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Re: sober v not Some of my favorite beers are Aventinus Doppelbock, Trappistes Rochefort 10, Westmalle Tripel, Stone's Ruination Double IPA, Deschutes The Abyss Imperial Stout, Uinta's Labyrinth Black Ale, Spaten's Franziskaner Hefeweissen, Ayinger's Celebrator Doppelbock, and a whole lot of others. That represents most of the kinds of beers I drink, but have tons of others that I love. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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have learned that no matter how drunk I get Iron Maiden's Final Frontier still doesn't sound any good what the fuck were they taking during the recording of that album? I want to know so I can never, ever touch it
I agree. That was a very disappointing album.
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I must admit, I enjoy metal more after a few beers, although I may not be 100% aware of what i'm listening to - might struggle to remember each track by name, but who cares when you're having fun? Don't tend to remember individual tracks anymore since listening to metal for a few years, I only seem to recall experiences on an album basis - don't know if this is a metalhead phenomenon or just my own experience...

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I must admit, I enjoy metal more after a few beers, although I may not be 100% aware of what i'm listening to - might struggle to remember each track by name, but who cares when you're having fun? Don't tend to remember individual tracks anymore since listening to metal for a few years, I only seem to recall experiences on an album basis - don't know if this is a metalhead phenomenon or just my own experience...
That tends to be the case with most metal albums that aren't really old-school, they're usually written as albums instead of collections of songs.
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Ive definitely had a history of kicking sobriety to the curb, though its a much more manageable thing now. I used to do just about everything under the sun before I ended up with a nasty speedball problem a few years back, took me a while to get past that but I've been clean for quite a while now and only partake in booze and occasional pot. I usually only do those when I'm hanging around people, so to dull the piercing anguish the human voice gives me

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My enjoyment of music actually goes way up if I'm a little drunk, even complex music. Weed is weird for me, sometimes I enjoy it but I've actually had panic attacks on two occasions while high. And strangely enough I'm not usually that terribly into music while smoking, a lot of music actually makes me feel very uneasy. Still having said that I would really like to listen to Crack the Skye while high.

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I hear you Asmodeus, or maybe I'd better not lol. These days hangovers are never worth the effort, no matter how good the night was. A sign of getting older I guess. For me, metal is definitely better sober.

Hangover? What's that? Actually the last few decent sessions I have wound up a little worse for wear. I'm not drinking as often these days partly because pursuing cycling at a higher level demands a certain level of discipline and partly because it's fairly common knowledge that when recovering from an injury alcohol only serves to cause further inflamation. Anyway back to this previously rotten corpse of a topic. I'd say all concerts are better with a bit of a buzz. Not out of it drunk just to that point where reality is slightly enhanced.

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When I'm playing, I prefer to be totally sober, especially if I'm doing vocals too. A beer or two at the most is ok, but I find that it interferes with my focus. When listening, it's a mood thing; I like to drink when listening to my own music because it gives me a different perspective, sometimes helps me see if it's still enjoyable. 

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When I'm playing, I prefer to be totally sober ... A beer or two at the most is ok, but I find that it interferes with my focus.

Second.

I allow myself to drink perhaps one beer, but can't be permitted to feel any effects caused by the alcohol since my notes (arco) are at risk of sounding unstable. It's a pity, since (playing) music is usually a blast under influence.

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Well for me (obviously :-P) being slammed and thrashing is alot more fun than being sober and thrashing, because when I'm sober I don't thrash, I just listen to the music, but of course... each has it's advantages and disadvantaged.. >.> <.<... disadvantages.. yea anyway, when I am drunk I can't type for shit, although I guess I can't do that when I'm sober either... XD, and I can't walk, although it's fucking fun, and of course it's fun to go absolutely fucking insane, and when I'm sober I like to listen to the music more, I don't really know how else to describe it. EDIT: also the picture for the emotes is fucked, it asks me to insert a link, and the second set of <> is for emotes.

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