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UltraBoris is a reviewer on Metal-Archives. I'm actually surprised Hamburgerboy isn't a big fan of him since all he does is give shit ratings to everything he doesn't consider to have "riffs".

This is his title for his review of Time Does Not Heal by Dark Angel:
9 songs, 67 minutes, TWOHUNDREDANDFORTYSIX riffs!! - 90%

Who gives a shit how many riffs it has?
 
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What made you decide to listen to Heathen in the first place, and what has caused you to never hear a single Testament album?

I think UltraBoris is an alright and funny guy, and I appreciate his love of riffs, but he also strongly influenced many to copy his taste and foster a kind of in-crowd, tr00 metalhead way of thinking.
 
Thanks. I'm wondering why I'm the only "in-crowder" on this site who put Breaking the Silence in their top thrash albums if it's an opinion that all of them share.

The real reason is because Slayer is too canon for him to criticize people for listing them, even though all "in-crowd" members put them at the top in that thread.
 
The best thing UltraBoris did was write the 0% review of Master of Puppets to let everyone know how overrated it is.

H.P. Lovecraft said:
I don't get what's so exceptional about Amon Goeth, they seem relatively middle of the road to me.
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Well what are some of your favourite black metal albums? I've only really seen you mention Gorgoroth so I'd be interested to know what else you like from the genre.
 
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What made you decide to listen to Heathen in the first place, and what has caused you to never hear a single Testament album?

I think UltraBoris is an alright and funny guy, and I appreciate his love of riffs, but he also strongly influenced many to copy his taste and foster a kind of in-crowd, tr00 metalhead way of thinking.
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I was introduced to Heathen through this site in a topic where people traded .zip files with music in them. That's where I first listened to them. The fact that they've also covered "Kill the King" and "Death on Two Legs" increased my curiosity.

I've never been recommended an album by Testament from anyone on this site. I see some people talk about them but not enough to make me seek them out without a specific recommendation.
 
Well he was accusing me of being "in-crowd", but now he's saying UltraBoris influenced followers that are also "in-crowd", yet I disagree with many of his reviews and opinions, so I'm just confused now. There must be different sets/subsets of "in-crowders" that features different bands or something. Or maybe, it's all just bullshit and a way for him to justify not liking specific bands.
 
You figured it out. It's the same reason why he hasn't even acknowledged that Slayer is the real in-crowd favorite thrash band despite me asking him to do so.
 
You guys should. I made an unpublished RYM list of in-crowd metal, and it would be funny to see how closely I got to reality.
 
Loving the first three Slayer albums is required to be in-crowd, but that doesn't mean everyone that loves Slayer is in-crowd.
 
Okay, so why am I the only "in-crowd" member to put a Heathen album in my list if what you said earlier was true? I asked you this already.
 
The fact that you listened to them because people on the forum earlier were pimping them tells it all.

Those lists were limited to a top 3; regardless, if you asked people their opinions on Heathen vs Testament, I have a feeling the in-crowd would come to favor the former much more strongly (assuming there are even enough thrash-listening in-crowd people left on this board).
 
i don't necessarily disagree with the idea of an in-crowd in metal, some bands are obvs trendier to like than others among old-school metalheads. i just find hbb's selection process pretty arbitrary and seemingly colored by personal bias.

last i checked i was ambivalent about both testament and heathen fwiw, but it's been a while in both cases
 
Oh, so because there was one song by them in a .zip file with 30 songs in it, people were pimping them out? Interesting. That's a unique perspective and a total non-answer to what I asked. Not that I expected anything else.

I'll probably listen to the Testament debut album sometime soon.
 
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This was the answer to that question:

"Those lists were limited to a top 3; regardless, if you asked people their opinions on Heathen vs Testament, I have a feeling the in-crowd would come to favor the former much more strongly (assuming there are even enough thrash-listening in-crowd people left on this board). "

There's obviously going to be more than three in-crowd artists from any major sub-genre of metal.
 
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This was the answer to that question:

"Those lists were limited to a top 3; regardless, if you asked people their opinions on Heathen vs Testament, I have a feeling the in-crowd would come to favor the former much more strongly (assuming there are even enough thrash-listening in-crowd people left on this board). "

There's obviously going to be more than three in-crowd artists from any major sub-genre of metal.
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You stated that the "in-crowd" thinks Heathen albums are the best thrash albums. This is what you need to explain at this time. Admit that you were in error or greatly exaggerating.

I doubt that Heathen will even be in the top 10 for most people you claim are "in-crowd" followers.
 
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