Fav lyrics theme

my faves are fantasy and politics, with bands like megadeth, iced earth, maiden and sepultura having my favourite lyrics, like on "dante's inferno", "phantom of the opera", "the bard's song", "the power of one" are all wonderful songs, and "holy wars", "hangar 18", and "refuse resist", just straight out flaming, bitching and lashing about what's wrong and what their problem is.

i choose fantasy though, since it's a more imaginative field, you can just go totally mindfuck random and no one will bother assessing the reality behind your lyrics, not like in politics where most of the inspiration comes from real events.

I vont wote, but coment
I like moustly poetical style lyrics moustly all DOOM, specely death/doom, gothic doom, almoust ewery poem can be lyric, but not all lyrics can be poems
Also I like naturala, dark, romantic, sorrowfull, anti love, dark isiuse of life/love lyrics and historical type liek Grave Digger, Iron Maiden(Bruce era) also about jornies an dlil fantasies like Rgapsody and something what coems from heart so ...

Psychologial, 'intelligent'. Some deep meanings are good, but sometimes a band needs lyrics like 'Fuck Jesus, Hail Satan'. Depends on the genre and band, mainly.

Written by Lucas on 26.03.2007 at 20:26

Psychologial, 'intelligent'. Some deep meanings are good, but sometimes a band needs lyrics like 'Fuck Jesus, Hail Satan'. Depends on the genre and band, mainly.

Do you need lyrics like the ones you mentioned?

Written by Anathemani@c on 26.03.2007 at 21:10

Written by Lucas on 26.03.2007 at 20:26

Psychologial, 'intelligent'. Some deep meanings are good, but sometimes a band needs lyrics like 'Fuck Jesus, Hail Satan'. Depends on the genre and band, mainly.

Do you need lyrics like the ones you mentioned?

The 'intelligent' ones? Well, if you got some that you think I should read, why not?

Really interesting thread! I really admire lyrics that are mostly emotional. That is why Anathema is my favourite band. One of my favoutite lyrics is the one under my posts which is from Anathema's Eternity alboum and by the song eternity part I

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The 'intelligent' ones? Well, if you got some that you think I should read, why not?

I didn't mean the "inteligent" ones. but sometimes a band needs lyrics like 'Fuck Jesus, Hail Satan' <-- I mean these lyrics. Do you really find them necessary?

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Written by Anathemani@c on 26.03.2007 at 21:24

The 'intelligent' ones? Well, if you got some that you think I should read, why not?

I didn't mean the "inteligent" ones. but sometimes a band needs lyrics like 'Fuck Jesus, Hail Satan' <-- I mean these lyrics. Do you really find them necessary?

Oh, ok.

Well, necessary is not the right word. But sometimes it is good for the atmosphere to have some satanic/misanthropic lyrics. Not really as dump as 'Fuck Jesus', but kinda alike.

Well, I voted for introspective/psyhological/sentimental. I don't like if music is connected with religion or believes (but I still like pagan bands ), fantasy lyrics are the cone that cheer me up, so that would be also one of the choice....

I voted for religious/spiritual but if not I would of chosen Gore/sci fi. Lyrics about assyrian, mesopotamiam and norse gods, heathenry, blasphemy, and to some extent even christian lyrics are the most interesting to me. They also give a cultural aspect sometimes to the music and adds a contrast to stuff like Black metal or Death Metal that just sounds great. With Gore lyrics, usually my favorite old school DM bands use those types of lyrics and it fits in perfectly.

I hate politics.....surrounded by it everyday, and when a band imposes their political ideology in their music, it makes me not want to listen to it. But there are exceptions..satanism..erm, well IMO that falls into the category of religious/spiritual.

I can't vote, as I am torn between three themes. Spiritual/Religious, Historical, and Politics.

I like pagan lyrics because I myself am a pagan, and I apreciate the recognition. IN my oppinion both Norse and Satanist lyrics should go under this category.

I love history, it's my favorite subject, and as such I am entertained by songs such as "Alexander the Great."

And Politics is a great theme because of all the focus on social issues.

Written by Sunioj on 26.03.2007 at 23:54

I hate politics.....surrounded by it everyday, and when a band imposes their political ideology in their music, it makes me not want to listen to it. But there are exceptions..

Would Megadeth happen to be one of these exceptions?

It's a decision between politics and horror/sci-fi/fantasy for me. My favorite lyrics are Iced Earth, Cattle Decapitation, Burzum, Dying Fetus, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden lyrics. I am not going to vote because i simply cannot come to a decision. I will post later if I do end up making a decision. Great topic btw.

i couldn´t vote for an specific type of lyrics, but the ones i prefer above the others:
sci-fi/fantasy
pagan/historical
sentimental (but in the most poetical way possible)
in some way my musical taste is resumed in those kinds of lyrics, so you could imagine what i like

Written by Arian Totalis on 27.03.2007 at 02:54

IN my oppinion both Norse and Satanist lyrics should go under this category.

yeah, but you see, if someone likes a band/song that has just plain spitiritual lyrics like let's say iced earth-the pierced spirit or last december or something, and then you have all the black metal bands screaming "i serve satan, i serve darkness wraagh wraagh diechristianscumbagssuckmyfuckingdemonicnecrosataniccock" and it just doesn't fit.

i don't see any stryper fans around here but come on, some satanic lyrics are just so cheesy and crappy they're hardly spiritual. and if someone just likes buddhist lyrics(lol) in songs, he can vote religious, but if he just likes a little biblebashing and christ raping(which aren't quite "spiritual" if you ask me), he can vote satanic, or if he likes viking warriors with big hammers and valhalla's great hall, he can vote norse(which i didn't mean to put under anything, but in a "league of its own")

"call to arms" type!!

i guess u mean the battles and the adventures right?
yeah that fills my hears...

Written by Arian Totalis on 27.03.2007 at 02:56

Written by Sunioj on 26.03.2007 at 23:54

I hate politics.....surrounded by it everyday, and when a band imposes their political ideology in their music, it makes me not want to listen to it. But there are exceptions..

Would Megadeth happen to be one of these exceptions?

Haha, actually yeah, that and nevermore. When the lyrics are done in a intelligent manner then I appreciate it, but for example Never Ending Hate by Unleashed, the lyrics are really teenish and thats what I dont like.

Written by Valentin B on 27.03.2007 at 12:41

Written by Arian Totalis on 27.03.2007 at 02:54

IN my oppinion both Norse and Satanist lyrics should go under this category.

yeah, but you see, if someone likes a band/song that has just plain spitiritual lyrics like let's say iced earth-the pierced spirit or last december or something, and then you have all the black metal bands screaming "i serve satan, i serve darkness wraagh wraagh diechristianscumbagssuckmyfuckingdemonicnecrosataniccock" and it just doesn't fit.

I think that there is a differrence though...for instance behemoth has lyrics that are based on thelema which is a form of satanism and IMO his lyrics approach satanism on a religious level, then theres morbid angel which also does something similar.

i like horror/sci-fi/fantasy themes!! demons & wizards for example got some nice horror/sci-fi/fantasy lyrics about "the dark tower" from stephen king... awesome!!

Written by Valentin B on 27.03.2007 at 12:41

Written by Arian Totalis on 27.03.2007 at 02:54

IN my oppinion both Norse and Satanist lyrics should go under this category.

yeah, but you see, if someone likes a band/song that has just plain spitiritual lyrics like let's say iced earth-the pierced spirit or last december or something, and then you have all the black metal bands screaming "i serve satan, i serve darkness wraagh wraagh diechristianscumbagssuckmyfuckingdemonicnecrosataniccock" and it just doesn't fit.

i don't see any stryper fans around here but come on, some satanic lyrics are just so cheesy and crappy they're hardly spiritual. and if someone just likes buddhist lyrics(lol) in songs, he can vote religious, but if he just likes a little biblebashing and christ raping(which aren't quite "spiritual" if you ask me), he can vote satanic, or if he likes viking warriors with big hammers and valhalla's great hall, he can vote norse(which i didn't mean to put under anything, but in a "league of its own")

Well, I think there is a difference between Actual inteligent satanist themes and stereotypical "I Will burn a christian village." But I suppose it is hard to seperate the two.

By the way, Lolz on the "diechristianscumbagssuckmyfuckingdemonicnecrosataniccock"

Written by Arian Totalis on 28.03.2007 at 01:29

Well, I think there is a difference between Actual inteligent satanist themes and stereotypical "I Will burn a christian village." But I suppose it is hard to seperate the two.

By the way, Lolz on the "diechristianscumbagssuckmyfuckingdemonicnecrosataniccock"

There are some really intelligent written satanic lyrics out there.. but sometimes they get overshadowed by the crap released by some more mainstream bands. A band like Mütiilation is a good example of intelligent satanic lyrics, a band like Dark Funeral is an example of laughable satanic lyrics.

About the topic itself. Psychological, emotional, or just simply experience, are all lyrical themes I really love. I mainly like the negative side of lyrics. I don't know why, but I love it when a band knows to describe a negative emotion of mine really well. I can most easily connect to that type of lyrics. Some bands with my favourite lyrics are Anorexia Nervosa, Mütiilation, and some non-metal bands with depressive lyrics.

I am also someone who love fantasy lyrics(hey, I just love Rhapsody and Luca Turilli..) but I will not vote for that one, simply because I feel more for the songs that are emotionally similar to how I feel. Fantasy lyrics are awesome, but they are just good for escaping reality. They don't really give any support or anything.

Written by AntaeusM on 28.03.2007 at 01:50

Written by Arian Totalis on 28.03.2007 at 01:29

There are some really intelligent written satanic lyrics out there.. but sometimes they get overshadowed by the crap released by some more mainstream bands. A band like Mütiilation is a good example of intelligent satanic lyrics, a band like Dark Funeral is an example of laughable satanic lyrics.

About the topic itself. Psychological, emotional, or just simply experience, are all lyrical themes I really love. I mainly like the negative side of lyrics. I don't know why, but I love it when a band knows to describe a negative emotion of mine really well. I can most easily connect to that type of lyrics. Some bands with my favourite lyrics are Anorexia Nervosa, Mütiilation, and some non-metal bands with depressive lyrics.

I am also someone who love fantasy lyrics(hey, I just love Rhapsody and Luca Turilli..) but I will not vote for that one, simply because I feel more for the songs that are emotionally similar to how I feel. Fantasy lyrics are awesome, but they are just good for escaping reality. They don't really give any support or anything.

Well you would probably like into eternity a lot then, very good band, and great at portraying a negative emotion. You probably would dig some Doom Stuffs as well.

Introspective/psychological/sentimental, especially "sentimental" and romantic themes (not "romantic" such as "love", but the romantic genre). Those with inner struggles, feelings, and more. And most likely "intelligent" as Nervel said.

Written by Arian Totalis on 28.03.2007 at 02:07

Well you would probably like into eternity a lot then, very good band, and great at portraying a negative emotion. You probably would dig some Doom Stuffs as well.

Into Eternity? I will check them, haven't heard them yet. And about doom metal, I think they are exagerating in their negativity. Some doom metal bands have really good lyrics, but most of them are just exagerating the entire depressive thing, which makes it either laughable or just sound silly. Thanks for the recommendation, but personally I think Doom Metal isn't the best genre when it comes to negative lyrics.

I wont vote. Its a bit difficult to make up my mind really. Some bands are really suited to some lyrics. Well you wouldn't expect Mayhem or Cannibal Corpse or something to sing about Sentimental stuff. Generally I like introspective/psyhological/sentimental the most although Fantasy, Historical, Spiritual, Satanic and Call-to-Arms can be good as well.

Written by [user id=20559] on 28.03.2007 at 15:01

I wont vote. Its a bit difficult to make up my mind really.

You'e just like me who likes diferent type of lyrics and gernres, IMo ewery lyric if autor can tell story about it are great for example liek Alexander The Great

I did vote for introspective/psyhological/sentimental but i like other ones there, specially horror/sci-fi/fantasy and gore. But i do tend more to the introspective type of lyrics.

I cannot choose just one so. . . .

satanist, for me. Makes me think.
politics, any anti politics.
gore, gotta love the gore. \m/
norse, all ronud interesting.

It was a hard choice but i like the norse lyrics. Killing and pillaging in the name of Odin. Its fun. I also like the introspective stuff aswel but the vikings get my vote.

Fantasy mainly, sentimental on second. Because my fav. Subgenres are Power and Gothic (I'm getting into Suomi as well). I'm a big fan of Tolkien but also Shakespeare so I'm like a mixture between romantic and epic. But since I've been related with PM and fantasy longer than with teh other stuff, I voted Fantasy.