Controversial opinions on metal

As much as I enjoy power metal here and there... I always kinda group people whose primary metal diet consists of it into the 'nerdy, awkward white knight' types. I know a kid who just perfectly exemplifies this, he has long blonde hair, glasses, and throws his 40k pieces every time he loses a game. He tries to be friends with everybody. Real nice dude, cool usually, but idk. Hard to explain.

Pretty much this in a nutshell.

 
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Yeah, the most embarrassingly nerdy metal guy I've ever seen had long formerly-blonde straight hair, glasses, and a Sonata Arctica t-shirt with a wolf on it. Even the only tr00 black metal guy I've seen was less pathetic than that (albeit uglier).

EDIT: There was no power metal in that video.
 
I love Summoning. Admittedly, I do like old Summoning more than the new because it has less of the fantasy and more of the "raw" aspect. But fuck, I love Final Fantasy and seriously their music reminds me a lot of the FF games i played as a kid. If i could be paid for playing fantasy games all day, i think i'd take that job.

In regards to nerds, i'd say most of my metalhead friends (including myself) are somewhat nerdy… even the cool ones. I dig it, though. I actually find a lot of prog metalheads to be kind of similar to what you mention… and oftentimes really difficult to have a conversation with.
 
I'm finding some of Summoning's material to be a little too indulgent in the keyboardy stuff. Sometimes I like it and other times I feel like it's cheesy and cheaply done.
 
^ ummm of course, that's what it's all about. A lot of the melodies sound like they came right out of a NES game. Corny as shit, but entertaining as hell. If you find that stuff too cheesy to handle, methinks Summoning ain't your bag.
 
HamburgerBoy said:
Yeah, the most embarrassingly nerdy metal guy I've ever seen had long formerly-blonde straight hair, glasses, and a Sonata Arctica t-shirt with a wolf on it. Even the only tr00 black metal guy I've seen was less pathetic than that (albeit uglier).

EDIT: There was no power metal in that video.
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Haha yeah the Sonata Arctica shirt pretty much sums it up too. Bunch of Toki Wartooth acting mofos.
 
Wolf_tshirt.htm

http://www.birkoph.com/Wolf_tshirt.htm
 
This is brilliant. Want.

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Last off-topic statement... fuck wolf shirts. When I'm hoping to get lucky, I wear one of my various dragon or reaper shirts. It proves how otherworldly and dangerous my genitals are.
 
Uneasy_Conscience said:
Night is the New Day is the best Katatonia album.
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Its a good album, but it doesnt come anywhere close to Tonight's Decision, Discouraged Ones, or Last Fair Deal Gone Down.

Its too hard for me to pick a favorite, or a best Katatonia album. I can tell you though that their acoustic remake of Dead End Kings sucked. Only album of theirs Ive been disappointed with.
 
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