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Greetings fellow metalheads! I am from little old New Zealand and we don't have much of a metal scene here... have been exploring ways to better acquaint myself with the metal world and this site is what I stumbled upon :D My love for metal / hard rock ranges from Avenged Sevenfold (no hate pls), Trivium, Demon Hunter through to Job for a Cowboy and Suicide Silence (also no hate pls lol) and all that stuff in between. I am more of a lurker rather than someone who comments all the time but will for sure step up for something I really enjoy. Cheers for having me join your community!! PS if there are any other NZers out there... I welcome you with open arms to talk to me :D

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20 hours ago, Requiem said:

Most of us in Australia want New Zealand to join us to be our 7th state because it's an awesome place, so welcome to the forum! 

That's the nicest way of saying "Prepare For Invasion" that I've ever heard.

 

Hi and welcome Siftergirl by the way.

On 10/07/2017 at 10:23 PM, Siftergirl said:

I am more of a lurker rather than someone who comments all the time but will for sure step up for something I really enjoy.

I'm also mostly a lurker.

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1 hour ago, Will said:

Given that I've never posted a picture, I'm pretty amazed you recognised me. I guess this is why this website set my firewall off.

I heard someone with a Geelong accent muttering madly to themselves about second hand CDs and market bargains. I put two and two together.

 

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23 hours ago, Requiem said:

Most of us in Australia want New Zealand to join us to be our 7th state because it's an awesome place, so welcome to the forum! 

A lot of my friends have disappeared across the ditch to Australia... seems to be a common occurence. Mates or states?? Maybe we should reconsider the century long proposal... Aussie funnels a lot of stuff this way that we might not otherwise see. Like, bands and stuff :D

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  • 9 months later...

Welcome Siftergirl. As FA mentioned, we did previously have a member from NZ, but she hasn't been on in a while. I had a friend on another forum from NZ who died recently, but other than that, I've never known anyone else from there. I don't know enough about the metal scene there to say whether it's big or not, but like FA I'm a big fan of Ulcerate, and also really enjoy Vassafor's music. There are a few others that I've been meaning to check out too, I'll have to make time for that.

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Thanks guys! I've been a little MIA lately... whoops [emoji3] sorry to hear of your friend who passed, BlutAusNerd. I live in a small town with absolutely no music scene... a couple of weeks ago I travelled for a gig and discovered some really awesome bands. I don't think I've ever moshed so hard [emoji3]
I only met her a couple of times IRL, but she was really cool. She met her husband on the same forum and they had a son together. It's a sad story, the guy is totally lost and is moving back to his hometown for help with his son from his family right now.

Anyway, welcome, I hope you have some good conversations here.

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