This is actually only my second year of being a metalhead
...I haven't heard of any of the bands you just mentioned (except for Ulver).
For some reason I have trouble finding metal that I actually like...Iowa is probably the most intense stuff that I can like, because any more and it's just off-beat drums, tuneless vocals, and pointless guitar riffs. Well, I don't know if you'd consider Mudvayne, but I do
really, really like "Dig".
Show of hands, who likes "Dig"? :w00t: