So a friend who was a rapper commented on SOAD

Black Francis · 10-07-2014, 08:15 AM

I grew up listening to rap music and it took me a couple of years to get used to the loudness and the distortion of Rock music.

Maybe your friend doesn't like SOAD or maybe he is just not used to listening to heavy rock.

CoNtrivedNiHilism · 10-07-2014, 09:57 AM

Unrelated to the topic of the thread but instead, related to what Janz and LeHetfield were discussing about gateway bands to the good metal or 'real metal' bands are...

Nu-Metal was my gateway to discovering what Metal music truly was, and stands for. I went from listening to a band like FLAW, to listening to bands like Opeth, Katatonia, Pallbearer, Windhand...bands from all flavors of Metal. I even listened to Linkin Park back in the day and thought they were just heavy as all hell. I was young, but we all learn and gradually discover better music at some point...

Trollheart · 10-07-2014, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

The bands I mentioned.. Atreyu, Mudvayne, Sevendust, and A7x.

Oh, ok. Thanks. Just wasn't clear from the statement. Makes sense now.

**Janszoon** · 10-07-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CoNtrivedNiHilism

Unrelated to the topic of the thread but instead, related to what Janz and LeHetfield were discussing about gateway bands to the good metal or 'real metal' bands are...

Nu-Metal was my gateway to discovering what Metal music truly was, and stands for. I went from listening to a band like FLAW, to listening to bands like Opeth, Katatonia, Pallbearer, Windhand...bands from all flavors of Metal. I even listened to Linkin Park back in the day and thought they were just heavy as all hell. I was young, but we all learn and gradually discover better music at some point...

What's FLAW?

Trollheart · 10-07-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

What's FLAW?

Fart Like A Witch?

**Frownland** · 10-07-2014, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

What's FLAW?

DwnWthVwls · 10-07-2014, 12:47 PM

^Sound good to me.

**Frownland** · 10-07-2014, 12:49 PM

Ja they're one of the better nu metal bands. Listening to it makes me all nostalgic.

**Janszoon** · 10-07-2014, 01:05 PM

Never heard of them before.

Wpnfire · 10-07-2014, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks

I got into metal through Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath, not SOAD or Avenged Sevenfold. *grins smugly and feels superior*

If it was early Black Sabbath, that's not actually any more metal than a SOAD album. I'm not bashing Sabbath just so you know, some of SOADs stuff just simply isn't metal or it is experimental sometimes, similar to Sabbath's debut.

Flaw is...alright. The vocalist irritates me when he sings normally, which he does a lot.

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Never heard of them before. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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CoNtrivedNiHilism Because I Am, I Can! Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,128	Unrelated to the topic of the thread but instead, related to what Janz and LeHetfield were discussing about gateway bands to the good metal or 'real metal' bands are... Nu-Metal was my gateway to discovering what Metal music truly was, and stands for. I went from listening to a band like FLAW, to listening to bands like Opeth, Katatonia, Pallbearer, Windhand...bands from all flavors of Metal. I even listened to Linkin Park back in the day and thought they were just heavy as all hell. I was young, but we all learn and gradually discover better music at some point...