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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dog-pussy t1_j6o908i wrote

Replying to kist_valve (#1,674,273)

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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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_j6obx75 wrote

Replying to dog-pussy (#1,674,539)

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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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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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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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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HullaballooWho t1_j6om1wk wrote

Replying to kist_valve (#1,677,853)

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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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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CaptainKrc t1_j6pgcd6 wrote

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

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