I don't understand dressing in black past the age of 15
Don't get me wrong, some of my best mates are confirmed metalheads and I've been known to dabble on occasion (Cult of Luna FTW) but that doesn't mean you have to live it 24/7 does it? Black combats, black boots and a (usually faded) black t-shirt emblazoned with the indecypherable logo of some obscure Norwegien band is the daily uniform suited to and all situations. I have a friend who hasn't owned a pair of jeans in 12 years. And they go out in all weathers in the same stuff. Hot summers day? Black t-shirt. Depths of winter? Black t-shirt. Talk about leaving me cold, how do you not get hypothermia?

Also, get a haircut and have a shave. And stop looking down your nose at me because I'm able to listen to Avenged Sevenfold without gagging. Getting all judgemental over listening to a band from your particular genre. Imagine that.

I hope that should you wish to flame me it's because you don't understand why I don't understand living a genre of music.
(Rilux might be pregnant and has bum-aids, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 18:24, 5 replies)

Yes! This!
I dressed head to toe in black and only listened to obscure Scandinavian metal from ages 14 to 16, but quickly grew out of it. Now I listen to pretty much anything, and my wardrobe is far more colourful.

Adults like that just annoy me.
(deadly_sinners, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 19:06, closed)

haha so true!
I've been listening to obscure heavy metal (mostly scandinavian) since age 9 (am now 30!) but don't have any tattoos nor do I wear black or indeed conform to any of the stupid little "scenes" - always good to mess with the heads of folk who see a bloke in a suit drive by with Trve Norwegian Black Metal belting out of a tiny Hyundai!
(Suomi_Finland_Perkele knocking 256 shades of shit out of your screen on, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 20:51, closed)

If I could find coloured apparel that didn't look like fruit spew on a harlequin and lived in a country with occasional light I might give it a go but as it is I find black easy and inoffensive, also it doesn't show the dirt I habitually roll in and allows me to cross the park without being mugged by ninjas, pretty win-win I reckon
(Benzyl, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 21:40, closed)

Well put
Then I shall allow it.
(Rilux might be pregnant and has bum-aids, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 22:17, closed)

Hmmm...
Yep,

I went to Top Man in the summer,and a couple of similar shops, and I hated the clothes. The fashion has regressed back to stuff I seen people wearing when I was a kid (1980's stuff), which basically to my eyes looks like an explosion in a paint factory.

A fair amount of people don't see it as a phase, and choose to "look kvlt" down to their own personal choice. The people that allege to have "grown out of it" don't have the balls to carry the look of "being metal" anymore, and choose to bow down to convention. Liking the music for many is a way of life, and is far more than a music taste. I prefer being the way I am, than being some idenitkit moron like a Chav.

I also hate the fact that people "trend out" because they can't get a job. I know people that are into their metal, and dress that way, have the obligatory long hair, and hold down decent jobs (IT Manager, Assistant Bank Manager, Business Analyst, and a few in Clerical work), thus making that theory utter bullshit.

We like being this way. And if people don't like it, tough shit. It's called variety.
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 10:23, closed)