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Bought ''...and justice for all'' for my little cousin on his 16th birthday!! Used a giftcard from (spam link removed - staff) and got it in a local store! The little spitf*ck better like it, time to stop listening to all this electronic shit!

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Bought ''...and justice for all'' for my little cousin on his 16th birthday!! Used a giftcard from www.mrtoken.com and got it in a local store! The little spitf*ck better like it, time to stop listening to all this electronic shit!
If he likes electro music maybe you should have tried an accessible industrial band like Amaranthe or Rammstein. There's a world of industrial/prog out there with great electronic elements.
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Re: This generation only likes electro music....

You're welcome. Try Eisbrecher next' date=' they're similar but much better in my opinion.[/quote'] I honestly can't stand these guys. I enjoy Rammstein a lot, but Eisbrecher always sounded uninspired to me. I can hear some real ideas behind Rammstein's formula, but not so with Eisbrecher.
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I honestly can't stand these guys. I enjoy Rammstein a lot' date=' but Eisbrecher always sounded uninspired to me. I can hear some real ideas behind Rammstein's formula, but not so with Eisbrecher.[/quote'] Well, perhaps Rammstein was first but Eisbrecher strikes me as being a lot heavier. On the plus side this makes you probably the only other person I've met on here who's even heard them... what albums from Eisbrecher have you heard?
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Don't forget Fear Factory's "Demanufacture", pretty classic industrial metal album, and very accessible. Ulver's "Themes from The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell" is an amazing electronic album with some metal elements, a bit hard to get into but very rewarding. Dødheimsgard's "Supervillain Outcast" is an interesting sort of electronic take on black metal. I like a lot of industrial and other kinds of electronic music; my favorite industrial album is probably Skinny Puppy's "Too Dark Park". It's not metal at all, but it has a good bit in common with metal. And of course there's always Ministry. I find them boring for the most part, but they have some gems in there.

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They have their place. Demanufacture came out at the right time. They could have folded after that album and still had the same impact on popular metal music. I get into "Soul" and "Obsolete" occasionally, too. I briefly enjoyed one of the newer ones (Mechanize? Maybe...), but they've been pretty crap for a long time. And oh boy, that other "rock" project... ugh.

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Well' date=' perhaps Rammstein was first but Eisbrecher strikes me as being a lot heavier. On the plus side this makes you probably the only other person I've met on here who's even heard them... what albums from Eisbrecher have you heard?[/quote'] The one I listened to all the way through was Antikörper, and I heard some other tracks, but not sure which album(s) they were from. I had the same issue with them that I do with a lot of "goth/industrial" - uninteresting songwriting. Trite parts arranged predictably. Of course, that impression kept me from actively checking out anything recent... last I listened to them was, I'm guessing, five or six years ago. If there's a more recent album that you like, as usual I'm willing to give it a listen.
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The one I listened to all the way through was Antikörper' date=' and I heard some other tracks, but not sure which album(s) they were from. I had the same issue with them that I do with a lot of "goth/industrial" - uninteresting songwriting. Trite parts arranged predictably. Of course, that impression kept me from actively checking out anything recent... last I listened to them was, I'm guessing, five or six years ago. If there's a more recent album that you like, as usual I'm willing to give it a listen.[/quote'] Well, Sunde was a little more varied if I remember. Avoid Eiszeit like the plague, it has about 2 enjoyable tracks and the rest is terrible. Otherwise, though, I'd say I liked Antikorper. Yes, the songwriting is uninteresting and not particularly creative, but I like it because it's Neue Deutsche Harte done well. Rammstein might be more varied but in my opinion Eisbrecher write stronger and heavier tracks. However, if you didn't like Antikorper then give Sunde a go. If that still doesn't keep your interest then don't bother, the band doesn't do anything more creative than that.
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