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I'm a fifteen-year-old girl from Newcastle, England. Relatively new to metal (I started liking A7x when I was 13, then moved on to more prog and thrash) and hoping to find some new bands/artists to get into. The bands I love at the moment are: Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Testament, Overkill, Exodus, Dream Theater, In Flames, Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Symphony X, and Iron Maiden. I'd love some recommendations :)

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Re: Hey thereee Hey :D great to see that more girls my age like metal! \m/ you're only 1 year younger than me, still waiting for my metal girl xD anyways, welcome to the forum! What oldschool metal do you like? :) Oh yeah err Testament, Overkill and Megadeth I like, what about Razor? Something a bit more extreme, try Razor - The Marshall Arts on youtube (can't really send links as i am on ny phone in the car and my internet is quite slow) ;)

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Hey :D great to see that more girls my age like metal! \m/ you're only 1 year younger than me, still waiting for my metal girl xD anyways, welcome to the forum! What oldschool metal do you like? :) Oh yeah err Testament, Overkill and Megadeth I like, what about Razor? Something a bit more extreme, try Razor - The Marshall Arts on youtube (can't really send links as i am on ny phone in the car and my internet is quite slow) ;)
Woo, a fellow metalhead teen :P I've never really seen many people my age who like metal...however, I did see one dude with an Iced Earth t-shirt once. never did get to talk to him though. I'll check out Razor, thanks! :)
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I'm a fifteen-year-old girl from Newcastle' date=' England. Relatively new to metal (I started liking A7x when I was 13, then moved on to more prog and thrash) and hoping to find some new bands/artists to get into. The bands I love at the moment are: Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Testament, Overkill, Exodus, Dream Theater, In Flames, Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Symphony X, and Iron Maiden. I'd love some recommendations :)[/quote'] Hi! Always awesome to see girls into metal. Trying to get my girlfriend interested in the genre, so far I've only had luck with bands like Rammstein and Deathstars. A start though. You have awesome taste though. Opeth and Porcupine Tree are two of my favorites. Since you seem to like prog metal, I think you'd enjoy Mastodon. 9d75JaaUVuU
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Hi! Always awesome to see girls into metal. Trying to get my girlfriend interested in the genre, so far I've only had luck with bands like Rammstein and Deathstars. A start though. You have awesome taste though. Opeth and Porcupine Tree are two of my favorites. Since you seem to like prog metal, I think you'd enjoy Mastodon. 9d75JaaUVuU
Thanks very much! I'm definitely going to check out that band: I liked that song:) I think a lot of the time, girls are afraid of identifying as metalheads because of the negative connotations attached to being female and liking something "male orientated". Perfect example is video games. My xbox live name is gender neutral, but my friend's isn't, and she gets loads of shit from people online. It's a shame, but thankfully I've stayed away from it and all of the metalheads I've talked to have been awesome.
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Thanks very much! I'm definitely going to check out that band: I liked that song:) I think a lot of the time, girls are afraid of identifying as metalheads because of the negative connotations attached to being female and liking something "male orientated". Perfect example is video games. My xbox live name is gender neutral, but my friend's isn't, and she gets loads of shit from people online. It's a shame, but thankfully I've stayed away from it and all of the metalheads I've talked to have been awesome.
Yeah it sucks how many chauvinistic male metalheads you'll find, and it's weird because they all complain that they can't get their girlfriends into metal! Well, if they act that way, no wonder! Anyways, welcome. :)
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