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[BBB Banana]

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Latelly I've been listening to Megadeth a lot.

I saw an interview with Dave Mustaine at guitar center's channel on youtube and got really interested in his personalitty and guitar riffs (also saw other interviews and some guitar lesson with him). Until I found out my father was a fan of megadeth and had a few cds from them and I decided to check them out.

And that's how I found out about this awesome band.

 

[Paper]

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Megadeth is great, but I only like them with Dave Ellefson. I'm not saying that James Lomenzo is bad, it's just that Dave Ellefson is the reason to why I like the band in the first place (more power to aggressive bassists that don't back down against the guitars!).

Dave Ellefson has recently rejoined Megadeth and I'm really hoping he stays.

 

[thornofcarrion]

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Megadeth was one of my favorite way back. But I don't like their sound in last 2-3 albums.

@Arrogance: I think you will like them. They are more heavy metalish bands. The vocalist of Am I Blood sounds so much like David Hetfield. When I heard it first time, I thought David Hetfield started a new band.

 

[BBB Banana]

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I heard Dave mustaine saying that he wanted megadeth to get back to their old sound fomr rust in peace and stuff since he said they were getting softer.

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So guys on the news about Ronnie Dio check out this bullsh*t that some church wrote.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ronnie_james_dio_baptist_church_to_picket_public_memorial_service.html

Seriously O.o I'm christian and all but this is just plain stupid and they talk as if every metal listener is a devil worshipper.

 

[Arrogance]

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@thorn: HETFIELD IN A NEW BAND!! PROPOSTERPOUS!!!!

.........lol

@Banana: I'm a hardcore catholic and I think thats bull crap, lol. I as a catholic and someone who also loves metal, I knew when and where to draw my line. I pretty much stop at black metal because that is when the stuff gets satanic. There are many death metal bands that I know that have inspiring lyrics and I think its completely stupid to assume that all metal is bad from a theological and experiential standpoint. Its not like Dio was the best christian but at the same time he wasn't an asshole and he didn't promote negative things in his music.

 

[Paper]

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My mom is a jesus-freak and she raised me as one too (there was a point in my life where I started brining a bible to school). But as I grew older and matured, I realized that religion was made by man, and no man is free of flaw. With this said, I don't think I'll be going back or going to any form of faith or religion any time soon. This life is too short for us to confine ourselves in rules that hamper our progress as humans.

Here in the Philippines, Metal was given a bad rep by Christian fanatics who claimed that all forms of rock music is from the devil (my mom included). This way of thinking carried on till the mid 90's, and rock music has only recently been accepted by the general populace (albeit, the wrong kind of rock). Though that may be, we do have a vast underground metal scene here; they don't make much money and record labels won't sign them on, but they're as brutal as they come!

 

[Arrogance]

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O man, so I got the new Pendulum album, they are a drum & bass group that I love for...well....the bass, lol. But I was VERY excited to see that they did a song with In Flames. It is such an amazing mixup. Like I've heard many industrial songs from in flames with synthesizers and electronic sound effects in the background but this song takes that to another level. Its literally got the drum & bass back beat behind the band and it fits really well. Also the vocalists switch back and forth giving it this nice mellow yet epic feel to it. I truly love this song and find it to be a great mash up of two different genres that I would never had expected to ever here. Heres the song for those that are interested Pendulum feat. In Flames - Self vs. Self

 

[DanielKnoT]

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Ohh my god... I cant beleive, that #2 Paul Gray from Slipknot is dead

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1639900/20100524/slipknot.jhtml

Is this the end for one of the best band in rock music??

R.I.P #2

 

[Arrogance]

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Ohh my god... I cant beleive, that #2 Paul Gray from Slipknot is dead

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1639900/20100524/slipknot.jhtml

Is this the end for one of the best band in rock music??

R.I.P #2

DAAAAAAAAAAAMN, and I was just getting past Dio dying too. Sheesh. Well unlike Heaven and Hell which Dio was a major part of so I don't see them continuing, Slipknot will be able to go on. It is sad that it has to be that way but look to Avenged Sevenfold for example. When their drummer Rev died last year, they had to face the same problems. For now they didn't get a new drummer but instead the drummer from Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy is filling in by helping the band to finish their new album and is touring with them in the Rock Star Mayhem Uproar Tour. The beauty of this was that Portnoy was Rev's favorite drummer of all time and then to have his favorite drummer do something for him is just something awesome. So that is one recent and major example of how to handle the situation. I really don't know what to expect Slipknot to do but I'm sure they will still keep going on.

 

[DanielKnoT]

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Yeah man, I hope so..

If METALLICA did it when Cliff Burton died, Slipknot should continue as well.

I love Slipknot...!!

 

[thornofcarrion]

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Many of the bands go through break-ups, with members leaving all the time. The scenario is somewhat the same, with exception that a member has passed away. I think they will carry on. Hard to imagine breaking up a band as successful as Slipknot.

 

[Arrogance]

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Yeah man, I hope so..

If METALLICA did it when Cliff Burton died, Slipknot should continue as well.

I love Slipknot...!!

Right, they will, but its just something that takes time. Like thorn said it is similar to just having a band member leaving, the only thing is that this process takes a much longer time to get through. See with having a band member leave there is no mourning or resentment involved in getting a new member and you can easily find a replacement in a month. But look at Avenged Sevenfold, Rev has been dead for a year and instead of just finding a new member they got a friend to play in tribute to him. I can only imagine that once the tour is over next year what they are going to do. Yes Portnoy drumming for them is a tribute but its not a solution to Rev's open spot. If anything it is prolonging the inevitable of having to replace their fallen comrade. So overall is is similar to a member leaving but there is a lot more baggage that comes with a death making it a much harder and longer process to get through.

 

[Paper]

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I'm sorry, but did you just compare Cliff Burton era Metallica to Slipknot? I realize that musical taste is to each his own, but you just can't compare one of the forefathers of American Heavy Metal to that thing... It's just unthinkable, even if you're not a purist.

Cliff Burton was a god. Though he didn't revolutionize anything, he did inspire more bassists to be more aggressive and take a stand to not just be part of the background. The moment he died, he took Metallica along with him. Can you really say that about Paul Gray?

*commence the flaming of NWOAHM fans*

 

[Arrogance]

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I'm sorry, but did you just compare Cliff Burton era Metallica to Slipknot? I realize that musical taste is to each his own, but you just can't compare one of the forefathers of American Heavy Metal to that thing... It's just unthinkable, even if you're not a purist.

Cliff Burton was a god. Though he didn't revolutionize anything, he did inspire more bassists to be more aggressive and take a stand to not just be part of the background. The moment he died, he took Metallica along with him. Can you really say that about Paul Gray?

*commence the flaming of NWOAHM fans*

No one is really comparing the greatness of people or eras of bands. Whats being discussed is how bands cope and deal with the loss of a member. Slipknot did great things yet I wouldn't dare put them at the level of Metallica....who in their right mind would. But its just a matter of looking at other bands, seeing how they deal with a loss, and seeing if they can take a lesson from them in moving on.

 

[Paper]

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I just take offense when someone as great as Cliff Burton is put along the ranks of lesser musicians. The man was the reason to why I picked up my bass with pride (as my skill and taste matured, I moved on to bassists that proved be more challenging) moved on to .

 

[Arrogance]

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Well thats one thing but at the same time your reaction makes it look like your putting down Paul Gray (even if your not trying to I'm just respectfully letting you know it looks that way) and is that even necessary at this time? The dude just died, your mourn the man, not disrespect him. Yea he may have not been Cliff Burton but he was still part of freakin Slipknot which has done a lot in its own way. Slipknot won a grammy, how many times do you see a metal band like that make it to the grammys and show all those pop morons whats what! And just like anyone else who dies Paul was a human. At this point its not about saying who is better than who but remembering what he did that was great. Either way its still another loss and blow to the metal world and we should all be sad for that.

 

[Paper]

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I wasn't putting him down as a person, but the band... I may have to take that stance on the matter. Grammies or any other music award shouldn't matter for metal bands.

 

[Arrogance]

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I wasn't putting him down as a person, but the band... I may have to take that stance on the matter. Grammies or any other music award shouldn't matter for metal bands.

You can, and I'm not saying grammys matter in metal either. But the one thing metal heads don't like is the lack of representation they get by mainstream media. Like all the horrible shit they call music these days and yet they put metal down. The grammy itself isn't really the case but its the fact that a metal band got it and for once got to infiltrate this mainstream pop world that the grammys mostly surround and show them what real music is. For me and for many that means something. Metallica OBVIOUSLY has done much more but at the same time and as a metal head Slipknot should be respected for doing something like that. I love Metallica and I put them way beyond Slipknot but just because of their differences I'm not gonna judge Slipknot because of what Metallica has done.

 

[Paper]

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Mainstream media can do without metal. Once metal becomes mainstream it turns into a dumbed down version of it's former self for the sheep that want to follow the crowd, but not take on the lifestyle.

I'm not comparing the two bands... In fact, i strongly dissuade people from doing so.

 

[Arrogance]

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Mainstream media can do without metal. Once metal becomes mainstream it turns into a dumbed down version of it's former self for the sheep that want to follow the crowd, but not take on the lifestyle.

I'm not comparing the two bands... In fact, i strongly dissuade people from doing so.

I definitely would not compare the two, their musical styles aren't even the same nor is the stage presence obviously, lol. You are right that metal is not for mainstream but it is nice once in a while to give it to the mainstream that puts out all this stupid shit like justin bieber and hannah montana and call that music. Metal is better not being in the mainstream media but it is nice for them to take it on once in a while and that is what I see Slipknot as doing. If anything it became more of an invasion of the grammys, not that the grammys were accepting them. I'd like to think of them of spies that infiltrated the mainstream and then went to reek havoc from the inside out.