It all boils down to participation and interest. From what I notice here. The metal community on the forum is a bit diverse. No single one individual that identifies with metal music, listens to just that specific genre, interests are elsewhere; some pop, others country, some rap or hip hop, and so forth.
Obviously forceful solutions, are not the solution at all. I do see the same people, along with myself, that are actively discussing metal related topics here...there's like, five or six of us that actually talk about metal.
I do think new thread ideas may help, not topics that are so typical, like your run of the mill Metallica or Megadeth thread, continually. Perhaps we could do polls or debates on what the best of the worst metal bands are, and see how many new faces or existing metal junkies take part in that discussion? That is however, if that sort of thing doesn't already exist here. This thread alone is getting some attention. So it is a step in the right direction I think.
I've been thinking about opening a thread that explores the purpose or need for costumes or metal bands that dress up as characters they make up, to generate interest in the bands that do that sort of thing. I'm just not sure if there is a thread like that.
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