GreenClyde

On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 6:48 PM, RelentlessOblivion said:

Or we will but won't care as we are also rather childish.

 

I've always felt Peter Steele went about using profanity in his lyrics the right way. Then again I think he pretty much did everything the right way so I'm biased.

I've always felt Chuck Schuldiner used swearing the right way. He rarely cussed (apart from Scream Bloody Gore) in any of his songs or albums, and when he did, it always felt natural, and made the songs sound so angry and exciting.

Generic, but did it first.

I have lots of dream vacations...

1. Neptune (or any other blue planet). They all just seem so eerie and mysterious.

2. Norway. So much culture there, and it seems like such as relaxing place.

3. The Roads. I've always been a fan of long car rides, preferably with music playing. Some of my best memories are driving across the Midwest listening to Ride the Lightning, The Black Parade, and music like that.

     This doesn't only apply to metal, but does anyone get sick of constant swearing in music? I'm in NO WAY saying cussing is wrong or immoral, in fact, I believe in quite the opposite of that. I think that you should treat "cuss words" like any other words, and using the word "f-ck" (don't know if that is allowed here) 81 times in a song like most of Slipknot's (or most nu-metal and thrash bands, as a matter of fact) is a major factor in why swearing is taboo. Using profanity occasionally adds "fire" to a song, but, in my opinion, using those kinds of words constantly just makes you sound immature. I don't even know why I'm posting this, I just want to here your guy's opinions (major contradiction, haha).

19 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

False. There are literally thousands of generic Helloween, Darkthrone, Suffocation, Exodus, etc... clones in the genre. For every creative act, there are plenty more that bring nothing new to the table. That's not always a bad thing, a band doesn't have to be original to be good, but it doesn't hurt their chances.

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I realize that. I wasn't saying EVERYTHING is original, I'm just saying that there are some VERY original metal bands out there, and those have spawned some of the world's best musicians and songs. Also, those types of metal bands are the ones that everyone looks up too, at least MUCH more than those thousands of Pantera-Slayer hybrid garage bands on Bandcamp.

21 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Not necessarily. Plenty of metal bands follow the generic verse-chorus structure. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Trouble, Candlemass, Dark Tranquillity, just to name a few. Ultimately metal's progressive nature is due to the creative nature of some musicians. It is not an inevitability however.

I know, but, to me, it's what they do in those verses and choruses that count. Black Sabbath created a genre in which thousands of bands existed today in those verses and choruses, just as Judas Priest made one of the first "thrash metal" songs, upon dozens of other achievements, and Iron Maiden created some of the best melodies in existence, although that is subjective.

Tenacious D

Skull Fist

Rage Against the Machine

Scar Symmetry

Death

Just now, GreenClyde said:

Tenacious D

Skull Fist

Rage Against the Machine

Scar Symmetry

Death

If I could, I'd add Crimson Glory and Judas Priest into their, too. And haha, I realized I put those in order of intensity.

19 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Must not troll, must not troll

But remember

lol South Park, and thanks!

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Pink Floyd- The Nile Song

Thanks. I'm not an idiot, I've already written all the songs, and they all come from some big events that have happened in my life recently. I love them all, which is crazy because I usually think my songs aren't up to par with my favorites. You guys are totally right, now that I think about it. Each and every other band I have been in have tried to follow what they think people would like, and we didn't end up with something very innovative. These new songs I'm working on are NWOBHM influenced progressive rock with a hint of disco.

19 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

At the risk of sounding like a dick, you're asking exactly the wrong question. That's something you should be asking of yourself and nobody else (aside from maybe your band members if you have any). I know what I want to do with my own writing, but it took me a long time to figure out what that was and probably even longer to be able to do it consistently, and I can honestly say that most of the experiences I had of writing with somebody else in mind were wastes of my time. As far as what I want in new music, shit dude, the stuff that's most interesting to me is the stuff I didn't expect. I've lost count of albums that have ticked all the boxes and yet managed to fall flat. What kind of music are you into?

Just like you, actually, I'm into music that  blows me away. Not technically, I hate that kind of stuff. It's almost all bland "scale nonsense". Anyways, mostly older progressive rock, comedy, NWOBHM, and stuff like that. Any bands you'd recommend?

I'm going into the studio to record a demo on Wednesday. I've had dozens of unsuccessful bands in the past, partly because they aren't innovative, and I want that to change. What do YOU want to see?

     What does metal mean to me? It, to me, is a subculture built around TRUE  progression. Something with as very  little refrains as metal has is undoubtedly going to spawn some of the world's most creative and wild ideas and people, who aren't afraid to express themselves.