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!