Well I use to listen to Linkin Park before them, while not one to one match, they aren’t that different and Linkin Park eased me into approaching harder music and knowing the nuances in them, so I had no problem getting into Toxicity. And I listened to Avenged Sevenfold, I loved it, so I decided to check their influences, and through that started listening to Metallica, Megadeth, and one of my fav Iron Madien.