20:43 - solar
Linkin Park is better than Metallica.

20:01 - IronAngel
But I don't think someone discovering metal in their 30s would be any likelier to go for Nirvana or Linkin Park than tech death (in proportion to their overall popularity anyway). They must be pretty experienced listeners overall.

19:57 - IronAngel
Well, it is a statistical fact that people's taste in music is typically stuck in their formative years, regardless of genre. Active music enthusiasts whose taste continues to radically evolve past their late teens are uncommon.

18:27 - Rufus Valentine
@tintinb - Doesn't surprise me that most people are introduced to metal by someone else in their formative years. It isn't promoted like other music. It is rarely on TV or radio. Kids are only exposed to pop and indie music.

17:47 - tintinb
He may like the occasional linkin park or nirvana number, but for him to really savour the intricacies of a tech death song or generally thrashing out to thrash will be asking a bit too much. I would love to be corrected though.

17:45 - tintinb
I mean, if someone is above a certain age, say in the range of 25 and above, and has been listening to mostly other sort of music till now, the chances of him being converted into a fully fledged metalhead would be pretty slim.

17:42 - tintinb
I also believe that most of us metal fans had some sort of external influence in our initial years of listening to this music. Maybe a friend introduced it to us, maybe a brother or dad was listening to it.

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