At 12/4/10 06:19 PM, Jow279 wrote: is linkin park a metal band?

Kill it kill it!!!!

At 12/2/10 03:03 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 12/2/10 12:22 PM, K2LU wrote: Any of them any good?

The album Dopethrone by Electric Wizard, is a masterpiece of Stoner Doom Metal.

Liz wasn't in Electric Wizard back then though :P.

At 12/3/10 07:33 PM, AniMetal wrote: I want to get into Solefald, recommend me an album or two to start with.

I've only listened to the two Icelandic Odyssey albums. But they're mint as.
Sensey and others will recommend the other albums (Ageless Pills Against Endless Ills or something is also good apparently. I have it but haven't listened).

At 12/4/10 04:14 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I think it might have been Denta or Nev who said that it was their worst album.

Wasn't me. Paradise Lost is the shittiest in my opinion. V isn't my favourite my any means though.

At 12/4/10 06:19 PM, Jow279 wrote: is linkin park a metal band?

Yes. Welcome.

At 12/4/10 06:30 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: No, they are Nu-Metal. A mix of Hard Rock, some Rap, some little melodic metal elements. Recently they became more of an Alternative Rock band to me.

Christ, you are rigid.

At 12/4/10 06:51 PM, HeavenDuff

I fail to understand what he means by "entirely analog". You guys care to help me a little with this?

I think that's just without using computers. Maybe. I'm not sure.

At 12/4/10 07:44 PM, Nev wrote: Wasn't me. Paradise Lost is the shittiest in my opinion. V isn't my favourite my any means though.

The word shitty simply cannot be used when talking about Symphony X.

At 12/4/10 07:49 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: At 12/4/10 06:51 PM, HeavenDuff

I fail to understand what he means by "entirely analog". You guys care to help me a little with this?

I think that's just without using computers. Maybe. I'm not sure.

Could anybody confim that?

Recently found a pretty cool tech death band from NEBRASKA! They are called Xenomorph and they only released one album, but it was pretty awesome. I suggest you check them out.

At 12/4/10 07:53 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: The word shitty simply cannot be used when talking about Symphony X.

Good job I didn't use that word then isn't it?

Also Frank Turner is ace, those amoung you who like singer-songwriters should check him out.

I was given a free ticket to a gig of his yesterday ;).

At 12/4/10 07:54 PM, Zodir wrote: Recently found a pretty cool tech death band from NEBRASKA! They are called Xenomorph and they only released one album, but it was pretty awesome. I suggest you check them out.

I likes, big thumbs up good find.

Is it me or the review system on Metal Archives is horrible?

I was lurking through the reviews of Dopethrone by Electric Wizard and I realised it's the album with the lowest average score amongs their full-lenght records (except for the self-titled album). So I went through all the reviews and saw one with a 0%...

Withtout this review the average score would be of 85% and not 76%. It's kind of silly that one guy can make the average score take a 9% drop...

I think Metal Archives should judge the 100% and 0% reviews differently then they do the other scores. If someone is going to give a score of 0 to 5 or 95 to 100, they should really read these reviews more carefuly before putting them on their website... Especially if one of these reviews can make the score change so much... It's basically just not representative of people's opinions.

It's like that example one of my teachers used in economy class. IF there are three guys discussing their salary, one of them gets $80 000 dollars a year, the two others gets $65 000 and $61 000, the average salary would be of $68 667... but then if another guy joins in and that he gets $2 000 000 a year... than the average would be of $517 166. That's soooo representative of the average salary of these guys... right?

Sorry about that rant... I just think it's fucked up...

Yes, they're infuriating, thats why you have to ignore them and not care. At the end of the day they're peoples opinions and they're entitled to them.
And if someone is going to look at the review % and judge on that then they're idiots, especially on a site dedicated to Metal (which as we all know has a fanbase full of cocks). Normal people checking out reviews will look at the words written too. And in that aspect the reviews are fine as you can see the reviews from the pricks a mile away.

At 12/4/10 08:26 PM, Nev wrote: Yes, they're infuriating, thats why you have to ignore them and not care. At the end of the day they're peoples opinions and they're entitled to them.
And if someone is going to look at the review % and judge on that then they're idiots, especially on a site dedicated to Metal (which as we all know has a fanbase full of cocks). Normal people checking out reviews will look at the words written too. And in that aspect the reviews are fine as you can see the reviews from the pricks a mile away.

You are obviously right. This is basically why I'm making this point. If you can see these reviews from miles away, why is it that Metal Archives allow this to happen?

While the words are far more important than the actual score, the score is still the first thing you notice, and I think anyone who has some kind of brains would give at keast a few points to ANY and ALL records, except of course, if you really believe that there never was a worst record in the world... Reading through this guy's review, I've seen him give a 30% review to Hangman's Hymn by Sigh. While I totally disagree with the words in the review... at least he had the decency of giving a few points at least...

At 12/4/10 08:31 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: You are obviously right. This is basically why I'm making this point. If you can see these reviews from miles away, why is it that Metal Archives allow this to happen?

Cause of the whole opinions thing. Some people clearly genuinely think that some albums are worthless. Their voices have a right to be heard. And if they're well argued MA can't really have a problem, thats the whole points of reviews, to allow for balance. Even the side of the argument thats full of tits.

While the words are far more important than the actual score...

Some people are like that. As I said, as Metal fans we're more accustomed to this than others. There's been plenty in this thread at one time or another :P.

Talking about Electric Wizard. I've read they released a new album this year. Is it any good? :O

At 12/4/10 09:44 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Talking about Electric Wizard. I've read they released a new album this year. Is it any good? :O

It's alright. It's no early-EW but its decent enough if you liked Witchcult Today.

I can't believe that "whoever the fuck" is in charge of Megadeth's FaceBook page takes the time to erase my messages because I'm not like all the wuses who write "Megadeth is the best!!" or "<3 Megadeth".

This fuckin' band is pathetic!

At 12/5/10 12:00 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't believe that "whoever the fuck" is in charge of Megadeth's FaceBook page takes the time to erase my messages because I'm not like all the wuses who write "Megadeth is the best!!" or "<3 Megadeth".

This fuckin' band is pathetic!

Took you long enough.

At 12/5/10 12:41 AM, smeagol1 wrote: Took you long enough.

Their attitude is pathetic, but their music is still pretty good.

Compared to Slayer... they are still better, cause they have the good music to make us forget about their shitty attitude.

Whats up guys? haven't posted in a while, been busy with bands, friends, and work.

Anyways, here's a test recording of the band I play bass in, our drummer messed up a couple of times.
link

At 12/5/10 12:47 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 12/5/10 12:41 AM, smeagol1 wrote: Took you long enough.

Their attitude is pathetic, but their music is still pretty good.

Compared to Slayer... they are still better, cause they have the good music to make us forget about their shitty attitude.

It's just Dave Mustaine. The rest of the band seems cool.

At 12/4/10 06:14 PM, AniMetal wrote: My next post will be my 10K post, it'll be a list of all the albums of 2010 i've listened to followed by a short review of each.

Expect it in a week or two. :)

Better hurry up, the next Pentalist update is in two weeks time. ;)

The Damnation Game, Edge Of Forever and A Winter's Dream: Part two are the only songs actually good. The rest of the album is totally 100% forgettable and not worth the money.

For a band that I enjoy a lot, I'll end up getting all their albums. I already got some of Stratovarius' bad albums as well as Judas Priest so the same thing will happen to Symphony X and others. Black Sabbath on the other hand, I already decided to avoid some of their later albums at all costs.

At 12/4/10 08:18 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Is it me or the review system on Metal Archives is horrible?

I thought we already established this. :P But yeah, like I said before, it's very flawed and I'm hardly considering those moronic 0% reviews when I say that.

At 12/5/10 12:00 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I can't believe that "whoever the fuck" is in charge of Megadeth's FaceBook page takes the time to erase my messages because I'm not like all the wuses who write "Megadeth is the best!!" or "<3 Megadeth".

This fuckin' band is pathetic!

I highly doubt it's Megadeth themselves who take care of their Facebook page. The Blind Guardian page is managed by their webmaster. I assume the webmaster of Megadeth's website also takes care of their Facebook page.

At 12/5/10 09:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/4/10 06:14 PM, AniMetal wrote: The Damnation Game, Edge Of Forever and A Winter's Dream: Part two are the only songs actually good. The rest of the album is totally 100% forgettable and not worth the money.

For a band that I enjoy a lot, I'll end up getting all their albums. I already got some of Stratovarius' bad albums as well as Judas Priest so the same thing will happen to Symphony X and others. Black Sabbath on the other hand, I already decided to avoid some of their later albums at all costs.

I actually enjoyed the Damnation Game a lot. More so than the debut album. Not that the debut album is bad by any means, it's just I think everything with Russel Allen as the vocalist blows them the debut out of the water. I think all of Symphony X's albums are worth having, so I recommend trying to pick them up. The only one I don't own currently is Twilight in Olympus.

At 12/4/10 08:18 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Is it me or the review system on Metal Archives is horrible?

Who gives a shit.

And your question, what does completely analog mean?

It means it was recorded with old equipment the way they used to make Vinyl. The music is recorded on to big roles of tape.

Electric Wizard did it on Witchcult Today. The new Electric Wizard is a bit boring.

The new Agalloch is nice though, I like it.

I should get Solefald's new album.

Nev, Solefald's best album is Neonism. Pills Against The Ageless Ills is great, and In Harmonia Universali is really good too. Their debut is a bit too weird. The Icelandic Oddysey albums are a bit iffy but enjoyable nonetheless.

Age of Silence are fantastic though, I want a new album from them soon.

And Symphony X is ok, I'm not that big on their sound, but I like em.

At 12/4/10 04:14 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I think it might have been Denta or Nev who said that it was their worst album. Still The New Mythology Suite is one of my favorite albums. I guess I should get a little more into their other albums, except for Paradise Lost that I already know a lot.

definitely not me, i've only ever listened to divine wings.

and yeah analogy is what ponos said, it's not digitally recorded (i.e. recorded onto a computer) but onto physical media, most likely tapes.

At 12/5/10 03:24 PM, D3NTATUS wrote: and yeah analogy is what ponos said, it's not digitally recorded (i.e. recorded onto a computer) but onto physical media, most likely tapes.

IE: The good way.

Ordered 2 shirts.
Acid Bath

At 12/5/10 07:12 AM, K2LU wrote: It's just Dave Mustaine. The rest of the band seems cool.

Considering that they are more like... Dave's employee, I still wouldn't say that.

At 12/5/10 09:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: I highly doubt it's Megadeth themselves who take care of their Facebook page. The Blind Guardian page is managed by their webmaster. I assume the webmaster of Megadeth's website also takes care of their Facebook page.

When taking part in the managment of anything related to a band, anyone who speaks in the name of the band should be aware of this. So yeah, maybe it's not Megadeth itself, but it's a guy who speaks in their name.

At 12/5/10 10:17 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 12/4/10 08:18 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Is it me or the review system on Metal Archives is horrible?

Who gives a shit.

I do :)

And your question, what does completely analog mean?

It means it was recorded with old equipment the way they used to make Vinyl. The music is recorded on to big roles of tape.

Oh thanks man :)

Electric Wizard did it on Witchcult Today. The new Electric Wizard is a bit boring.

The new Agalloch is nice though, I like it.

I don't think I will be checking out the new Electric Wizard anytime soon. But the newest Agalloch is great :)

Btw guys, I suggest that we stop judging the people who want to join by a 10 metal bands list. From now on, we should give them membership, only if they can complete the Absolutego Challenge !!! The goal of the challenge is to listen to the entire album Absolutego, without ever pausing it.
What do you guys say? :P

Anyway, list all the Metal stuff you own (t-shirt, arm bands, posters, but not albums or vinyls).

At 12/5/10 04:54 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Btw guys, I love big cocks inside me. From now on, we should give them membership, only if they can complete the Absolutego Challenge !!! The goal of the challenge is to listen to the entire album Absolutego, without ever pausing it.
What do you guys say? :P

Everyone would get bored and turn it off and go to McDonald's or something.

Anyway, list all the Metal stuff you own (t-shirt, arm bands, posters, but not albums or vinyls).

The most metal thing I own is my attitude.

At 12/5/10 05:08 PM, PenisClown wrote: Everyone would get bored and turn it off and go to McDonald's or something.

That's the point. If you are not Metal enough for Absolutego, you are not metal enough for the Metal Hell.

At 12/5/10 04:54 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Anyway, list all the Metal stuff you own (t-shirt, arm bands, posters, but not albums or vinyls).

Here's some posters. And a vuvuzela.

At 12/5/10 05:16 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 12/5/10 04:54 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Anyway, list all the Metal stuff you own (t-shirt, arm bands, posters, but not albums or vinyls).

Here's some posters. And a vuvuzela.

How can you even sleep in that room ? There are like three Mastodon posters, that's like... 12 big bearded guys starting at you all the time :P

At 12/5/10 05:16 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

At 12/5/10 04:54 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Anyway, list all the Metal stuff you own (t-shirt, arm bands, posters, but not albums or vinyls).

Here's some posters. And a vuvuzela.

FUCK YEAH where did you even get those? Weedeater and Black Cobra ftw.