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Slayer... those lyrics make me feel sick.. I can't enjoy music with such depri lyrics.

 

for those with a more melodic taste in metal i strongly suggest drain STH a female rock group thats more along the lines in similarity with tool then slipknot

 

I would have to agree with Kitiara and Arkados Blackmire, although I would personally ad Megadeth to the list (I'm sure not many people may agree with me, but Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman, are great musicians). I've been to 2 of their concerts and they were great.

 

So any concerts planned for the next year?

I go to Dream Theater (!!!) in Februari and to a dual concert of Savatage with Symphony X, in March.

 

Ozzy/Black Sabbath (pre-Dio), Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Judas Priest. I like the classics. They also could play their instruments/sing. I really prefer bands that know how to play.
I wouldn't call Korn(hole) a metal band. I wouldn't even call them a band. I saw them open for Ozzy about 5 years ago and thought they sucked. I then saw them at Lallapalooza(sp?) and thought they sucked. How can anyone use instruments for that?

 

I personally hate Korn and stuff, and would'nt call them metal, but there aint no name for their music so let them call themselves nu metal if they like.
And i would'nt say they're playing the guitar, but i think there aint no better way to get the sound they want then with the guitar so let them use it.
On a personal note, i hate the music scene over here in Singapore. No rock acts ever come here. F**king hell. All we get is boyband crap and right now michael learns to rock is here. The heaviest we've got in i think 3 years is Scorpions on their acoustic tour a few months ago. F**king hell. Some good old fashion metal band come here!! Please!!! Or Joe Satch!! Steve Vai!! Malmsteen!! Please!!!

 

Ouch. You finally get the Scorpions and it's acoustic.

 

Metalmetalmetalmetal!!! Yay!! Manowar, Symphony X, Anthrax, Overkill, Twisted Sister (who I'm gonna go see on the 28th and more than a little excited about), Dio, Core Device, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, Sabbath, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Slayer, Fear Factory, Crue, I could go on and on and on!!!

None of that nu-crap-metal for me, though. Nothing original about it. As far as slipknot goes? More people on stage does not make a better sound. 9 guys with no talent are as bad as 3 or 4 guys with no talent. Do they wear those masks out of embarassment?

Kit, it's so cool to see another grown woman into both (real)metal, and gaming. I'm wife and mother, myself.

Headbanger, I know I said this before, but damn, I wish I could see Symphony X and Savatage on stage together. I know guys from both of those bands (all the members of SX are from around here) and I've seen them seperate, but never together. You have to tell me if Sav's new guitarist Jack Frost is good on stage with them. I'm a fan of his, he's a talented player and a hell of a nice guy.

[This message has been edited by Damona Silvercloud (edited November 07, 2001).]

 

Of course I'll do that! They rule but I don't know how they are live.

I also hate nu-metal trash like Korn, Limp Bizkit etc.

The Scorpions are indeed great, I got albums of them from the 70's till Moment of Glory with Berliner Philharmonik. The best album is Pure Instinct! How is their new album, Acustica?

 

the new Rammstein album, Mutter is very good

 

Damona-
they dont wear them out of embarrassment, they wear them to protect themselves and theyre families, they arent into "name dropping" they dont want the attention on the streets all the other bands want, they are in it for the music and the music only.
the masks are also a representation of thier music and their personalities, their masks "evolve" over time with their changing moods and personalities. every member of the band deicided to wear a mask, none of them are forced to, if they wanted they could remove them at any time, but they dont. because theyre masks are a representation.

Herf

 

No, Slipknot wear masks as part of their gimmick, it makes they appear 'edgy' and 'anti-conformist' and thus helps them sell albums to angsty teenagers.
In it for the money? I pray you are joking, pretty much everything they do is aimed at raking in cash, from the way they aim their music at a demographic to the way they whore themselves to Mtv.
They are a terrible band with no musical talent or originality, but then again its just the usual mainstream crap so i'm not bothered either way. If they want to exploit idiots to make money, more power to them.

Of course you don't have to like music based on what other people think, but when people truly belive Korn, Slipknot or whoever really have any talent it's just sad.

If you really need overly-agressive, HARCORE PHYCO(tm) music then try Slayer (South of heaven, Reign in blood and seasons in the abyss), atleast they did it well.

[This message has been edited by Titan (edited November 08, 2001).]

 

megadeth - twin guitar assault of mustaine/poland, mustaine/friedman, mustaine/pitrelli - nothing comes close really, they are the best in their genre, theyre fast, theyre proficient and they write some damn good songs - but mustaine still cant sing =)

metallica - whats wrong with lars ulrich? he cant drum anymore! what happened to the furious galloping of battery? hes gone all pissweak! and hammett had better stop with those sloppy wah-wah pedal solos and justify using that ESP axe with something a little more creative

tool - awesome, simply awesome - great lyrics and vocals from maynard and impossible drumming from danny carey who can somehow fit 4 different time signatures simultaneously into a song

other mentions - nevermore, dream theater, testament, slayer, opeth

 

The very fact that people get so uptight and overly defensive about Slipknot shows how their gimmick has worked. I have no idea if it originated during a lunch meeting between two fat execs or during a band practice in a shabby basement in Iowa in a desperate attempt to make themselves noticed, but this does not change the fact that it is nothing but a gimmick. What gets me annoyed is all that bloody contrived shlock rock theatre that they get up to. I can believe that Ozzy bit off a bat's head or whatever on a genuine impulse, but all that obviously premeditated stuff like eating shit onstage just invokes yawns.
Before I suffer the mighty wrath of the rabid *ahem* "maggots", I have actually listened to Slipknot's music. Indeed, a few years back I really liked their first album. This was until I realised what Slipknot truly are; watered down and sugar glazed Slayer/Pantera for the hippety-hop metal generation. Oh well; I suppose you've got to walk before you cna run...

 

I'd have to agree with Tassadar on the Megadeth thing, Mustaine doesn't have the best voice in the world, it's a good thing their lyrics and riffs are so good, or they'd be out of a job!

And what is up with Metallica's new shit anyway? I think they went more alternative last time i listened to them, but then again It's been a while! All of their old albums rocked, I guess I'm just getting old or something....

 

Metal heads unite!!!!

 

Thank you Titan and Will. It's hard to believe that anyone with a shred of intellect, or over the age of 14, can look at these cash-cow bands that are more "product" than talent. Dammit, I hate Mtv. They represent the downfall of musical quality as we know it. Now bands are put together based on how they look dancing around in front of a camera. Ugh.

 

Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Korn... It's nu-metal. Also a little bit commercial. I hate commercial music for everybody likes it however it is bad, but everybody his own opinion. I hate the Slipknow masks though.. Clowns are to amze kids.. maybe thats why all slipknot fans are so young....

 

Damon Silvercloud, bravo. I could not have put it better. MTV was the death of substance in popular music. It is ironic that the first video that was played was the Buggles "Video killed the radio star".

 

I will listen to Metal I "Hate" rather than non-metal as (I presume) most of us would.

Like
SOAD, Slipknot (if you don't like the new album, it's because you don't understand it), Slayer, Crowbar, OPM, Metalica, Sabbat, Judas Priest (I never suspected Rob. hehe), Offspring, Linkin Park, Korn (early), Sepultura/Soulfly, AC/DC Sabbath etc etc etc.

Not Keen on
Korn (now), Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Sum 41, Aerosmith, Maiden, blah blah blah

METAL WILL BE FOREVER, if y'all let it evolve