day...

Anyways, nice to meet you all and rock on

Im really not a new member, forgot the password of the other acc and im lazy so I just made another one. About me well Im from brazil and have a phd in melodeath(or I like to think), I love death and bm, currently listening to mostly post metal, post rock, post bm and a bit of post punk that goes more for the deathrock side of it. Ialso enjoy some prog... and sorry for bad engrish

You should be aware that the demographic here generally mocks people who make statements like yours.

Don't cut yourself on that edge bro

Just discovered this site I am a lover of all things Hard Rock and Heavy Metal just saw Iron Maiden over the summer and King Diamond few days ago been listening to Metal since 1986 wanted to say hi

Wow, a metal-head since 1986 and just signed up now. Welcome aboard, mate. I have a feeling you'll enjoy yourself.

So, I learned today that I never actually posted onto here when I joined! It's probably worthwhile I do that, just for the sake of doing it.

So... hey. I'm TheMeh. I've been around now since maybe 2014/2015 (if my memory serves me well enough here), but really jumped onto the MA bandwagon back in 2018 after my review on Cage's "Science of Annihilation". Reviewing, since then, has become a hardcore passion for me on this site, and I wish to keep writing them for as long as I can... even if, sometimes, I become a bit too scathing in my honesty or the like.

Truth be told, I've written a lot of other things in the past on other sites - the most notable being a spree of conceptual maps for Zombies, on Call of Duty. Over on a relatively obscure forum (to which, I'm a proud moderator of). So, I guess calling myself "experienced" in writing is either an understatement or overstatement, depending on your outlook. Irregardless, I'm hoping my confidence in doing said writing will be boosted over time - the responses I've had on my reviews so far have been humbling, to say the least!

You'd probably find a few of these details out on my main site profile, but I hardcore listen to progressive metal - although, I originally started with metalcore. Yeah... that kind. Weird shift, I know. Irregardless - that's never really stopped me from diving into thrash, death, or even now, black metal (that last one's gonna surprise me for a while). Hell, I think I still got a couple of metalcore albums I've come to appreciate over the years. To be honest, I'm of the belief that every band that takes their craft seriously enough can produce good songs, or good albums, so... that might be why I'm connected as much as I am to some of the older albums I used to listen to.

I hit up the Discord a lot now, and am in the midst of a discography review for Devin Townsend's discography (with a few mediating releases between - too much focus on one thing kind of sours the whole experience). Music is a passion for me, as the listener, and... yeah, I think all these elements collided keep me going 'round here. They will, likely, for the foreseeable future. Whether or not I know how much feedback or appreciation any of these things give me... it's more of the fact that I do them at all that makes me happy to be 'round here, y'know?

...anyways, I know this "introduction" is a bit long-winded, so... I'll leave it at that. Feel free to hit me up anytime on the Discord if you'd like - hell, recommendations and review requests over there seem like an amazing avenue already.

Per aspera ad astra.

Sup

I tried to register an account over four years ago but, unbeknownst to me at the time, the activation email got buried my spam folder and I only just recently got around to getting that all sorted out. I'm an avid connoisseur of all things heavy and extreme and my tastes largely reside in the Death and Black ends of the metal music spectrum. I'll try not to be an asshole (most of the time).

Hails!

Howdy y'all. Longtime hesher here. Took some years off from the genre because it was connected with a lot of bad memories, but I couldn't stay away forever. Made some life changes, put the past behind me, and here I am. My tastes run to a little of almost everything, but my heart will always be in Scandinavia circa 1990-1995 or so. Look forward to connecting with folks.

Welcome back to it. If you feel comfortable, you should share your story here: https://forum.metal-archives.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=125909

Hi. I'm the Crusher_of_Spirits (you can guess where I got that from). I enjoy death metal and black metal, although I'm still exploring those genres. I got into metal fairly recently.


How do I sig?

Hi i was a lurker, my name is Fabián and i hail from Chile, my favorite metal is OSDM, Black/Thrash and First Wave BM

Hey, all! This is a new account, but I was previously a teenage poster on here called Pathological_Frolic, back in the year 2008 or so.
I'm all grown up (well, mostly)! I've gotten back into metal recently, combing through my massive collection of CDs, and figured coming back into the community might help me stay abreast of what's going on the genre of music that has brought me immense joy and catharsis.

I'm curious to find out who's still here and what's changed.

I love death metal (Morbid Angel, Carcass, Cryptopsy) as well as doom metal (trouble, pentagram, reverend bizarre) as well as sludge (Eyehategod has gotten me through some rough times). Non metal favorites include The Smith's, My Bloody Valentine, Wavvves, and a lot of the early 90s rap that came out of Memphis (Tommy Wright III, Three Six Mafia, Project Pat, Koopsta)

I live in RI, though I was born and raised in Georgia. I play guitar and bass, so I also wouldn't mind finding people down to jam, once in a while.

Hey, I'm ljjnico aka Lee aka L2J (L standing for Lee and 2J standing for my 2 middle names which are John and James)

Been a long-time member of this forum but finally started to be a bit more active.

Into a bit of everything when it comes to metal music.

Jay Blurter here from Sydney

Been sniffing around the scene for years but first time listener here.

Give me anything local grind, thrash, death, black, doom, punk, noise

All heil MILAT the most heaviest and most dangerous act in Sydney right now!