Post Reply - Death Metal Kill Zone

For the record :
Yeah, I’ve been Prog for (virtually) all my life. Maiden for ever - I got onto Prog BECAUSE of Maiden (Tull, Nektar....)   Always dug Sabbath, Purple and Zepp. Budgie whip them all. Blah Blah. All the Canterbury things are embedded deep in my soul. Still love them dearly.
In the last few years, I’ve been warming to DM. I did get Opeth’s Damnation as soon as it appeared, coz a buddy said it’s great, mellow and with heaps of Mellotron !! So, I (eventually) got into Opeth. Growls do shock me. Then, I guess they’re supposed to. I’m getting used to them (4 years and counting...) but still very ‘select’ as to what I ‘connect’ with. I know little about Prog (just my delusions.....) and even less about Metal. Don’t crucify me if I ask dumb questions .......
Black Metal (apart from Krallice) gives me nightmares. Truly.
Love Thrash, I do think METALLICA are waaay overrated - my fave being Death Magnetic, even after all those years.   
Dunno - quiz me, recommend things, whatever. Don’t laugh.....
I did catch Meshuggah earlier this year, support band being Thy Art Is Murder, and it was a FANTASTIC experience - everyone on the same page, everyone enjoying themselves. Total bliss !!!