is metal dead?

[crazymetalguy]

do you think metal is dead or do you think it will come back to it's glory days of late 90s?

 

[snow_like_ash]

Glory days? SO many great albums have come out since then.

 

[OrestesMantra]

Metal is in its glory days right now.There are a zillion talented bands making good albums.You are the only one who cant find them

edit: Oh, and its not like the late 90's was even that long ago.

 

[crazymetalguy]

i don't know what your talking about. but i'm new to this site and i don't know any of the bands here. metals been going down hill ever since wes borland left limp bizkit. and if the rumors about linkin park breaking up are true its all over. are there any bands that are as good on this site?

 

[OrestesMantra]

i don't know what your talking about. but i'm new to this site and i don't know any of the bands here. metals been going down hill ever since wes borland left limp bizkit. and if the rumors about linkin park breaking up are true its all over. are there any bands that are as good on this site?

Gimmick accounts arent funny. Bye troll

 

[Lycanthrope]

I think metal continues to improve with time.
As far as metal being dead? Look at the number of members on this forum alone - considering the fact that there are countless metal forums on the web - and you tell me how 'dead' it is.

 

[C-Taylor]

i don't know what your talking about. but i'm new to this site and i don't know any of the bands here. metals been going down hill ever since wes borland left limp bizkit. and if the rumors about linkin park breaking up are true its all over. are there any bands that are as good on this site?

realyly!!!???

 

[crazymetalguy]

but there are no good new bands. how many trooly original bands came out in the last 3 years? you laugh at nu metal but it was different and new for a time.

 

[Lycanthrope]

but there are no good new bands.

Are you serious!?
I'm not sure what you consider 'new', but there are tons of bands out there who are in their prime, even as I type.
I could mention a few of my personal faves -
Lacuna Coil
Nevermore
Opeth
Pain of Salvation
Dream Theater
Sentenced
Symphony X
Meshuggah
Testament (like the energizer bunny - STILL goin'!)
Virgin Black
Evergrey
Nightwish
Flowing Tears
Soilwork
In Flames

Just to scratch the surface. Of course, some would disagree with my choices, but I think you get my point. Everybody's got an opinion.

 

[crazymetalguy]

these are hardly new bands and most are past their prime

in flames - used to be my favorite band. while i didn't hate RTR, and i have no problems with their new "nu metal" influences, it just wasn't that great. a decent album at best. i don't expect originality from this band anymore. just give us a solid album again. everything before colony was great, clayman was pretty good, RTR is just ok.

opeth - one of the few metal bands that still has my interest. damnation is just great. deliverance was a bit of a disappointment but still had some brilliant moments

dream theater - scenes from a memory total blew me away, and still does almost every time i listen to it. but 6 degrees was pretty crappy. way too long and not very many new ideas. and the few fresh things weren't done as wall as on scenes.

symphony x - love these guys but just can't enjoy much of the new stuff. i just think they could be doing better things with the talent in the band. russel is god. romeo is god(check him out live!!!). still think twilight is their best(yes, better than divine wings imo)

nevermore - waiting to hear the new album. dreaming neon black was a music masterpiece. it went beyond metal. dead heart was a great metal album but didn't come close to neon black

testament - it's just thrash metal. it's great to get the adrenaline flowing but musically it doesn't add up to much

nightwish - ocean born was great. but the albums kept on coming and it turned into beating a dead horse.

not gonna comment on the other bands due to partial ignorance. but the point is metal is boring these days. how many dream theater clones do we need? how many "melodic death metal"(eucharist is really the only band worthy of this label) bands do we need? i'm not even gonna touch power metal(come on, rhapsody was fun for a while, but it turned into a joke)

 

[OrestesMantra]

Nothing you do or say will change anything about the metal scene, so if you dont like it DONT LISTEN TO IT!


p.s. Dying Sun is very tr00.Its wise to listen to him.*

*not**


**ZING!

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

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You were raped as a child, weren't you?

 

[Stormrider586]

skyfire.

 

[LordFireworm]

You were raped as a child, weren't you?

 

[crazymetalguy]

They might be a solid band, but original is something they're NOT. When Children of Bodom came out with basically the same formula it was somewhat new and fresh. What's so new and fresh about Skyfire? I'd rather listen to System of a Down. Laugh all you want but at least they're original.

 

[TheNihilist]

System of a Down is not original at all.

 

[Incendiare]

There's alot of good metal these days. You just gotta keep your eyes open.

 

[crazymetalguy]

Great argument TheNihilist. Maybe you'll also be kind enough to point out who System of a Down is ripping off? How much of their music have you even heard?

 

[SADUDE]

yes metal is dead. They forgot to change the name to ultimateRap when metal died approximately two and a half months ago.
These silly threads...

 

[TheNihilist]

I never said they were ripping anyone off, they just suck. And I've heard Toxicity. Opeth is a somewhat original band, not System of a Down.