Written by Conemetal on 27.01.2012 at 04:07

Hi, thanks for your post. I like all metal but y prefer Heavy, Thrash and Death Metal, I listen a lot of underground metal from everywhere, most of Southamerica, and my fav bands are: Pink Floyd the best ever, Megadeth, the old Metallica, (black album the last), Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, Therion, Hypocrisy, Dismember, Grave, Amon Amarth, Unleashed, Arch Enemy, Vader, Immortal, ufff ... hahaha, too many bands in too many years, including 60's, 70's, 80's 90's, etc.

Here's to you man And god willing I hope to be banging me head till they stick me in a box 6 feet under!

How did you old farts feel when you witnessed the birth of all those different genres? Like, the first growl vocals you've heard, news of Norwegians burning churches, girls in metal bands, symphonic orchestras, folk and all that shitte?

Written by Milena on 28.01.2012 at 21:14
girls in metal bands

Hearing Girlschool for the first time... yeah, I'd like to know that too.

Written by vezzy on 28.01.2012 at 22:58

Hearing Girlschool for the first time... yeah, I'd like to know that too.

I meant the slow rise of popularity and commonness of such bands, but thanks for the usual sardonic response

Written by Milena on 28.01.2012 at 22:59
I meant the slow rise of popularity and commonness of such bands, but thanks for the usual sardonic response

Not using emoticons doesn't mean that was sardonic.

But thank you anyway and good night!

(oh god that can lead to some lulzy debates)

Written by vezzy on 28.01.2012 at 23:01

(oh god that can lead to some lulzy debates)

I'm not in debate-mode, so I'll let you slide

*waits for old fart responses*

Written by Milena on 28.01.2012 at 21:14

How did you old farts feel when you witnessed the birth of all those different genres? Like, the first growl vocals you've heard, news of Norwegians burning churches, girls in metal bands, symphonic orchestras, folk and all that shitte?

First growl vocals?.... "mmmm let's hear it! Wow, it sounds great! let's go for more death metal!!!" That was my experience, I like going for new sounds but only if those new sounds seems to be true metal, for me (I don't like Nu metal or metalcore, even industrial). I hope I answered your question, cheers from La Paz

Written by vezzy on 28.01.2012 at 22:58

Written by Milena on 28.01.2012 at 21:14
girls in metal bands

Hearing Girlschool for the first time... yeah, I'd like to know that too.

We gotta ask the 50+ crowd that

I will wait 19 years to join this thread.

Written by Milena on 28.01.2012 at 21:14

How did you old farts feel when you witnessed the birth of all those different genres? Like, the first growl vocals you've heard, news of Norwegians burning churches, girls in metal bands, symphonic orchestras, folk and all that shitte?

thrash was cool but took a back seat at first. buddy played Anthrax's "I'm the Man" and another friend loaned me "Peace Sells" back in 86, liked them, but was not entirely my thing. yet. was still mostly in to god knows what until a cute blonde haired girl in a class introduced me to alternative like Cure, Depeche Mode, etc. Also had a mix tape a friend gave her with Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" on it - I had seen the video around '84/'85, loved it, so borrowed the punk mix for that song... and started listening to some punk as well.

i was stationed in Florida in '90-'91 so while i wasn't there for the "birth" of death, i was there a couple years before the label buy in.

remember seeing a band, fuck knows who they were, at a BYOB hole in the wall club called the Nite Owl. buddy and i went there with a couple WM's (woman marines, as in USMC) expecting some glam, some Motorhead, and maybe enough thrash to make me happy. instead full on DM. thought it was holyfuck awesome. i'd love to know who we saw... judging by time and location, i imagine it was probably a pretty cool fucking band that i "discovered" a year or so later.

first purchase was a Napalm Death "Harmony Corruption" promo tape at the base exchange for $2.99. didn't have the proper cover, just some red construction paper with the label logo, band logo and songs xeroxed on. still remains one of my favorite DM releases ever because the combination of drums seeming to be central with the guitars a hurricane of riffing off to either side.

got bumped to Guam shortly thereafter, where the Air Force Base, for whatever reason, carried mostly pop/contemporary music, some rap, some whatever the fuck you called Charlatans UK and the post-Cure Disintegration/Smiths/New Order wave of Brit alternative music... and everything Earache put out. Bolt Thrower, Vader, Napalm... except Godflesh. they intrigued me so much had a friend buy me their first couple disks from Wax Trax Denver while on leave.

i just think for me it was awesome, because the whole Kerry King journey of 'this isn't angry enough! this isn't angry enough' (see Get Thrashed), was condensed into essentially 18-24 months. loved aggressive hard core punk rock like Exploited, Minor Threat, Suicidal Tendencies. GBH, which were already closing on metal, and quickly (re)-discovered Thrash, then Death... because i discovered death so soon after getting in to thrash, and it was happening around me, i skipped over most non-big thrash bands at the time. i had he big 4, AZ's Sacred Reich, but little else because death was just faster, more extreme.

skipped Black Metal entirely for the most part until shortly after visiting the site. I used to read Metal Maniacs back in the days when Katherine Ludwig was Editor. Black metal bands started making appearance around '93, and I just remember how fucking ridiculous they looked. just could not take them seriously. still don't like the cheesy imagery of it now...


girls in metal? meh. no big deal to me. Jo was in Bolt Thrower, they were awesome. hooray. i still remember a buddy reacting when I brought home a copy of "War Master" to the barracks one day..

"what'd you get?

... hand over package...

in his hilarious Tennessee accent... "Fucking Bolt thrower/?!?!?! Warmaster?!?!?" and laughing while looking at me like I was mad. cool dude, loved Zappa, Rollins, old hard core punk. Just not into the metal thing, let alone metal to that extreme.

Written by BitterCOld on 14.01.2012 at 21:15

i'm not the only one.

You're old?? so what about those who are above 60 or 70's? ( keeping out of the consideration of this thread), Man I don't think above 35 are that much old. They' still have a young blood and lots of potential to do the work. Even I've seen a guys above 60 moshing up in pits and coming out of broken noses,heads and etc etc...hats off to them. but 35 + aint old enough....Hoo!

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 31.01.2012 at 07:11

Written by BitterCOld on 14.01.2012 at 21:15

i'm not the only one.

You're old?? so what about those who are above 60 or 70's? ( keeping out of the consideration of this thread), Man I don't think above 35 are that much old. They' still have a young blood and lots of potential to do the work. Even I've seen a guys above 60 moshing up in pits and coming out of broken noses,heads and etc etc...hats off to them. but 35 + aint old enough....Hoo!

the only time i've seen 60yos at a gig is when i saw Sabbath... hell, even then they were probably only in their 50's.

Written by BitterCOld on 31.01.2012 at 00:48

post

That's the kind of a response I wanted thanks for the read

Written by BitterCOld on 31.01.2012 at 18:34

the only time i've seen 60yos at a gig is when i saw Sabbath... hell, even then they were probably only in their 50's.

Been to a Rush concert lately?

Written by tea[m]ster on 02.02.2012 at 04:29

Written by BitterCOld on 31.01.2012 at 18:34

the only time i've seen 60yos at a gig is when i saw Sabbath... hell, even then they were probably only in their 50's.

Been to a Rush concert lately?

nope. no plans on it, either... tee-hee.

Written by BitterCOld on 02.02.2012 at 05:35

nope. no plans on it, either... tee-hee.

grrrrr u did not just say that!!!

The crowds range from 70 to 10 years old...grandparents bringing their grandchildren...fathers bringing sons...a Rush fan making sure anyone close to them will experiance the greatest extravaganza : Neil Peart drumming

To old Fart MetalStromers :

How about you see a lot of Deathcore these days???

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 02.02.2012 at 07:30

To old Fart MetalStromers :

How about you see a lot of Deathcore these days???

No problem with that. I don't like it and I try to avoid it.
The most concerts that I go to, don't have deathcore bands and when they play on a big festival like Graspop I've got other bands to see. I can't get over the triggered stuff, breakdowns and polished sound. The shirts and the dancing are making me sick. I heard the latest Carnifex and it was kind of ok though. But like I said, I don't have a problem with deathcore beeing around.

Written by Koen Smits on 02.02.2012 at 21:01
The shirts and the dancing are making me sick.

Shirts and dancing, people.

It was strictly invented by the evil deathcore scene kid society.

Seriously, wouldn't band t-shirts and moshing in general make you sick?

Written by vezzy on 02.02.2012 at 23:10

Written by Koen Smits on 02.02.2012 at 21:01
The shirts and the dancing are making me sick.

Shirts and dancing, people.

It was strictly invented by the evil deathcore scene kid society.

Seriously, wouldn't band t-shirts and moshing in general make you sick?

If you put it that way, my comment doesn't sound tolerant towards deathcore.

But no, band t-shirts and moshing don't make me sick in general.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 02.02.2012 at 07:30

To old Fart MetalStromers :

How about you see a lot of Deathcore these days???

Hi, I don't like deathcore, then I avoid listen it

Written by vezzy on 02.02.2012 at 23:10

Written by Koen Smits on 02.02.2012 at 21:01
The shirts and the dancing are making me sick.

Shirts and dancing, people.

It was strictly invented by the evil deathcore scene kid society.

Seriously, wouldn't band t-shirts and moshing in general make you sick?

I like band t- shirts, I have a lot of band t-shirts and I use metal t-shirts in saturdays and sundays (out of work) and when I go to a metal concert. I don't do mosh, I think I'm a little fragile now, hahaha

Written by Conemetal on 03.02.2012 at 23:10

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 02.02.2012 at 07:30

To old Fart MetalStromers :

How about you see a lot of Deathcore these days???

Hi, I don't like deathcore, then I avoid listen it

Hey, nice to see your opinion cracking me up little bit. Yeah, you're right! but its more of a genre than a fucking stupid fashion and kids don't leave any stone upturned to ostentatious pathetically.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 04.02.2012 at 07:33
its more of a genre than a fucking stupid fashion

I don't know whether I should be laughing, crying my entrails out or handing you the Captain Obvious Award of 2012.

Or perhaps I misunderstood you.

Think I might take my 17 year old daughter to Iron Maiden this summer...giddy up?

Written by tea[m]ster on 25.02.2012 at 11:59

Think I might take my 17 year old daughter to Iron Maiden this summer...giddy up?

I wish my parents let me go see Maiden when I was 16/17, let alone go with me I say do it. Obviously, you've been on a lot of shows yourself so you can protect her from idiots successfully and what not

Written by tea[m]ster on 25.02.2012 at 11:59

Think I might take my 17 year old daughter to Iron Maiden this summer...giddy up?

Maaan! That's what my dad used to do it. He use to take me to Sabbath's gigs and tell me " Hey look at them....are they fucking good?" and probably..he tried many times to horrendously participate in Mosh-pits but unfortunately ended it up tearing his clothes and little bit scratches on his arms(ofcourse...bleeding!). Until, one day my mom (literally!) kicked out asses and thrown us out of the house and we just doling around the streets to wait for the sun to come out. Woo! those were the golden days. I hope you guys have a great time out there in gigs like that.

Written by Milena on 03.03.2012 at 21:21

I wish my parents let me go see Maiden when I was 16/17, let alone go with me I say do it. Obviously, you've been on a lot of shows yourself so you can protect her from idiots successfully and what not

In summer 2010 (she was 15) I took her to see Rosetta, It was very small and personable, at some dive bar a couple of states away. The people there were really cool. We were right in front of the "stage". Mike, the lead singer, gave her earplugs; That's how loud it was! We will see how it goes at an event with 15,000 crazy lunatics!

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 04.03.2012 at 15:24

Written by tea[m]ster on 25.02.2012 at 11:59

Think I might take my 17 year old daughter to Iron Maiden this summer...giddy up?

I hope you guys have a great time out there in gigs like that.

The first show I took her to was Opeth and High on Fire a couple of years ago. We sat in the back on the balcony, it was really cool. The people back there were great but who knows how it was closer to the stage

Written by tea[m]ster on 04.03.2012 at 18:35

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 04.03.2012 at 15:24

Written by tea[m]ster on 25.02.2012 at 11:59

Think I might take my 17 year old daughter to Iron Maiden this summer...giddy up?

I hope you guys have a great time out there in gigs like that.

but who knows how it was closer to the stage

Terrific. Back then in 2002 I was standing infront near to barricade in System of a Down's gig and dude! the amount of fucking push and heads which was clashing on my shoulders was fucking incredible.