It doesn't matter what it means! It's provocative! It's makes the people rise up and...drop plates!

Maybe it means he's a vintage photography enthusiast?

Maybe it foretold the (awful) movie Skinned Deep.. Plates (Warwick Davis) was alright..

Is droppin' plates photographer lingo for the rule of thirds or something? Haha I know next to nothing about photography. I lost any respect I had for Disturbed after Mayhem. I wasn't expecting much, but the fact that Godsmack showed them up tells me they should never return from their "hiatus" when the tour's over.

It really doesn't matter if you agree with the author of this website (I certainly don't), but the articles are well written and they're hilarious, especially his review of his most recent Amon Amarth concert.

THAT'S NOT METAL

The kind of camera below uses plates instead of film:

http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/DryP...lateCamera.jpg

I just thought the image of the guy from Disturbed using one of these cameras was amusing.

Ahh yes, they slide the plate in, there's a micro-explosion followed by a poof of smoke, and everyone enjoys their grainy black and white photo!

I think you just described porn.

Only the interracial kind

You really can't go wrong with Slipknot. I will defend them to the death, even on MB. For Korn I would get either Follow the Leader or Untouchables. Linkin Park should just be avoided all together. I mean seriously, I hate them.

I'm hoping this doesn't spark an argument, but just so you know Slipknot is not nu metal (MAYBE their first album) so I wouldn't group them that way. It is quite unfortunate they came out when they did...there is a lot of talent in that band.

Static-X is a good recommendation to you as well (via hip hop bunny).

I honestly can't think of any "essential" nu metal albums though. I don't really think any of it is worth your time.

DROPPIN' PLATES ON YOUR ASS BITCH!

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^AHAHAHAHAHAHA! It appears that I have started an MB meme. Glorious.

After watching how poorly Disturbed performed at Mayhem idk if I want to perpetuate their failure all over the forum...it is a damn good meme though

I`m always more than happy to slag off Disturbed, but to constantly poke fun at them is just too easy.

Currently trying to decide if I should get Trust Company's first album, a Slipknot album (Vol 3 or s/t) or if I should get REM's Reckoning and Accelerate. (don't own those ones)

What do you guys think?

Flippin hell!!! its not often somebody has to choose between a Slipknot album and an REM one!

Reckoning is the obvious choice.

Oh, I forgot to mention Modest Mouse. I haven't picked up any MM yet, so what about Reckoning vs. Moon and Antarctica?

Both are good. I would get both... but Reckoning first.

Alright I ordered Reckoning.

So should I get the last two REM albums I'm missing (the 2 newest ones) or should I get the Moon and Antarctica next? Is Accelerate/Collapse Into Now any good?

Also, is the band M83 any good? I hear they're coming out w/ a new double album soon.

I don't even hate Disturbed that much really. I actually used to dig their first album. But "Dropping Plates" just deserves to be mocked. Who told them that was a good song? Someone had to have said, "You know what Dave, all those people with taste and common sense just don't get this song, you need to just tune them out (possibly by sticking your head all the way up your ass) and just record it already".

**** new releases. Buy greatest hits compilations by the following instead: James Brown, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, & Hank Williams Sr.

Their second album was great. Third album was okay. I haven't heard anything else. They aren't rock or metal though if by chance that's what you're thinking they are.

What are you guys opinions on Stone Temple Pilots? What about Temple Of The Dog?

I love almost anything that Scott Weiland sings on, so that includes the discographies of the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, buy them.

Temple of the Dog is just a one-off tribute album for singer Andrew Wood with Chris Cornell backed by Pearl Jam. If you`re a Cornell fan which I guess you are, then you should get it.

Hunger Strike, Reach Down, and Wooden Jesus are all great tracks

The only halfway worthwhile song I've ever heard by them is "Heaven & Hot Rods". Otherwise they're easily the worst and most overrated band of that era.

I have some personal nostalgia connected with their music because of an ex-girlfriend but they're not really anything special as a band.

I liked TOTDs only album and the only STP album I don't own is Shangri. Worth getting?

What do you guys think about Trust Company? (Probably have asked that one before but I forgot what you guys said)

Their 5th album (Shangri-La Dee Da) contains the two singles "Days of the Week" and "Hollywood Bitch". I like those two songs.

really out of all bands from that era with a similar style, I would say STP is one of the more tolerable.

No matter what, this song is still brilliant to me..


Scott is a perfect example of a human being who needs drugs to do anything worth while I think.

If you get free time go to youtube and search for Presomnia "Proof" official or I Exist "Pass Out."

Shangri is a very poor album and easily the worst in their discography and its the only one I don`t own, but if I saw it really cheap I`d buy it just to complete the collection.

Does anybody know any good metal bands that make prominent use of a synth guitar or are very heavy on electronics? The only good bands I know that fit the bill are synth rock bands but they are not heavy at all, and then there's some trancecore bands but that genre is pretty awful so far.

You could always go with some symphonic black metal. Early Dimmu Borgir is pretty sweet. And Arcturus rules. Although their second album just comes off as hokey to me, with those faux operatic vocals.

Emperor

I've been real into Manic Street Preachers "The Holy Bible" lately. Do you guys know any other similar albums to that one?

Behexen's 'Fist of the Satanist' is quite amazing possibly my favorite non-"avant garde" black metal album. Unexpect's first album is surprisingly a straght black metal album, and not bad. Ulver I quite like, and basically is the closest thing to Arcturus(Ulver isn't as well crafted, but covers much more ground). Dodheimsgard(albeit only 666 International that much), Leviathan, Gojira (Gojira is ****ing incredible), and Behemoth are also favorites of myself.

Albeit, you can tell I really only indulge in later more experimental black metal ala Blut Aus Nord, or where it crosses over to deathmetal, rather than the 'pure' stuff, but still good stuff.

Genghis Tron are one of my favorite bands period, and they play a sort of Converge-esque style of metal but make heavy use of synths and use a drum machine. If that doesn't fly with you, Mose Giganticus' album Gift Horse is also worth looking at. It's about half an hour long and basically sounds like a slightly less sludgy Mastodon with lots of synth.

Atheist.

I've been on a huge Melvins, Boris, and Kyuss kick over the past couple months. Any other excellent stoner/sludge metal bands out there? I've already tried Sleep, The Sword, Big Business, Kylesa, Mastodon, and Neurosis, to name a few