MaNoWaR - what, where, why, how?

[JayKeeley]

Saying Nasheim is better than Bathory is like saying Hammerfall pisses all over Iron Maiden, but to each his own I guess eh?

Yes, but the question then is: Nasheim vs Hammerfall....

 

[Ayeka]

Manowar? I have no understanding of what the fans see in this band, and I don't think it can be truly explained. It's probably one of those things where if you need to ask, then you'll never know.

I strongly agree with this. It usually pops up with people asking "so what's the difference between True and False metal then?", trying to be smartasses. If you've ever listened to Heavy Metal at any point in your life it should be self-explanatory and blatantly obvious. Anyone asking that question is full of pose and an ass and doesn't deserve an answer because at the end of the day you know they don't care

I'll agree with the screaming lungs part, but "ripping solos"? I have to disagree here. The guitar playing in Manowar has always been somewhere between remedial to horrible.

You're a fool! Metal Daze? Shell Shock? Battle Hymn? Defender? Metal Warriors? And don't forget the bass shit likec William's Tale and Black Arrows. Meedly-meedly-meedly-meedly-meedly-meedly-MEEEEE!!!

Funny Story...

Back in the day, I went to a Manowar show, where they decided to call someone up from the crowd to jam with the band. I guess this was supposed to highlight what an amazing guitar player Ross the Boss is. Apparently, they were selecting someone from the crowd each night of the tour. Anyway, the kid gets up there, and just pisses all over Ross. Ross was redfaced, and the
audience was having a good time with it. But the question remains, when you have the lead skills of a half retarded monkey, why would you invite someone on stage to battle against you? I can understand it if you're Vai, Satch or Yngwie, but if you're Ross the Boss?

Zog

To be honest, that doesn't really surprise me. But I guess that shows what good sports they are. It happens to me a lot as well

 

[NAD]

I'm not reading all 109 replies to this shit but I will say that ProgMetalFan kicks more ass than all of you put together just for his avatar.

 

[JayKeeley]

Actually, I still can't get over Erik's avatar. What's that from?

 

[NAD]

I think that's part of the original draft of the Patriot Act...

 

[Caelum Adustum]

Actually, I still can't get over Erik's avatar. What's that from?

It's from a Sigrblot shirt.

 

[Caelum Adustum]

Their album cover is even better...

 

[Hell Mike]

and the album is even better still

 

[JayKeeley]

What's the agenda behind Sigrblot? Are they anti-American, or are they blaming 9/11 on the wrong doings of religion? Or both? (I know I'm clutching at straws, I'm just going by these pictures).

 

[Demonspell]

I think that's part of the original draft of the Patriot Act...

Reminds me of those cartoons in the Onion's Our Dumb Century book with Lady Liberty being assaulted by Nazis, Arab terrorists, etc.

 

[Papa Josh]

Saw James Garner last night on PBS doing a rare interview...

The man is like 80 something years old and he was hesitant at first, but went on to say that what's going on in the middle east is Bush's vesion of the christian crusades, trying to impose ideologies and values on a society that has nothing to do with us...

Based on what's going on right now, and I could give a FLYING FUCK if anyone calls me un-patriotic for saying so, but "WE 100% DESERVE THE VIEW THE MIDDLE EAST HAS OF OUR COUNTRY."

Fuck Bush and fuck this goddamn useless government.

 

[J.]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —George W. Bush

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein." —George W. Bush

"Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling." —George W. Bush

Bush is funny.

 

[Black Winter Day]

I fail to see what the fucking hell the US has to do with goddamn Sweden nowadays.

 

[J.]

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —George W. Bush

 

[Black Winter Day]

You gotta love the grossly over-simplified, binary dogma of our lovable president.

 

[J.]

Sure it is, but is that the fault of America (and Americans) or the fault of the people in other countries who embrace it?

 

[Hell Mike]

Your 'culture' is designed to spread as well. Tell me a few big american war-movies that aren't GAAAWD BLAE UMERKAAH-propaganda please, I'd like to se them.

 

[JayKeeley]

Both. Sometimes you force it on people (Iraq, etc) sometimes we accept it all by our fucking selves because it's the cool thing to do, I dunno. People are dumb.

People are greedy I'm afraid. It's all about money.

If Starbucks open another coffee shop overseas, it's because the people who sold that real estate to them were sucked into a great deal, probably one that a local business could not match. So now, in England at least, you have an 18th century building standing next to a modern Starbucks. There is no care for continuity.

 

[JayKeeley]

Your 'culture' is designed to spread as well. Tell me a few big american war-movies that aren't GAAAWD BLAE UMERKAAH-propaganda please, I'd like to se them.

Actually, I can help here:

Platoon (Oliver Stone)
Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone)
The Thin Red Line (Terence Malick, and by the way, this is 3000 times better than that shitty ra-ra 'let's make Tom Hanks and Ted Danson Platoon leaders and go save golden boy Matt Damon' Saving Ryan's Privates -- but the first 20 minutes was the best D-Day invasion ever)
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, RIP)

Actually, Oliver Stone should be haied. Not only does he present a different perspective on war (he's a Vietnam vet), he also highlights the dangers within American society with films like Natural Born Killers.

Oh and he wrote Conan the Barbarian!!!!

"Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And onto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!"

*cue one of the greatest movie soundtracks ever*

 

[J.]

The Thin Red Line blew ass. That movie was so damn boring, except the 30 minutes (out of 3 hours) that there was actually some fighting going on.

Platoon rules, though. Full Metal Jacket rules, especially the boot camp part.

And if you really look closely at the first two Rambo movies, they are actually a rimshot at civilians who didn't accept the Vietnam Vets after the war ended. Those 2 Rambo movies are hardly praising America.

And maybe Apocalypse Now.