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    1. Gothic Metal

      The heaviness of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock

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      Often used to describe bands like Pantera and Exhorder. With mid-tempo riffs similar to those found in Thrash Metal and a tendency to focus more on groovy syncopation and heaviness than outright speed.

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    • JamesT
      What Are You Listening To?

      By JamesT · Posted

      Accept - "Too Mean to Die"
    • AlSymerz
      What Are You Listening To?

      By AlSymerz · Posted

      I'm not a good flyer so the chances of me ever going to the UK or the US are slim. I'm not afraid of flying but I just get uncomfortable in the seats and walking around the plane isn't enough for me. I also can't sleep on planes which can really suck. I remember multiple times coming straight from night shift, driving for 11 hours, then staying awake until the afternoon flight so I could sleep on the plane and not sleeping a fucking wink. Then having to stay awake and listen to the outlaws waffle until the wee hours of the morning. Flying across to Perth (5 hours there and 3 1/2 back) is more than enough for me.  Perth to Melbourne is quicker but it feels longer because of the time change, but the 3 hour drive home is also a major PITA  if it's a late arrival. Driving takes us 4-5 days and it's much more enjoyable, and I get less time with the outlaws. NP: Phantasm - Wreckage
    • Arioch
      What Are You Listening To?

      By Arioch · Posted

      Wrath - Nothing to Fear (1987)  
    • GoatmasterGeneral
      What Are You Listening To?

      By GoatmasterGeneral · Posted

      It is certainly a long god damned way. 10,000 miles. I've made the journey back and forth several times, I have to board a nearly 6 hour flight to the west coast then suffer the nearly 15 hour flight down to the netherworld of the southern hemisphere. It's not as bad on me physically going down as it is coming back for some reason, not sure why.  The 2nd trans-Pacific flight leaves typically later in the evening, then they give you some shitty food once you level off at cruising altitude about 2 hours into the flight, and then they turn the cabin lights down low for 10 hours and you either sleep or you don't. I don't. Abut 90 minutes before you land they bring the lights up and offer you some shitty breakfast, and then everyone squeezes past each other in the aisles to make their little trips to the shit excuse for a bathroom, and prepares to land. Once on the ground the fun continues because they herd you down to baggage claim and then you have to wait in rope lines for 90 minutes to get through customs. There always seems to be a ton of flights landing right around the same time early in the morning local OZ/NZ time. The whole trip door to door is about 25 - 30 hours depending on how long of a layover you have between flights in LA or SF or Vancouver or Houston. And then you're standing there with your bags at what the locals think is 7am, but for me it's 3pm the day before and I was up all night the night before that, so I've been up for like 34 hours at that point. But it's only 7am for them so now I'll be up all day again until Ozzy nighttime comes around and it's time to go to bed, another 16 hours give or take. So yeah a trip to OZ means I'll have to stay up for 50 hours straight. But that's ok I can do that, I never sleep anyway, (it's 4:44am right now as I'm typing this). because I know that I'll finally be able to go to sleep at some point after 50 hours and then she'll be apples. It's the return journey to the states that messes me up real bad. That flight leaves OZ in the mid afternoon, call it noon. 14 hour flight back to California, landing 2am Aussie time, but it's 9am the day before in California, still 3 hours before I even got on the fucking plane. A few hour layover (could be 3 hours, could be 6 hours, we'll call it 4 hours) in that shithole of an airport, (LA is the worst) then a 5.5 hour flight back to NY. Takes 90 minutes to find the bags and drive home. Walk in the door about 11pm local NY time, but my body thinks it's 1pm the next day, I'm wide awake can't sleep.   Yeah it's a cunt of a trip, you're not missing out Vic. America's basically just like OZ anyway except we don't have the funny accents, the weather's a bit cooler (depending where you're going, if you're going to Florida to see Navy it's hot as balls just like back home) and everything's just a bit dingier & dirtier. And god forbid if you have to go to the doctor while you're here without insurance you're royally fucked.
    • Arioch
      What Are You Listening To?

      By Arioch · Posted

      Zimmers Hole - Bound by Fire (1997) A crazy album, I love it!  

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