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6 hours ago, xUpTheIronsx said:

In more celebration of the winter cold and  snow:

Kampfar - Mellom Skogkledde Aaser

Thyrfing - Valdr Galga

Mythotin - In The Sign of the Ravens

This is the shit, right here. 

Right now I'm being forced to watch a Bruno Mars concert cause the Countess is being decidedly un-metal. It's Friday night though, so I'm chilled bro watsup. 

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Ha ha. Bruno is kinda cool.

Put on Running Wild ‘Conquistadors’ video on YouTube before and my son asked me turn it off. Might get a DNA test on that one during the week...somethings not right. Lol.

Now listening: Running Wild ‘Death or Glory’ Remaster. I remember when this first came out and it kinda didn’t click with me but for the life of me I cannot understand why not. It’s one of those 10/10 albums imo. Classic.


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8 minutes ago, True Belief said:

Ha ha. Bruno is kinda cool.

Put on Running Wild ‘Conquistadors’ video on YouTube before and my son asked me turn it off. Might get a DNA test on that one during the week...somethings not right. Lol.

Now listening: Running Wild ‘Death or Glory’ Remaster. I remember when this first came out and it kinda didn’t click with me but for the life of me I cannot understand why not. It’s one of those 10/10 albums imo. Classic.


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Oh hey, friend. 

I ended up having my fill of Bruno Mars. All of his songs are about how great he is as a guy, and all his buddies on stage support him in that claim.

At one point I said to my wife, I said, "Right, I'm going to the bathroom, and when I get back I'm putting headphones in". I followed through on that thread and am NOW PLAYING Darkthrone - 'Under a Funeral Moon'. What glorious hymns. 

You'll have to put 'Down Boys' on for True Belief Junior. 

 

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Oh hey, friend. 
I ended up having my fill of Bruno Mars. All of his songs are about how great he is as a guy, and all his buddies on stage support him in that claim.
At one point I said to my wife, I said, "Right, I'm going to the bathroom, and when I get back I'm putting headphones in". I followed through on that thread and am NOW PLAYING Darkthrone - 'Under a Funeral Moon'. What glorious hymns. 
You'll have to put 'Down Boys' on for True Belief Junior. 
 


Na would you believe it the little legend is all over fricken Whitesnake 1987. Maybe he is mine after all....
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Autopsy “Puncturing The Grotesque” - fuck yeah!!  This is the kind of death metal that makes me want to quit my job and drink beer all day.


Ha ha, that sounds like a brilliant existence to me! Count me in!
This pleases me greatly. It also makes perfect sense. What's not to like about this landmark in rock history? 


It’s fucken great. I’m kinda not fond of the MTV inspired ballads but there’s some serious jack-hammered riffage on this that I think too many people miss. And that godly guitar tone.....
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2 hours ago, Requiem said:

This is the shit, right here. 

Right now I'm being forced to watch a Bruno Mars concert cause the Countess is being decidedly un-metal. It's Friday night though, so I'm chilled bro watsup. 

I can take Brunoe Mars in very small doses....like 10 seconds. He has some people writing some decent music for him...but again, it is pop schlock, and I can't stand the whole image

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I grew up with a mom who listens to garbage music, so I guess it makes sense that I would marry a woman who listens to garbage music. She doesn't hate everything I play that isn't the shallow, vapid pop country/hip-hip/whatever radio grime flavor of the week, but she doesn't ever play it herself either. It hurts.

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6 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I grew up with a mom who listens to garbage music, so I guess it makes sense that I would marry a woman who listens to garbage music. She doesn't hate everything I play that isn't the shallow, vapid pop country/hip-hip/whatever radio grime flavor of the week, but she doesn't ever play it herself either. It hurts.

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In a way I've always been a little thankful that the Countess doesn't like metal.

In married life everything is done in negotiation/partnership, and if she liked metal too that would be yet another thing we would do 'together'. There would be very little individuality going on at all. 

As it stands, metal is my personal thing - I go to gigs without her, I don't have to share CDs or discuss which albums to buy etc. It's sort of my sanctuary from the beast when I want to run to the hills. 

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In a way I've always been a little thankful that the Countess doesn't like metal.
In married life everything is done in negotiation/partnership, and if she liked metal too that would be yet another thing we would do 'together'. There would be very little individuality going on at all. 
As it stands, metal is my personal thing - I go to gigs without her, I don't have to share CDs or discuss which albums to buy etc. It's sort of my sanctuary from the beast when I want to run to the hills. 
I was always of the opinion that I didn't want to date or marry a metal fan, but that opinion has shifted over the last couple of years. It seemed like it would be harder in some ways because you can of like the same things, but tastes vary. Look how much we argue here, I couldn't imagine that in a marriage. Now though, as my wife and I have less and less in common, I think about how nice it would be to share that, or at least be able to respect and appreciate what she listens to instead of viewing/hearing it as pure shit. I like having separate interests too, but now I want more shared interests since there are virtually none.

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3 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I was always of the opinion that I didn't want to date or marry a metal fan, but that opinion has shifted over the last couple of years. It seemed like it would be harder in some ways because you can of like the same things, but tastes vary. Look how much we argue here, I couldn't imagine that in a marriage. Now though, as my wife and I have less and less in common, I think about how nice it would be to share that, or at least be able to respect and appreciate what she listens to instead of viewing/hearing it as pure shit. I like having separate interests too, but now I want more shared interests since there are virtually none.

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I can see what you mean. This sounds pretty grim. I actually kind of like sitting in the passenger seat of my wife's Mitsubishi Outlander and listening to pop music every now and then. It's a change and some of it is cool. 

You've prompted me to do an audit on my marriage. Read below. 

Interests Requiem Has in Common With His Wife:

Vampire children's welfare, travel, dining/restaurants, local events/festivals, socialising with other couples.

Interests Requiem Has Alone:

Metal, literature.

Apart from children, metal and literature are the true passions in my life. 

 

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I can see what you mean. This sounds pretty grim. I actually kind of like sitting in the passenger seat of my wife's Mitsubishi Outlander and listening to pop music every now and then. It's a change and some of it is cool. 
You've prompted me to do an audit on my marriage. Read below. 
Interests Requiem Has in Common With His Wife:
Vampire children's welfare, travel, dining/restaurants, local events/festivals, socialising with other couples.
Interests Requiem Has Alone:
Metal, literature.
Apart from children, metal and literature are the true passions in my life. 
 
Yeah, it's not great. Things are improving, but our interests have been diverging in recent years, from basics like food and movies to socio-political views and issues with our families. We're on the same page with the kids at least, but growing apart is challenging.

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1 hour ago, Requiem said:

In a way I've always been a little thankful that the Countess doesn't like metal.

In married life everything is done in negotiation/partnership, and if she liked metal too that would be yet another thing we would do 'together'. There would be very little individuality going on at all. 

As it stands, metal is my personal thing - I go to gigs without her, I don't have to share CDs or discuss which albums to buy etc. It's sort of my sanctuary from the beast when I want to run to the hills. 

This is close to my own experience, but MotherAlabaster does enjoy a good bit of what I put on even though she wouldn't choose to listen to most of it on her own, and she's usually pretty tolerant of stuff even if it's not her thing. I count myself lucky; I'm not that way. She's also introduced me to some great classical stuff and enjoys medieval choral music nearly as much as I do. As far as gigs, I wish I could bring her, but we have no opportunities for that since one of us is always home with the young lad. 

Young Whippersnapper been getting into my first favorite music lately; we just finished another time through the English carol recordings that I grew up with. He can't carry a tune to save his life, but he's learning the words, and we've been having a blast with the Gloucestershire Wassail, 12 Days (which gets on my nerves but is great for him), "There Was A Pig", "Masters In This Hall", and other Yuletide favorites.

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17 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

This is close to my own experience, but MotherAlabaster does enjoy a good bit of what I put on even though she wouldn't choose to listen to most of it on her own, and she's usually pretty tolerant of stuff even if it's not her thing. I count myself lucky; I'm not that way. She's also introduced me to some great classical stuff and enjoys medieval choral music nearly as much as I do. As far as gigs, I wish I could bring her, but we have no opportunities for that since one of us is always home with the young lad. 

We're lucky in that we have babysitting from the in-laws a fair bit, but we usually go out for dinner or less often a movie. Going to a metal gig with Countess Requiem is a. Completely hilarious if you knew her and b. Bringing too much domesticity to the realms of unfettered black metal liberation (or whatever genre of bands I'm seeing). 

Tonight for instance, it's Paradise Lost. So it will be Requiem and True Belief partying hard, out on the town, dooming it up. Imagine if it was Requiem, the Countess, True Belief, and Madame True Belief.... standing around, talking about work and children, sipping drinks with straws. No thank you. 

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We're lucky in that we have babysitting from the in-laws a fair bit, but we usually go out for dinner or less often a movie. Going to a metal gig with Countess Requiem is a. Completely hilarious if you knew her and b. Bringing too much domesticity to the realms of unfettered black metal liberation (or whatever genre of bands I'm seeing). 
Tonight for instance, it's Paradise Lost. So it will be Requiem and True Belief partying hard, out on the town, dooming it up. Imagine if it was Requiem, the Countess, True Belief, and Madame True Belief.... standing around, talking about work and children, sipping drinks with straws. No thank you. 
That's a fair point. However, my wife does join me at shows occasionally, even if it is just to get hammered. If she does get drunk enough, she can have fun and be fun to enjoy the show with, we'll put our arms around each other and shake our hips while I headbang. If she's not drinking, she just sits on a bar stool and looks miserable. Even with that being fun at times, I prefer to go to shows myself, so I feel you there. It's a different dynamic when the Mrs. is there, and doesn't offer the same escapism, but she hates to feel left out.

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44 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

That's a fair point. However, my wife does join me at shows occasionally, even if it is just to get hammered. If she does get drunk enough, she can have fun and be fun to enjoy the show with, we'll put our arms around each other and shake our hips while I headbang. If she's not drinking, she just sits on a bar stool and looks miserable. Even with that being fun at times, I prefer to go to shows myself, so I feel you there. It's a different dynamic when the Mrs. is there, and doesn't offer the same escapism, but she hates to feel left out.

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It's definitely better to be out alone than with a ball and chain that's going to drag you down. And short of encouraging me to chug a beer, mosh in the frontline and buy a heap of tour merch, pretty much everything my wife will do at a gig will be dragging it down. My wife will be counting my drinks, standing at the back and telling me to stop spending money before asking to leave. 

This sounds pretty harsh, so I'll direct everyone back to my positives list. We have plenty of good times me and the old duck. But if it's a choice between her and TB at a metal show, well, Australia just passed same-sex marriage legislation so you be the judge...

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It's definitely better to be out alone than with a ball and chain that's going to drag you down. And short of encouraging me to chug a beer, mosh in the frontline and buy a heap of tour merch, pretty much everything my wife will do at a gig will be dragging it down. My wife will be counting my drinks, standing at the back and telling me to stop spending money before asking to leave. 
This sounds pretty harsh, so I'll direct everyone back to my positives list. We have plenty of good times me and the old duck. But if it's a choice between her and TB at a metal show, well, Australia just passed same-sex marriage legislation so you be the judge...


That sounds rough. My wife does all of that at home, and I wouldn't want to deal with that during an escape. Having a list of positives is good, hopefully we can grow ours again. We're moving in that direction, but it sucks and it's a shitload of work. At least I have my beautiful girls to keep me occupied.

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