yeah, i was into nirvana and metallica and shit in 6th grade, got into slipknot and the like in 7th and 8th grade, carried about halfway into ninth grade, then i got into cradle of filth, cannibal corpse, and type o negative, then in tenth grade i discovered opeth, which is what did it for me, and since then its been metal all the way, well most of the way, i adore 80's new wave, esp. the cure.

so, with all that said, i guess slipknot was my "gateway drug" into metal

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