I'm not entirely sure what sub-genre of metal I like. Maybe what I like doesn't just fall under one. I like hard rock as well, and classic rock (that's what I grew up hearing in the car because it's what my mom likes). I used to only like light metal, but I've found recently that I like some harder stuff as well. I guess I really just like to be able to understand the lyrics instead of it all consisting of unintelligible roaring, and some bands use instruments/pitches that hurt my ears so I avoid them. Let's see, some of the bands I like... Most things by Metallica, older Dragonforce (not such a fan of them after they changed singers, they also changed the style of lyrics), some Nightwish, some Kamelot, Disturbed, what I've heard of Alice in Chains (which, granted, isn't much), Godsmack, oh, and of course my absolute favorite, Tool. Might've forgotten one or two.
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"