The Ironic Metal Thread

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I have some slightly warm feelings of nostalgia for Hammerfall, but oh boy, can they be corny. Their lyrics are almost always silly. If you ask someone to come up with a random parody of power metal-esque lyrics, chances are they'll come up with the lyrics for an actual Hammerfall song.

Oh dear sweet god Hammerfall is the pinnacle of cheese. Almost all of their lyrics are thinly veiled odes to metal and that pleases me immensely. Their simple minded dedication to metal reminds me of when I was a teenager just discovering metal and everything was new and magical. I've been known to get honestly choked up to some Hammerfall and I ain't even ashamed.

Even this is about metal if you actually look at the lyrics.

Our sun is set, our day is done, I'm left here wondering
Is this the end, my final words to you
Day turned to night and now you're gone, I'm left here pondering
Can this be true, are we really through

You were the wind beneath my wings, taught me how to fly
With you I lived among the kings, how could this ever die

So I say farewell, I'm yours forever,
And I always will be

We were one, we were all, we were the only
Future full of hope, nothing could stand in our way
But dreams can change, visions fall, I feel so lonely
I would walk through fire for just one more day

You were the angel of my life, taught me to be free
Now I'm a stranger in your eyes, walls are closing in on me

So I say farewell, I'm yours forever
And I always will be
Missing you, in my heart you are the one
And you always will be

When I turn to the east, I see no dawn,
But after darkness comes the light
And when I turn to the west, the silent night hides all
Where is the light that shines so bright

So I say farewell, I'm yours forever
And I always will be
Missing you, in my heart you are the one
And you always will be

Nah-nah-na, and you always will be
Nah-nah-na, and you always will be
And you always will be
My little one you are
And you always will be

Now that's some high class limburger.

Originally Posted by Blue Hawk

Rapelord's opinion sucks.

Shut up, cocksucker.

[Trollheart]

There's only one way for Batty and Micshazam to resolve this. In true - sorry, trve! - metal fashion!


Place yer bets, place yer bets...

[The Batlord]

Not entirely comfortable with TH's white power symbology ngl.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Not entirely comfortable with TH's white power symbology ngl.

Is this better?

[The Batlord]

If it wasn't for that godforsaken journal I would never have gotten that joke in a million years.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

If it wasn't for that godforsaken journal I would never have gotten that joke in a million years.

You need to read Nemesis the Warlock: you'd love it totally.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Oh dear sweet god Hammerfall is the pinnacle of cheese. Almost all of their lyrics are thinly veiled odes to metal and that pleases me immensely. Their simple minded dedication to metal reminds me of when I was a teenager just discovering metal and everything was new and magical. I've been known to get honestly choked up to some Hammerfall and I ain't even ashamed.

Even this is about metal if you actually look at the lyrics.





Now that's some high class limburger.

I remember liking that song a lot when it was new. That and Renegade.
So many of the things I liked then make me cringe now, but like I said, I kind of love Hammerfall a little, even if they make me facepalm. They're like and adorable, fat little dog that runs into door frames and trips over its own legs.

By Any Means Necessary is probably their most badass song. I've sung the opening lines out loud at random too many times to be able to say that I don't like it.

The music video is cool in all the wrong ways:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

There's only one way for Batty and Micshazam to resolve this. In true - sorry, trve! - metal fashion!


Place yer bets, place yer bets...

In proper MB fashion, it should rather be an endurance contest where we each pick a discography for the other to listen through. Batlord has ICP in his arsenal, so I forfeit before we even begin.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

You need to read Nemesis the Warlock: you'd love it totally.

Oh yeah that reminds me, you should totally read that Punisher 2099 comic I was talking about in my journal, as it has two writers who used to write for 2000 AD and has been described as all the ideas that were too crazy for Judge Dredd.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Oh yeah that reminds me, you should totally read that Punisher 2099 comic I was talking about in my journal, as it has two writers who used to write for 2000 AD and has been described as all the ideas that were too crazy for Judge Dredd.

I've never been a fan of The Punisher, and I have to admit, what you posted didn't interest me at all, so probably not for me. Slaine is another one you should get right on. Ancient Celtic warriors, legendary bloodfests, warp-spasms and monsters and gods? Surely you cannot resist...

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I've never been a fan of The Punisher, and I have to admit, what you posted didn't interest me at all, so probably not for me. Slaine is another one you should get right on. Ancient Celtic warriors, legendary bloodfests, warp-spasms and monsters and gods? Surely you cannot resist...

Honestly I didn't even get to the truly good stuff. There's a part where a bunch of "criminals" who could escape future, corporatist judgement but not the Punisher's mother****ing basement prison that is literally in the basement of his house and was built to keep criminals for decades-long sentences stage an escape and are stared down and terrified by the Punisher while he has like twenty laser guns pointed at him. The Punisher 2099 is a psychopathic madman who only gets better and more crazy with each subsequent issue, and the actual writing follows suit. It's always goofy, but after the first issue its true quality begins to shine through and it's legitimately good. Like, not so bad it's good, or good enough that it overcomes the goofiness, it's actually kind of brilliant, one of the best series I've read in a while. I went from taking the piss to gushing over it like a total non-ironic fanboy and if I ever finish the second journal entry you'll see my tone shift. ****ing read it. Read it, read it, read it. If you're disappointed then we're not friends.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/pfs.../Punisher_2099

Also, if you're not a Punisher fan then you should still read Punisher MAX, as it's an R-rated series that is the most mature and nihilistic version of the Punisher that could ever exist. It single-handedly justifies the Punisher's existence.

http://getcomics.info/marvel/punishe...1-1-60-extras/