Nathanblake719 babbles about bands he doesn't like

Nathanblake719 · 05-22-2018, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Questioning the status is fair enough. He's not doing that. He's just spitting on the bands. He says the writing in Maiden is crap - this is plainly untrue: Harris in particular wrote some of the deepest lyrics any metal band attempted - then that Dickinson can't sing (again untrue: he may not like him but that's completely different). How he can say their FANS overrate them when he doesn't like them is beyond me. Maiden almost single-handedly brought metal to the attention of the mainstream with albums like The Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind, getting metal into the charts for the first time since I don't know when, and though they're a shadow of their former selves (which is understandable as they've been going since the 1980s) they deserve their place in music and metal history, and are without question NOT overrated. The amount of metal bands who cite them is proof enough of that.

Unfortunately, to our man Nathan it would seem "I don't like" = "overrated". Sad. Very very sad. And so very wrong.

You've got a point all I'm mentioning are bands that i don't like. Maybe I should just say "More bands that I don't like". Nah just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Nathanblake719 · 05-22-2018, 01:31 PM

Iron maiden are just not my cup of tea. I'd rather ****ing listen to all of Sepultura's albums with Max Cavalera in them. The ones made after he left are ****.

Black Francis · 05-22-2018, 01:34 PM

Not sure if this is the work of grindy or Janz.

The Batlord · 05-22-2018, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Marisa Tomei and Jennifer Connelly will always beautiful. <3

I'm liking the new vid player, lookin pretty good there MB.

It was weird having sexy feelings for Aunt May. But not uncommon.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Props to everyone who centred their embeds before the switch lookin all aesthetic and **** now.

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Originally Posted by Nathanblake719

More overrated and bad bands.

Iron Maiden are considered one of the best metal bands of all time. The Number of the Beast is considered one of the best metal albums of all time. Two of their most popular songs are The Trooper and Run to the Hills. I never liked this band despite all of the praise and good reviews they got. Bruce Dickinson's voice is terrible and the riffs and guitar parts of their songs are crap.

I have massive Maiden nostalgia but they're no longer a go-to band for me. I just heard it all so many times and now I just don't listen to much melodic metal unless it's some kind of NWOBHM or sick USPM from the 80s.

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Anthrax are a pretty overrated metal band.

I mean they weren't the best but they came correct on their first three albums at least. Among the Living is a minor beast ("I Am the Law" is great as a song and as a paean to Dredd), the debut is top shelf early 80s cornball speed metal, and Spreading the Disease is a desert island album tbh. It's just perfect 80s cheese with some top notch hooks and so much energy.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-22-2018, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Questioning the status is fair enough. He's not doing that. He's just spitting on the bands. He says the writing in Maiden is crap - this is plainly untrue: Harris in particular wrote some of the deepest lyrics any metal band attempted - then that Dickinson can't sing (again untrue: he may not like him but that's completely different). How he can say their FANS overrate them when he doesn't like them is beyond me. Maiden almost single-handedly brought metal to the attention of the mainstream with albums like The Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind, getting metal into the charts for the first time since I don't know when, and though they're a shadow of their former selves (which is understandable as they've been going since the 1980s) they deserve their place in music and metal history, and are without question NOT overrated. The amount of metal bands who cite them is proof enough of that.

Unfortunately, to our man Nathan it would seem "I don't like" = "overrated". Sad. Very very sad. And so very wrong.

Iron Maiden's position in metal history is definitely fully secured, no way around that. Calling them overrated is just the wrong choice of words. One could do a thread like this and make it interesting, but one could also just do it like this...

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-22-2018, 01:35 PM

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Not sure if this is the work of grindy or Janz.

Whoever changed the title made my day.

Chula Vista · 05-22-2018, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Not sure if this is the work of grindy or Janz.

Whomever, it was much needed work.

Nathanblake719 · 05-22-2018, 01:40 PM

That's what you get for criticizing Iron Maiden. It was worth it.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-22-2018, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I have massive Maiden nostalgia but they're no longer a go-to band for me. I just heard it all so many times and now I just don't listen to much melodic metal unless it's some kind of NWOBHM or sick USPM from the 80s.

I still like to listen to and look for melodic metal bands a lot, but I guess, now that I think about it, even most of those that I listen to these days have a good deal of aggressive aspects to them, with screams and busy drumming, etc.

It just feels like a lot of the most interesting modern metal bands are at least partially in the "extreme" camp, musically. Kinda makes me want to try actively and find some more more modern metal bands that only do melodic stuff.

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Originally Posted by Nathanblake719

That's what you get for criticizing Iron Maiden. It was worth it.

Don't be too proud of that. You've neither managed to really stir any ****, nor say anything interesting. Can't you at least make it seem a bit more like you even understand the bands you're talking about? Like having something to actually say; other than just "band x sucks because they're really not that good and then they got poppy and worse and they're overrated." Rinse and repeat.

Chula Vista · 05-22-2018, 01:45 PM

Maiden and Priest deserve tons of credit, if for nothing else, helping rock and metal fans get through the punk and disco eras.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Maiden and Priest deserve tons of credit, if for nothing else, helping rock and metal fans get through the punk and disco eras. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Nathanblake719 Music Addict Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 157	Iron maiden are just not my cup of tea. I'd rather **ing listen to all of Sepultura's albums with Max Cavalera in them. The ones made after he left are **.

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Nathanblake719 Music Addict Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 157	That's what you get for criticizing Iron Maiden. It was worth it.