Controversial opinions on metal

I've got most of the lyrics from Invasion and Crystal Logic forever burned into my brain, so not very forgettable.

I've began to realize Manilla Road seems to be a band that, if someone else likes them also, I seem to have a bit of common ground with them in metal in general. Not everything but it's definitely there. If they don't like Manilla Road, it tends to go in an opposite direction and we have very little in common with the metal we like.
 
As cliched as it might sound if you consider yourself a fan of the genre and you happen to have long hair and/or a mess of facial hair and you wear band tshirts too sometimes then it's definitely not a coincidence that you look like a typical metalhead. You obviously have followed the herd yet you bitch how your taste has been developed distinctively.

You consistently embarrass yourself in here.
The way you dress is benign in terms of individuality, your mind, the way you think, is individuality.
 
That Manilla Road song above is almost OK, but it's still way too repetitive. I'd still pick Whitechapel.

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As cliched as it might sound if you consider yourself a fan of the genre and you happen to have long hair and/or a mess of facial hair and you wear band tshirts too sometimes then it's definitely not a coincidence that you look like a typical metalhead. You obviously have followed the herd yet you bitch how your taste has been developed distinctively.

Looking like a "typical metalhead" does not necessarily indicate a herd mentality; if someone is drawn to the music, it makes sense that they would also be drawn to the fashion aesthetic that complements the music. Why is it that people don't make the inverse claim, that just because you have long hair and wear band t-shirts doesn't mean you have to listen to metal?

Re EM: Yeah I love those "I listen to everything" people. I've met exactly one that included things outside of the top 40 station lists out of I've lost count how many who made the claim.

Next time you encounter someone using that phrase, ask them what klemzer bands they like.
 
I love the beginning of third verse in Necropolis

the world is full of mysteries
that men have never seen before
magik lives in all dynasties
the light of love shines ever more
 
You consistently embarrass yourself in here.
The way you dress is benign in terms of individuality, your mind, the way you think, is individuality.

I embarrass myself? Your posts here and in the other thread make me feel like I'm dropping some IQ points. You asked which Darkthrone stuff weren't metal like you haven't ever listened to The Cult is Alive, FOAD and everything they made after. However I shouldn't be surprised if you said the stuff was "metal to me" (the dumb poser line you kept embarrassing yourself with). I stopped answering simply because I gave up on your ignorance. At least on the other subject Mort Divine was trying to narrow down a fingerprint for Industrial Metal while there isn't really one for it, but you're just a waste of time.

Edit: Oh btw, I'm going out of town for a few days, so if you've got anything to say before I catch you don't take my silence as whatever stupid you might make out of it in your mind.

Looking like a "typical metalhead" does not necessarily indicate a herd mentality; if someone is drawn to the music, it makes sense that they would also be drawn to the fashion aesthetic that complements the music. Why is it that people don't make the inverse claim, that just because you have long hair and wear band t-shirts doesn't mean you have to listen to metal?

No, not necessarily, but usually it seems.