How do I introduce someone to metal?

Submitted by kist_valve t3_10q6zkp in Music

Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Colombia, so English is like my second language. If this is not the subreddit for this type of questions, I apologize. Some months ago I meet someone, two or three weeks after we knew each other, she took my phone and look for the type of music I like to hear, the first band that she decided to listen was "enterprise earth", obviously she didn't like it, however, some minutes later she told me that she'd like to listen to that type of songs but, she doesn't know where to begin, she likes a lot the lofi, electronic and pop. At the moment I've shown her some bon Jovi songs, foo fighters, system, a little of slipknot, some of gojira, nonpoint, so I would like to have some advice, because I think that she really want to get into death, but I don't know how

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dog-pussy t1_j6o7lm9 wrote

Put on Master Of Puppets loud and let it play until it ends.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6o7qw0 wrote

That's how my mother taught me about metal, so it could work

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dog-pussy t1_j6o7uia wrote

I’m probably your mother’s age, glad she’s still rocking out.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6o89bc wrote

She's actually 34 (teenage mother) she was rised by my grandfather, who is a metalhead

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dog-pussy t1_j6o908i wrote

That’s awesome, I’m a bit older than her. That album came out when I was 13 and rocked everybody’s world at the time.

I wanted to see them on that tour opening for Ozzy but it was at the height of the 1980s Satanic Panic and my mom wouldn’t let me go. I love the old bird but she made me miss seeing Cliff Burton play live.

C'est la vie I suppose.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6obx75 wrote

Jaja, nice era to live, sometimes I would like to be born in the time in which Metallica, Megadeth, nirvana, mago de Oz, but then I remember that I was born in Colombia (Pablo Escobar and those problems)

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dog-pussy t1_j6oce1k wrote

We do our best with the hands we were dealt. Rock on!

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AkumaDaemon t1_j6o9tvf wrote

If you are tortured for a long time, you’ll get used to it.

Sure, you’ll probably get a migraine at first, but you’ll ease into metal

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KapiteinNekbaard t1_j6oazfo wrote

The gateway drug into death metal? Melodic death metal. Most non-metal friends seem to enjoy Amon Amarth. Try some In Flames, Soilwork, Norther, Children of Bodom.

Folk metal (Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Alestorm) or 80s Glam/Hair metal could work too.

Try Ghost too, it's like ABBA with guitars. I mean, just listen to that intro.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6obefg wrote

Thanks man, I totally forgot about ghost and soil work, rlly appreciate it

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CaptainKrc t1_j6pgcd6 wrote

Play the entire Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album, then follow it up with some steely dan

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HullaballooWho t1_j6oea0y wrote

I agree with KapiteinNekbaard that Melodic Death Metal (Melodeath) is the gateway to straightforward Death Metal.

But if you want the gateway albums to Death Metal then I'll list the ones that aren't too mind-shredding just in case something might click:

Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness + Covenant

Death - Human + Symbolic + The Sound Of Perseverance

Autopsy - Mental Funeral

Entombed - Left Hand Path + Clandestine

Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream

Cancer - Death Shall Rise

Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients

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kist_valve OP t1_j6oird9 wrote

Wow, thank you for choosing the albums, actually, those could be useful for me, half of those i don't know them, thank you again

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HullaballooWho t1_j6om1wk wrote

You're welcome. If all else fails then Opeth is usually the one that opens the door for many (it certainly did for me). Their works on Still Life, Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park are really good for adjusting the ears of newcomers since the structures are very well intertwined with ethereal softness and crushing heaviness and the songwriting itself is top-notch.

Also it's worth mentioning that the two songs—and the music videos that accompany them—that finally had me understand the imagery and aesthetic of Death Metal (as well as appreciation for the music) was Blessed Are The Sick and God Of Emptiness by Morbid Angel.

They opened my ears back when I thought Death Metal was Screamo with old-fashioned guitar playing (an observation that would trigger many a fan).

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Jayce86 t1_j6om1ac wrote

Start with bands that are closer to rock than metal. Or bands with metal instrumentals, but clean vocals. Unleash the Archers is amazing. Hell, I still can’t stand pure growling/screaming in songs.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6ordur wrote

Bro, thanks, we both listen to "tonight we ride" and it was amazing, I'm going to keep listening to that group

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Jayce86 t1_j6ou3wl wrote

That particular type of metal is “symphonic metal” and also includes bands like Nightwish.

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Ibelieveyou2 t1_j6ovcjs wrote

Start in the 60s and work up to free bird, then turn on the maiden 80s, and the rest will happen naturally.

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Ok-Building-712 t1_j6oz8xr wrote

if you want her to like death metal, ease her into it with industrial, like kmfdm, nin, fear factory, ministry, a bit of pantera, etc.

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BartholomewBandy t1_j6pcw55 wrote

Hit them with a hammer. Sorry, I’ll let myself out…

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bsotr_remade t1_j6ocqmh wrote

Best suggestion that I can give is to try and find bands that incorporate elements of their preferred genres. Might get some good results out of Nekrogoblikon, static x, or Powerman 5000.

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Asleep-Camp1686 t1_j6octxe wrote

¡Hola! Pues mira, puedes escuchar Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera y muchas más.. Si quieres algo latino puedes escuchar "Rata Blanca", es una banda argentina agradable, personalmente creo que los argentinos tienen mucho talento. Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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kist_valve OP t1_j6oidtw wrote

Muchas gracias, hablando de bandas latinas, ando haciendo una playlist con bandas como luz y fuerza, rata blanca, enanitos verdes, Cerati, Bunbury, etc, saludos desde sogamoso Colombia

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Asleep-Camp1686 t1_j6olda6 wrote

Te recomiendo escuchar Charly Garcia si te gusta Cerati.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzO8x1pnbCk

Esta canción fue muy importante en su época y ese álbum es muy bueno :)

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kist_valve OP t1_j6or6dp wrote

He de decir que aunque no soy muy fan de Cerati, está canción me gustó bastante, sobretodo para esos momentos donde uno no quiere nada más que relajarse, gracias por la sugerencia

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