Let’s dance ;)

My father was an asshole about metal at first, until he heard a variety of things I listen to. When I listened to metal around him, I didn’t blast it, and he didn’t bitch. I watched Lamb Of God documentaries, and he got interested. I played Mastodon, because they aren’t just scream-your-fucking-head-off metal–they bring in other aspects of music. I confronted him saying this is who I am and the metal ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE. So he had to deal with it. the Fucker.

My mom wasn’t really a bitch about it, but sometimes she wasn’t in the mood. She does like it, and she finds it very interesting about the bands. Go mom!

My sister was a total asshole. Sometimes still is. She listens to shitty ghetto rap, and there still is a constant battle between us between rap and metal…she does listen to Korn, Rob Zombie, System Of A Down, Static-X and such bands. Yes, I like these too, but I’m into Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Slipknot, High On Fire, Down, Bloodsimple, Cathedral, Alice In Chains, Rammstein, Danzig, and Slayer (to name a few.) She grees with some of these, but she is still can be a total bitch about metal. Suddenly, she is interested in the new Slipknot cd, wants to burn a copy from my own. She doesn’t bitch about Alice In Chains, and that’s good (I still would like to have a debate with her of how they’re better than shitty Nirvana.) She’s warming up, and I suggest some metal when we drive in the car, but I know not to push it.

And if any of you assholes wanna criticize a 16-year old girl, you can come argue with me on myspace. pussies. (www.myspace.com/themontyscientist)

Plenty of metal derrives its essence in the orcestral, operatic, punk, pop, soft rock, rap, etc.

Pretty much everything but country has a metal counter-part. Southern hillbilly metal like pantera or COC will not work on a country-girl no matter how hard you try. (but the likelyhood you will be able to tolerate her for any length of time is questionable, so don’t worry)

Lots of good suggestions in the comments and article like CKY and HIM (despite how much they blow, they are a decent litmus) and of course Ozzy and Manson are perfect intros.

Her loving Slayer is the desired end result, but unless your chick already loves metal, diving straight into that would be a retarded mistake.

However *THE BEST* way to get he into metal is to take her to Nite Clubs that play Rock music, as they will always play at least a few soft-metal and nu-metal songs through-out the night plus the classics from the 70’s & 80’s. (this fine-tunes her for the stuff you’ve got at home or in the car)

And once she starts dancing to metal, the rest is easy!

And the one thing that every successful nite-club player/douche knows, its ALL about getting her to dance.

Dethklok
In Flames
Eluveitie
Scar Symmetry
Opeth
some Meshuggah
and so it continues…

Any of 70′s Led Zeppelin or deep purple
Kiss – Destroyer
Ac/Dc Black Album
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Guns Appetite For Destruction
Soundgarden – Superunknown
Megadeth – Youthanasia
Alice in Chains – Dirt
Metallica – Black Album
Motorhead – Inferno

From this point onward there is all the 90′ metal surely viable, that can lead to the actual stuff.

Ok, it could take years, but you got more chanches than diving immediately in some norwegian black metal album :D

I couldn’t help but laugh at the first line of the self-titledmag article.

But overall it doesn’t matter. She likes plenty of stuff I can’t stand and it’s no big deal. Common musical taste shouldn’t be something to base an entire relationship on. It’s a cool thing when they overlap butnot having the same music in common isn’t detrimental at all.