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10-19-2011, 10:34 PM | #331 (permalink) |
Buzz Killjoy
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no. thanks for reminding me they exist, i was doing a good job forgetting.
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10-20-2011, 04:43 AM | #333 (permalink) |
Horribly Creative
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Lets face it most metal is gimmicky and always has been right back from the days of Sabbath, I mean reading why and how that band was formed, plus some of the early experiences of the band was always very gimmicky and can you get more gimmicky than Ozzy!!!. Sure some bands like Slipknot take gimmicky to different extremes with their masks and like Kiss they fall into a category of less acceptable gimmickery (does the word gimmickery even exist in the English language) and because Nu-Metal incorporates a lot of sounds outside of metal, its always going to be at the butt end of jokes and seem more gimmicky than other genres and Limp Bizkit etc did the genre no favours on this.
Taking out the gimmick factor, Nu-Metal in hindsight belongs with the three worst things to ever happen to metal and that is Hair Metal-Nu Metal and Melodic Metalcore. Sure there are some good bands in these sub genres, but by and large most are crap and detract from metal as a whole. Again running down a sub genre shouldn`t be based on who is more or less gimmicky, but more on their musical ability and prowess in the song writing department and the three subgenres I`ve mentioned above are easily the three weakest in metal. Also the bulk of power metal is not so great either, but I`d still say that as a sub genre it was still distinctly stronger than the above three. |
10-28-2011, 08:54 AM | #335 (permalink) |
Get in ma belly
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ICP are rap metal, and easily the worst band on the face of the earth ("Magnets, how the f*** do they work?" - genuine line from "Miracles").
The second worst band is Three Days Grace, who ARE nu-metal ("I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!!!!") And by the way, EVERY Dragonforce song sounds exactly the same: drumming that may as well be machine gun fire, lyrics about a quest that involves a lot of trolls and devils, and guitar work that pretty much inolves running one's finger randomly up and down the fretboard really fast. This might ease them into third place for "World's worst band" award. |
11-03-2011, 01:26 AM | #336 (permalink) |
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Three Days Grace are NOT nu metal, though I do like that band as well. They have more of an alternative metal/hard rock sound than anything, and I can stomach ICP alot more than I can say, Brokencyde, now they def take the cake as world's worst band.
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11-03-2011, 10:21 AM | #337 (permalink) | |
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Who the **** is Brokencyde anyway? I keep hearing **** being talked about them, but I can't think of who the **** they are. And it doesn't sound like it would be worth the effort wasting my time to listen to them myself.
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11-03-2011, 10:36 AM | #338 (permalink) | |
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11-03-2011, 10:45 AM | #339 (permalink) | |
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LO****ingL!!!! What the **** is that ****?! Are they NOT a joke band? Seriously? That's the kinda **** you start playing in the car just to piss off your friends. Oh, and I like how the guy "screaming" get's bored at one point and just starts scratching his head.
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