Ancient Death Metal
Thrash/Speed Metal
Real Grindcore
Doooooooom Metal
Traditional Heavy Metal
Fast and Raw Black Metal
Viking/Folk Metal
Hardcore Punk
Jazz Freakout
Country/Bluegrass
Obscure Horror Movies
Rear Wheel Drive Performance Cars
Playing Guitar
Collecting Metal Guitars
Playing Drums
Extreme High Gain Amplifiers
Unholy Bowling
Olden Books & Literature
The Return of Darkness and Evil
The music and culture of old Heavy Metal. Death Metal that sounds like it was recorded in 1991. Downtuned hellsaw guitar tones. Defending raw production over super polished pop production. Making fun of metalcore, br000tle DM, deathcore, and nu-hardcore bands with breakdowns. Eric Daniels worship.
Cheesy but awesome lyrics about the superiority of metal. People that understand Grindcore is just Punk with blastbeats. People that know what 'skank beat' means. The Mick Harris one foot blastbeat technique. Primitive hardcore/punk and the whole DIY attitude that goes with it. Absolutely loathing the terms "brutal" and "sick" to describe music. Refusing to believe that "gravity blasts" even exist. When metal genres are mixed together in a good way like Black/Thrash or Doom/Death.
Red or white pointy guitars that double as weapons. Collecting Westone, Jackson, BC Rich, and various other guitars. Extreme high gain amplifiers that rattle your ribcage when you play them out of bass cabs. Acoustic drums that sound like actual drums and not like triggers or tin cans. The amazing sounds of deeeeeep wood snare drums. Being amazed at how great the Trick Pro1-V pedals are.
Under appreciated and obscure horror movies that no one cares about. Most everything Dario Argento and Frank Henenlotter are a part of. The fine art of ketchup being used as blood. The crusade to end the horrible trend of CGI in modern movies. Revisiting old movies I used to watch when I was a kid and appreciating them even more now.
Rear wheel drive performance cars with manual transmissions. Adhering to Colin Chapmans divine philosophy on cars of 'add lightness'. The beautiful smell of 5000 rpm clutch dumps. Laughing at FWD cars and their pathetic torque steer. Convertibles and top down driving at night in the spring and fall. Enjoying the spring, summer, and fall, and hating the winter. Running from the cold up in New England.
Reading various olden poets and playwrights. The language used by most authors that were born before 1900. Learning about things that I never thought I would want to learn about. The amount of absurd stuff you can find on the internet. Obsessive metal CD, vinyl, and shirt collecting. Exploring tons of new and old music looking for an undiscovered gem. Spending a whole day doing nothing but watching movies and listening to music. Trying to teach my dog Damien not to bite my feet. Oh, and who could forget the quest for the ultimate cheeseburger.
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