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Old 11-28-2014, 03:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I thought you did take them seriously, I know I do.
As far as liking their music, and recognizing that they've contributed far more to metal than their detractors would have you believe, I do take them seriously. But they're Manowar. It's impossible to ever truly take them seriously. "Secret of Steel" is one of, if not the most respectable, non-self-parody songs they ever wrote, but it's right next to "Warlord" (which I ****ing love, but it's a still goofy, goofy song.) Not to mention the next song is "Gloves of Metal". Not as embarrassing as some of their later work, but it's still one big, glorious cliche.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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and recognizing that they've contributed far more to metal than their detractors would have you believe, I do take them seriously.
.... and its the same detractors that normally run down power metal as well, by denying just how important these bands and sub-genres are for the development of the metal that they love.
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If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.
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Old 12-03-2014, 04:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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"Die By the Sword" was the first Slayer song I ever heard, and it was a revelation. A few minutes later it was a bit overshadowed when I heard "Angel of Death", but I still love that song to death. Possibly the best song on the album after "Black Magic".
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I mixed up the order, but I still got it right that Manowar and Slayer would be at the bottom of the top eight. Righteous.
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"Die By the Sword" was the first Slayer song I ever heard, and it was a revelation. A few minutes later it was a bit overshadowed when I heard "Angel of Death", but I still love that song to death. Possibly the best song on the album after "Black Magic".
The problem is that Reign in Blood put most of what Slayer had released previously into the shade.

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Wow, I wasn't expecting Accept to beat out Slayer, but its all good. Honestly as wicked as some of the tracks are
on this album, none of them can touch Balls to the Wall.
Balls to the Wall is often referred to as the perfect example of what a heavy metal album should sound like.

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I do tend have a soft spot for Slayer's first release though, as it sounds like they are working with more traditional minor pentatonic scales instead of the chromatics of later years, which I was never too hot in.
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I mixed up the order, but I still got it right that Manowar and Slayer would be at the bottom of the top eight. Righteous.
Your list is pretty close to the real thing.
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Your list is pretty close to the real thing.
Hence the annoyance? Sweet.
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Hence the annoyance? Sweet.
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Balls to the Wall is often referred to as the perfect example of what a heavy metal album should sound like.
Well I meant the song as I am a pretty big fan of early thrash & that Slayer release, so I'll have to sit down and give the whole Accept album a good listen
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Balls to the Wall is often referred to as the perfect example of what a heavy metal album should sound like.
It is?
I always found Accept to be far too corny, and this was when I was 13 or 14 years old.
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It is?
I always found Accept to be far too corny, and this was when I was 13 or 14 years old.
If you liked Manowar or power metal, I'm sure you'd think differently.
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