At 7/31/13 02:26 AM, ElGhoulio wrote: Metal Archives takes an "album by album" approach. That is, they have to have released an album relevant to the metal scene under that name to qualify. I don't know shit about Kyuss or Vista Chino, so that's just a guess.

Ah okay. Well....I downloaded the Vista Chino album (still buying it though) and it does have some metalish stuff.
I think they'd need an album thats completely metal though....
It's not as "heavy" as something like Blues For The Red Sun so its like somewhere between Wretch and Kyuss (Welcome To Sky Valley).
...And The Circus Leaves Town

don't ask about the random link at the end. I'm bored and its like 1:30 in the morning so I decided to link to all 4 of their albums, haha.

At 7/31/13 02:37 AM, ElGhoulio wrote: I'm perfectly calm. And the "paternalistic lecture" you're referring to is when someone disagrees with you. And yes, I have been through shit you can't imagine, so don't insinuate that you have been through equivalent experiences.

I know that having life experiences will have effects on your personnality, but I just can't understand why you'd use your life experiences to devaluate my argumentative positions on a matter or another. That's pretty bordering on ad hominem argumentation field, if you ask me. I don't see how going to jail would help you understand any better than me that there are certain specific situations in which you have to learn to stay quiet or to be tactful. That's like saying you need to get cut by a chainsaw to be able to understand not to put your fingers on the blades. Not only is it false, but you just come out as pretentious when you use that kind of flawed logic. Like you have some kind of higher understanding of social encounters then me for the sole purpose that you went to jail.

I also have my very own life experiences. But I don't think that it is highly relevent to mention those when debatting.

OR this could be for flying off the handle on me several pages back for criticizing James LaBrie.

I said it was "stupid" to call him a whiny little girl. It might have been a little too much or innapropriate, but if that's what you call "flying off the handle"...

At 7/30/13 09:40 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

Lets put it this way in simple terms, Why would a government that allows the IRS to target patriot and tea party groups, that allows the Department of Homeland Security horde 2.4 billion rounds of ammo (most of them hollow points) and 10,000 light armored tanks, that allows the NSA to spy on all it's citizens and that publicly funds Al Qaeda would want to disarm it's people? let that sink in.... the second amendment is the backbone to the constitution, it's the last resort to keeping tyranny restrained and to protect the people from Government. The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting what so ever and these tyrant traitors like Michael Bloomberg ask "why we need AR-15's?" Why do you need jetcopters, fully armored redoubts and armed bodyguards? The anti gunners in power are the biggest hypocrites I've ever seen.

Your more likely to be killed by a deer than a gun, hands kill more people that guns should we ban those? Or better yet more people are killed with hammers should we label them assault hammers and ban them? Drunk drivers kill more people than guns yet we don't do shit about that.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people any who think gun control is the answer should tell that to the Jew of Nazi Germany, The millions dead at the hands of Stalin, the millions Mao killed in China and the millions Pol Pot killed in Cambodia. The U.N states in it's small arms treaty citizen ownership of firearms is a threat to the monopoly of force that only Government should have.

Without the second the rest of the bill of rights and constitution would be gone in a matter of days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFfMooFBM8E

If you're going to use the argument that guns don't kill but people do, then why do you want a gun in the first place? So you won't kill while you're enjoying the possession of a gun? I mean if we're already able to kill with our bare hands, with tools, with our recklessness... Well, gives us guns, we might kill less!? But oh well, I'm an hippie-like pacifist that thinks all guns should be destroyed and all that stuff and bows should be used for hunting instead.

And don't you bring me the argument of self-defense, because in a civilized society, if we need guns to feel protected, then the problem is not in people not owning guns, but the lack of government's control in the criminality of your country. This being said, FUCK AMERICA! Just kidding, but sometimes you can be real cunts about guns.

Also, that video made me even more convinced of my own points, all I heard was delusional.

Red Fang have released the album art for their new album titled (for some reason) Whales And Leeches.

I say "for some reason" because Whales and Leeches was a song from their first album and this is their 3rd.

At 7/31/13 06:04 AM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 7/30/13 09:40 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

Chicken

In all seriousness guys, you can create an official debate page on the politics forum to debate gun control.

At 7/31/13 04:04 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 7/31/13 02:37 AM, ElGhoulio wrote: I'm perfectly calm. And the "paternalistic lecture" you're referring to is when someone disagrees with you. And yes, I have been through shit you can't imagine, so don't insinuate that you have been through equivalent experiences.

I know that having life experiences will have effects on your personnality, but I just can't understand why you'd use your life experiences to devaluate my argumentative positions on a matter or another.

There's your problem. For starters, devaluate is not a word; the word you're looking for is devalue. That being out of the way, I didn't devalue any of your arguments. I merely stated that you should take them somewhere where they're needed, and not here.

That's pretty bordering on ad hominem argumentation field, if you ask me. I don't see how going to jail would help you understand any better than me that there are certain specific situations in which you have to learn to stay quiet or to be tactful.

Because in prison, being loud and obnoxious gets you killed. If you can't see how that would teach you how to keep your mouth shut when the situation requires is, I don't know how to spell it out any clearer for you. That's not a fuckin ad-hominem attack. I never attacked your personality or your person; I merely disagreed with you. If anyone has attacked someone's character, it's you, Duff.

That's like saying you need to get cut by a chainsaw to be able to understand not to put your fingers on the blades. Not only is it false, but you just come out as pretentious when you use that kind of flawed logic. Like you have some kind of higher understanding of social encounters then me for the sole purpose that you went to jail.

No, you don't need to get your fingers stuck in blades to know not to do that, but if you were to in fact cut your fingers with a chainsaw, I'm pretty damn sure you're a lot less likely to do that again than someone who hasn't done that. And yes, going to prison does teach you a lot about life, if you're willing to learn.

From the post you made, it is not me who is devaluing you, but you who is devaluing me. You insisted that my experiences which you do not have do not matter and are irrelevant. You seem to believe that opinions that contradict your own are worthless/incorrect. I have not devalued anything you have said; I merely stated that the Metal Hell was not the place to say it.

I also have my very own life experiences. But I don't think that it is highly relevent to mention those when debatting.

You are nothing without your experiences, Duff. They are always relevant. And besides, I wasn't debating. I was ending the debate. I've had collegiate debates before and I know when I'm debating. Last night, I was telling y'all to STFU about politics since this not the place for that. I apologize for whatever contribution I made to that, but I saw it getting a little heated, so I interjected, and felt my personal experiences would be a guide in explaining why arguing about politics in a metal forum is a bad idea.

OR this could be for flying off the handle on me several pages back for criticizing James LaBrie.

I said it was "stupid" to call him a whiny little girl. It might have been a little too much or innapropriate, but if that's what you call "flying off the handle"...

You wrote 4 paragraphs in response to a one sentence handle. That's overreacting. You have a habit of doing that whenever someone disagrees with you. I noticed this years ago when you first joined the metal hell, and it's only gotten worse since. What really grinded my gears, though, was that you insisted that I was crazy for liking Domenici better than LaBrie, when it turns out...

You didn't actually listen to Domenici. That is, you were talking out of your ass because someone insulted your hero.

I know this is a lot to read, Duff, but this is something I've noticed for years, and that is you shut down and attempt to steamroll anybody who disagrees with you online, probably because you can't do that in real life. Either way, I realize I'm never gonna change you, so I guess trying to talk to you is a pointless affair.

At 7/31/13 01:52 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 7/31/13 06:04 AM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 7/30/13 09:40 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

Chicken

In all seriousness guys, you can create an official debate page on the politics forum to debate gun control.

Thank you Duff. Take back that previous post I made, I didn't see this post you made.

Or rather, take back 70% of it. It was based off of outdated information. I still mean the parts about you steamrolling people who disagree with you, but parts referring to me trying to end the gun control debate here in the 'hell can't help but sound outdated considering this post you made.

Sorry for the double post, and I'm about to leave for work so y'all don't have to put up with my craziness for a while

At 7/31/13 01:52 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 7/31/13 06:04 AM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 7/30/13 09:40 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

Chicken

In all seriousness guys, you can create an official debate page on the politics forum to debate gun control.

I have nothing more to say about this subject, there was just no need to create a new thread when all I had to do was answering.

On the subject of Metal, I'm getting really fond of hardcore/post-hardcore-influenced metal, not metalcore, bands like Mastodon, Cult of Luna, Neurosis, specially when it meets sludge. What would you recommend me?

At 7/31/13 02:43 PM, ElGhoulio wrote: There's your problem. For starters, devaluate is not a word; the word you're looking for is devalue. That being out of the way, I didn't devalue any of your arguments. I merely stated that you should take them somewhere where they're needed, and not here.

Why do you feel the need to correct my spelling? On peut parler en français si tu veux. Ce serait plus facile pour moi, mais je doute que tu parles un seul mot de français. N'est-ce pas ?

And like previously stated, I DIDN'T SPEAK MY OPINION. I'd write it bigger if it could help you understand, but I can't.

Because in prison, being loud and obnoxious gets you killed. If you can't see how that would teach you how to keep your mouth shut when the situation requires is, I don't know how to spell it out any clearer for you. That's not a fuckin ad-hominem attack. I never attacked your personality or your person; I merely disagreed with you. If anyone has attacked someone's character, it's you, Duff.

That has nothing to do with what I said. Do you even read? I said you don't have to be a fucking physicist to know that gravity exists. I never attacked anyone's character in anyway. I did however use the ad hominem incorrectly. What I meant is that you based the validity of your argument not on the content of your argument but on the personnal experience that you have, compared to my personnal experiences (you know nothing about) to validate your position. Which is probably closer to Argumentum ad verecundiam, and not Ad Hominem.

No, you don't need to get your fingers stuck in blades to know not to do that, but if you were to in fact cut your fingers with a chainsaw, I'm pretty damn sure you're a lot less likely to do that again than someone who hasn't done that. And yes, going to prison does teach you a lot about life, if you're willing to learn.

It teaches you stuff about social outcasts, yes. And you still don't have a point. I don't see how you going to jail makes you more capable of understanding that there are proper places and situations to speak your mind.

From the post you made, it is not me who is devaluing you, but you who is devaluing me. You insisted that my experiences which you do not have do not matter and are irrelevant. You seem to believe that opinions that contradict your own are worthless/incorrect. I have not devalued anything you have said; I merely stated that the Metal Hell was not the place to say it.

I didn't devalue your opinion. In fact I pretty much agreed with your original position which was that there is a place and time to discuss such matter and that the Metal Hell shouldn't be this place. I do not agree with the argument you used to support this though, as your argument was fallacious. I do not mean to say that your personnal experience is irrelevant to anything, but going to jail definitely isn't the only thing that teaches an individual how to act in social situations. In fact, I'm pretty sure it does quite the opposite. Jail seems to teach more on how to use fear and dominate others rather than teach them respect and good-manners.

Your argument was not even that you had a point of view I couldn't have on a matter, which I would agree with. Your inside look of what jail is gives you one perspective on the matter, but it doesn't make you all-around more able then me to understand the matter. It's like saying you need to be a cook to appreciate good food. Of course, making the food makes you able to have a specific perspective on the matter, but you do not have an all-around better perspective then others on the matter...

You are nothing without your experiences, Duff. They are always relevant. And besides, I wasn't debating. I was ending the debate. I've had collegiate debates before and I know when I'm debating. Last night, I was telling y'all to STFU about politics since this not the place for that. I apologize for whatever contribution I made to that, but I saw it getting a little heated, so I interjected, and felt my personal experiences would be a guide in explaining why arguing about politics in a metal forum is a bad idea.

It's funny that you focus your whole post around me... cause just go back... read my posts... I didn't say shit on gun control.

You wrote 4 paragraphs in response to a one sentence handle. That's overreacting. You have a habit of doing that whenever someone disagrees with you. I noticed this years ago when you first joined the metal hell, and it's only gotten worse since. What really grinded my gears, though, was that you insisted that I was crazy for liking Domenici better than LaBrie, when it turns out...

More like four lines...

And I didn't say shit about your preference for Domenici. Now you're just making stuff up! You're getting paranoid, Ghoul.

I know this is a lot to read, Duff, but this is something I've noticed for years, and that is you shut down and attempt to steamroll anybody who disagrees with you online, probably because you can't do that in real life. Either way, I realize I'm never gonna change you, so I guess trying to talk to you is a pointless affair.

Now shove this in your head already: I DIDN'T TAKE ANY PART IN THE DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL!

Second of: Yes I got in a fight with you because your whole point was that I didn't have the life experience to understand. Not only is this pretentious ad hominem bullshit, but that's also a flat-out lie based on assumptions you made on my behalf! You have no clue who I am, and you are judging me on posts I made before you got thrown in prison! I joinned the Metal Hell when I was 15 years old, I now am 23. I grew up, cut me some slack.

And yes I'm actually getting angry at you. Just why the fuck would you say something like: "I've noticed for years, and that is you shut down and attempt to steamroll anybody who disagrees with you online, probably because you can't do that in real life." ???

Like seriously Ghoul, if you are going to say bullshit like that, don't ever pretend that you know how to have intelligent "college level" debates if you use that bullshit with me. FYI, I speak my mind, I debate, I discuss my ideas with people all the time. I took part in the student strike in Quebec in 2012 and went on a radio show to discuss my ideas and opinions on the matter.

But hey! It's way easier to pretend to know shit about people rather than think and make up real arguments, right?

At 7/31/13 02:43 PM, ElGhoulio wrote: What really grinded my gears, though, was that you insisted that I was crazy for liking Domenici better than LaBrie, when it turns out...

You didn't actually listen to Domenici. That is, you were talking out of your ass because someone insulted your hero.

Sorry if I'm posting again. But I need to adress this part here specifically, mainly because I want you to answer me in the most honest possible way, and to this part specifically.

I've went back to this short discussion we had, and here is a copy+paste of what I wrote about Domenici (Remember that I didn't write a single word on him afterward):

"I've not explored the whole DT library yet, so I can't tell if he's better. I'll give the album a listen soon :)"

And now answer please... Tell me if you are a liar, hypocritical or if you really just didn't read that well?

I seriously still can't believe that you said I would have INSISTED that you we're crazy for liking him more than LaBrie. And the next part is even worst! You accuse me of "talking out of my ass" about him, when all I said was that I didn't know him too well and that I had to listen to his work.

Now seriously, if you're lying and trying to manipulate the members of the Metal Hell into believing flat out lies like this, I can't express how dissapointed I am in your behavior. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't do this on purpose, because in all honesty... I've never had any kind of hate or disrespect for you until you started talking shit about me...

That Red Fang cover looks nuts.

At 7/31/13 03:38 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: On the subject of Metal, I'm getting really fond of hardcore/post-hardcore-influenced metal, not metalcore, bands like Mastodon, Cult of Luna, Neurosis, specially when it meets sludge. What would you recommend me?

Battle of Mice and Made out of Babies

At 7/31/13 06:42 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Battle of Mice and Made out of Babies

Astounding! The girl has an interesting voice, and I usually hate women in metal, but these two bands go with my style, very cool!

Anyone here listen to Orne? They're pretty much Reverend Bizarre II except they're more Prog Rock.

since all 3 people in Reverend Bizarre are in the band even though Albert Witchfinder doesn't consider himself a band member

At 7/31/13 08:26 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: Astounding! The girl has an interesting voice, and I usually hate women in metal, but these two bands go with my style, very cool!

Even Kylesa?

At 7/31/13 08:26 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 7/31/13 06:42 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Battle of Mice and Made out of Babies

Astounding! The girl has an interesting voice, and I usually hate women in metal, but these two bands go with my style, very cool!

Glad ya like 'em. There are lots of good metal bands with female vocals, though.

Alkonost
Stolen Babies
Gonin-Ish
Kylesa
Acid King
Unexpect
Hammers of Misfortune
Peccatum
Ava Inferi
Darkestrah (good black metal vocals from a female? You better believe it)
Arkona (ditto!)
Sinner's Bleed (awesome death metal vocals from a woman, though she left the band)

At 7/31/13 10:53 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 7/31/13 08:26 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote:

At 7/31/13 06:42 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Battle of Mice and Made out of Babies

Astounding! The girl has an interesting voice, and I usually hate women in metal, but these two bands go with my style, very cool!

That's because they often make these vocals as obnoxious as possible and there is always a huge focus in such bands on the female vocalist, most likely for commercial purposes... and usually not for artistic value. It's usually always over-technical female vocalists who can't seem to put any kind of emotion in their music.

But like Sense said, once you drop these gimmicky bands and look around, you'll find amazing female vocalists who aren't just there for show.

Glad ya like 'em. There are lots of good metal bands with female vocals, though.

Alkonost
Stolen Babies
Acid King
Unexpect
Hammers of Misfortune
Peccatum

I second all of the above.

I also recommand
Aghora
Thorr's Hammer

At 7/31/13 11:39 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 7/31/13 10:53 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Alkonost
Stolen Babies
Acid King
Unexpect
Hammers of Misfortune
Peccatum

I second all of the above.

I also recommand
Aghora
Thorr's Hammer

Also add in
Blood Ceremony
Jex Thoth
Witch Mountain
Ludicra
and Spacegoat

At 8/1/13 12:18 AM, Viper50 wrote: Jex Thoth

I have that Jex Thoth album on my desktop just waiting to be added to my library. I'll do it when I've familiarized myself with all my new albums.

At 8/1/13 12:24 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I have that Jex Thoth album on my desktop just waiting to be added to my library. I'll do it when I've familiarized myself with all my new albums.

It's not that bad of an album. I need to check out their second album (which came out last month and I was unaware of this). Though I've heard one song off of it and wasn't too enthused with what I heard....

Anyone here listen to the German Power Metal band Mania?
I honestly have NO idea how I got music by them on my computer but I did at some point.
If you haven't listened to them this is their only studio album.
They're okay I guess. A review of theirs describes their sound as being "a blend of "Walls Of Jericho" and "Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1" era Helloween and just a little dash of Metal Church and Judas Priest."

So I'm absent without lurking here for a bit and a political debate blows up here. Hopefully everyone is settled now. I'm gonna leave the previous page as it is.

At 7/31/13 01:51 PM, Viper50 wrote: Red Fang have released the album art for their new album titled (for some reason) Whales And Leeches.

I say "for some reason" because Whales and Leeches was a song from their first album and this is their 3rd.

Eh, that's kinda like how Queen made a song called Sheer Heart Attack a few albums after the record of that name. Anyway, I'm looking forward to their new album. Murder the Mountains was good and I still dig several songs from it.

At 7/31/13 10:53 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Hammers of Misfortune

This x100

At 8/1/13 08:25 AM, FromADistance wrote:

At 7/31/13 01:51 PM, Viper50 wrote: Red Fang have released the album art for their new album titled (for some reason) Whales And Leeches.

I say "for some reason" because Whales and Leeches was a song from their first album and this is their 3rd.

Eh, that's kinda like how Queen made a song called Sheer Heart Attack a few albums after the record of that name. Anyway, I'm looking forward to their new album. Murder the Mountains was good and I still dig several songs from it.

I was going to say it was also similar to what Led Zeppelin did with Houses Of The Holy but that album came out before the song Houses Of The Holy did. Also I felt that Whales and Leeches was the weakest song from their debut album though (strongest being either Prehistoric Dog or Good To Die).

At 8/1/13 08:25 AM, FromADistance wrote: So I'm absent without lurking here for a bit and a political debate blows up here. Hopefully everyone is settled now. I'm gonna leave the previous page as it is.

I was wondering where you were. We missed you bro!

Eh, that's kinda like how Queen made a song called Sheer Heart Attack a few albums after the record of that name. Anyway, I'm looking forward to their new album. Murder the Mountains was good and I still dig several songs from it.

I can't seem to understand the point of that. They liked the name and thought it would be a good idea to use it multiple times. Just make it the name of your band!

At 7/31/13 11:39 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:
That's because they often make these vocals as obnoxious as possible and there is always a huge focus in such bands on the female vocalist, most likely for commercial purposes... and usually not for artistic value. It's usually always over-technical female vocalists who can't seem to put any kind of emotion in their music.

But like Sense said, once you drop these gimmicky bands and look around, you'll find amazing female vocalists who aren't just there for show.

Yep, that's why I hate "gothic"/symphonic metal bands with their big-boobed pretty faces singing opera over heavily-distorted groups of power chords with some synth or keyboard playing with their cheesy melodies... Disgusting. It just sounds like heavy pop honestly, if I heard a metal tune over a Katy Perry song, I couldn't spot the difference between her and Epica, for example.

I also recommand
Aghora
Thorr's Hammer

I enjoyed Aghora, I love when bands mix jazz and metal, and her voice is soft and really fits the sound, well I will thank you but I'm getting metal bands with female members instead of hardcore/post-hardcore influenced metal bands.

At 7/31/13 10:53 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Glad ya like 'em. There are lots of good metal bands with female vocals, though.

Alkonost
Stolen Babies
Gonin-Ish
Kylesa
Acid King
Unexpect
Hammers of Misfortune
Peccatum
Ava Inferi
Darkestrah (good black metal vocals from a female? You better believe it)
Arkona (ditto!)
Sinner's Bleed (awesome death metal vocals from a woman, though she left the band)

Damn, I'm such a metal noob, I think I just sticked with my favourite bands you know? The only bands I know from the ones you listed were Kylesa, Acid King and Ava Inferi (from my country!), and I don't really listen to them that much, I just grew tired of searching new metal bands I didn't know about because in the end they all started sounding the same to me, so the only way I get to know new bands is once they get commercial success and everyone is talking about them, and I usually get dissapointed because of the blast of idiotic Djent coming up... I'm a bad metal fan ): Thank you for your suggestions though, but again, I ended up getting more bands with female members than hardcore/post-hardcore influenced metal bands...

At 7/31/13 09:22 PM, Viper50 wrote:
Even Kylesa?

I said usually!

At 8/1/13 08:25 AM, FromADistance wrote: So I'm absent without lurking here for a bit and a political debate blows up here. Hopefully everyone is settled now. I'm gonna leave the previous page

I second this. Politicians and politics seruously piss me off.

Besides this isnt the place for a debate.

Now then does anybody have any thoughts on the new Nekrogoblikon album "Stench"?

I liked it but it really lacked the Goblins Are Better Than Trolls sound. I love that song.

At 8/1/13 03:19 PM, Blackdoom13 wrote:

At 8/1/13 08:25 AM, FromADistance wrote: So I'm absent without lurking here for a bit and a political debate blows up here. Hopefully everyone is settled now. I'm gonna leave the previous page

I second this. Politicians and politics seruously piss me off.

I don't know how that translates in english, but in french we have two ways to say the word politic. One refers to the administrative part, the one you are complaining about, and the other refers to all that relates to power (pouvoir) relationships. There is no social organization without politic.

At 8/1/13 03:02 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: Yep, that's why I hate "gothic"/symphonic metal bands with their big-boobed pretty faces singing opera over heavily-distorted groups of power chords with some synth or keyboard playing with their cheesy melodies... Disgusting. It just sounds like heavy pop honestly, if I heard a metal tune over a Katy Perry song, I couldn't spot the difference between her and Epica, for example.

I wouldn't say Epica is like that. I know AniMetal would firmly disagree with you. Epica is a rather creative band, and even if Simone is rather beautiful, Epica as been around way before it became a gimmick to have popstars singing in your "metal". I was thinking more about titscore like In This Moment or heavy pop like Amaranthe. Nothing except the movie Avatar yells the word cashgrab louder than these shitty bands.

I enjoyed Aghora, I love when bands mix jazz and metal, and her voice is soft and really fits the sound, well I will thank you but I'm getting metal bands with female members instead of hardcore/post-hardcore influenced metal bands.

You can also hear Sean Malone on Aghora's first album, which is a big plus!

At 8/1/13 02:50 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I was wondering where you were. We missed you bro!

Sorry man, my activity on NG these days really reeks. Wednesdays are generally busy days for me but enough of me excusing my inactivity. I'm seeing Iron Maiden this Saturday in London and I really cannot wait any longer. Bonus points for the daytime where I'm to meet up with a girl who I've been speaking to on the internet for the last few months. It should be a good day. Anything else metal related? Well, I picked up Iced Earth's self-titled and Horror Show the other day. It's amazing how long I've known this band and yet I still need to acquire the rest of their works. I'm only missing Dark Saga at this point so I should make the effort to finish off the collection of Iced Earth albums.

At 8/1/13 03:02 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: I said usually!

I see....well Kylesa is a good band.
I still need to listen to Ultraviolet though....

At 8/1/13 03:44 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I wouldn't say Epica is like that. I know AniMetal would firmly disagree with you. Epica is a rather creative band, and even if Simone is rather beautiful, Epica as been around way before it became a gimmick to have popstars singing in your "metal". I was thinking more about titscore like In This Moment or heavy pop like Amaranthe. Nothing except the movie Avatar yells the word cashgrab louder than these shitty bands.

I just hate them all haha, they don't fit my taste, and I can't stand Epica specifically, I understand what you're saying though. But I don't know, I feel like I have a natural misogyny for women in metal, I also can't stand Arch Enemy, even though Angela's growls all the time, it makes my dick retract I don't enjoy that feeling haha.

There are some themes and feelings I don't want singers to inflict in me, and those are: whining, thus my hate for Epica and such, bullshit badassery and non-sense, thus my hate for some metalcore acts and most Djent, fairy tales and fabulousness, therefore and heretically I'm not a fan of most traditional heavy/doom/power metal and sexual harassment, and that's why I dislike Type-O-Negative. ;_;

At 8/1/13 04:47 PM, TheDaemonicPoet wrote: I just hate them all haha, they don't fit my taste, and I can't stand Epica specifically, I understand what you're saying though. But I don't know, I feel like I have a natural misogyny for women in metal, I also can't stand Arch Enemy, even though Angela's growls all the time, it makes my dick retract I don't enjoy that feeling haha.

Well... don't go for bands with female vocalists then. But there are great female musicians, though. Wata for Boris is one of my all time favorites.

There are some themes and feelings I don't want singers to inflict in me, and those are: whining, thus my hate for Epica and such, bullshit badassery and non-sense, thus my hate for some metalcore acts and most Djent, fairy tales and fabulousness, therefore and heretically I'm not a fan of most traditional heavy/doom/power metal and sexual harassment, and that's why I dislike Type-O-Negative. ;_;

I don't understand the "sexual harassment" part...

At 8/1/13 04:23 PM, FromADistance wrote: Sorry man, my activity on NG these days really reeks. Wednesdays are generally busy days for me but enough of me excusing my inactivity. I'm seeing Iron Maiden this Saturday in London and I really cannot wait any longer. Bonus points for the daytime where I'm to meet up with a girl who I've been speaking to on the internet for the last few months. It should be a good day. Anything else metal related? Well, I picked up Iced Earth's self-titled and Horror Show the other day. It's amazing how long I've known this band and yet I still need to acquire the rest of their works. I'm only missing Dark Saga at this point so I should make the effort to finish off the collection of Iced Earth albums.

I just feel that you're an important part of the Metal Hell :)

Talking about Maiden, it's pretty cool that you are going to see them live! Do you know if they play anything from their first two albums? I know they still play Phantom Of The Opera from time to time, but I don't know about all the other tracks.

I'm asking this because I really fell in love with the first album. I think it's the best Iron Maiden album by far. It's very different though, so it's hard to compare. I just like the general flow of the album and every single track is great, as with the Dickinson albums, we have some classic and memorable tracks and not so memorable tracks on the same album. I wouldn't give on Be Quick Or Be Dead, The Trooper, Aces High, Fear Of The Dark, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, 2 Minutes To Midnight or any other of the classics. But the first full-length with Di'Anno is a fucking masterpiece from the first second to the last.