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After reading the Dio thread (a really sad loss to the music world) it made me think about all the metalheads you always see making what they think is the sign of the devil. It always makes me smile as its actually an old way of warding off evil...
Mick

Just remember to TUCK THAT GORRAM THUMB IN.

Thumb out means something else in several languages (including sign).

In spain, it can mean "cuckold".
In some sign languages, it is the "I love you" (not necessarily platonic friendship kind).

Yep, "the horns" is an old superstition hand gesture to ward off the evil spirits. Much like the salt and garlic and the rest of those trappings (and curtains for Gypsies).

Metalheads rule the world - literally:

Please do not attach non wargaming pics to the dakka server. Waaagh_Gonads

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:

This. A hundred times this.

What about the double inverse (upside down) sign?

Those aren't horns, those are udders, standing for udder destruction.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:

Yeah, I would feel visited by an angel that day, too.

Well that may be true.

However, google Cannibal Corpse logos, particularly the "butchered at birth" album.

It's fething evil and awesome.

Gah you black/grind metal people, I just dont understand you guys


But uh yea, 80s metal is truly awesome thats for sure. Im glad that when I get fed up with modern music, I can always turn to the great stuff the 80s pumped out

Shadowbrand wrote:Well that may be true.

However, google Cannibal Corpse logos, particularly the "butchered at birth" album.

It's fething evil and awesome.

Humanure is pretty bad too.

Oh hell I feel daring.

Behold some metal!!!

You cannot tell me that is not sinister.

KingCracker wrote:Gah you black/grind metal people, I just dont understand you guys


But uh yea, 80s metal is truly awesome thats for sure. Im glad that when I get fed up with modern music, I can always turn to the great stuff the 80s pumped out

Also don't forget the 60's and 70's, they also produced some great music and artists.

Bah Grandpas guitars music.

I like 80s music however.

Here's another metal album cover that's way less gross but still sweet.

KingCracker wrote:Gah you black/grind metal people, I just dont understand you guys

Grindcore=subgenre of punk that influenced early death metal
Grind metal does not exist.

Sorry, just annoys me when metalheads don't give punk its due.

How does death metal link to punk? To me (an original punk back in the 70's) punk is Sex Pistols, Damned, Souxie etc a far cry from death metal. Does the US consider punk to be a different thing?

Mick

Anyone else get slightly annoyed about all these silly old "Death Metal" bands putting pictures of dead people on their cover and stuff.

No It doesn't make you "evil" or make you have a "sick sense of humor".

Havn't listened to metal in ages.

Lord-Loss wrote:Anyone else get slightly annoyed about all these silly old "Death Metal" bands putting pictures of dead people on their cover and stuff.

No It doesn't make you "evil" or make you have a "sick sense of humor".

Havn't listened to metal in ages.

Probably helps if one thinks horror movie imagery/atmosphere when one tries to relate to certain dm/bm-music.

I hate labels. Why can't it all just be called "metal" and leave it at that. morbid angel and iron maden have totally different styles, but they're both still just "metal" in my book.

Well, I feel it has to be asked: How many of you people have played Brutal Legend?

me love the theme and story and music in the game, but the game itself got kinda boring half way through. I would have rather it was a hack & slash god of war clone instead of a wabbabe RTS

Necros wrote:me love the theme and story and music in the game, but the game itself got kinda boring half way through. I would have rather it was a hack & slash god of war clone instead of a wabbabe RTS

Personally, I would've rather had a Zelda clone over a God of War clone. Have to agree though, the Theme, Story, and Music were amazing, that games the reason I listen to stuff like Through the Fire and the Flames, Queen of the Masqurade, Die for Metal, and all sorts of other metal, when my friends are listening to Eminem and (c)rap.

The name of this section fits perfectly. Guys going off-topic all over the place

A handy guide for all you doods, kindly paid for by the British TV Licence payer!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8687002.stm

you may coin this disgusting in a certain way.....

Oh and the game (post count plus 1 )

eldarbgamer13 wrote:you may coin this disgusting in a certain way.....

Speaking of GWAR! here's a song of them!

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Mick A wrote:How does death metal link to punk? To me (an original punk back in the 70's) punk is Sex Pistols, Damned, Souxie etc a far cry from death metal. Does the US consider punk to be a different thing?

Mick

It's not that the U.S. considers punk a different thing really(well those that even know what punk is,as hip hop has conquered the air waves),I consider the Sex Pistols,Ramones,The Clash,The Stooges,to be punk bands,but of course during the 80's America had alot of "cross over" bands,Suicidal Tendencies,Cro-Mags,Agnostic Front,Corrosion of Conformity,wich while playing "punk" shows,attracted a lot of "metal" kids as well,likewise bands such as The Exploited and G.B.H,while being "punk" bands (or hardcore) also attracted a "metal" audiance.
Many Bands that started as "punk" bands crossed over,and many bands also "spawned" Thrash Metal bands...D.R.I,Angry Red Planet,etc,which also spawned Grindcore.

FITZZ wrote:

Mick A wrote:How does death metal link to punk? To me (an original punk back in the 70's) punk is Sex Pistols, Damned, Souxie etc a far cry from death metal. Does the US consider punk to be a different thing?

Mick

It's not that the U.S. considers punk a different thing really(well those that even know what punk is,as hip hop has conquered the air waves),I consider the Sex Pistols,Ramones,The Clash,The Stooges,to be punk bands,but of course during the 80's America had alot of "cross over" bands,Suicidal Tendencies,Cro-Mags,Agnostic Front,Corrosion of Conformity,wich while playing "punk" shows,attracted a lot of "metal" kids as well,likewise bands such as The Exploited and G.B.H,while being "punk" bands (or hardcore) also attracted a "metal" audiance.
Many Bands that started as "punk" bands crossed over,and many bands also "spawned" Thrash Metal bands...D.R.I,Angry Red Planet,etc,which also spawned Grindcore.

Is grindcore it's own genre or is it a subgenre of Metal, Punk, Industrial, Noise or combination of?

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Mick A wrote:How does death metal link to punk? To me (an original punk back in the 70's) punk is Sex Pistols, Damned, Souxie etc a far cry from death metal. Does the US consider punk to be a different thing?

Mick

It's not that the U.S. considers punk a different thing really(well those that even know what punk is,as hip hop has conquered the air waves),I consider the Sex Pistols,Ramones,The Clash,The Stooges,to be punk bands,but of course during the 80's America had alot of "cross over" bands,Suicidal Tendencies,Cro-Mags,Agnostic Front,Corrosion of Conformity,wich while playing "punk" shows,attracted a lot of "metal" kids as well,likewise bands such as The Exploited and G.B.H,while being "punk" bands (or hardcore) also attracted a "metal" audiance.
Many Bands that started as "punk" bands crossed over,and many bands also "spawned" Thrash Metal bands...D.R.I,Angry Red Planet,etc,which also spawned Grindcore.

Is grindcore it's own genre or is it a subgenre of Metal, Punk, Industrial, Noise or combination of?

Actually just read a book on this subject.
Grindcore comes directly out of the mid-80s UK Anarcho-Punk scene (i.e. Crass, Subhumans, Icons of Filth). Essentially bands like Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror started trying to play as fast as they could, using blastbeats and such. This grew into its own genre of grindcore.
Local metal scenes, especially in Florida and Stockholm took notice of this and incorporated it with their metal sound, blending the older stuff like Sabbath with grindcore, eventually de-tuning their guitars and doing the growl-like vocals. Look up a band called Nihilist if you want to hear the early grind/punk/metal fusion that became Death Metal.
In the same way, Black Metal arose in Scandinavia just after Death Metal, and to my ears, old school Black Metal (Bathory, Darkthrone) sounds a lot like punk, especially grind.
Nowadays, I would consider Extreme Metal to be its own deal, separate from punk and old school metal.

Also, FITZZ points out an important trend in the late 80s punk scene. D.R.I. affected the metal scene a lot when they went crossover. Other bands like GBH and Discharge had pretty awful crossover efforts.