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That's staggering to be honest' date=' not a fan of Black Sabbath, Dio, Motorhead, Slayer, Metallica, Judas Priest or Iron Maiden? I can understand not liking some of them but none of them?[/quote'] Slayer and Iron Maiden are the only ones I really dislike, but I personally find "classic metal" very boring and I don't pay much attention to it. I prefer to focus my attention on modern underground metal bands, which I enjoy much more. The exception for me is Paradise Lost, but i'm not sure if they count as "classic", since they aren't as huge as any of the aforementioned bands, despite being around for 25 years-ish.
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I don't like Varg's music. It's simply never appealed to me. Whoa serious deja vu here. I'd have to say Halford I mean he's the metal god for a reason
You might want to try his first album, it's a great deal more straightforward. Check out more of his stuff before you write him off completely, but I wouldn't be surprised if you never got into Burzum. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Slayer and Iron Maiden are the only ones I really dislike' date=' but I personally find "classic metal" very boring and I don't pay much attention to it. I prefer to focus my attention on modern underground metal bands, which I enjoy much more. The exception for me is Paradise Lost, but i'm not sure if they count as "classic", since they aren't as huge as any of the aforementioned bands, despite being around for 25 years-ish.[/quote'] I don't completely agree, but I completely understand this. If you like the old sounds, that's great, but it's something a lot of people don't find relevant. And the "classic" bands pretty much blew their load decades ago. Regardless of their historical importance, there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. It's like people saying you have to listen to old blues to really appreciate Sabbath... or Swans to appreciate Napalm Death. I love it all, but it just doesn't matter to a lot of folks.
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You might want to try his first album, it's a great deal more straightforward. Check out more of his stuff before you write him off completely, but I wouldn't be surprised if you never got into Burzum. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
The only Burzum that I ever got into was Aske. I actually really like his vocals on that recording. In general I agree with RO, the music is weak and basically lives and dies by its necro production values. I'd have a hard time talking about him as a metal frontman, though, since he doesn't play any shows or have an actual band.
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The only Burzum that I ever got into was Aske. I actually really like his vocals on that recording. In general I agree with RO' date=' the music is weak and basically lives and dies by its necro production values. I'd have a hard time talking about him as a metal frontman, though, since he doesn't play any shows or have an actual band.[/quote'] It doesn't work for everybody, but I find his songwriting entrancing. The fuzzy production adds to the ambient atmospheric feeling, as the music itself is pretty basic, but is more subtle than overt. It's raw emotion, and his albums are some of my favorite black metal albums. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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For me best was Dead from Mayhem. A beast onstage - although I of course haden't opportunity to see him alive. But Live in Leipzig shows perfectly his genius. And if I had to choose one of guys from the list it would be Dickinson. I don't listen to Irons as much as I used to when I was a kid, but despite his age his still a fucking great-gig-maker haha. His abilities are very impressive.

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For me best was Dead from Mayhem. A beast onstage - although I of course haden't opportunity to see him alive. But Live in Leipzig shows perfectly his genius. And if I had to choose one of guys from the list it would be Dickinson. I don't listen to Irons as much as I used to when I was a kid, but despite his age his still a fucking great-gig-maker haha. His abilities are very impressive.
tbh I have to agree with this. He is a great guy and really good showman. His voice is still pretty good but nowhere near his insane vocals of the 80's.
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