Top Ten Questions About Metal Music to Ask the Metalheads of TheTopTens

Not always but I know that metal is a music-oriented genre and not lyric-oriented. You can always read the lyrics. Even though most of the metal songs have meaningful lyrics, I listen to metal for guitar riffs and solos, drums, vocal styles. Do you think people understand the words that opera singers sing? No. And opera singers even sing in Italian but you can still enjoy Pavarotti's singing.

This is one I want to know. But I assume you mean like the Screaming metal were all they do is scream and I can't understand a word they are saying. but I just assume there mainly singing aboot devils and demons and hate oh my.

Because Heavy metal is actually understandable Screamo metal is not.

Dark, Brutal, and... umm... Something?

I watched a video of the most hated music artists by WatchMojo. One of the entries was Metallica, the first metal band I knew (I also knew Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but I didn't know they were metal). Some of the samples the video played were cool. I then looked up the best Metallica songs on this site. Number one was Master of Puppets (I searched up this list in 2017), so I played that song. I have never been so impressed with a song on the first listen like I felt for this song. I loved electronic music before I started liking metal. Now, with all the bands I love and listen to, I love both genres equally.

Yes. Traditional heavy metal is not explicit and neither is power metal. Songs in those genres are usually quite positive and have lyrics about history, fantasy, etc. more extreme genres however like death and black metal are way too dark and I wouldn't play any kids a band from said genres.

Depends if it's symphonic metal. Symphonic metal probably is the best metal genre for children. Death metal is the worst genre for kids.

It depends on the sub-genre of metal. For example, death or brutal metal isn't that appropriate for kids. But, some sub-genres are.

I think this is the most important question. My answer is: it makes me feel on top of the world - Alive, Energized, Confident. It gets my blood pumping like nothing else.

It gives me a lot of energy, and so makes me feel happy
I also listen to gojira when I want to relax myself.

It makes me energized. Metal is just a powerhouse of music as mitochondria is to cells.

Was looking at a list by Metal_Treasure. I noticed the name Cannibal Corpse and thought..."weird name". Then saw some of the titles and grimaced. THEN I played a sample from one their songs from the list...strewth! I nearly had a heart attack! I'm genuinely amused and interested to know if you really like this band or is it because they're so controversial?

Their drummer is awesome, their guitarist is great, their bassist (Alex Webster) is a GOD on bass. And, their singers (George Fisher and Chris Barnes) ARE talented. It just takes a while to get used to their style of vocals. I'll agree their album covers are...weird, and their song titles are a bit silly at times, but they *are* a good band. (In my opinion)

I like metal because it's real, and tells about every side of Life in general, focusing on issues and how to heal, but also many other themes. I also like It because of the huge quantity of talented musicians.

Vocals, lyrics, guitar, drums... no growls, I can actually comprehend what they are saying compared to the heaviest genres

Guitar solos and talent of those metal musicians.

I like almost all metal subgenres except those with little-to-no-metal in them: rap metal/nu metal, alternative metal, industrial metal, metalcore, and some smaller ones. My first choices are:
thrash metal, technical death metal, speed metal, classic/ traditional metal, neo-classical metal.

I like most of the metal genres such as Thrash, Traditional and Prog. The only metal genres that I don't like are black metal, glam metal, grindcore and deathcore. For the best is prog metal.

Traditional heavy metal. I really like listening to Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and other bands like that. I also enjoy some thrash and glam metal.

Disturbed. I still think they are One of the best metal bands existing today

Metallica. I just listen to the song One.

I'm going to have to go with Electric Wizard for this one. Not only are their rhythms and melodies very dark and sound evil and apocalyptic, but the sound of their music was insanely heavy.

Infant Annihilator. They're so heavy they make Slayer sound like a pop band.

For slow heavy, Gnaw Their Tongues or Dragged into Sunlight. For fast heavy, Cryptopsy, Nile, or good ol' Cannibal Corpse

Linkin Park. They are not a only-metal band ( they also do a lot of other genres ), but their first two albums were Amazing nu metal stuff. However, in many of their songs you can find metal influences.
Regarding my favourite all-metal band, I'd say Disturbed and Architects on the same level

I like hundreds of bands but these are closest to my heart - Nile, Blind Guardian, Annihilator, Iced Earth, Slayer, Cryptopsy, Amon Amarth, Yngwie, Flametal. And 2 more bands that I will always love no matter what: Iron Maiden and Metallica (mostly for their songs of the 80s).

Linkin Park ( very versatile ), Red (great atmospheric songs ) , system of a Down, tool, opeth, dir en grey , code Orange, nine inch nails, Faith no more, mr bungle etc.
Linkin Park Is not only metal as well as Red. Nine inch nails has some metal stuff.

I would say "keep on criticising" because it does metal a huge favor. Nothing makes people look more pathetic and musically ignorant than criticising metal. The most cringe worthy music lists and comments on this site were made by metal haters. In all cases metalheads won and even though one of the statements on these lists was that metal fans "have no brain", actually metalheads were smarter than their opponents. Metal fans were also more knowledgable about music in general.

To be honest, I can understand if an average music listener has wrong opinion about the extreme metal genres. But if someone say to Dio or Judas Priest that they are bad, then I really don't understand why...