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Yeah, distinctly remember another forum I used to frequent where most of the black metal fans discussed gates to purgatory in particular as an influential first wave black metal album no I never heard any of that influence myself. Classic running wild though it’s pretty much as good as it gets for heavy/power metal in my opinion 

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I agree, great albums but far from BM. I suppose all it takes for some people is to hear something like a band member say they listened to a particular album and suddenly that band influenced the entire sound.

I remember reading a similar thing when Alex from Testament released his jazz stuff. Some dude on another forum was convinced Testament were going to start adding jazz elements to all their songs and that Testament wouldn't be the same again.

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I think modern Testament would probably be more interesting if they did incorporate some jazz influence into their sound but I would certainly be in the minority on that front. The problem with first wave black metal is how ambiguous the term is, venom for example have very little in common with bathory, who have very little in common with Mercyful Fate. Difference being you can hear the influence of the latter bands on the genre.

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Alex is only a hired gun (and a show pony) in Testament these days I don't think he gets much of a choice what he plays!

Black Metal has always confused me for that reason. I listen to some, although I am very picky, but I get confused with all the people talking about influences so I just ignore that part and listen to the bands I like :)

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1 hour ago, KillaKukumba said:

Alex is only a hired gun (and a show pony) in Testament these days I don't think he gets much of a choice what he plays!

Black Metal has always confused me for that reason. I listen to some, although I am very picky, but I get confused with all the people talking about influences so I just ignore that part and listen to the bands I like :)

Dad, can I have a pony? Pleeeeeeeease?

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32 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Funny cucumber I look at people with my ears, if they sound stupid I can’t see them… no wonder I’m so confused every day to discover this new country called America

As long as you don't just assume everyone is stupid before your ears tells you.

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16 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

As long as you don't just assume everyone is stupid before your ears tells you.

Depends if you operate on the assumption that everyone's intelligent til proven stupid, or you assume that they're all stupid until proven otherwise. Either way could potentially be a reasonable way to proceed depending on the circles you move in and the people you typically encounter. 

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14 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Depends if you operate on the assumption that everyone's intelligent til proven stupid, or you assume that they're all stupid until proven otherwise. Either way could potentially be a reasonable way to proceed depending on the circles you move in and the people you typically encounter. 

Why assume at all? People usually open their mouth and remove all doubt quick enough.

11 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Is it my fault if the people I think are foolish seem insistent upon opening their mouth to remove all doubt? Mind you it took far too long for me to realise I shouldn’t argue with them people might not be able to tell the difference…

Not entirely pleasant arguing with a stupid person only to realise they are right.

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Is it my fault if the people I think are foolish seem insistent upon opening their mouth to remove all doubt? Mind you it took far too long for me to realise I shouldn’t argue with them people might not be able to tell the difference… I’ll take your word for it, I have no experience being proved wrong by a moron…

 I’ll take your word for it, I have no experience being proved wrong by a moron…

 

Anyway before we derail this conversation any further I’d have to say either under Geordie Roger or Port Royal are the pinnacle of running wild in my opinion.
EDIT: under jolly roger

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33 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

 I’ll take your word for it, I have no experience being proved wrong by a moron…

Whether we admit it or not I'm sure we've all been proven wrong, at least once, by someone who we might have initially thought of as a idiot.

 

37 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Anyway before we derail this conversation any further I’d have to say either under Geordie Roger or Port Royal are the pinnacle of running wild in my opinion.

EDIT: under jolly roger

 

Interesting typo :P

I've always loved the fact that UJR needed to come with a warning sticker about the cannon blasts!

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Yeah, distinctly remember another forum I used to frequent where most of the black metal fans discussed gates to purgatory in particular as an influential first wave black metal album no I never heard any of that influence myself. 

Most people don't know this, but Arthur Brown wasn't really part of the first wave of first wave black metal, he was just ripping off true first first wave artists like Howlin' Wolf and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. 

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