So, I was at the beach this weekend despite a busted foot. I took off the soft cast because I am sick and tired of the medical run around they gave me, and I am going into a hard cast tomorrow anyways. So, back to my story, at the beach, got MTV2 on the TV down there. After much drinking and pong, we decided to blare Headbangers Ball through the surround sound, since the party next door was bumping 50 Cent like it was going out of style (I thought it already had..) After watching what was supposed to be 3 hours worth of a "Metal Assault", I had watched 2 hours of commercials and 1 hour of videos. Not only were there 2 hours of commercials, they were the same ones over and over again. Onto the videos, I wasn't aware that 70's style hippie wah wah pedals were allowed in Headbangers Ball. I saw maybe 4 GOOD metal videos, and 25 that sucked total ass.
So, I was at the beach this weekend despite a busted foot. I took off the soft cast because I am sick and tired of the medical run around they gave me, and I am going into a hard cast tomorrow anyways. So, back to my story, at the beach, got MTV2 on the TV down there. After much drinking and pong, we decided to blare Headbangers Ball through the surround sound, since the party next door was bumping 50 Cent like it was going out of style (I thought it already had..) After watching what was supposed to be 3 hours worth of a "Metal Assault", I had watched 2 hours of commercials and 1 hour of videos. Not only were there 2 hours of commercials, they were the same ones over and over again. Onto the videos, I wasn't aware that 70's style hippie wah wah pedals were allowed in Headbangers Ball. I saw maybe 4 GOOD metal videos, and 25 that sucked total ass.
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If you like metal, don't watch headbangers ball.
Todays so called "Metal" sickens me. The formula for todays metal seems to be non melodic cookie monster vocals, mindless noodling guitars, terrible solos, and double bass drumming the sh*t out of everything constantly. I'm utterly appauled at todays metal scene for the most part.
Todays so called "Metal" sickens me. The formula for todays metal seems to be non melodic cookie monster vocals, mindless noodling guitars, terrible solos, and double bass drumming the sh*t out of everything constantly. I'm utterly appauled at todays metal scene for the most part.
CL, we don't always see eye to eye. We do always agree on stupid people getting what they deserve for being stupid, and that todays metal scene is at best an apalling parody of a once great and powerful sub-genre of rock and roll. With one or two notable exceptions possibly.
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Lordi, #### yeah!!
Not only does today's metal suck, but it's boring! You turn on the radio and every song sounds the same as the one before or after it. I especially hate it when people play that emo-vocals pussy rock stuff on metal shows. It's like metal is getting sodomized by the Hot Topic/ emo crowd and all the good stuff is hiding in people's basements and Sweden.
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Lordi, #### yeah!!
Not only does today's metal suck, but it's boring! You turn on the radio and every song sounds the same as the one before or after it. I especially hate it when people play that emo-vocals pussy rock stuff on metal shows. It's like metal is getting sodomized by the Hot Topic/ emo crowd and all the good stuff is hiding in people's basements and Sweden.
So I broke down and went to a Devil Wears Prada show, because some kick ass local bands were opening. I didn't realize how bad metal is today, until I went to a show with bands that I didn't like (I usually only go if the bands are good, I don't go to shows just to go). I wore my Unearth shirt (Boston F'in Metal across the back), and some Hot Topic fanboys kept cutting me looks for about 15 minutes when I was standing on the outside of the pit. Now, I am in a cast, so I can't try to be too much of a hardass, but I am a rather large guy, so I figured I'd go over and ask them if there was a problem. The response I got was basically that I liked "gay" metal, and that my "military style" haircut was "killing the vibe". So at this point, I shoved the little 12 year olds into the pit and told them mommy was picking them up at 11. Needless to say, I was only a bit short of appalled at the attitude some little punk kids were putting on in front of their scenester girlfriends. I am all about doing whatever you want, but to have the gall to insult someone who is much bigger then you are is a little bewildering to me. I was always used to the Between the Buried and Me and August Burns Red shows, everyone is polite, courteous, and has a damn good time throwing down in the mosh pit; Not this Hot Topicized fashion show of kids who didn't even know the lyrics, or give a round of applause for the local bands who warmed up.
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"Popular" metal bewilders me, and murkies the metal scene. I thought it was all about the music, and whatever you liked was cool?
a few years back i went to the mtv2 headbangers ball tour.
i dunno the rest of the bands, but they had In Flames, Killswitch Engage, and Lamb of God all back to back. and i think this was before the little emo fags had started invading kse and log concerts. BEST ####### concert of my life. in a kickass venue too. small, but not too small, good ventilation, everything
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I like a diversity of rock, I just listen to whatever has a good beat, good chord progressions on guitar etc. This leads me to like Disturbed, some Killswitch Engage, and MUSE (see what I mean by diversity in what I like). I like a lot of other bands, but I only like a few songs from them.
I'm not sure what today's metal is considered, but I know that I hate screamo and music that is more screaming and hard to hear guitar than it is music.
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A good skater on a waterlogged beater with rusty bearings and bent trucks will beat your ass on a Dee-Lite Hellcat, Maguns and O-tangs.
I like a diversity of rock, I just listen to whatever has a good beat, good chord progressions on guitar etc. This leads me to like Disturbed, some Killswitch Engage, and MUSE (see what I mean by diversity in what I like). I like a lot of other bands, but I only like a few songs from them.
I'm not sure what today's metal is considered, but I know that I hate screamo and music that is more screaming and hard to hear guitar than it is music.
Screamo is a mix of metal and emo, so most of the stuff you hear is not "screamo". You can like what you want, but you are missing out on some of the best bands out there. I used to HATE screaming with a passion, but I started to warm up once I got past the "I can't understand anything", and actually started listening to the lyrics. Hands down, some of the best song writing ever has been done by bands that scream. Killswitch Engage does it's fair share of screaming, yet you like them? I think someone is a little biased.
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a few years back i went to the mtv2 headbangers ball tour.
i dunno the rest of the bands, but they had In Flames, Killswitch Engage, and Lamb of God all back to back. and i think this was before the little emo fags had started invading kse and log concerts. BEST ####### concert of my life. in a kickass venue too. small, but not too small, good ventilation, everything
I went to Gigantour and saw In Flames with Megadeth and Job For A Cowboy (not a fan of the last), and In Flames was exceedingly good, and Megadeth was, Megadeth, you know what to expect when you go to see them. I am not a big fan of Lamb of God either, but Laid To Rest is a bad ass song. It seems a lot of metal bands out there I don't like have one or two good songs, like Throwdown "Intro", Hatebreed "To The Threshold", and Lamb of God "Laid To Rest".
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