Opeth turn you off to any genres?

[ViCyniC]

I was a Fan of Linkin Park's before that. Needless to say I stopped listening to them and bands similar to them.

Let's just say I was saved by them, too, coming from the same "place" as you...

Thank you, Opeth.

 

[Evil Ernie]

DragonForce got me into metal in the autumn of 2002. The summer of 2003 got me into Freedom Call, and by early fall I found Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. I first observed Opeth early 2004 ,,, thank god for Mike otherwise i wouldnt be listening to Camel

Dragonforce, Freedom Call and Blind Gardian (and Hammerfall) are bands I consider responsible of the "cheesy and faggot" prejudice a lot of people have towards power metal. Iced Earth (Barlow era) totally rocks though.

 

[Illnath]

Opeth opened me up to allot of metal bands. Before that I used to listen too a bunch of rock music. Back in 98 I bought korns album follow the leader. It didn't take me that long to throw that piece of shit out.

 

[KalidonTX]

I used to listen to MANOWAR and Hammerfell but i was really into fantasy novels and figured songs about Battles and Warriors would fit in perfectly with my reading tastes, but since listening to Opeth, i havent touched the Epic Power metal.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Dragonforce, Freedom Call and Blind Gardian (and Hammerfall) are bands I consider responsible of the "cheesy and faggot" prejudice a lot of people have towards power metal. Iced Earth (Barlow era) totally rocks though.

true, dragonforce is cheesy, but you have to embrace the cheese. i know there's a lot of people that really take them seriously which is fine with me, but i like "valley of the damned" because it's so ridiculously over-the-top-cheesy you can't help but smile. i mean c'mon, their website has "signature stage moves" listed in their member profiles...i can't even express that in words, that makes me want to cry tears of mirthful joy.

 

[err]

Yea,, the members of DragonForce don't take themselves too seriously, which is why i love them so much. Their music is about getting tanked and headbanging till your brain turns to mush

 

[Evil Ernie]

Ok I get it now.

 

[TehLeperAffinity]

Am I the only one who seriously thinks black sabbath kind of sucks?

Edit: Oh, and no flaming please. TY TBH IRL FTW

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Am I the only one who seriously thinks black sabbath kind of sucks?

Edit: Oh, and no flaming please. TY TBH IRL FTW

...

 

[TehLeperAffinity]

Ok, maybe I shouldn't say they necessarily suck because I do enjoy some of their material. But should they really get the praise they receive? I know it may they may be a 'classic' band, but I feel that may be the reason that some people like them. Usually you'll hear someone say they suck and a lot of the responses will be "Why can you hate such a classic band? ______ wouldn't be around today if it weren't for them." I'll finish ranting after dinner... yeah...

 

[Nico]

Am I the only one who seriously thinks black sabbath kind of sucks?

Edit: Oh, and no flaming please. TY TBH IRL FTW

You smell.

 

[NFU]

Am I the only one who seriously thinks black sabbath kind of sucks?

Edit: Oh, and no flaming please. TY TBH IRL FTW

i wont flame you, but i think youre mental.

 

[Risquit]

This just in--Black Sabbath doesn't suck.

 

[TehLeperAffinity]

Tell that to Gary Rifkin...

 

[NFU]

if Gary Rifkin told you to jump off a bridge....

 

[Nico]

I eagerly await the rest of your story NineFeet.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Listening to more extreme metal including Opeth turned me off to most generic rock music, it made me realize how much different metal is than rock

 

[deliverance]

Edit: Oh, and no flaming please. TY TBH IRL FTW

= Thank You, To Be Honest, I Really Like Fucking Tiny Wombats?

 

[the_3_toed_sloth]

ahahahhaha, well, I guess thats one way to ward off potential flames....

 

[Nico]

= Thank You, To Be Honest, I Really Like Fucking Tiny Wombats?

No realy, those things are so fucking cool.