He's really quite yellow, isn't he? (my tale of Heathen Crusade)

dorian gray said:
what is the significance of moshing? (obviously ive never done it)

personally, I think moshing at metal shows is pretty much fucking gay, except for a few select bands (Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, etc.).

Moshing, aka slamming, aka pitting, comes from the punk & hardcore world, and most of the REAL punk/hardcore kids would absolutely kill the kids in metal show pits.
 
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and it's a TYR RUNE obviously
 
THE TOXIC WALTZ
Here's a new dance craze
That's sweeping the nation
It's called the Toxic Waltz
And it's causing devastation
You're jumping up and down
Like a psycho circus clown
Slamming with waltzers
All the way around
You get caught up in the whip
Thrown into a flip
You aim for someone's head
To stain the floor red
Give someone a kick
To prove you're truly sick
Bounce back from some blows
And blood runs out your nose
Flailing round and round
And you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance
On this rough new dance
If you dare!
To dive in!
There are some that try
But they don't survive
They don't hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise
helps you brutalize
With us!
Exodus!
(chorus)
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball
Come on and do the toxic waltz
And slam your partner against the wall
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Good friendly violent fun in store for all
Get up off your ass and toxic waltz
If you hit the floor
You can always crawl!
Used to do the monkey
but now it's not cool
The twist and mashed potato
are no exception to the rule
So don't be a dunce
and dance like a runt
Just throw your elbows
with good friendly violent fun
don't start to cry
if you get a black eye
just dive back in
and give another try
but too much action
may leave you in traction
so you better get insurance
no matter your endurance
flailing round and round
and you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance
on the rough new dance
If you dare!
to dive in!
There are some that try
but they wont survive
They dont hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise
Helps you brutalize
With us!
Exodus!
(chorus)
Everybody's doing the Toxic Waltz
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball
Come on and do the toxic waltz
and slam your partner against the wall
everybody's doing the toxic waltz
good friendly violent fun in store for all
get up off your ass and toxic waltz
if you hit the floor you can always crawl!
Get up on your feet
Don't look so obsolete
And thrash like an athlete!
Don't sit there on your ass
Don't look like you got too much class
you'll be harassed!
You know we guarantee
This is the key
So rage or get the third degree!
You begin frontal assaults
and start your somersaults
And do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
 
dorian gray said:
ghey question" cant you get pretty seriously injured doing that? or not? (i dunno)

not at a metal show (though I will reserve Slayer shows as exempt from this statement)

I've seen people SERIOUSLY hurt at hardcore/punk shows, and a Ministry show actually
 
Dark One said:
By the way, no one ever complimented me in these threads for driving after the festival was over. :cry: I wanted to drink more during the last two hours of the fest, but knew that there was no way in hell we'd get home safely. :)

perhaps you were drunker than you think, since I thanked you several times, especially once we got back to the hotel after chowing down :tickled:
 
Erik said:
it's at the same time both INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID and INCREDIBLY AWESOME, how could it lose

Heh, I see the value in this perspective as well.

Sometimes you just get so filled with primal emotion as a kick ass, high energy show, that you just can't help but seek a primal release for that energy. It's relatively rare for me nowadays, but Thyrfing definitely got those juices flowing.
 
Sometimes there should simply NOT be moshing.

If that fucking turd had whacked me one more time during the Moonsorrow set, we would have thrown down. In fact, Zod pretty much prevented me from breaking his jaw right then & there.
 
lol @ people getting hurt in mosh pits. what kinda injuries are we talking about here?