Do you like heavy metal music? I like hard rock more myself, but I can listen to it from time to time
I love it! is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s
That is news to me, breaking benjamin is my favorite band by a long shot
I dont think they are metal at all. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic/acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound
No they are not, they are more hard rock. I do not listen to much metal
Well Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo
That is true, I just do not have that edginess to me
the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".
During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with groups such as Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more
listen to metal and nothing else, but I'm not like that. I like doing metal music and having a heavy style, but I don't like to put myself in such a box and be trapped in it." Also that year, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante admitted that hardened members of the heavy metal subculture "are not the most open-minded people when it comes to music."
Ultimate Guitar reported in 2013 that thrash metal fans had directed "hate" towards Megadeth for venturing into more rock-