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Lame ass mallcore masquerading as black/death metal for the Hot Topic crowd. Avoid the posers' date=' stick to real black/death metal instead of it's pop music imitators.[/quote'] So coz you don't like it it's rubbish, whatever. Who cares what genre it is or isn't, if you like you like if you don't just move on. Good job we don't all like the same as it would be very boring. Variety is the spice of life my friend.
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Re: Winds Of Plague 'Refined In The Fire' Video Premiere You can like whatever you want, but that doesn't mean they belong in a metal discussion. It seems obvious to me that they're just another Abigail Williams, a deathcore band playing "black metal" dressup to appeal to Dimmu Borgir fans instead of Job For A Cowboy fans. As with anything, if you avoid the pop music (in this case, emo) bastardization of a style and go for the real deal, you'll see that substance trumps image every time.

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You can like whatever you want' date=' but that doesn't mean they belong in a metal discussion. It seems obvious to me that they're just another Abigail Williams, a deathcore band playing "black metal" dressup to appeal to Dimmu Borgir fans instead of Job For A Cowboy fans. As with anything, if you avoid the pop music (in this case, emo) bastardization of a style and go for the real deal, you'll see that substance trumps image every time.[/quote'] So in your own words it's black metal, dressed up or not. So by that it has a place in a metal discussion. Don't really care about the image just the sound, can't see the image while I'm driving. :lol:
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Re: Winds Of Plague 'Refined In The Fire' Video Premiere Then I guess men dressed up as women are the same as regular women, right? It doesn't matter if they've got a cock underneath, it looks like a girl, so it must be a girl, right? You can keep your transvestite wanna be black metal, I'll stick with the real deal.

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Re: Winds Of Plague 'Refined In The Fire' Video Premiere When a band is image oriented, it bleeds into the music. It's pretty obvious that a band like Kiss doesn't care what they sound like, as long as they dress up and put on a show they'll make tons of money. Music always supercedes image, and when it doesn't the results are typically terrible.

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Then I guess men dressed up as women are the same as regular women' date=' right? It doesn't matter if they've got a cock underneath, it looks like a girl, so it must be a girl, right? You can keep your transvestite wanna be black metal, I'll stick with the real deal.[/quote'] Nailed it! :lol:
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As I said' date=' you're welcome to listen to what you want, but I prefer music with integrity instead of their "made to sell" pop music imitations.[/quote'] How do you know if a tune you have heard has "integrity"? If it sounds good to you is that not enough? I hardly think anything on this site could be classed as pop music. :lol:
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Re: Winds Of Plague 'Refined In The Fire' Video Premiere Well, Cellador and Above Symmetry are two bands that look worse than they sound. A good example of image doing a lot to make you really hate a band: Black Veil Brides are difficult to listen to without looking at. Watch their music videos and you will inevitably lose your lunch and undergo 'Festering Offal Discharge' as Necrophagist would call it. Not a big fan of Winds Of Plague...if I have to listen to death metal with too many breakdowns I'd rather hear Beneath The Massacre, they're a lot more talented. Plus their lyrics are far superior to this stupid fluttercussing rubbish.

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