Comments on: FEED THE ANGER: “Sorry, Honey. I Love Metal”

By: How To Get Your Girlfriend To Love Metal | Make Major Moves

How To Get Your Girlfriend To Love Metal | Make Major Moves — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:33:38 +0000

[...] but then again, so are most people). So I can appreciate — and possibly even try — Self-Titled’s 10-point plan to get your girlfriend into metal, especially if I want to bring her to next week’s Red Fang/Early Man show at the [...]

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:15:05 +0000

Opeth would be the best choice to make anyone start listening to metal. Sure they will remain as their favorite forever.

By: samli

samli — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:26:19 +0000

can i have the candy without the metal?

By: Taephit

Taephit — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:10:20 +0000

Line it up with what she already listens to. Every form of music has a metal counterpart that incorporates the same underlying influences.

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.

By: Twitch III

Twitch III — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:32:04 +0000

You did not mention any of the big four, therefore YOU FAIL.

By: LilalCFH

LilalCFH — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:17:03 +0000

Opeth. Period.

By: SLAYERSWINE

SLAYERSWINE — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:53:48 +0000

No mention of SLAYER?

Douchebag…just like Drew Curtis of FARK.

By: ken oath

ken oath — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:48:20 +0000

I think the real issue is how we get smarmy hipster fuckwits like you out of metal.

By: metalmaya

metalmaya — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:57:22 +0000

wtf is this? a bullshit, snarky hipster article written by someone who knows almost nothing about “metal” himself! from the bands mentioned it seems like you got your “metal” education from Vice mag. feeling sorry for you…

By: MrsMcCloskey

MrsMcCloskey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:51:02 +0000

i would totally disagree with most of this.
i am a girlfriend (now wife) that got into metal with very different bands.
In order my progression went like this:
-H.I.M. & CKY
-then The Bronx & The Giraffes
-Dethklok (has done soooo much to get chicks into metal – get her to watch the show too)
-then The Sword & thanks to the kick ass video for Big Timber I got really into Himsa.
-Mastodon was introduced through the cover of Thin Lizzy’s Emerald. Respect for a band gives them more of a chance to be listened to instead of skipped over on the ipod.
-Always remember to be respectful of her music choices as well. If she is willing to listen to Mastodon don’t be too harsh if occasionally she listens to Lily Allen too. She is still a girl, not just another dude.
-It helps to also go to shows and see some of these bands kick ass. Seeing The Sword live was so awesome that they immediately went into heavy rotation in my music queue.

that’s my experience, i hope it may be helpful as well.