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Welcome, Marshall. Any favorite subgenres or bands?

That makes sense.

Probably worth doing. Most pub gigs will only cost you like $10 so you've not got much to lose. Send us a link if your teacher's band is worthwhile. Cool. It'd be pretty weird if an octave harmony didn't work..

Oh, cool. In hindsight I should have moved up a fret or two and bent less rather than attempting the the minor 3rd bends suggested by the tab.

There were some parts I thought were really cool. I liked the riffs and found the guitar tone interesting. I can't really talk on composition as I don't know the genre but I found it a little monotonous with a lot of slow melody lines (weather they be tremolo picked or otherwise). I liked the song structure and the dynamic shifts (although more would have been nice). I would have liked a little more volume and clarity in the vocals as they get a little drowned especially is I liked what I could make out. More bass would have been nice too. Not a huge fan of the drum tones (you're using a MIDI right? If so, maybe find or make some more black metal appropriate samples). Overall, a worthwhile listen. Make sure to keep us informed on future endeavors.

The line between heavy metal and hard rock can be fuzzy (as can be the line between a collection of similar genres), quite often a band can have some metal songs and some rock songs. Generally, heavy metal is faster and less blues oriented than hard rock while also containing more power chords (perfect fifth diads) and less open chords. There are typically tonal differences but tone doesn't define genre. Artists can't always be trusted to label their own stuff. As an example, JD from Korn has called Korn a funk band. I don't really see God of Thunder as a metal song but I get the idea (to me, Love Gun would be a better example). Although these hard rock and glam metal bands may have occasional metal moments or songs they're not really metal bands as they're all typically slower, less swung and bluesier than heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. One genre drawing inspiration from another genre does not make the two interchangeable. Rock n' roll was developed from blues but they are not the same genre. Certain tech death bands take inspiration from jazz but they are not the same genre. Also, sorry to nitpick but the big 4 are thrash bands, Rage Against the Machine is a nu-metal band and Dream Theater is a Progressive Metal band. All of this is discernible as different from both hard rock and heavy metal. The same basic techniques as used in blues and jazz. Compositionally however, they are still quite different. The line can be blurred but they are still two different things.

I went to Melted Festival on the 3rd. A local Geelong thing that started this year (headlined by Toxicon). Was a really fun night. A band that really caught me by surprise was the Northern Territory's Snakes (aggressive groove metal) (https://www.facebook.com/snakesband/) who I couldn't manage to check out before the event due to their generic name and their Facebook page being down at the time.

The bends in early solo are ridiculous, do you have a Floyd Rose? I broke high e like 3 times on my SG. Good luck.

Went on a bandcamp spree Way to End: Senestre Golgothan Remains: Perverse Offerings to the Void Brought By Pain: Crafted by Society Artificial Brain: Infrared Horizons Locust Leaves: A Subtler Kind Of Light Atheist: Elements (Remaster with bonus tracks) Also, my brother gave me Killing is my Business and Business is Good! The Final Kill for as a birthday present.

Welcome. I totally get this, the amount of metal fans in my town is likely not in the double digits. By aggro do you mean the wondrous individuals in the metal section of 4chan's /mu/?

Had my Walkman out while doing chores. In a weird mood. Slayer: South of Heaven Judas Priest: Sin After Sin Anthrax: We've Come for You All Anthrax: The Greater of Two Evils In retrospect, I guess I was getting ready for Download,

You could check out a few things in the Promote Yourself section. There's likely a couple of bands and projects that are mixed like garbage and would take your you up if you offer them. Or go shopping for stuff on Kompoz. Good luck. Edit: On second thought, I might have some stuff you could take a whack at if you want to, give me a couple of days to dig around.

Probably a couple of months (after I've turned 21 and have had enough practice to pass the test). The lineup is ridiculous, might be my last chance to see Priest, Ozzy and Slayer, not to mention there are bands yet to be announced (I've heard Megadeth rumored). With the drinks prices there, it won't be that hard to stay soberish. See you there.

Only around half an hour but I'm still on my Learner's Permit so I'm pretty reliant on public transport which could prove problematic.

I've had a couple of meetups with the band I'm looking at joining. They were pretty impressed with my playing and we all got along pretty well but they're not sure on me due to travel concerns.

That's a really cool story.

Nope. You've started now. I demand whacky story time.

Good to hear, I was busy unfortunately. The next thing I know I'll be going to Melbourne for is the next Download fest are you or @True Belief going to be at that? Sorry to hear that. Have you tried joining an entirely new club or hobby group or something in which you know nobody? You could just be surrounded by shitty people.

Yeah, the place is really quiet. How was Dimmu by the way?

I'll be at a house party. Probably wrecked.

Thanks for the information, I'll check a couple of those out.

Welcome. Headphones. Get headphones.

This made me laugh a little. "Fuck you is a figure of speech!". But yeah, it's not personal to me either. I was never offended or anything anyway as most places on the internet are far shittier and will call you worse for less. "Hey Aunt Beryl, how's the hip? Fuck you, by the way. Your husband couldn't make it? Give him a quick "fuck you" from me." This. Science simple refers to empirical information obtained from experimental procedures in order to create and test falsifiable hypothesis and theories. Although there have been examples of this not being the case for psychology in some historical instances, the majority of modern psychological research fits within these barriers. While it is often not as hard a science as say chemistry as it is more difficult in psychology to obtain ethical controls to prove certain theories (so sometimes less definitive methods such as case studies must be used as opposed to traditional experimentation), psychology is more science than humanities. The brain is a physical organ, behavior is what it does. It is knowable through observation in the same way digestion caused by the stomach is knowable. The brain just happens to be very complicated. Edit: Still not sure on these conspirators you mention. Can I have a name to Google or something? Also, other sciences get used poorly in politics all the time (look at some of the flimsy genetic proofs that get thrown around in the name of "Race Realism").

Good to hear.

Peter has the height and weight advantage but he's also reached a further state of decomposition.