I listen to a bit of everything unless its country or reggae but there is something about heavy metal that keeps me around & entranced. You don’t really know you’ve found your genre until the genre fuels you. I’m a low energy person so it takes quite a bit to pump me up. I grew up listening to R&B, jazz & pop music.
My father would play music constantly throughout the house, every car ride, & it made me adore music more. At first, I thought I had adopted similar taste as my father, but the puzzle piece just wasn’t fitting yet. I liked it but I didn’t love it. The more I eased into pop music, I felt a tad bit closer, branching out listening to various artists but nothing stuck out to me.
So, how the fuck does someone who grew up on jazz music become a metalhead?
Elena Siegman & Call of Duty. That’s how. The song “115” came blasting through my tv speaker as I played Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies for the first time & I was floored. “What on earth am I listening to but most importantly, why am I falling in love with it?” When the song ended, I wanted more. Funny thing was that this was back when I had an iPod & no idea how to download songs onto it unless my cousin did it for me. Eventually, I just figured that I might have only liked specifically her songs and left it at that.
Years later, I came across two bands that basically connected me to my soul, Spiritbox and Killswitch Engage. Killswitch Engage was the gateway but Spiritbox solidified my love for heavy metal. Listening to Spiritbox’s album “Eternal Blue” for the first time put me in straight up tears. The goosebumps. The energy. The emotion. I instantly realized in that moment that I had found my genre. Also became a die-hard Spiritbox fan quite easily as I find their talent and creativity to be admirable.
I know I am straight up fangirling but, in all seriousness, their music gets me through difficult times. When I’m pissed, I listen to them. If I’m in a low mood, it will lighten it effortlessly. When I am already content, the songs are even sweeter. Finding your genre is like a missing piece of the puzzle finally making itself known. The confidence metal music gives me is truly unmatched.
Music is everything to me & I genuinely can’t get through my day without it. Despite the looks I get at a red light when I am blasting Jinjer through my speakers, heavy metal, ironically enough, puts me at peace, keeps me grounded and keeps me going.
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