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http://loudwire.com/important-metal-bands-21st-century/

 

What do  you guys think of their list? There's some bands here that I really don't think qualify for a top 50...
Perhaps I underestimate their importance and contributions.

 

Agalloch, White Chapel, Baby Metal... I don't know guys. They're influential sure, but MOST important of the last 17 years?? I have my doubts. 

There's also a number of bands that I could easily argue were the most important of the 20th century, not the 21st, Slayer, Maiden, etc.

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GODDAMN COMMERCIAL ENTRY-LEVEL HACKED-UP POORLY WRITTEN BADLY RESEARCHED IRRELEVANT BULLSHIT CLICKBAIT GARBAGE but hey, it's cool to see a couple of my favorite bands on the list EVEN THOUGH IT SUCKS AND THE FUCKING CENTURY ISN'T EVEN TWENTY PERCENT OVER YET but although I don't really like a lot of these bands, I can see why a few of them are on here, since they've definitely had an impact on the metal world even if THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A WORTHLESS LIST OF HAS-BEENS AND TRITE RADIO POP METAL LIKE CORN KERNELS IN A TURD FUCK HATE KILL STOMP SMASH 

SMASH

AAAARGH

uuhh

that's my subjective impression here.

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16 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

GODDAMN COMMERCIAL ENTRY-LEVEL HACKED-UP POORLY WRITTEN BADLY RESEARCHED IRRELEVANT BULLSHIT CLICKBAIT GARBAGE but hey, it's cool to see a couple of my favorite bands on the list EVEN THOUGH IT SUCKS AND THE FUCKING CENTURY ISN'T EVEN TWENTY PERCENT OVER YET but although I don't really like a lot of these bands, I can see why a few of them are on here, since they've definitely had an impact on the metal world even if THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A WORTHLESS LIST OF HAS-BEENS AND TRITE RADIO POP METAL LIKE CORN KERNELS IN A TURD FUCK HATE KILL STOMP SMASH 

SMASH

AAAARGH

uuhh

that's my subjective impression here.

Good point on us only being 17 years into the century.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

GODDAMN COMMERCIAL ENTRY-LEVEL HACKED-UP POORLY WRITTEN BADLY RESEARCHED IRRELEVANT BULLSHIT CLICKBAIT GARBAGE but hey, it's cool to see a couple of my favorite bands on the list EVEN THOUGH IT SUCKS AND THE FUCKING CENTURY ISN'T EVEN TWENTY PERCENT OVER YET but although I don't really like a lot of these bands, I can see why a few of them are on here, since they've definitely had an impact on the metal world even if THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A WORTHLESS LIST OF HAS-BEENS AND TRITE RADIO POP METAL LIKE CORN KERNELS IN A TURD FUCK HATE KILL STOMP SMASH 

SMASH

AAAARGH

uuhh

that's my subjective impression here.

we all have our own perspective

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1 hour ago, MacabreEternal said:

The only positive and important contribution that Avenged Sevenfold have made to my life in the last 17 years is them staying the fuck out of it!

Shit list is shit shocker!

Probably a common reaction considering how much flak Loudwire gets.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

GODDAMN COMMERCIAL ENTRY-LEVEL HACKED-UP POORLY WRITTEN BADLY RESEARCHED IRRELEVANT BULLSHIT CLICKBAIT GARBAGE but hey, it's cool to see a couple of my favorite bands on the list EVEN THOUGH IT SUCKS AND THE FUCKING CENTURY ISN'T EVEN TWENTY PERCENT OVER YET but although I don't really like a lot of these bands, I can see why a few of them are on here, since they've definitely had an impact on the metal world even if THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A WORTHLESS LIST OF HAS-BEENS AND TRITE RADIO POP METAL LIKE CORN KERNELS IN A TURD FUCK HATE KILL STOMP SMASH 

SMASH

AAAARGH

uuhh

that's my subjective impression here.

Tell us how you really feel. 

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As they've included a whole bunch of 20th century bands, why is there no Death? Do they have to exist in the 21st century?  Then why is there no Venom? I suppose there's nothing to do but sit around and let this silly internet list make me absolutely livid.

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2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Oh boy, the Fifty Most Important YouTube Comments. :D

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fake and gay - the predecessor to the false even-handedness practiced by poorly-informed lazy blowhards across the political spectrum that now constitutes a fundamental paradigm of discourse on all news sites

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46 minutes ago, Iceni said:

first - an unassuming sentiment that became ubiquitous and remained a well-studied phenomenon well after its obselescence

fake and gay - the predecessor to the false even-handedness practiced by poorly-informed lazy blowhards across the political spectrum that now constitutes a fundamental paradigm of discourse on all news sites

Hey guys I Have found link to Avengers 5 the Bloom Brightens you can watch here https://www.obviousscam.ru/watch/youcredulousnitwit/vid.mp4_wOLolOloLLhuUeHUEHhuehehUEHU3H3 - a sentiment formed hand-in-glove with globalization that facilitated the expansion of digital discourse to include overambitious third-world con men

Looking forward to the other 47. Stick with it. This is a worthy project. :D

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On 11/18/2017 at 4:58 AM, ChainsawAkimbo said:

Thats what you get now that metal is (partially) mainstream music.. :D

Dude, half of this list is nu metal, metalcore and deathcore and if it isn't that, it's composed of bands that are pale imitations of certain subgenres. Ghost, for example, are watered-down Blue Öyster Cult with none of the musicianship or composition. Dragonforce and Sabaton (especially Sabaton) are the worst interpretations of power metal with Sabaton not being able to write a consistently good album to save their lives and Dragonforce banking on their late 2000s fame that they got from a video game. Municipal Waste are irrelevant pizza thrash. Meshuggah is a creatively stagnant mess. Nightwish can hardly be called a power metal band now, let alone "good". An absolute mess. If this is metal being successful, it's better for it to not be mainstream. 

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