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no...

because there are acoustic songs infinitely heavier than some of the 3 chord wannabe's out there... its about song structure and riff styling... anyone can get a distortion pedal, but you need to be able to understand metal to play it

Come to think of it, it's actually quite silly to try to pigeonhole artists as either metal or nonmetal. If anything, they should be categorized more on a song by song basis, and even that is subjective.

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Come to think of it, it's actually quite silly to try to pigeonhole artists as either metal or nonmetal. If anything, they should be categorized more on a song by song basis, and even that is subjective.

yes and no

some are inherently metal... some aren't

it's pigeonholing yet at the same time, it's also an identification... coming out and saying your band is metal means that for the most part (if not completely) you are rejecting the pop music system... I always found that the easy way to identify bands was actually how the albums are written... most pure metal bands write albums as a whole, where as the focus with pop and some rock bands is as many "hits" as you can, even at the sake of not creating an identifiable style, then top up the album with filler...

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no...

because there are acoustic songs infinitely heavier than some of the 3 chord wannabe's out there... its about song structure and riff styling... anyone can get a distortion pedal, but you need to be able to understand metal to play it

I still wouldn't consider Nothing Else Matters metal. That doesn't make Metallica any less metal, just the song.

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I still wouldn't consider Nothing Else Matters metal. That doesn't make Metallica any less metal, just the song.

I dont consider that much of a metal song either...nor much of anything they did in the era from that album up until death magnetic... and what was metal was shyte...

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DIMMU BORGIR FTW. \m/ Up the irons!

Speaking of Iron Maiden, I always feel torn when listening to them. The guitar work is fantastic, some of the best I've heard in terms of melodic leads. You can hear their influence in countless metal bands today. I can't stand the singing though, not at all. That high pitched style really rubs me the wrong way/

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Heavy Metal .... Huh?

Post all metal-related stuff here (albums you like, news, upcoming shows, photos, etc.)

There was an older thread but it dropped off so I will do my best to keep this one going...

SATURDAY CONCERTS for all of you ghoulish metalheads:

Divinity / Omega Crom / Malice Plagued (& costume contest) @ The Fall Gallery (644 Seymour). Advance tix $10 at Scrape; $15 at door. Show start 9:30.

HalloMadness: Torrential Pain / Remove The Doubt / Prophet Fulfilled / God's Empty Promise / Re-Entry / Against Grey (& costume contest) @ Eclipse (2253 Wilson Ave. Port Coquitlam). Show atarts 8 pm; costume prizes and such; $12 ($10 presale).

League Of Corruption / Entropia / Mecha Messiah (& costume contest) @ Delta Lion Pub (N. Delta). $10; doors at 8 pm.

Black Mountain / Bison BC + more @ Rickshaw. $15.

Other upcoming shows of note:

NOVEMBER 10TH (TUESDAY):

Misfits @ The Venue (Vancouver)

NOVEMBER 11TH (Wednesday)

Misfits @ Element (Victoria)

NOVEMBER 12TH (THURSDAY):

Omega Crom @ Regent Inn (Revelstoke BC)

NOVEMBER 14TH (SATURDAY):

Kiss @ GM Place.

NOVEMBER 15TH (SUNDAY):

Suffocation / The Faceless/ Vital Remains / Annotations Of An Autopsy / Enfold Darkness @ The Rickshaw. $25

NOVEMBER 20TH (FRIDAY):

Monsters Of Death tour: Vader / Decrpit Birth / Augury / Warbringer / The Amenta / SWWAATS @ Roll-A-Dome (Prince George).

Trans Siberian Orchestra @ Pacific Coliseum.

NOVEMBER 21ST (SATURDAY):

Monsters Of Death tour: Vader / Decrepit Birth / Augury / Warbringer / The Amenta / SWWAATS @ The Rickshaw. All-ages w. bar.

Stryper @ The Red Room.

NOVEMBER 22ND (SUNDAY):

Ensiferum / Hypocrisy / Ex Deo / Blackguard @ The Rickshaw.

Monsters Of Death tour: Vader / Decrpit Birth / Augury / Warbringer / The Amenta / SWWAATS @ Sugar (Victoria)

NOVEMBER 24TH (TUESDAY):

Trivium / Chimaira / Dirge Within / White Chapel @ Commodore

NOVEMBER 25TH (WEDNESDAY):

Heathenfest: Eluveitie / Belphegor / Alestorm / Kivimetsan Druidi / Vreid / Trollband / Scythia @ The Red Room. $32; 7 pm.

NOVEMBER 30TH (MONDAY):

GWAR / Job For A Cowboy / The Red Chord @ The Commodore $49

DECEMBER 2ND (WEDNESDAY):

Hatebreed / Cannibal Corpse / Hate Eternal / Born Of Osiris / Unearth @ Commodore

JANUARY 31

Korpiklaani/ Tyr/ Swashbuckle/White Wizzard @ Rickshaw Theater

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Speaking of Iron Maiden, I always feel torn when listening to them. The guitar work is fantastic, some of the best I've heard in terms of melodic leads. You can hear their influence in countless metal bands today. I can't stand the singing though, not at all. That high pitched style really rubs me the wrong way/

Blasphemy. Long Live Bruce Dickinson. :angry:

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... Like the creators of Metal, Black Sabbath?

KING DIAMOND- Cremation

OZZY OSBOURNE- Bark At The Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l9RSVyLH48...F10&index=7

MEGADETH- Bad Omen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_awouQcIOo...10&index=11

TESTAMENT- The Haunting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6M9c_sL_40...10&index=23

SLAYER- Haunting The Chapel

HELLOWEEN- Halloween (duh! lol)

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES- Waking The Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdx6I1hgCzQ...43&index=43

S.O.D.- Freddy Krueger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOVO__4_xBg

MERCYFUL FATE- Come To The Sabbath

GRAVE- Soullesshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63iCBqm4XBM&feature=PlayList&p=34E7BE5487890860&index=5

ENTOMBED- But Life Goes On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9sbpLeWK3g...860&index=7

CANNIBAL CORPSE- Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarhGgXaj18

POSSESSED- The Exorcist

VENOM- Welcome To Hell

DEATH- Zombie Ritual http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfiN849Utc...CC&index=20

XENTRIX- Ghostbusters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IThFt0J6yGw...319&index=1

KING DIAMOND- The Family Ghost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zr2fLDZoVY...19&index=75

SLAYER- Raining Blood

LAAZ ROCKIT- Leatherface

DARK ANGEL- Welcome To The Slaughterhouse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEs51ukQJuc...B8&index=29

MORBID ANGEL- Chapel of Ghouls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz80M3aVyjY

MAYHEM- Freezing Moon

DIMMU BORGIR- Spellbound

MUNICIPAL WASTE- Headbanger Face Rip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSXCogYvQlw

more to come...

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I saw Dimmu Borgir live at the Commodore a few years back. ****ing awesome show. It was their In Sorte Diablo promo tour but they played some old goodies too.

Saw Opeth at Progfest in whatever theater hall is right around the corner from the Commodore. I liked them a lot, but I'm still a bigger Dream Theater fan.

I don't listen to as much metal as I used to. But when I do it's usually some kind of Scandinavian death metal or Gothenburg metal.

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I saw Dimmu Borgir live at the Commodore a few years back. ****ing awesome show. It was their In Sorte Diablo promo tour but they played some old goodies too.

Saw Opeth at Progfest in whatever theater hall is right around the corner from the Commodore. I liked them a lot, but I'm still a bigger Dream Theater fan.

I don't listen to as much metal as I used to. But when I do it's usually some kind of Scandinavian death metal or Gothenburg metal.

The metal interest for me comes in cycles. Certain times of the year I listen to it more than others. It's weird, but I've always been that way. I also really like Satyricon.

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I will certainly be attending the Ensiferum/Hypocrisy show in November. Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom will be playing guitar in Hypocrisy, which is an added bonus, but I'll be there primarily for Enisiferum. I leave you with some awesome songs from Insomnium, probably one of the best Melodic Death Metal bands ever, and certainly they are the current leaders of the genre with In Flames departing from their original sound. Seriously, Insomnium has it all, amazing riffs and melodies, great growling and clean vocals, and actually excellent and meaningful lyrics:

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I will certainly be attending the Ensiferum/Hypocrisy show in November. Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom will be playing guitar in Hypocrisy, which is an added bonus, but I'll be there primarily for Enisiferum. I leave you with some awesome songs from Insomnium, probably one of the best Melodic Death Metal bands ever, and certainly they are the current leaders of the genre with In Flames departing from their original sound. Seriously, Insomnium has it all, amazing riffs and melodies, great growling and clean vocals, and actually excellent and meaningful lyrics:

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I will certainly be attending the Ensiferum/Hypocrisy show in November. Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom will be playing guitar in Hypocrisy, which is an added bonus, but I'll be there primarily for Enisiferum. I leave you with some awesome songs from Insomnium, probably one of the best Melodic Death Metal bands ever, and certainly they are the current leaders of the genre with In Flames departing from their original sound. Seriously, Insomnium has it all, amazing riffs and melodies, great growling and clean vocals, and actually excellent and meaningful lyrics:

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Didn't quite click the first time through, but they seem to have a lot of elements I like in music. I'm sure it'll grow on me later like most bands I like after hearing them for the first time.

Yea man, I know what you mean. It takes a few listens for me to start getting into certain bands, and I would group Insomnium among those for myself. But now I can't get enough of them, they are incredible once you get to know their songs. They have 4 albums out now, the most recent coming out in September called "Across The Dark." "Above The Weeping World" is probably their strongest album, followed by "The Day It All Came Down." They are so underrated and under-appreciated. I don't even know if they have toured outside of Finland yet but I know they have a huge fan base around the world. Definitely worth just clicking through songs on youtube or something and getting to know them. Many of their songs have these great acoustic interludes where everything slows down and then builds back up again, reminiscent of old In Flames. Anyways... \m/

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