1001 reasons why Heavy Metal rules:

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:30 pm

Zuul wrote:483. Taking a dump with a zine in hand

true

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:50 am

lordgnagey wrote:Avatar

You sir have a great avatar! I like AVENGER so much more than RAGE. Prayers Of Steel is one of the best teutonic metal albums imo.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:09 am

DaN wrote:502. Every detail matters:
Ernest Thesiger wrote:
The Knell wrote:#230 "UGH!" - Tom G. Warrior , Celtic Frost
No, it's "OOOGH!"

I concede it became "Ugh!" on Vanity/Nemesis, but that's not the sort of stuff that gave CF their reputation. It's a likeable album, mind.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:32 pm

503- Pissing your neighbours of with some loud HM and dont givin a shit for it but keep being proud about it!

(has happened for me for more than 15 years now ha)

Cochino · Post by **Cochino** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:01 pm

504. Tim Baker's vocals (yeah, I know, Cirith Ungol has been mentioned like 1000 times, but I didn't see this one mentioned)

505. Loud, chaotic and sloppy drumming on 80's Southamerican extreme metal.

506. Thick accents and exotic languages making songs sound more "abstract" and universally evil, going far beyond what the lyrics actually say.

lordgnagey · Post by **lordgnagey** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:50 pm

Black Axe wrote:
lordgnagey wrote:496. Feeling the need... no the DUTY to inform people who call Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, or Sir Lord Baltimore simply "Hard Rock." IT'S HEAVY FUCKING METAL!!!
What if that person has only heard Come Taste The Band, The House of Blue Light and Fireball?

That's why you need to INFORM them, so that they can find the metal that is inherent in even the more tame releases/recordings! OR So that they will find all of the great recordings/releases and be able to laugh off their initial reactions to things like "Never Say Die!"...

And Fireball? Come on Opening track man. That's HEAVY something. And I call it Metal! (guitar tone is deceiving, but it's definitely heavy metal because of that drumming and the riffs)

Plus who has heard Fireball and hasn't heard Highway Star?

lordgnagey · Post by **lordgnagey** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:59 pm

507. Hammond Organ Solos.

508. The Demo version of Frost and Fire with the awesome Synthesizer.

509. "Oh yeah. Won't you listen!?"

510. The fact that any respectable Metalhead. Black Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM, Traditional Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal, Crossover, Crusty Metal... will at least recognize the classics, and cite them as sources as if s/he were quoting/citing Shakespeare, Yeats, Thoreau, Nietzsche, or Kafka.

511. When ANY band plays/covers "Black Metal" by Venom. Every respectable metalhead knows the lyrics and sings along, at least to the chorus.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:13 pm

lordgnagey wrote:511. When ANY band plays/covers "Black Metal" by Venom. Every respectable metalhead knows the lyrics and sings along, at least to the chorus.

Any RESPECTABLE band.

Sammi Curr · Post by **Sammi Curr** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:46 pm

^ Yes. Good to keep in mind that Cradle of Shit covered Black Metal...

GJ · Post by GJ » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:59 pm

lordgnagey wrote:507. Hammond Organ Solos.

Yup! That's what first hooked me onto the metallic path.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:20 pm

GJ wrote:
lordgnagey wrote:507. Hammond Organ Solos.
Yup! That's what first hooked me onto the metallic path.

I can't say that I agree with that either.

In fact I can't listen to a lot of Italian "metal" because of the over use of such organs.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:00 pm

Avenger wrote:
GJ wrote:
lordgnagey wrote:507. Hammond Organ Solos.
Yup! That's what first hooked me onto the metallic path.
I can't say that I agree with that either.

In fact I can't listen to a lot of Italian "metal" because of the over use of such organs.

I'm not particularly fond of the sound of hammond organ and almost always I hate it when I hear it in metal music

GJ · Post by GJ » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:00 am

Nothing against the sound of Hammond organ solos, but isn't that one of the things Heavy Metal (the genre) didn't adopt from Deep Purple.

OT poll:

Name your five favourite eighties Heavy Metal Hammond organists. No seventies left-overs allowed!

Nicko McBuff · Post by **Nicko McBuff** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:23 pm

512. When the Devil shows up in SARCOFAGUS "Black Contract" to collect the guy he made a deal with years back, when he appears he's like *deathgrunt* Aaay ...like Fonzie.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:57 pm

GJ wrote:Nothing against the sound of Hammond organ solos, but isn't that one of the things Heavy Metal (the genre) didn't adopt from Deep Purple.

Is that a good thing?