I was a dyed in the wool Metal head for most of my life. Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, Sodom, In Flames, early Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down, Pantera, etc. etc.
I’ve kind of moved away from it over the past 7 years or so. Moved over to progressive rock, classic rock, and Americana.
Still have a soft spot in my heart for metal and I’ll binge out on it once in a while.
That’s me. Since high school. I’ve actually moved in the opposites direction than you though. The older I get the harder the music is. I’ve been listening to a lot of melodic death metal lately; Skeletonwitch, Tribulation, Be’Lakor, Vektor and the list goes on.