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Bruce Boxliker posted:So I went to go see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy this evening and this commercial played before the movie. Falconer out of (and in the middle of) nowhere. This marginally reduces my dislike of Mini drivers.
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Jan 8, 2012 18:37
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Gaggins posted:Haha this is great. You can see cars whizzing along behind them (7:16 is a good example). I love it, it's like they didn't want to walk more than 10 yards from their minivans so they just said gently caress it we'll film along the highway median.
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Jan 12, 2012 21:47
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Philthy posted:Is this a parody of black metal bands or something? The guy has dozens of these videos of just him crab walking and fake playing at a bunch of different outdoor locales. Why would anyone spend that much effort. Youtube allows the mentally ill to provide us with a window into their minds. Also every time I see someone crab walking it makes me think of Dr. Zoidberg in corpse paint trying to play guitar.
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Jan 15, 2012 21:49
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Non Serviam posted:A Russian "pagan metal" band (Welicoruss) contacted our zine to review their album. I was expecting an Arkona clone. Good stuff. Reminds me a lot of Arafel.
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Jan 19, 2012 23:28
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The Capitulator posted:My theory is that most metalheads dislike them purely because they are big / popular and high school kids like them. But you never know these days. I just looked them up on youtube and this is pretty boring stuff. I guess I just dislike them because they're popular though even though this is the first I've actually heard their music (to my knowledge anyway, it's really generic).
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Jan 22, 2012 21:11
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Agalloch has a 30-date US tour this year. Now I'm calling my doctor, because my erection has lasted for more than four hours. Link? I can't find anything about a 2012 tour.
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Jan 22, 2012 23:57
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Jan 23, 2012 01:14
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Packard Goose posted:Opeth – These guys have kinda strayed away from metal as far as I’m concerned, but I guess that comes with being ‘progressive.’ On one CD you can go from gutteral vocals like Ghost of Perdition and The Conjuring to Damnation and Atonement, and even Godheads Lament where you have both in one song! I *love* a metal band that can growl and harmonize like Akerfeldt. I find Opeth to be boring and soulless, but you might give Orphaned Land a try if you like progish metal with vocals running from harsh to clean. You might also try Primordial. edit: Newer Amorphis if you can handle a 70 thousand ton cruiseshipload of autotune on the clean vocals. From your list I see that you like the female fronted stuff a lot. Check out Epica, not only for that, but for the fact that they named themselves after a Kamelot album and you also like them. After Forever is probably up your alley as well. Folk metal: Eluveitie are big and fairly accessible. Falconer is probably something you would like (skip the albums without Mathias Blad). If you want to go back to its roots, Skyclad.
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Jan 29, 2012 22:56
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Packard Goose posted:I do have some Epica, but I don't care for them that much. I also like Edenbridge (which isn't a bad thing), but they're more power metal sounding to me. Within Temptation is another good female fronted band though they are pretty poppy sounding. Yeah, back when I listened to that stuff I didn't like Epica much either, they're good live though. Within Temptation, I don't know if you've listened to their earlier stuff, but I liked it during that phase - before they decided to become Evanescence or whatever. Yeah, it's because the current singer sucks at clean vocals. If you have an ear for pitch correction and poo poo like that he can be hard to listen to because it's very very obvious. It's a shame because the music is pretty good. Skyclad is one of my favorites and is one of the few metal bands I've found non-metal people will tolerate, at least their newer stuff is. My friend who is into legit folk like with banjos and stand up basses and poo poo likes them. And she better after dragging me to those concerts. I have a Wintersun album but I haven't listened to them very much so I can't say. Your tastes are relatively similar to mine a bunch of years ago, so I'm going to ask if you've listened to Symphony X or older Sonata Arctica, because those still hold up for me now.
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Jan 30, 2012 01:45
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Incoherence posted:You didn't notice Kamelot's obnoxious tendency to autotune the gently caress out of everything recently? Roy Kahn's voice, like many, many others, is processed a bit on the albums, but I've heard him live many times and he is quite good and not reliant upon computer processing to sound good. Recently? I don't know. I really didn't care for their last album at all so I don't know, but the guy does have a great voice.
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Jan 30, 2012 09:17
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Vintersorg posted:The only Symphony X album I listen to regularly is their first... I'm broken. That's the only one I can't listen to. 
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Feb 2, 2012 23:17
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Durendal posted:Any ways we get there and wait for the terrible opening act to get done and finally Symphony X got up on stage. There may have been 60 people there at the timeand only played a short set, Blind Gaurdian had like 200 or so people later and played a marathon of a set. Flash forward to last summer when they were doing their tour for Iconoclast, that same place was packed with around 700 people. This time though they were all there for Symphony X and it loving ruled. Haha, the first time I saw Symphony X it had to have been that same tour because BG was headlining and we had no idea who they were at that point either. The venue was packed then and last summer, but Jaxx is a tiny dive of a place anyway and probably can't even hold 200 people.
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Feb 3, 2012 18:17
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Packard Goose posted:Falconer isn't too bad, and this is folk metal right? Yeah. Folk/power metal generally. They're way more folky on their latest release. Packard Goose posted:I don't really care for Moonsorrow. It has too much black metal influence for my tastes I always found them to be a bit ostentatious, but a good deal of folk metal right now has black metal tinges. Also black metal is pretty awesome so you should try to get over that.
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Feb 4, 2012 01:35
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I suddenly have to take back the bad things I've said about that one Dream Theater song about stem cell research.
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Feb 5, 2012 16:53
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Well if we're going into power metal territory with the sci fi recommendations then you really have to mention Star One, another Lucassen project. Songs about Dune, Trek, Stargate, and random lovely Sci-Fi Original type movies.
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Feb 5, 2012 18:06
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Good Citizen posted:Is there anything else out there like the first Falconer CD? I love that CD but their later stuff is so hit or miss. Mithotyn is basically the band that would become Falconer but with harsh vocals. I didn't care much for it (I think Falconer has generally improved albeit with some missteps), but you may, the actual music is very much like what earlier Falconer was.
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Feb 6, 2012 01:27
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Is Ozzy even aware of the world around him at this point?
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Feb 7, 2012 22:53
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Vintersorg posted:Read this somewhere else and it really sheds some light on the whole Ozzy legacy. I'm not really big on Sabbath or Ozzy in general, but I have no problem believing most of that. My question was really more like "can Ozzy even perform a 45 minute set without forgetting where he is and possibly soiling himself?" I'm just not sure the guy qualifies as technically conscious at this point.
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Feb 8, 2012 05:19
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To Battle posted:Oh poo poo, Swallow the Sun put out a new album, how the hell did I miss that? Only been out about a week anyway. I think it's pretty good. Actually I find myself liking it more than their previous stuff. There's no songs that just plain draaaaaaag like they usually have.
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Feb 10, 2012 16:22
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spookygonk posted:Agreed. Fisher, from his (almost constant) windmill headbanging, has also the thickest neck of anyone I've seen: It's like someone put a face on a tree.
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Feb 10, 2012 23:42
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Meclin posted:Has anyone caught the newish show "Metal Evolution" on VH-1 Classic? It is an expansion of the documentary A Headbangers Journey. The host is a Canadian headbanging sociologist. I was unaware of the European power metal scene, besides Malmstein, and they did a whole episode on the genre recently. I have been listening to Nightwish an embarrasing amount of time since hearing them on the show. Any suggestions of other big power metal groups to check out? Off the top of my head: Sonata Arctica (Reckoning Night and prior; now they suck), Blind Guardian, Rage, Falconer, Edguy, Epica. But I haven't listened to power metal in awhile.
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Monkeytime posted:Hammerfall, Demons and Wizards, Dragonforce in ascending order of hilarity. I wish I could believe that Dragonforce is a joke band, but then I remember that time I had the misfortune of seeing Powerglove (I was there for Symphony X) and people were totally into it. Nothing wrong with Demons and Wizards though, those are two really solid albums.
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Captain Cancer posted:I really loving love 'Murder' by Katatonia, but not really the rest of their songs from what I've heard. Anything else like Murder I should seek out (by any band)? The music at the beginning/end of the track is just magnificent. The answer is always Agalloch. Honestly though, I've heard the Katatonia comparison before and don't agree with it at all. Katatonia is boring as all get out.
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Pretentious Turtle posted:How are they even applicable for that category? Because it's the Grammys. If something even vaguely metal-like is even nominated it's surprising and probably was a mistake.
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Feb 13, 2012 16:54
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henpod posted:I just remember some past thread title being 'let Alestorm walk the plank' and people whining about how lame they were. Like you guys said, its just some fun and they do have catchy songs. There was quite an insane moshpit during Keelhauled. I believe that was Swashbuckle. And yeah Sonata Arctica sucks so hard now, it's a shame. At least "Shitload of Money" is honest.
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Feb 21, 2012 13:32
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Non Serviam posted:Is this real? You're not familiar with AA Lucassen, are you?
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Feb 26, 2012 05:17
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futile posted:Well I have now. A decent laugh from Gwar and Agalloch and maybe a tear at the Mustaine thing. Then I noticed the image at the top. Love it. Eh, it doesn't surprise me from Mustaine, although I'd heard about him and Santorum before. I do think I have to agree with Gwar on this one though. They should see what good old Varg has to say.
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Man 747s just all sound the same these days, loving same recycled noise over and over, it's just so stagnant and boring. Now, the A380s, I mean at least they're trying something new, not the same old DC10 worship I hear out of all the other jetliners. 
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Mar 16, 2012 21:55
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Drifter287 posted:I feel like even people who really really like Amon Amarth will readily tell you that this is the caveat. On the other hand, they do what they do well and it's consistently enjoyable when that's what you're in the mood for. I think that's generally considered a positive thing, if you like what Amon Amarth does. Yeah, they're not innovating or anything, but with them you know exactly what you're getting and there's really something to be said for that. I could see how it could get stale for some people though.
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Nuclear Fetus posted:Varg probably? If ever there was someone to profile boarding a plane to search for knives, it's this combination right here.
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Mar 27, 2012 19:50
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Misogynist posted:Did I just hear the line "I'm losing my insanity" in that teaser? I heard it too. Although, really, their lyrics have always been hilariously awful. It's a shame the music sucks now too. Oh Sonata Arctica, I hope the "shitload of money" was worth it.
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Durendal posted:The moment I will step aside, you're ready for another ride Caught in the web again, inside your private den Where you can go to moon or meet some people you will never see You are a file in there, money in an open fair You're a slave among the slaves, waiting for Y2K with a fear They know your life, they have a file about you They built your life, so they... Know what you like and know what you yearn, but they don't know a thing about me I'm not that easy, blank file in their memory
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Stoat posted:So I thought you guys might be able to come up with some awful lyrics but you did a bad job because nobody even posted any Nightwish. Sonata Arctica is quite a deep well when it comes to awful lyrics man. We're just not done with them yet.
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Martout posted:WT is just poor mans Nightwish I'm not sure I'd even call them that anymore. At least Nightwish kind of pretends to be metal still.
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Apr 4, 2012 00:36
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Misogynist posted:Only one Roadrunner band really badly deserved to get things thrown at them until they got offstage I love completely out of place bands on a lineup exactly because of the toxic audience reactions. And that new Dragonforce song isn't bad. I find them hard to hate, but that's partially because I think they're a cheesy gimmick band and they know it. Although that doesn't stop me hating Powerglove.
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The Clit Avoider posted:Btw, for the other guy, Primordial have had very little to do with black metal for more than 15 years. They don't classify themselves as black metal either. I loving love Primordial but what on earth do they classify themselves as?
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Doesn't Mike Portnoy have a bunch of Dream Theater tattoos? 
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Weaponized Cum posted:SA Metal Thread: no posts in a week, Sonata Arctica video gets posted and there are 15+ replies. Keep it up guys. Yeah but it's really really horrible!
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