Skvor's House of Metal

[Thorngrub]

I relegate christian metal into the same category as military intelligence, calculated errors, civil servants, creation science, customer service, zero deficit, marital bliss, and the like.

[Paul]

skvorisdeadsorta said:

You know, I still love early Metallica. As a matter of fact, I saw this band called Trivium that was pretty close to old school Metallica if Metallica was fronted by the guy from Mastodon. I think that's why Metallica has fallen from so far from grace. Look at the output before "the black album" which I think is nothing short of perfect. I really hated "the black album" though. That was the beginning of the end for me.

Mastodon is quite possibly the best metal band name ever.

Not many people seem to hate the "black album"....I bought it the day it came out, and like you, I was not impressed. All my friends who never liked Metallica all of a sudden loved them, and I all of a sudden didn't.

Master is my favorite album by them, and I think "Battery" may be their best song.

My top 4 Metallica albums in order (I only include 4, b/c that is all I like by them).
1. Master
2. Kill
3. Justice
4. Ride

[Paul]

I found this on RS.com....I like what Dave Davies has to say...

"I read that Ray wrote "You Really Got Me" on piano. Then he gives it to his brother Dave, this teenage maniac, who turns it into a demented guitar part. An interviewer once asked Dave if he thought the Kinks had gone heavy metal in the Eighties. He said, "It wasn't called heavy metal when I invented it."

[Thorngrub]

Thas funny cookie, you & me both (purchased the black album the day it came out). Needless to say the dismay was pronounced. Master Of Puppets was always my favorite, followed by Ride The Lightning.

Finally found me a copy of this on CD, while in the Carolinas:

[Paul]

Where in the Carolina's were you? I've lived in a few different spots in South Carolina, and was born in N. Carolina. As a matter of fact, I'm heading to NC this weekend.

[Thorngrub]

Columbia, Mom lives there.
I began 6th grade @ Irmo Middle School.
(Halfway through 7th grade, we moved to NM)

I flew in and out of Charlotte.
We also took a drive up there,
I wanted to check that city out
(thinking of moving nearabouts).

One of my oldest, bestest friends lives in Monroe
(he's a Deputy Sheriff there). I hadn't seen him
in sixteen years. It was great hangin' out.

I like North Carolina. Prefer mountains.
Not sure when I'll be moving (could be a few years).

[skvorisdeadsorta]

Ah yes, that Twilight record is very good. Those guys that run Southern Lord are genius in my opinion and not since Relapse Records have I been so enthralled with a metal label.

[Paul]

thorny said:

Columbia, Mom lives there.
I began 6th grade @ Irmo Middle School.
(Halfway through 7th grade, we moved to NM)

I flew in and out of Charlotte.
We also took a drive up there,
I wanted to check that city out
(thinking of moving nearabouts).

One of my oldest, bestest friends lives in Monroe
(he's a Deputy Sheriff there). I hadn't seen him
in sixteen years. It was great hangin' out.

I like North Carolina. Prefer mountains.
Not sure when I'll be moving (could be a few years).

Nice, I went to high school in Camden... after college lived in Charleston for a while.

Right now my folks live in Ft. Mill, I've been thinking of exiting the DC area and moving around the Charlotte area myslef.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

North Carolina is also the birth place of one of the coolest bands ever: Polvo. How I pine for the days of the early to mid nineties with that Chapel Hill indie scene. What a cool time that was for me.

[Kensterberg]

skvorisdeadsorta said:

North Carolina is also the birth place of one of the coolest bands ever: Polvo. How I pine for the days of the early to mid nineties with that Chapel Hill indie scene. What a cool time that was for me.

Didn't the Chapel Hill scene also produce both Dave Mathews Band and Hootie and the Blowfish?

[Paul]

Negative....Hootie was from Columbia, SC, and DMB are VA boys.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

On the Christian thing, there have been a couple of bands that have popped up on some metal forums that I post in on the web that have the music of Darkthrone, Satryicon, or say Today is the Day, but with christian lyrics. I would hardly say that these guys are in it for the money for the obvious reason that it takes a special person, in my opinion, that gets into the sounds of extreme metal.

I have met a couple of christian artists that are in the indie rock scene around town and they are definitely in it for the money. Never met a bigger bunch of screw ball hypocrites that did lots of drugs, cheated on their wives (with boys and girls.......eh??!!!) and were probably only writing christian music for the fat paycheck. While I can understand the sheer hypocrisy of this, I think that there are just an infinite amount of secular bands that do music for all of the wrong reasons.

Wrong reasons for me to do music:
1. The drugs-I hate drugs, now your body is your temple so do what you want, personally I just think it's a waste of money and time.
2. Chicks. Just the very term of "chicks" is just awful. I hate objectification in any form.
3. Money. Musicians make better music in my opinion when they are poor. Many will disagree but it hasn't hurt me at all.

[limitdeditionlayla]

Chicks. Just the very term of "chicks" is just awful. I hate objectification in any form

Just an interesting note re the metal scene. I've been to a shitload of metal shows & at almost every single one, from the crappy two-cent bands @ the local youth centre up to the massive international shows, the guys have been really careful around girls in the pit. I expected the opposite, to be honest. But I've sustained far worse pit injuries from punk shows & rock shows than from any metal gig.
The two metal gigs I feared for my life at were Metallica & Pantera. The guys at Metallica shows are dicks, pure & simple, but Pantera shows were scary for girls. I can hold my own in the pit, my dads a biker & I have the skanky biker moll gene, but I was almost crushed in the Pantera pit & there was one dude who came to my rescue. Everyone else was being too fucking aggro & macho - COCKSUCKERS.

/end rant

[zorndeslammes]

The Twilight album was a big disappointment in my eyes. I can see that Southern Lord is pushing hard for black metal to be the new stoner rock, but I just hope they're better with releases. This was a superband (well, for USBM, I guess), and it fell short of the percieved goal. If you dug it, I really, HIGHLY suggest Cryfemal, Stargazer, and Torturium.

[Thorngrub]

I'll look for those Alan . . . . thanx