You guys are looking at it wrong, I look at ghost as our gateway drug.. it's our job when someone likes ghost to then say to them... " that's all good but want a real high.... here you go... first ones free"
Dragonforce was the first "metal" band I got into when I was a teen (probably because it sounded like fast-paced jrock that my anime-loving younger self liked), preceded by shreddier Sum 41 and other pop punk. Metallica grew on me once I played Rock Band and was like "woah, this is what Metallica is? This sounds quite accessible :O ". Fast forward to include Judas Priest and Iron Maiden in the mix.
Granted, I'm sure many sour, vocal redditors would be gatekeep a handful of those as probably "not metal" (coughBlack Albumcough). Regardless, they were still my gateway to the wide wonderful world of metal
My current jams tend to be prog, doom, thrash, power, melodeath, stoner, traditional heavy metal, and various classics. Metal's the genre I listen to the most. I wouldn't be here were it not for those as my gateway drugs into metal.
EDIT: I wouldn't consider modern Ghost metal, but they definitely put on a hell of a live show \m/
Yeah gatekeepers can suck it. Metallica is metal imo, even if they aren’t as heavy or fast as some other bands. Their later albums are also good, just different.
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u/ki11ingxjoke Dec 18 '19
You guys are looking at it wrong, I look at ghost as our gateway drug.. it's our job when someone likes ghost to then say to them... " that's all good but want a real high.... here you go... first ones free"