No offense to anyone in particular, I'm just speaking generally so no one flip out, but:
Anyone who says they were buying metal CD's at 8 years old and listening to metal since they were 1... I don't know what to say. I'm not calling you liars, I just find it really hard to believe. Most kids don't buy CD's till a bit later in life, and it's girls who tend to get into music sooner and buying pop CD's to dance to with their friends. I didn't buy my first CD till gr.7, and that was Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Delux. At that young of an age, like 8 or younger, unless yer parents REALLY conditioned you to like it, metal prolly wouldn't be all that appealing, either just from the harsh sound or the complexity in the music that a child might not be able to comprehend and appreciate it. I mean sure, the catchier stuff maybe, rock definately. But REAL metal, ONLY METAL, just seems your claims a tad exagerated, but maybe I'm wrong, I'm just expressing my opinion. Buying CD's at 8 just seems weird and uncommon/unlikely to me.