Metal Died With Dimebag (blues, genre, album, cover, quote)

gpackin · 01-12-2008, 09:13 PM

Well, if it were up to me I'd put Nu-Metal under the umbrella of Metal. But, I guess it's not. When I hear Korn I think Metal, but then again I don't know much more about Nu-Metal than Korn anyway.

To be honest I don't really care what you call it, I'm not even a big fan of the style anyway.

What we need now however is a separate genre just for DragonForce. I'm a big fan of Power Metal, but not of DragonForce. They should be called Silly Metal, or Stupidly Fast Metal, or maybe WTF Is This Metal.

Wayfarer · 01-12-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gpackin

Silly Metal

That's kinda redundant in many cases.

Far Beyond Driven · 01-12-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Metal died with puberty for me

When was that? When you turned thirty

**Seltzer** · 01-12-2008, 10:09 PM

Judging from your list, it doesn't look like you've tried too hard to find metal you like. You've barely scratched the surface and thrown up the white flag.

SATCHMO · 01-12-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Far Beyond Driven

When was that? When you turned thirty

Yeah, pretty much.

**sleepy jack** · 01-12-2008, 10:36 PM

Satch will always be a prepubescent boy at heart.

15Steps · 01-15-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulfire77

The point: If the #1 selling metal album is from fictional, animated characters from Cartoon Network - and they actually have so-called metal fans calling their songs "great" (that's where you came in) - then that leads me to believe that something is seriously WRONG with the genre.

To further illustrate the point lets look at history, shall we?

Hottest metal albums by year:

1980 Ace of Spades - Motorhead
1981 Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
1982 Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
1983 Holy Diver - Dio
1984 Ride the Lightning - Metallica
1985 Bonded By Blood - Exodus
1986 Master of Puppets - Metallica
1987 Among The Living - Anthrax
1988 ...And Justice For All - Metallica
1989 Beneath The Remains - Sepultura
1990 Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
1991 self-titled - Metallica
1992 Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
1993 Undertow - Tool
1994 Far Beyond Driven - Pantera
1995 Astro-Creep: 2000 - White Zombie
1996 Aenima - Tool
1997 The More Things Change... - Machine Head
1998 Follow The Leader - Korn
1999 The Gathering - Testament
2000 Clayman - In Flames
2001 Iowa - Slipknot
2002 The Art of Balance - Shadows Fall
2003 The Impossibility Of Reason - Chimaira
2004 Leviathan - Mastodon

(Dimebag Darrell dies Dec. 8, 2004)

2005 Ghost Reveries - Opeth
2006 Inhuman Rampage - Dragonforce
2007 The Dethalbum - Dethklok

... and, yes, I know people will bitch about Korn/Slipknot/Tool not being "real metal". Spare me.

DRAGONFORCE? XD

riseagainstrocks · 01-16-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Those aren't the only three metal albums that have been released since Dime died, y'know. Besides, the supposed decline since 2005 could be attributed to anything that happened around then in the rock music world.

2004: Mastodon's "Leviathan"
(2005, the first Guitar Hero game is released)
2006: DragonForce's "Inhuman Rampage"
2007: Dethklok's "The Dethalbum"

I guess it's Guitar Hero's fault.

The fact that "****ty" metal albums have been topping the charts should not be heralded as an indicator for the genre. 2007 was a great year for DM and '08 should be awesome for all styles.

Also, keep in mind that the people who go out and buy these CD's are the ones who pay to go to Ozzfest. Their opinion = nothing substantial.

Wayfarer · 01-16-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

The fact that "****ty" metal albums have been topping the charts should not be heralded as an indicator for the genre. 2007 was a great year for DM and '08 should be awesome for all styles.

Also, keep in mind that the people who go out and buy these CD's are the ones who pay to go to Ozzfest. Their opinion = nothing substantial.

I agree, hence: "Those aren't the only three metal albums that have been released since Dime died, y'know."

DM as in death metal or DM as in doom metal? I don't think I've even listened to any metal from '07, aside from uh...Electric Wizard, High On Fire and Om (if they even count as metal).

chaley91 · 01-17-2008, 05:06 AM

hahaha, my roommate is obsessed with dimebag and would go on for hours about how the death of dimebag destroyed metal.

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01-12-2008, 09:13 PM
gpackin Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44	Well, if it were up to me I'd put Nu-Metal under the umbrella of Metal. But, I guess it's not. When I hear Korn I think Metal, but then again I don't know much more about Nu-Metal than Korn anyway. To be honest I don't really care what you call it, I'm not even a big fan of the style anyway. What we need now however is a separate genre just for DragonForce. I'm a big fan of Power Metal, but not of DragonForce. They should be called Silly Metal, or Stupidly Fast Metal, or maybe WTF Is This Metal.

01-12-2008, 10:09 PM
Seltzer Mellifluous... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Born in Australia, Living in New Zealand Posts: 1,721	Judging from your list, it doesn't look like you've tried too hard to find metal you like. You've barely scratched the surface and thrown up the white flag. __________________ Last.fm

01-12-2008, 10:36 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,561	Satch will always be a prepubescent boy at heart. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

01-17-2008, 05:06 AM
chaley91 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	hahaha, my roommate is obsessed with dimebag and would go on for hours about how the death of dimebag destroyed metal.