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I disagree, the use of words such as "stoked", "pumped", "amped" and so on are acceptable means of conveying excitement provided they are used sparingly and in relation to something which is actually important, use of such words in relation to uninteresting or banal events is annoying.

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OK here is a controversial opinion or maybe not. led zeppelin are not the inventors of heavy metal and should never bee mentioned in the same category as metal. also they are the biggest bunch of plagiarizers ever. i think jimmy page is an overrated guitarist. and dosnt even come close to being in the top ten greats. i aprricate there contrabution to music. but they dont come close to the true gods and creators of metal Black sabbath.

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Re: Controversial metal opinions

OK here is a controversial opinion or maybe not. led zeppelin are not the inventors of heavy metal and should never bee mentioned in the same category as metal. also they are the biggest bunch of plagiarizers ever. i think jimmy page is an overrated guitarist. and dosnt even come close to being in the top ten greats. i aprricate there contrabution to music. but they dont come close to the true gods and creators of metal Black sabbath.
Maybe not as important to metal as Sabbath, but they still had plenty of metallic moments early on. As far as plagiarism, who exactly did they plagiarize? I can't think of any bands from that era (or any other, even) that sound like Zep. The metal community has to ditch this recent mentality of historical revisionism that says that Sabbath existed in a vacuum and invented heavy metal by themselves, and nobody would follow suit until Priest and Motorhead over 5 years later, neither of whom sound remotely like Sabbath. Where exactly did they get their sounds from? How do you think they evolved to that point, so far past rock and blues? Because Sabbath wasn't the only metal band around in 1970, that's how. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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What we have here is a thread to voice opinions which seem to be in the minority. Opinions steeped in controversy as it were. I'll start us off by saying that neither Candlemass nor Solitude Aeturnus are essential doom metal bands. I don't have any of their albums in the ten most important for the genre as a whole nor are they (in my opinion) among the most important bands or among the best. They've got some good albums sure but nothing you "need to have"

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I AbsolutelyCannot Stand Slipknot Or Other Bands That Are Similar In Ridiculousness. Talentless Pieces Of Shit IMHO. I Hate That They Even Play Metal. And Hardcore Bands Are Nothing Like Metal. Check You're Genres Before Spewing Out Nonesense.

Slipknot are awesome :D Its definitely TASTE that's why they're hated. In the PHILIPPINES (my country), cultural tastes include rap and pop.. Which Slipknot combined altogether with metal.. They are the best hardcore band I've ever seen. (not talking about those core songs. I dun like them.)
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I AbsolutelyCannot Stand Slipknot Or Other Bands That Are Similar In Ridiculousness. Talentless Pieces Of Shit IMHO. I Hate That They Even Play Metal. And Hardcore Bands Are Nothing Like Metal. Check You're Genres Before Spewing Out Nonesense.
Calm down. It's a thread for people to share their unpopular opinions, not bash people who have unpopular opinions. And there's a lot of crossover between metal and hardcore. Bands have been successfully blurring that line for decades now.
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Slipknot are not a hardcore band. Hardcore is a sub-genre of punk and slipknot do not play in that style. Personally I don't care for hardcore or for slipknot but I've made those feelings quite clear.
I'm not talking about the genre. I was talking about how their music feels like. Their heads are like going up and down for about 1 foot and their music are insane. I'm just describing their music's feeling. I'm not fucking spewing out nonsense.
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