The three songs from DOOM were “South of Heaven” “Silent Scream” and “Behind the Crooked Cross” and they instantly became my favorite songs (barring “The Long and Winding Road, which will never not be one of the most beautiful songs ever). But at the end of the list – as the bands were in alphabetical order and there were only 10 or so – was Slayer. This new form of dark, aggressive music was striking all my chords, even though I had no experience with it. I loved everything I heard, even the gruff stuff like Pantera, who’s vocals were too much for me but the riffs were good enough to get through it. I actually downloaded all of the original songs without listening to any of them first, bought my first mp3 player, and then listened to them all at once.
Well it turns out a ton of the tracks are based on real songs by real bands – all metal bands I had never heard of save Metallica. I went to shady websites to download mp3s of the game tracks, and naturally, I started reading up about it more. I didn’t even know what metal really was, other than hearsay. I listened to The Beatles, I listened to whatever the parents had, and I didn’t really listen too intently. I wasn’t even into music yet at this age. However, one thing that struck me was the music – holy hell, that music kicked ass. Man that was a triumphant moment, and the game was just as great as I remembered. It was actually right as I was entering public school in 8th grade (I was homeschooled prior) that we managed to get the game again.
I didn’t play the game for a long span of time because we had to get rid of it after Columbine happened, and then it became kind of a pipe dream to be able to play it again. I played that game when I was just 2 years old – I worked the gun while my father did everything else, but it was still an incredibly memorable experience that was burned into my memory. It all started with my first videogame, DOOM.
The first one I ever listened to while thinking “god damn, this is music for me.” I had never heard sincerely dark or heavy music before that, and I never looked back. South of Heaven was my first favorite album.
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