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In The Pit #1 - Malice
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25-09-2010 5:15pm#1
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Ah, a nice easy question to start withFavourite Album?
. My favourite album is Demanufacture by Fear Factory. It was one of the first metal albums I picked up and its power and agression still sound fresh today in marked contrast to other albums that I would have gotten at the time. Stuff like Master of Puppets and Ride The Lightning, while undeniable classics that should be part of any metal fan's collection, do sound like mid-eighties thrash metal. Demanufacture on the other hand might be fifteen years old but it doesn't dated to me at all. Songs like Pisschrist, Zero Signal, Replica, Self Bias Resistor, Bodyhammer and of course the title track are just awesome slices of audio brilliance.
I also fondly remember playing through Quake 1 with Demanufacture providing the soundtrack. At the time my parents had just bought a new PC with one of those new fancy CD-ROM drives.
Hmm, I went to Wikipedia to see if there was a list of sub grenres and this is it.ride-the-spiral wrote: »What would be your favourite sub genre of metal?
From that list I guess I like Avant-garde metal, Death metal, Funk metal, Gothic metal, Groove metal, Industrial metal, Metalcore, Nu metal, Progressive metal, Rap metal and Thrash metal as I can think of bands that I like straight away that play in those styles . Now, as for picking a favourite, I've said it repeatedly on Boards that I divide music into two types - stuff I like and stuff I don't. Genres don't really matter to me.
For the sake of argument though, if you put a gun to my head, it'd probably be Industrial metal.0 -
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Oh and just for Jako8:
I rarely headbang as I wear glasses and the damn things have a tendency to fly off and breakWhat do you do when you're not headbanging?
. By day though I'm a software developer specialising in Web applications.
I don't tend to watch much television but asides from favourites like The Simpsons and South Park I found It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to be very, very funny.What's your fave tv show(s) and/or film(s)?
As for favourite film I'm going to go for Event Horizon. I've watched it a few times and the transformation of Sam Neill's character gets me every time!0 -
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My first ever gig was Therapy with Kerbdog and some other band in Leisureland in Galway in 1994. I'd been to music performances previously but never to a rock/metal gig. I remember being impressed with the size of the cabinets that were set up on the stage and just the sheer energy and wall of noise produced by the bands. The mosh pit I accidentally found myself in the middle of was also enjoyableGig related again, but what was you're first ever gig? How would ya describe experience?.
Hmm, that's a tough question. I generally don't pay too much attention to artwork but two that I've always liked are Chaos AD and Arise by Sepultura. Both were drawn by Michael Whelan. I'm also a big fan of HR Giger's art so I've got a soft spot for Celtic Frost's To Mega TherionHey Malice, what's your favourite Metal album artwork?.
Interesting questionWhat's your favourite type of Cheese??. I'm partial to a nice sharp cheddar but I also like Brie and Emmenthal.
My father tells a story that U2 played UCG back in the late seventies and that while a gang (including my parents, me and the unknown band at the time) was drinking in the college bar Bono and my father used me as a head model for each others hats. So I guess the most famous musician I've met is a teenaged BonoWho's the most famous musician you've met?.
I also managed to miss Machine Head after their gig in Dublin a few years ago. They were drinking in the same pub as some of my mates who also attended the gig. I drove home to Galway the same night as I had to work the following day. Stupid mid-week gigs on the other side of the country!
Honestly I couldn't care less what a musician is like as a person, it's their musical output I'm concerned with. Anyway, I've read and been told a lot of bad things about Dino Cazares but I've a lot of respect for his guitar playing so I'm going to go with the ever-reliable Fred Durst.scudzilla wrote:Who do you think is the biggest idiot in metal and why0 -
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Well, my journey into music started when I bought Use Your Illusion 1 on tape in 1991 when I was 12. I didn't really think too much about buying it at the time as all I knew about Guns N' Roses was what I read in a Sunday Times article around the same time. I guess I'm lucky I didn't read an article about Prince or MadonnaKnifey Spoony wrote: »What or who first got you into metal and what is it about it that keeps you interested in it?
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Anyway, not long after that a friend from school gave me a copy of Metallica's Ride The Lightning. Even now the heavy bit after the opening of Fight Fire With Fire sends shivers down my spine. I had never realised guitars could be so loud, so fast and so energetic. That pretty much sealed the deal, I knew what genre of music was going to be my favourite.
As for what keeps me interested, it's basically the fact that there is always new music out there to listen to. The Internet has been absolutely fantastic for this. I'm listening to music as I write these posts and I've got Winamp on random play. So far it's thrown up Ukranian, Russian, Finnish, American and German metal, probably none of which I'd have heard of if it wasn't for the Internet.
Anything that's grindcore or noisecore. I like my music to have some semblance of melody in it and I've yet to encounter anything in either of those two genres that I liked. Some mathcore can be hard to listen to as well.cherub rock wrote: »What song/ band makes you want to burst your ear drums with pencils?
Are we talking in terms of looks or musical/vocal ability? Actually I think the winner on both counts ischerub rock wrote:Fave metal babe?
Viktoria Belikova, singer of Russian metal band Save closely followed by Candice Clot of French metal band Eths.
I haven't met many (see previous answers) so grading the ones I have met on niceness is a bit difficultScienceNerd wrote: »Who's the nicest "rock star" you've met?. 0 -
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I'm definitely not as aware of it as I should be. Doubtless that my fault but I'd love if there was a website I could go to where I could keep up with all gigs that are on in a specific city on a given set of dates.Useful.Idiot wrote: »Hi!
how aware are you of the Irish metal scene? and whats your opinion of it?
Let me have a quick look in the mirror. Long hair, beard, Lacuna Coil tour tshirt from 2008. Yeah, you'd probably guess I was a metal headbad2dabone wrote: »Do you dress like a metal-head, i.e would I know you were into the music by your appearance?. I occasionally throw on a shirt for work but in general I just dress like a scruffy metal head out of convenience as much as anything.
Probably Metallica's Ride The Lightning. As mentioned earlier it was the first metal album I'd ever heard and it just blew me away being so different to what I'd heard before.What album do you feel had the greatest impact on you?
Well pardon me for trying to promote some more discussion in the forum. If you've a problem with this why are you bothering to post? PM me and we can discuss it. If you've nothing to contribute why not take yourself off to here?Nobody else find this slightly egotistical on behalf of the OP ?
Also there's nothing stopping you from adding your name to the list and then you too can be "egotistical" :rolleyes:0 -
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I originally started playing bass in a band in school, then played bass for a few other bands that never really went anywhere. I started playing guitar in college but then lost interest in playing for a few years. I was working on the assembly line in a factory and that kind of job really sucks enthusiasm out of you. These days I switch back and forth between guitar and bass depending on my mood.slavetothegrind wrote: »howdy malice,
tell us about your first foray into guitar playing.
Probably after watching Krist Novoselic on stage with Nirvana I figured I could do that myselfslavetothegrind wrote:Why did you start?.
Well, the most recent band I was in that went anywhere was formed through Boards.ie. I was looking to buy a seven string guitar and the previous Rock & Metal mod, Karl Hungus, kindly offered to let me have a play of his collection to see what suited me. He was looking to set up a band and a few of us met up in Galway through Boards and jammed on and off for a while before doing the Spinal Tap thing and going through a bunch of drummers.slavetothegrind wrote:Band history first gig that sort of thing.
Here's a YouTube page with videos of a gig we did in Sally Longs in Galway last year. Unfortunately we had to put the band on an indefinite hiatus as I had to leave Galway for work (stupid recession).slavetothegrind wrote:A telecaster whilst lovely ( and it is!) is not very metal now is it? youi are not maturing musically are you:eek::D
I don't understand what you mean, I don't own a Telecaster. I do own a Fender strat but I haven't played it in a few years. These are the guitars I play at the moment:
From left an Ibanez SR706 bass, an Ibanez K7 guitar and an Ibanez K5 bass. Is Ibanez metal enough for you?
As for maturing musically I probably plateaued long ago with my playing but I'm happy enough with where I am ability-wise.0 -
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As Ibanez are my favourite brand, I officially declare myself jealous!I originally started playing bass in a band in school, then played bass for a few other bands that never really went anywhere. I started playing guitar in college but then lost interest in playing for a few years. I was working on the assembly line in a factory and that kind of job really sucks enthusiasm out of you. These days I switch back and forth between guitar and bass depending on my mood.
Probably after watching Krist Novoselic on stage with Nirvana I figured I could do that myself.
Well, the most recent band I was in that went anywhere was formed through Boards.ie. I was looking to buy a seven string guitar and the previous Rock & Metal mod, Karl Hungus, kindly offered to let me have a play of his collection to see what suited me. He was looking to set up a band and a few of us met up in Galway through Boards and jammed on and off for a while before doing the Spinal Tap thing and going through a bunch of drummers.
Here's a YouTube page with videos of a gig we did in Sally Longs in Galway last year. Unfortunately we had to put the band on an indefinite hiatus as I had to leave Galway for work (stupid recession). I don't understand what you mean, I don't own a Telecaster. I do own a Fender strat but I haven't played it in a few years. These are the guitars I play at the moment:
From left an Ibanez SR706 bass, an Ibanez K7 guitar and an Ibanez K5 bass. Is Ibanez metal enough for you?
As for maturing musically I probably plateaued long ago with my playing but I'm happy enough with where I am ability-wise.0 -
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Sorry nedtheshed, I didn't realise I'd missed your earlier post
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There's only one possible answer to this - Load by Metallica. All through secondary school I would have given my left arm for a new Metallica album and my anticipation was rewarded with Load in 1995. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.nedtheshed wrote:What album has been the biggest let down to you?
One album that really surprised me recently was Fear Factory's Mechanize. It's a real return to form and of a quality that I thought was beyond them.nedtheshed wrote:What album was the most surprising?
Good question, I like different genres depending on the situation. If I'm driving it's got to be metal and nice and loud. If I'm in work and trying to concentrate it'll be ambient, classical or dance, often something without lyrics. I really like Nobuo Uematsu's work and I must also mention Belgian trip-hop duo Lunascape who disbanded in 2008 but recorded a good few songs while they were together. Vocalist Kyoko Baertsoen has subsequently worked with quite a few other artists.nedtheshed wrote:Outside of rock and metal,who would be your favourite band/artist?
Man, what happened to easy questions? Okay, here are the first five albums I thought of although I might swap Siamese Dream for Mellon Collie just because there's more songs on itZombienosh wrote: »If you had to listen to only 5 albums for the rest of your life......... yeah only 5, no best ofs or compilations either. What would they be?.
1. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
2. Therapy - Troublegum
3. Meshuggah - Obzen
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
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I meant Meshuggah and I just went by the Wikipedia definition.You say you like Avant Garde Metal, now I don't mean to be a pretentious twat (but I am), but is that like Meshuggah 'Avant Garde', which it isn't really Avant Garde (although I do love Meshuggah), or real Avant Garde (like Zu, Kaada, Patton [Fantômas], etc.)?
I assume you mean out of my own wardrobe? I couldn't decide on just one so here's two:what's your fave rock/metal t shirt (with pics)?
Heh, I don't tend to bother with music that I find embarrassing. Other people might be embarrassed for me thoughGrizzlyMan wrote: »What the most embarssing album you own. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster is probably what people comment on the most when they come across it. 0 -
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Finally an easy question. I ordered it from here.
I have the same one. Got it when I saw them live in Glasgow (nyah nyah!). Also picked up a 'Nothing' tee. Oh <looks down> wearing that today!
My (convoluted!) question:
So, has there ever been an album/line up change/even belief system change (lyrically or spoken in an interview) that's made you change your mind about liking a band or buying their albums?0 -
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I assume I can only pick bands that are still going? So given no mid-nineties Pantera, mid-eighties Metallica or early nineties Sepultura I'd probably have to go with Meshuggah. I wasn't too gone on their stuff at all until I watched the video for Bleed at a friends house while drinking. Something just clicked and my brain was able to deal with their sound and the complex rhythms of their songs. An honourable mention must also go to The Birthday Massacre. I'd love to see them live. They're doing a British tour this month and even though I'll be in England twice, I won't be able to get to see themWhat band would you want to see live the most that you have yet to see?.
I can't really think of anything. Obviously early Pantera wouldn't have been my thing but I didn't get into them until they released Far Beyond Driven. At that stage their glam metal roots were long abandoned.So, has there ever been an album/line up change/even belief system change (lyrically or spoken in an interview) that's made you change your mind about liking a band or buying their albums?0 -
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Yes, I've played in a few bands over the years. See this post for example. As for playing in a band in the future, absolutely, just have to wait for the right opportunity to come alongBlack Magician wrote: »have you ever or would you still given the chance play in a band of your own?. 0 -
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On guitar Dino Cazares, James Hetfield and Slash mainly down to learning loads of Fear Factory, Metallica and Guns N' Roses songs over the yearsScienceNerd wrote: »Don't thnk it has been asked, which artists have inspired/influenced you as a musician?.
On bass I am a big fan of Cliff Burton's "lead bass" way of playing and I also like John Myung of Dream Theater's work on the 6 string bass.0 -
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