Death/black metal article on Washingtonpost.com

[Don Corleone]

very good call, random phil.

 

[Opet]

"If they decided to make as much money as they could, they would lose everything that makes them what they are now."

I don't think most underground metal makers themselves would let their music be turned into a product. I know they don't have control over everything we'd like them to, but they do have control over themselves. Right? I guess you can call it naive, but I don't think my favorite musicians would confuse their love for music with money.

 

[hornblow555]

I do have a problem with articles like this as I feel they do limit the number of new metalheads that get into the scene. While I do realize that journalism like this does discourage many trendhoppers from giving extreme metal a chance, it also discourages a population of people who might truly like metal if they were properly introduced to it. I know we all think that we are all independent-minded people, or at least most of us are now, but I know for a fact that journalism like this does limit the number of new people who become interested in extreme music, for better or for worse (and not necessarily trendhoppers either, but also people who are seriously into music). Even if many people wouldn't have gotten into extreme music anyway, articles like this help create a stigma against people who are, rather than encouraging a healthy respect (or at least tolerance) of people who enjoy our music. I know of many good people who, largely due to such stereotypes, make light of my taste in music, without even knowing what it's about. Even if a decrease in such journalism wouldn't turn more people onto metal, I think it could foster a more supportive attitude towards those who do enjoy metal and could encourage a healthy growth in the extrem metal scene. I understand the concerns of many people that positive publicity could ruin the scene by enticing trendhoppers and turn extreme metal into the nu-nu-metal, but I would also enjoy some increase of positive opinion about metal, as I'm sick of having to search far and wide for music that should be available at the nearest mega CD chain. Feel free to disagree with me, as I'm not sure that I've fully grappled with my feelings on the issue, but I think it's an important topic that we should discuss.

 

[Don Corleone]

"I'm writing damnit! I need to concentrate!! "

X))))))))

 

[hornblow555]

sorry, but what does "X)))))))))" mean?

 

[veil the sky]

hehehe.

we're gonna be on a cover CD on that zine.

i hope we get a cool interview too.

i just bet all that journalist's mates who wear pinstripe suits and work sad fucking day jobs and cant get a hard-on to fuck their wives all gave him a bloody big pat on the back for being so witty and hilarious.

hahahafuckingha

i'd give him a pat on the back and inject him with the AIDS virus

hahahafuckingha

 

[I'M GONNA' GUT YOU, CUNT!]

Originally posted by Lina
I agree with the writer that the examples he mentioned are ridiculous and pathetic. I hate that side of metal. But it's a shame that this is the only exposure the mainstream has to metal. Little do they know they complexity and depth of the music. *sigh*

DISEASED RIDDEN CUNT

 

[I'M GONNA' GUT YOU, CUNT!]

Originally posted by bleedingskeptic
that's the kind of shit that gives metal a bad name. sure metal is satan worshipping noise...if those are the only bands you've heard. throw that man an opeth cd and a couple cds of various melodic death metal bands and he'll probably spit at it still because when all you've heard is that shit in SOD, then your gonna be pretty close minded to metal.

YOU ARE THE GAYEST OF ALL FAGS

 

[I'M GONNA' GUT YOU, CUNT!]

Originally posted by Jim LotFP


To me, you're the 'wrong kind of person', That wants to keep metal in a closet, like some retarded child the world shouldn't see.

HOW ARE THE ABORTIONS?