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Personally' date=' I like to consider other metalheads my brothers and sisters. Fighting for the same cause as it were. I guess I kind of think of it as a tribal sort of thing as we're all dedicated to the same music and most of us would die for it (I assume, feel free to correct me). Is that just me or?[/quote'] No, not atall that is waht i think too :)
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Unfortunately it's the same where I live, mainly because I'm the only person I know who actually listens to metal and not shitty pop rock like You me at six. I know 2 guys who go to my school who are like 3 years older and one is an insane Iron Maiden fan (he taught me how to play Enter Sandman on guitar) and one guy who wears Metallica shirts alot. It's different at festivals though, or so I've heard. Apparently at Bloodstock it is literally like a tribal gathering.

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Personally' date=' I like to consider other metalheads my brothers and sisters. Fighting for the same cause as it were. I guess I kind of think of it as a tribal sort of thing as we're all dedicated to the same music and most of us would die for it (I assume, feel free to correct me). Is that just me or?[/quote'] Fight is the right word, because make no bones about it, the music business and media would rather we did not exist. They just don't get us at all.
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Stink 182' date=' bullshit for my valentine, balls out boy, black fail brides, no erections, yeah loads of people love thoae at my high school[/quote'] Arent you forgetting bring me the hairstraighteners and all time blow? :P Joking aside, I do feel a kind of brotherly connection to most metalheads I meet, I love the fact that I can go up to a guy at a gig, say "nice shirt" and end up having a long conversation him :P (Generally with women, I must come across as creepy, cos I only get dirty looks. Not always, but mostly hahaha)
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You''re my metal church family, so to speak.

I honestly doubt that they care much. They make so much money off of their mainstream artists' date=' we don't even register as a blip on the radar.[/quote'] We'd need to be sufficiently successful to get the attention of the music industry. The media respond only to the preconceived notions of the people, so I really wouldn't blame them so much as society writ large for the bizarre, myopic and stupid impression many people have of metalheads.
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the media have very little control over what they actually report or how it's reported, they are restricted by the interests, morals and notions of their target audience, as metal is still widely regarded as "evil" the moral panic surrounding it is reported in this way by the media. I've seen this with metal and in sport, seriously it is baffling that in my state there are two AFL teams (Adelaide and Port Adelaide, the local competiton, SANFL there is no Adelaide only Port Adelaide) and one club (Adelaide) can do no wrong according to the media, even deliberately breaching AFL salary caps was spun in favour of that club, the other however is universally criticised for everything it does, even positive aspects of the club are twisted into negatives and the same thing happens in metal

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The funny thing is that you never see more intellectual bands like Dream Theater' date=' Circus Maximus, Chthonic or Seventh Wonder on the news. They always try to find a group of rangy scatterbrained alcoholics.[/quote'] I know that you don't agree with their stance, but I would put Akercocke into this group too. One of the coolest things I've ever seen was an interview with them by a fundamentalist Christian TV program in Ireland that was protesting their playing there, the fundies were ludicrous as usual, and Akercocke were calm, collected, and articulate: dl9oM4f1xdQ
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You know, the first thing it made me want to do was listen to them... I honestly laughed at a lot of this. I was a bit confused about why they said they were not anti-Christian, but then the guy on the right clarified it by saying 'despite the failings of the dogma you follow, we're not anti-Christian'. Odd phrase, I kind of wonder what it means - I imagine they're just not fond of organized Christianity, although their lyrics suggest a more severe opposition. Nonetheless their panache was just hilarious, especially the fact that they had a wine glass. My favorite line by far was when the guy on the left said 'the Christian faith has brought a lot of great art into the world'...I suspect he was referring to any one of the several paintings of Venus. Great stuff, and exactly what I would have hoped for. :D

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I think it's quite clear what Agercocke are trying to say in that interview Iceni, they aren't against christianity however it is their opinion the teachings of the church fail to a certain extent, I would have liked to hear where they felt the church failed to further clarify but it appears they have an appreciation for some of the frankly magnificent works of art christianity has inspired, perhaps if that interview was conducted more professionally we could have quite an interesting discussion on the issues it raises but I agree with the band regarding censorship and freedom of speech, to censor artisitci expression on the grounds that some find it offensive is ludicrous, Christians raising such an argument should understand that their logic would restrict the preaching of a christian message just as it would a satanic message. This would also force virtually all great works of art to be hidden away lest they offend the eye of any individual. As the man who spoke last said if you don't like what's being said you do not need to listen to them however you have no right to demand a party remain silent because you are offended by what's being said

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