I'm back from Gibsonia, Pennsylvainia (yeah, I never mentioned I was going). I got back today at about 4:00 or 4:30. I left last Tuesday at approximately 10:AM and arrived at around (these "A" words doing anything for ya?) 7:30 PM.

I went there because my grandfather on my mother's side was very sick. He died sometime Wednesday morning while I was still asleep. I'm okay, though. Sadly, I did not know him too well. He was a great man, though. It made me sad, but I really didn't take it all that hard. I wish I had known my grandfather better. I didn't get to see my grandparents on my mother's side too often.

Since the rides to and from PA were so long, I put in a couple CDs and my mom now likes Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. cool beans.

At 10/16/07 03:44 AM, TakeNoPrisoners wrote: Haha, hopefully you guys find this as funny as I did.

I didn't pay much attention, but I noticed that Sean Malone was in the video. He kicks ass. Gordian Knot FTW(Tony Levin makes Gordian Knot even awesomerererer).

At 10/16/07 03:56 PM, Rokuro wrote: I think I'm starting to like progressive metal... something I hated like a month ago. @_@

duuuuuude. prog metal is fucking great

Also, new lvl jlwrjwelrj

congrats

At 10/16/07 06:48 PM, Nev wrote: The Beatles suck.
Black Metal sucks.

I disagree with those statements. I'm not really into the Beatles but I still see them as a very good band. And I don't listen to a lot of black metal, but I do love some bands that happen to be partially black metal.

I don't know about iPods, though, since I've never used one before.

A band I've recently found to be very entertaining is... Axenstar.

Yes, Axenstar is good.

Saying that I've onyl really been listening to Dream Theater, Electric Wizard, Angra, Axenstar, Devin Townsend and Gojira.

That's a good list there.

At 10/16/07 08:06 PM, Bonemill wrote: I have a love for 80s music.

That's good. 80's FTW...well, really late 60s to present day FTW

Also, I happen to love some classical music. Bach, Vivaldi, Paganini, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others have done some music that I think is great. I don't know much about classical music, though.

At 10/17/07 01:49 PM, Goatchrist wrote: Since most of you are power metal experts, I want some recommendations. Problems:

1.) I disliked most Power Metal yet

I'm finding a couple of power metal bands to be boring now. Sonata Arctica, Steel Attack, and something else, I think. I used to think they were pretty good.

But Symphony X (prog/power) Angra (prog/power) and Helloween are all fucking great. Rebellion, Dark Moor, Zandelle, and Axenstar are also good. I can't recall if Stratovarius is excellent or just good. It's been a long time since I listened to them. Fates Warning is a great band and the early stuff is power.

At 10/17/07 02:06 PM, Goatchrist wrote: Oh, and I'm VERY anti-homoerotic vocal work, if you know what I mean. The only Falsettos I can stand are those of Rob Halford :D

GTFO

dude....Dream Theater, Queensryche, Age of Nemesis, Vanden Plas, Angra ,King Diamond...

What the hell, man?!

At 10/17/07 08:44 PM, smc316 wrote: What kinds of music - outside of metal - do you guys listen to?

prog rock mostly (I looooove prog rock), but also a bit of jazz and classical music. and some classic non-prog rock like Cream and Led Zeppelin. some folk music and some electronic stuff (Ulver, Professor Fate)

At 10/18/07 07:39 PM, Rokuro wrote: I listen to anything good outside of metal.

Except for Country. Those guys are more repetitive than Power Metal will ever be.

And that's really saying something.

At 10/19/07 05:42 AM, Goatchrist wrote: Symphony X - The Serpent's Kiss

Sucked ass. Gay ass whispered vocals + pantera groove + meshuggah offbeat-timing = not my thing.

I love Symphony X, but I don't like that song and I haven't heard anything else from Paradise Lost.

LaBrie's vocals will always suck.

you lie. He's amazing.

At 10/19/07 08:41 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm so glad I don't try so hard to be 100% metal. Trying to be like that is completely stupid.

what he said

At 10/20/07 04:56 AM, Rokuro wrote: I guess the next best thing... would be for you to climb up my ass and use me like a Gundam :3

Mission accepted.

At 10/20/07 08:38 PM, GoryBlizzard wrote: I'm seeing Overkill tomorrow, and I'm taking my 15-year-old brother with me. No one else I know is interested in going...oh well. I'll take pics and post them after I get home.

I WOULD HAVE FUCKING BEEN THERE! A friend of mine called and offered to take me there, but I was in Pennsylvania. Of course, my grandfather is more important than a live show.

At 10/20/07 09:45 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote:

At 10/20/07 09:40 PM, maverick-mechanic wrote: Y HALO THAR.

surprise abortion!

fal-falcon panch! falcon panch! falcon panch!

At 10/20/07 10:15 PM, maverick-mechanic wrote: fuck yeah new Electric Wizard!

yes

and back to metal. Up-ed my progressive metal collection with DGM, Ark, Anubis Gate, and Astral Doors. all very good.

DGM?....All that's coming to mind is Discipline Global Mobile, but that's not a band nor is it metal.

At 10/22/07 05:13 AM, PenisClown wrote: Well that's just fuck you.

I laughed when I read that. I'm going to start saying that now because I'm a dirty thief.

At 10/22/07 06:53 AM, GoryBlizzard wrote: I confronted Bobby, talked for a little bit, and asked if he was willing to get his pic taken with me, which he was.

That is awesomely awesome.

At 10/22/07 04:41 PM, IrishGun wrote: "Týr" and "great music taste" don't work well in a sentence.

You don't like Týr? you freak. FREAK! FREEAAAK! EVERYONE LOOK AT THE FREAK!

At 10/22/07 06:35 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote: Get: Týr

yes, Týr.
and Týr.
also Týr.
Týr as well.
And don't forget Týr.

At 10/22/07 10:18 PM, Call-Of-TheWild wrote: Werewolves > Vampires

pshhh

werewolves = vampires

How can you possibly choose which awesomely awesome creature is more awesome?

At 10/23/07 04:17 AM, PenisClown wrote: In this area I win, because my dad lurves teh metal and has long hair himself. That is why, even at my tender age of 14, I have shoulder length hair.

I keep my hair long despite my mom constantly saying it's pretty and a bunch of people telling me to get it cut. I'd say the former is tougher to hear than the latter.

I'm pretty. : O

At 10/23/07 05:31 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote:

If you have indeed listened to Isis,

yup

then disregard the above post and don't come to my house and kill me.

k

Goat, Agatus is great. I'm glad you posted their Myspace. I don't think they sound like Týr, though, and Týr is still one of my favorite bands.

At 10/24/07 12:57 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: I'm back from Gibsonia, Pennsylvainia.

Welcome back =]
Sorry to hear about your loss man, I was in a similar position with one of my uncles a few years back.
=(

At 10/24/07 12:57 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 10/22/07 05:13 AM, PenisClown wrote: Well that's just fuck you.

I laughed when I read that. I'm going to start saying that now because I'm a dirty thief.

Thanks, people tell me I should do stand fuck you.

Also, my mum is doing an art course for TAFE, and she grabbed my stereo to play the radio on while she was doing her art. Little did she know I had left Blackwater Park in it, and now my parents are listening to Opeth.

AND THEY LIKE IT >:(((((((((((

At 10/24/07 12:57 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: I'm back from Gibsonia

I'm sorry for you Grandpa man, that sucks hard :/

dude....Dream Theater, Queensryche, Age of Nemesis, Vanden Plas, Angra ,King Diamond...

What the hell, man?!

Well, I don't like LaBrie's vocals at all, and I have to admit, I forgot King Diamond. He's okay too, but the music is way better than his vocals. Haven't heard the rest.

I love Symphony X, but I don't like that song and I haven't heard anything else from Paradise Lost.

Well, I've heard similar things about the new album being different, so I might have to check out some of their other stuff.

Goat, Agatus is great. I'm glad you posted their Myspace. I don't think they sound like Týr, though, and Týr is still one of my favorite bands.

I didn't say that they sound like Týr, but the genre is somewhat similar, just with a black metal side added to them. Their old stuff (pre-1997) is black metal with folk elements. I'm glad you are enjoying their stuff :)

At 10/23/07 03:32 PM, jakkelster wrote: my fucking teacher gave me an ISS today for wearing a heaven and hell shirt .

I dunno what ISS means, but from what you said, I'm guessing you got punished just for wearing a shirt that had hell on it, which is bullshit.

At 10/24/07 12:57 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: what he said

Seriously, if I ruled out everything not metal, then there goes Queen, Rush, King Crimson, Nobuo Uematsu and so on. Also, welcome back! :D

At 10/23/07 06:59 PM, Bonemill wrote: Lol, I tried this and it didnt hurt.

Same.

At 10/23/07 05:31 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Congratulations, you have just recieved your punishment for not listening to Isis.

Isis=Win.

At 10/23/07 07:33 PM, Bonemill wrote: There is way toooo many for me to name to pick a favorite. I do enjoy onset of putrefication though. Annhilation of the wicked is pretty sweet. I also like bonemill's shit :)

HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLFFFFFFÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖRRRRRRR RR!!!!!!!

At 10/24/07 01:36 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote: HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLFFFFFFÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖRRRRRRR RR!!!!!!!

SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll join my favoite bands are

Cradle of filth
slipknot
marilyn manson
evanesence
still remains
black daliah(sp?) murder
system of a down
serj tankein
stone sour
megadeath
metallica
ACDC

At 10/24/07 02:07 PM, oddworth wrote:

I'll join my favoite bands are

Cradle of filth

Yup, but they still suck.

slipknot

nope

marilyn manson

nope

evanesence

nope

still remains

I guess. They're on the Archives... (lyrical themes: Christianity?)

black daliah(sp?) murder

Yup

system of a down

nope

serj tankein

nope

stone sour

nope

megadeath

Yup

metallica

Yup

ACDC

Nope

Though I'm not a horseman (even though I should be, I've been around quite a while... meh) I would say probably not. I mean, obviously you're on your way, but there are a ton more no's than yes's. Not my call, but I'll judge anyway.

Anyone listen to any decent new black metal bands? I'm suffering from a fresh black metal deficiency after gorging on death metal.

At 10/24/07 02:07 PM, oddworth wrote: Cradle of filth

Yes.

slipknot

Shitty-alert.

marilyn manson

Shitty-alert.

evanesence

Hardly Metal.

still remains

Poser Metal.

black daliah(sp?) murder

?

system of a down

I like them, but no.

serj tankein

Tankian*

stone sour

Nope.

megadeath

FUCK YES.

metallica

Old? Then yes.

ACDC

Hard Rock.

Well, you have CoF, Megadeth and Metallica, but I'd assume you have a small chance of getting in. /:

At 10/24/07 02:18 PM, X-Imperium-X wrote: Anyone listen to any decent new black metal bands? I'm suffering from a fresh black metal deficiency after gorging on death metal.

Agatus - Dawn of Martyrdom
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn

My two favourite BM albums.

At 10/24/07 02:18 PM, X-Imperium-X wrote:

Anyone listen to any decent new black metal bands? I'm suffering from a fresh black metal deficiency after gorging on death metal.

Best black metal Evar maid,Until the Helför cover comes in.

New Audio from me, Vote five,PLEASE :(

At 10/24/07 03:20 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote: New Audio from me, Vote five,PLEASE :(

I cannot believe I am saying this, and most likely never will again, but I fived it.

At 10/24/07 02:18 PM, IrishGun wrote:

At 10/24/07 02:07 PM, oddworth wrote: Cradle of filth

Yes.

slipknot

Shitty-alert.

marilyn manson

Shitty-alert.

evanesence

Hardly Metal.

still remains

Poser Metal.

black daliah(sp?) murder

?

Since you had no answer to this. No it's not metal.

system of a down

I like them, but no.

serj tankein

Tankian*

stone sour

Nope.

megadeath

FUCK YES.

metallica

Old? Then yes.

ACDC

Hard Rock.

At 10/24/07 03:35 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote:

At 10/24/07 03:20 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote: New Audio from me, Vote five,PLEASE :(

I cannot believe I am saying this, and most likely never will again, but I fived it.

My zero cancelled out your five. Just to keep things, you know, even.

I know Sigh, and I'll check out that other band. I don't pay attention to self-whoring 90% of the time.

At 10/24/07 03:51 PM, X-Imperium-X wrote:

My zero cancelled out your five. Just to keep things, you know, even.

I know Sigh, and I'll check out that other band. I don't pay attention to self-whoring 90% of the time.

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At 10/23/07 08:02 PM, maverick-mechanic wrote:

At 10/23/07 05:33 PM, Bad-Ass wrote: I'm coming to your house now.

If you see a black Blazer outside, you know who it is.

hahaha welcome to the club Bad-ass.

Yes, welcome.

I don't think you scare him though.

At 10/24/07 03:51 PM, X-Imperium-X wrote: I don't pay attention to self-whoring 90% of the time.

Not even my self whoring :(?

At 10/24/07 02:07 PM, oddworth wrote: I'll join my favoite bands are

slipknot
marilyn manson
evanesence
system of a down
ACDC

None of those are metal.

still remains
black daliah(sp?) murder
serj tankein
stone sour

Not sure about there ones.

megadeath
metallica

Those two are metal.

At 10/24/07 04:48 PM, Bonemill wrote:

At 10/24/07 03:51 PM, X-Imperium-X wrote: I don't pay attention to self-whoring 90% of the time.

Not even my self whoring :(?

No, sorry. ;( But I still think you're cool.

Black Dahlia Murder is metal, BTW, for sure. They aren't earth-shatteringly good, but they don't completely suck.

At 10/24/07 03:55 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote:
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Nice.

Alright, I'm listening to Rage for the first time now and well, they pretty much kick ass. "Soundchaser" is the album I'm listening to. The vocals are also quite good since they do not sound girly/gay at all.

It's a lot more Heavy/Thrash than power though. Heavy as fuck.

Hey guys, what cover should I do?

Seasons in the abyss- Slayer
Hellion/Electric Eye- Judas Priest

I like them both alot and i cant choose. I may end up doing both but which should i do first :P

Priest.

At 10/24/07 07:47 AM, Goatchrist wrote: Well, I don't like LaBrie's vocals at all

They are the poorest thing about Dream Theater by far.
I can see how easy it is to hate them. I may be biased into liking them by my love for Dream Theater, but I'd never, ever, mention James' name when talking about good vocalists.

His range sucks too. And when he tries to sound angry, he sounds gay and constipated.

And I found a tab for Skin Coffin :D. Well excited, hopefully my patience will let me learn this song :). Though I may have already betrayed it as my guitar is back in standard tuning :P.

At 10/24/07 06:30 PM, Nev wrote: They are the poorest thing about Dream Theater by far.

Indeed.

I can see how easy it is to hate them. I may be biased into liking them by my love for Dream Theater, but I'd never, ever, mention James' name when talking about good vocalists.

Nice you're admitting it :)

His range sucks too. And when he tries to sound angry, he sounds gay and constipated.

Again, nice ;)

And I found a tab for Skin Coffin :D. Well excited, hopefully my patience will let me learn this song :). Though I may have already betrayed it as my guitar is back in standard tuning :P.

Good luck with learning. I guess I need to grab my guitar + the tabs for War of Worlds by Rage. Fucking excellent heavy speed metal song.

At 10/24/07 06:20 PM, Goatchrist wrote: Priest.

Aiight

also in other news

Today, I was in my last block class. There is this chick in there who looks like a three toed sloth she is fucking gigantic I swear. She always interrupts the class with just retarded shit that has already been said.

Well anyway the teach is talking and he reads this thing out of the book and I swear she raises her hand at repeats the thing he said word for word. All she done was add, "So what your saying is?" Like the way she read it made the statement more true.

This isnt the first occurence of here stupidness. She makes up stories alllll the time and its annoying as hell. Like the teacher asked, "What are somet roubles youhave had to deal with in your life?" She made up some bullshit story about how she had almost got raped and had to move dressers and beds in front of a door to keep the rapist out of her room and this shit. The whole time i was thinking, "No self respecting man would ever rape you..."

So I couldnt take it anymore and I was like, "Shut up you stupid bitch..."

Needless to say I got in trouble. It was worth it though. Thats the story lol had no point but thats what happened.

At 10/24/07 06:34 PM, Goatchrist wrote: Nice you're admitting it :)

I'd need to be very ignorant to think otherwise :P.

I'm not saying his voice can't be entertaining though. There are some brilliant moments of James'. He's just not necessarily a good singer.

So Avenged Sevenfold is coming out with a new album and I decided to see what "new" type of sound they were going to be releasing.

I have to say, Critical Acclaim didn't sound too bad.
Too bad it's not enough to keep me hooked.