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Re: Watchers eye, the future of american heavy metal

nope nothing you tube oh well chould be a overhyped bust or maybe not
The problem is that it's a claim they can never live up to. In addition, it shows their arrogance and ignorance, and paints a pretty clear picture that they don't know shit about current metal. Sure, you might have a better chance of being "the future of American heavy metal" if A7X was your only contender, but since they're not even metal and there are tons of American bands making great metal just as there always have been, your claim is bullshit. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The problem is that it's a claim they can never live up to. In addition, it shows their arrogance and ignorance, and paints a pretty clear picture that they don't know shit about current metal. Sure, you might have a better chance of being "the future of American heavy metal" if A7X was your only contender, but since they're not even metal and there are tons of American bands making great metal just as there always have been, your claim is bullshit. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
i agree jayke these guys are just assholes in plain english.
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This thread went well didn't it? Glad I saw this before I created my "Creed are the next Led Zeppelin" thread. Boy would I have looked stupid had I not seen this thread. Thanks bro for saving my blushes. P.s if pretentious idiots like you are the "future" there is absolutely no hope for the genre of metal as a whole. That is all.

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you know they won't ever come back here after our light criticism of their stupid marketing tactics right?
That's fine, I hope they don't if their only intention is to troll. However, what's the harm in trolling their facebook page once their abortion of an album is released as a matter of vengeance?
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I am going to link their facebook page as #futureofheavymetal just so hundreds of people realise how crap they are and feel personally robbed and let down from the weight of the expectation that they will fail to live up to completely. Every visit to their page will be another nail in the coffin.

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I am going to link their facebook page as #futureofheavymetal just so hundreds of people realise how crap they are and feel personally robbed and let down from the weight of the expectation that they will fail to live up to completely. Every visit to their page will be another nail in the coffin.
Nice. I'm not on Facebook so I wouldn't be perpetuating any of these things, but I had hoped that someone would make them happen.
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@BAN I may write a review of their album when it comes out and post it directly to their facebook wall shaming them for what will certainly be a catastrophic failure across all levels. @RtC The health of our genre is questionable. Metal is in a coma with little chance of recovery and the few new bands worth a damn are little more then the unconcious twitchings of said coma patient.

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@BAN I may write a review of their album when it comes out and post it directly to their facebook wall shaming them for what will certainly be a catastrophic failure across all levels. @RtC The health of our genre is questionable. Metal is in a coma with little chance of recovery and the few new bands worth a damn are little more then the unconcious twitchings of said coma patient.
I have to agree. I have as of yet to run into a band from the last year or two that truly moved me. Then again, maybe I'm just really picky in my tastes.
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If any of the band's Iceni mentioned are the future of heavy metal or indicative of the health of the music the genre is fucked.
Oh, go back to your volcanic vent and have another deep draft of sulfur, you blubbering butt-hurt primeval tube worm.
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