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Greetings, fellow twat and/or penis wranglers! Been listening to metal pretty much constantly since I was thirteen or so--over half my life now--and I doubt I'll stop anytime soon. Otherwise I'm a comic book dork, video game addict, and lover of pie (mmmm... pie). And yes, the screen name is a Bathory reference. Hard to list fav bands since there are so many, so here's a small sample in sub-genre order: Thrash (my home genre since I was a wee tyke of headbanger): Big four, Exodus, Overkill, Exhorder, Vio-Lence, DRI, Dark Angel, SOD, Mercyful Fate, Sodom. Trad/NWOBHM: Maiden, Priest, Diamond Head, Wolf (the Swedish one who released The Black Flame a few years ago), Raven, Venom, Saxon, Dio, Motorhead. Death Metal: Death, Obituary, Suffocation, Nile, Morbid Angel, Grave, Cannibal Corpse, Gutted, Embalmed, Carcass, Bolt Thrower. Doom Metal: Electric Wizard, diSEMBOWELMENT, Sleep, Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Reverend Bizarre, Thorr's Hammer, Necro Schizma. Black Metal: Bathory (possibly my fav band of all time), Burzum, Sarcofago, Hellhammer, Immortal (especially At the Heart of Winter and on), Mayhem's Deathcrush album, Blut Aus Nord, Dissection. Stoner Metal: Acid Bath, Melvins, Baroness, Goatsnake, High On Fire, Down, COC. Power Metal: Hammerfall, Manowar, Blind Guardian, Angra, Helloween, Crimson Glory, Virgin Steele, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, Stratovarius, Elvenking. Metalcore: Botch, Arkangel, Ringworm, early Lamb of God (they were metalcore, so accept it), Earth Crisis, Between the Buried and Me. Other shit I just wanna throw in: Killing Joke, Celtic Frost, Prong, White Zombie (Rob jumped the shark when he went solo), Strapping Young Lad, At the Gates, Terrorizer, Children of Bodom, Motley Crue (first two albums were brilliant, and even after they still ruled off and on), Sir Lord Baltimore, Budgie.

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I realize that Mercyful Fate had an influence on black metal, but I'd even hesitate to call them thrash let alone black metal, as they're almost closer to trad metal. I see them as just one of those bands, like Metal Church and Jag Panzer, who were building on what the NWOBHM had started but hadn't quite reached thrash yet. Early on they had a bit more of an edge, but they never quite had that chaotic, noisy sound that I associate with 80s black metal. And I just threw Venom where I did cause they were part of the NWOBHM scene.

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I realize that Mercyful Fate had an influence on black metal, but I'd even hesitate to call them thrash let alone black metal, as they're almost closer to trad metal. I see them as just one of those bands, like Metal Church and Jag Panzer, who were building on what the NWOBHM had started but hadn't quite reached thrash yet. Early on they had a bit more of an edge, but they never quite had that chaotic, noisy sound that I associate with 80s black metal. And I just threw Venom where I did cause they were part of the NWOBHM scene.
There seems to be a disconnect in the modern era between the early bands of any given genre and the modern bands. I believe that this stems from the fact that if you were to look at these genres as plants growing, you will notice that some vines produce more fruit than others, and some none at all. This doesn't mean that they didn't belong to that plant, just but that their work was less fruitful in building a line of successors. Take death metal for instance. Many will claim Death as the first death metal band, but they were merely one of many, and others are cast aside because they didn't create/massively influence the Florida death metal sound that exploded into the most popular of death metal's scenes. This doesn't make Master, Agressor, Sadistik Exekution, Possessed, etc... less death metal, it just means that less bands took immediate cues from their sound, just as Mercyful Fate, Sodom, Bulldozer, and Venom are no less black metal because the most popular black metal scene (Norway) pulled most of its influence from Bathory and Celtic Frost/Hellhammer. In any case, welcome, as I have not yet had a chance to properly greet you. It seems like you're already digging in to the conversations, which is great, it seems from what I've read that you will be a good fit on our little forum here.
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Yeah on one forum they just kept popping up. I didn't realize it was so popular. And they all claimed to be the "real" Batlord whatever the hell that means lol
You know there's actually a band called Batlord. I emailed them once. This was all a bit for a spoofy music blog I was keeping up at the time, so it's not like I'm just some lunatic who decided to email some band. It was one of my proudest moments as a human being...
January 24, 2013 Dear Batlord, It has come to my attention in the past week that we both share the same moniker (i.e. The Batlord.) As much as I was amused to Google myself and find you, this will not do. Nay, the name of The Batlord should be synonymous with, and only with, the veneration of True Metal. You can see what I mean on my music blog, and know what it is to be a True Metalhead of the highest caliber. I must say that your music quite entertained me, but since it is not True Metal it unfortunately cannot be associated with the Crusade. I am sure that you would not simply relinquish your claim to our name so easily, so I challenge you to a duel. Either knives or pistols at dawn would be sufficient, but I am open to other suggestions. A baby tossing competition for instance, but I'm just spit balling here. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Yours with benevolent contempt, The Batlord
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Hi, Good email. Thanks for writing. At first I thought you were somebody else. There are a few Batlords out there. Listen, at the moment, the other Batlords don't matter to me. If a merchandising or artist name issue ever went to court I would win it. I've already consulted a lawyer about that once. But until I were to find evidence that I was losing revenue because of you or someone else calling themselves Batlord, it's not worth my time. As far as being the king of metal or whatever it was, I find that uninteresting. You can be the king of metal, ok? As for the name, your band name is not Batlord. So to me there is no conflict. Good luck with your blog. Hey, since you're so into metal, why don't you take up an instrument and start a band. I would guess you're in your teens, so you have time. Don't dream it, be it. ...as the movie says. Regards, Scorpio
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