getting someone into metal is a delicate art that many metalheads are very bad at

bae only got into the extreme stuff because they were obsessed with me and wanted something to talk to me about and i mentioned liking some sigh albums so they just threw themselves at scorn defeat until they got it. which. yeah, i [unfortunately?] dont hold this sway over most people.

little barriers to entry like that make for such rewarding art appreciation journeys, but they also remind you that there isnt enough time to "get into" everything and you have to leave some paths unexplored

in college i tried to get my friends into prog with Anglagard lol. one was intrigued but mostly it was a bust

Altho on the other hand you never know - people tried for years to get me into "softer" metal and instead what got me into metal the first time ended up being Dillinger Escape Plan lol

hey I heard you were interested in getting into metal, here's Concrete Winds

Okay what do you recommend for me, whose touchstones are Sabbath, Priest, Maiden and the big four?

in general you welcome people in with the salsa before moving on to the ghost pepper and sometimes they'll only want the salsa and that's okay

It's like getting someone into anal in that way

I love black metal and dark ambient. I also am obsessed with Yiddish metal right now, which would probably count as an unusual flavour combo that is very hard to sell.

wdym, four-minute pig squeal dirges are totally accessible