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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jan 26, 2013 0:43:22 GMT 1
Oh, and I forgot to add, we need to get Pink Floyd into that proposed festival. "Another Brick in the Wall" is an all time favorite song of mine when I'm feeling more anti-establishment than usual.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Jan 26, 2013 1:10:23 GMT 1
Ooh, ooh! I love that song! Another Brick in the Wall is awesome!
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Post by Mister Buch on Jan 26, 2013 1:23:16 GMT 1
Burning churches or temples is reprehensible. I know that's obvious, but I'm typing it anyway.
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jan 26, 2013 1:41:13 GMT 1
Burning churches or temples is reprehensible. I know that's obvious, but I'm typing it anyway. I heartily agree. Plus that church-burner also committed murder on top of the arson but he only got 21 years in prison (don't you just love Norway's prison system?).
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Post by jklinders on Jan 26, 2013 2:54:07 GMT 1
Note:
By request, and a good one too, I moved a few posts from pet hates to here to keep things tidy.
Cheers.
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Post by Cali on Jan 26, 2013 4:34:39 GMT 1
Good God, you have a hardcore punk bar wherever you lived, or were at, at the time? Man, another reason to be frustrated with living in Rat's Ass, Kentucky. All they care about here is boring crap everybody else listens to, though there's a pretty big generation gap. Old white people who listen to country and a bit of Motown (provided they don't live in the eastern suburbian neighborhoods, where all the white racists live) and young dudes who listen to modern country, hip-hop, and dubstep.
Meh, can't win em' all. I guess I'm destined to live as a semi-introvert who occasionally talks and hangs out with people who I can ever so barely relate to (who feel the same about me), where we just drift apart afterward and barely, if not never speak to each other again.
Wow, that sounded pseudo-Edgar Allen Poe as fuck. Here's something to counteract that:
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jan 26, 2013 11:53:39 GMT 1
Good God, you have a hardcore punk bar wherever you lived, or were at, at the time? Man, another reason to be frustrated with living in Rat's Ass, Kentucky. All they care about here is boring crap everybody else listens to, though there's a pretty big generation gap. Old white people who listen to country and a bit of Motown (provided they don't live in the eastern suburbian neighborhoods, where all the white racists live) and young dudes who listen to modern country, hip-hop, and dubstep. Meh, can't win em' all. I guess I'm destined to live as a semi-introvert who occasionally talks and hangs out with people who I can ever so barely relate to (who feel the same about me), where we just drift apart afterward and barely, if not never speak to each other again. Wow, that sounded pseudo-Edgar Allen Poe as fuck. Here's something to counteract that: That's actually part of what metalheads and punks are all about: we're the weird kids and so we hang out with all the other weird kids and outcasts. One interesting scene is a small street in New Orleans: within one or two blocks you have the following: a goth bar, a metal bar, a punk club (mostly anarcho), and a diner where all three scenes go to grab a bite to eat. And despite the stereotypes, very little shit goes down (outside of the usual stuff that happens when you get a bunch of aggressive people together with alcohol available) as long as the posers stay the hell away.
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Post by Battlechantress on May 3, 2013 6:28:41 GMT 1
Didn't know where else to post this news: Jeff Hanneman, guitarist for Slayer, dead at 49. He must have had a hell of a reaction to a brown recluse spider bite. I wonder what the remaining band members will do now, especially since Kerry King already fired the old drummer.
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Post by Clint Johnston on May 3, 2013 6:30:25 GMT 1
Those spiders can be vicious. Flesh eating venom - ugh!
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Post by jklinders on May 3, 2013 10:26:58 GMT 1
He didn't seek treatment for it. If it was a brown recluse, those little bastards have a hell of a punch for their tiny size.
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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on May 3, 2013 10:49:28 GMT 1
Nice thread
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on May 3, 2013 14:46:59 GMT 1
Bad timing, Saren. Regarding Jeff Hanneman, he's one of my influences for my own playing style. This is a huge loss to the metal world, up there with Ronnie James Dio and Dimebag Darrell. This seriously doesn't bode well for Slayer especially after Kerry fired their drummer. In tribute, Jeff 's most influential work with Slayer:
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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on May 4, 2013 0:33:47 GMT 1
Yeah I'm new still So I just post at the wrong times I am now at a pink Floyd tribute concert
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on May 19, 2013 19:01:38 GMT 1
Now let's talk about one of the most enduring subsects of metal: power metal.
Originating from speed and thrash metal, power metal is generally fast and technically demanding with some songs approaching tempos of nearly 300 bpm with ranges of 150-200 bpm being the usual standard. Also of note is the use of major keys instead of the usual minor and diminished keys, giving power metal a more uplifting sound. Vocally, power metal is incredibly varied from powerful operatic vocals inspired by Rob Halford, Bruce Dickenson and Ronnie James Dio to the more gruff sound inspired by Lemmy Kilmister and James Hetfield.
The first band to be definitively listed as power metal is the Auburn, NY-based Manowar. Formed in 1980 by bassist Joey DeMaio and Ross "the Boss" Friedman (formerly the lead guitarist for the punk band The Dictators), Manowar's music is focused mostly on sword and sorcery mythology as well as songs about heavy metal itself. Although they haven't been a mainstream success, Manowar has a very strong following worldwide, particularly in Europe. Also, such is their popularity that Orson Wells and Christopher Lee have worked with them as narrators for various albums.
After Manowar's initial success in Europe, other power metal bands started forming, in particular Germany's Helloween. Formed in 1984 in Hamburg, Helloween expanded upon the base founded by Manowar and their albums "The Keeper of the Seven Keys Pts 1 & 2" helped codify power metal as a distinct genre of music.
As time went on and power metal started spreading, various scenes sprouted up each with their own unique sound. American Power Metal is typified by bands like Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, and Manowar, sounding very close to traditional heavy metal while German Power Metal acts like Helloween and Gamma Ray have a more speed/thrash metal sound. Other scenes are the Scandanavian power metal scene (HammerFall, Nightwish, Turisas, and Stratovarius) and the Italian power metal scene dominated by Rhapsody of Fire which have a much more melodic sound involving instruments not typically associated with metal such as organs and harpsichords.
Bottom line: power metal is the more uplifting, positive force within metal and is a nice change of pace from the usual doom and gloom and has settled itself into a niche that has allowed it to endure despite its lack of mainstream success.
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Oct 11, 2015 4:17:40 GMT 1
Holy Christ, I can't believe it's been two years since I posted in this thread. I'll keep this one simple, though.
Let's discuss "the devil horns of metal".
The origins date back to Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was still lead singer of the group, he'd throw up both arms with his hands held in the "V" symbol usually used for victory, but later interpreted to mean "peace" by the hippies. In 1979, Ozzy was fired form Black Sabbath and replaced by Ronnie James Dio, formerly of Rainbow (a band started by Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple) and who later started his own band named "Dio". Ronnie really liked Ozzy's stage presence but didn't want to be a total copy. He remembered his grandmother would often make use the hand sign to ward off the "evil eye" and decided to add it to his act. As the sign grew popular among metalheads, it turned into a salute of sorts, primarily a non-verbal way of showing one's approval, especially of music. Among some metalheads, the horns are a substitute for a handshake or even a wave (hello/goodbye).
Sadly, many people not versed in metal culture (and indeed Tipper Gore and others who are blatantly anti-metal) see the hand gesture as obscene and threatening when the truth is far from that.
Bottom line, if a metalhead throws the metal horns, then it's a sign of approval. Accept the compliment and party on.
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