Originally posted by Lee_B
It IS metal and your comment about the poprock from before is nothing short of idiotic. I'd like to know what exactly isn't metal about Slipknot?
If Slipknot isn't metal then what is? What does that make Manowar, the self-proclaimed "Kings Of Metal" who aren't even nearly as heavy as Slipknot?
Being metal isn't anything to do with how popular a band is. It is, fudamenatally, about heavy guitars and heavy riff-driven music, which Slipknot have by the truckload.
They may well be really popular. They may well dress like clowns. They may well have a fan-base of 12 year old kids. But they're metal none the less. Fact. The more you argue the more foolish you'll make yourself look.
When I was 12 me and all my pals were all wearing Iron Maiden shirts. They were the Slipknot of the early 80's! Are they not metal either?
Lee B
Originally posted by Lee_B
It IS metal and your comment about the poprock from before is nothing short of idiotic. I'd like to know what exactly isn't metal about Slipknot?
If Slipknot isn't metal then what is? What does that make Manowar, the self-proclaimed "Kings Of Metal" who aren't even nearly as heavy as Slipknot?
Being metal isn't anything to do with how popular a band is. It is, fudamenatally, about heavy guitars and heavy riff-driven music, which Slipknot have by the truckload.
They may well be really popular. They may well dress like clowns. They may well have a fan-base of 12 year old kids. But they're metal none the less. Fact. The more you argue the more foolish you'll make yourself look.
When I was 12 me and all my pals were all wearing Iron Maiden shirts. They were the Slipknot of the early 80's! Are they not metal either?
Lee B
Originally posted by Trapped
Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat is awesome... especially 'gently'. I own the 'self titled' one, and it's got a few decent tracks on it...
It is by no strech of the words 'amazing' or anything, but it is okay.
What exactly is your BEEF with this band? It can't be because of the 'riffs are simple' thing, because 80% of you listen to Katatonia, and THEY are not complex, or even METAL. ... And while opeth are progressive (...they have long songs wow, that's progressive), they are not complex or technical at all.
It can't be the vocals thing, because you all listen to opeth, and opeth's growls are hideous...!! And slipknot's screaming is decent, and the clean singing is pretty good.
...And those of you who have said 'i haven't heard their first one, but i've heard the POPULAR one, so they suck', tell me, do you have the same mentality towards Megadeth, or Metallica? In that Load sucks, so obviously all their first albums suck too??
You're a bunch of fools, and this thread is proving it.
I presonally don't like Slipknot too much, aside from MFKR, and i don't see how you people can listen to the CRAP you listen to and say that slipknot is crap, when the only thing really different with slipknot is the popularity...
Get over yourselves you elitist assholes.
I actually agree with you pretty much. Except that "Opeth's growls are hideuos"! I love the growls, not saying that they are better or whatever than anyone else but i think its just a subjective opinion. Anyway, yeh, too many people are too quick to bag the shit out of something they just happen to not like... and well theres obvious more even sadder reasons for this "Slipknot sucks" attitudes, as well as everyones attitudes towards anything popular. I think people just enjoying making themselves feel better than everyone else by attacking everything which isnt them.Originally posted by Trapped
Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat is awesome... especially 'gently'. I own the 'self titled' one, and it's got a few decent tracks on it...
It is by no strech of the words 'amazing' or anything, but it is okay.
What exactly is your BEEF with this band? It can't be because of the 'riffs are simple' thing, because 80% of you listen to Katatonia, and THEY are not complex, or even METAL. ... And while opeth are progressive (...they have long songs wow, that's progressive), they are not complex or technical at all.
It can't be the vocals thing, because you all listen to opeth, and opeth's growls are hideous...!! And slipknot's screaming is decent, and the clean singing is pretty good.
...And those of you who have said 'i haven't heard their first one, but i've heard the POPULAR one, so they suck', tell me, do you have the same mentality towards Megadeth, or Metallica? In that Load sucks, so obviously all their first albums suck too??
You're a bunch of fools, and this thread is proving it.
I presonally don't like Slipknot too much, aside from MFKR, and i don't see how you people can listen to the CRAP you listen to and say that slipknot is crap, when the only thing really different with slipknot is the popularity...
Get over yourselves you elitist assholes.
It is my belief that slipknot is not metal ......got a problem with it ?
That was pure genious Trapped. Correct in every sense
And whoever the hell said that Pantera isn't metal because they used to be glam is lamost as stupid as though retards saying that second LOTR movie and book(written 48 years ago or so), The Two Towers, is a blatent insensative notion towards the 9/11 tragedy.
My friends call Faith No More metal, and good for them.. not what i call metal but who cares
the only good thing about slipknot now is Joey Jordison .....and even he isn't that great...
Originally posted by Bumblefoot
Also note: Slipknot is a metal band
Originally posted by requiem
Well, if metal means that half of the lyrics are rapped, then I'm in the wrong genre.