I can understand how they are thinking, but like it matters? Accept the damn prize and then leave.

Haha. So it was chosen by a jury..SO WHAT!!
even fans in one way or another could also consist of some kinda 'jury'
just accept the nomination dammit!

They knew they would never beat The Cumshots...

Norwegian Grammy you say? No wonder Immortal doesn't want such award.

Written by Warman on 28.01.2010 at 11:48

I can understand how they are thinking, but like it matters? Accept the damn price and then leave.

There's a tiny detail that makes significance in meaning between the price and the prize.

I.

Written by Ivor on 28.01.2010 at 12:17

Written by Warman on 28.01.2010 at 11:48

I can understand how they are thinking, but like it matters? Accept the damn price and then leave.

There's a tiny detail that makes significance in meaning between the price and the prize.

I.

Damn! Stupid Warman!

Nice decision, Metal bands arent showmen, I wished that metallica had not gone to Grammy awrads.

I understand them perfectly in this case...

Good for them. Just when I thought they were selling out.

"The Cumshots". That's the best band name I have ever heard. Wonder what they play, I can't google their name, my friend will think I'm watching porn on his pc.

Written by Ilham on 28.01.2010 at 16:51

"The Cumshots". That's the best band name I have ever heard. Wonder what they play, I can't google their name, my friend will think I'm watching porn on his pc.

Me neither.. The word, cumshots is blocked in my country.. But anyway I guess The Cumshots were the band the one that a couple had sex during their live performance..

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And, Immortal consider themselves tr00 er than Mayhem? Mayhem have got one prize on 2007..

Lol that's pretty funny.. it will be interesting to see how they go in our awards..

That's odd. After finding an Immortal album in a hot topic a month ago or so I assumed they would totally go for something like this.

Think about it. It means something to your fans if you go up and accept the award and thank your fans for putting you in that position. Unless you think all your fans are misanthropic daylight-hating goblins with fantasies of raping priests. Which by this point in your career, Immortal, they are not. Sorry to be the ones to break it to you, but there are probably people out there who listen to you who don't even own a leather jacket! Shit!

Awards are just a bullshit way for the music industry to pat each other on the back, the only award a band should need is a room full of us (the fans) screaming lyrics at the top of our lungs and throwing up the the horns!

Written by Introspekrieg on 28.01.2010 at 11:54

They knew they would never beat The Cumshots...

I would be equally intimidated

Quote:
"thanks, but no thanks" because the Spellemann Awards are chosen by a jury and not by the fans

Oh god! How relevant.

I would not go based on the tr00ness of the event, just because ALL of the events of this kind are boring...

Completely respectable decision... Any real metal band should avoid those mainstream awards... so superficial and phoney. I think the title of this article is perfect, too tr00 for that crap!

Although I haven't checked this band out yet, I think this is a very respectable decision. These types of award programs usually suck. It's nice to know that these awards don't have ultimate say.

Fuk mainstream awards

Written by Mandrake Scream on 29.01.2010 at 00:34

Completely respectable decision... Any real metal band should avoid those mainstream awards... so superficial and phoney. I think the title of this article is perfect, too tr00 for that crap!

Agreed. That's what I said on this matter on another board (it was concerning Keep Of Kalessin and their participation to Eurovision):

"Metal bands should stay away from such contests as if it were a plague.
Why playing this 'harlot game' which implies showing yourself not as you are, only to please the mainstream masses who can't appreciate metal music in its pure uncompromising form?
A real metal band most likely won't make more money by doing it. The only thing they will achieve is destroying their musical integrity. From my point of view, they have much more to loose than to gain.

In a case such as this one, bands don't write music for themselves but to please non-metal fans. They bow down before people who don't care for the music they write normally.
Metal bands should not give a fuck at whatever the mainstream masses can think of them. They should not try to gain mainstream acceptance. Metal is not about gaining recognition from the average citizen who dislikes metal music."

Haha. Metal musicians are not showmen? That's the funniest thing I've read in a while - metal musicians like Immortal are all about the show. And this is anoter showman's stunt, way more "superficial and phoney" than actually going there.

I think it's quite fine they decide this way. But it's embarassing to see the fans cheer like this was some act of true heroism. I wish metalheads, musicians and fans alike, pulled their heads out of their arses.

Haven't Darkthrone turn down the same/similar offer few years ago ?

Good news, It's nice to know that they still want to keep us(the fans) happy

Personally, I think that they should have accepted it in full black metal gear. Spikes, leather, corpse paint. The whole deal. Then, Abbath could have done his acceptance speech using his distinct croaking voice. That, would have been far more metal than just rejecting the award.

Oh, and they could do some fire-breathing at the end.

What Biedrik said, absolutely!

Heh, The Cumshots eh? Like The Strokes or something?

I was gonna watch some pr0n anyway...

All this talk about should haves and they did it for us fans or this is what I reckon they should have done...

They did what they wanted to, which to me is what metal is about, freedom of speech, choice and expression. So fuck it, go Immortal for doing what they want and choosing how they want to be recognised.

Looks like they pulled a darkthrone.

Anyways, it's funny how they allow themselves to be featured in guitar world and shit like that but they don't want to do this haha.