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Another Scot here (more specifically Edinburgh)!  Here for some intellectual chat about all things metal.  Into most sub-genres but in particular thrash.  Apart from metal some interests include films/TV, games, bit of DnD (normally combined with alcohol but that's neither here nor there ;))

 

Download 2018 anyone?

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On 1/6/2018 at 5:52 AM, LaughsInHidden said:

Another Scot here (more specifically Edinburgh)!  Here for some intellectual chat about all things metal.  Into most sub-genres but in particular thrash.  Apart from metal some interests include films/TV, games, bit of DnD (normally combined with alcohol but that's neither here nor there ;))

 

Download 2018 anyone?

Cool man. I love thrash metal and Dungeons and Dragons holds a special place in my heart. Which bands are your favorite?

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Cool man. I love thrash metal and Dungeons and Dragons holds a special place in my heart. Which bands are your favorite?
It has been many years since I've played Dorks & Dice, but I always enjoyed it. In a recent push for common ground, I did attempt to track my wife to play Magic: The Gathering, and I think I even caught her enjoying it a couple of times. Thrash and nerdy shit FTW.

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On 1/7/2018 at 5:47 PM, Ikard said:

Cool man. I love thrash metal and Dungeons and Dragons holds a special place in my heart. Which bands are your favorite?

We should get a group started on these forums 8-) at the moment I've been listening to a lot of Testament, Sodom, Metal Church and I'm also into all the usual suspects like Slayer/Anthrax etc.

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Metal Church is way too underrated for how good they were.

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Oh yes. "Blessing in Disguise" was my first intro to Metal Church. What an amazing album. I saw the video for "Badlands" and i was hooked. Made me go back to older albums. Really dig the old stuff. "Ton of Bricks" and "The Dark" are two of my favorite songs along with "Watch the Children Pray".
It got a bad rap but I also really like "The Human Factor". Some really great songs on that disc. "Agent Green" and "In Harm's Way" are a couple that I always seem to skip to.

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Oh yes. "Blessing in Disguise" was my first intro to Metal Church. What an amazing album. I saw the video for "Badlands" and i was hooked. Made me go back to older albums. Really dig the old stuff. "Ton of Bricks" and "The Dark" are two of my favorite songs along with "Watch the Children Pray".
It got a bad rap but I also really like "The Human Factor". Some really great songs on that disc. "Agent Green" and "In Harm's Way" are a couple that I always seem to skip to.

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Blessing In Disguise and The Human Factor are great. They were moving in a less heavy direction, but the songwriting improved, and Mike's vocals made them sound a lot more mature. Sometimes I want that raw attack of the first two albums, but I reach for the third and fourth albums just as much.

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On 1/7/2018 at 4:19 PM, BlutAusNerd said:

It has been many years since I've played Dorks & Dice, but I always enjoyed it. In a recent push for common ground, I did attempt to track my wife to play Magic: The Gathering, and I think I even caught her enjoying it a couple of times. Thrash and nerdy shit FTW.

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I use an online service to play DnD if you guys were seriously down I could organize a group. 

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On 1/10/2018 at 7:11 AM, Ikard said:

I use an online service to play DnD if you guys were seriously down I could organize a group. 

Sorry dude not been active for a few days.  In all seriousness that would be great but unfortunately I'm a bit tied up with the current group and other real life shit.  Will bear that in mind for the future though.

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Oh yes. "Blessing in Disguise" was my first intro to Metal Church. What an amazing album. I saw the video for "Badlands" and i was hooked. Made me go back to older albums. Really dig the old stuff. "Ton of Bricks" and "The Dark" are two of my favorite songs along with "Watch the Children Pray".
It got a bad rap but I also really like "The Human Factor". Some really great songs on that disc. "Agent Green" and "In Harm's Way" are a couple that I always seem to skip to.

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Blessing In Disguise and The Human Factor are great. They were moving in a less heavy direction, but the songwriting improved, and Mike's vocals made them sound a lot more mature. Sometimes I want that raw attack of the first two albums, but I reach for the third and fourth albums just as much.

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Don’t underestimate Howe’s 3rd and final (at the time) release with them -Hanging in the Balance. Better than The Human Factor IMO, just a horrific record-label-chosen album cover that put most people off. Seriously, check it out.
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Don’t underestimate Howe’s 3rd and final (at the time) release with them -Hanging in the Balance. Better than The Human Factor IMO, just a horrific record-label-chosen album cover that put most people off. Seriously, check it out.
I plan to, I've just never seen a copy of it when I was looking for it. I've heard mostly the same assessment all over; great music, horrible cover art.

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