At 9/27/09 03:28 PM, Scrotaculous wrote: I always forget about that thread, but oh well I will post this in there, but I would still like to see others opinions of it unless a mod needs to lock it.......

Don't, this idea HAS been suggested plenty of times before.

Besides, if the level you want is a higher one then there STILL is no reason to keep depositing once you reach it, even if you can keep your level icon.

So this plan wouldn't work - It'd just make the level system much more confusing.

Because then no one would be level 19, 20 or 21.

At 9/27/09 11:59 AM, chubbthehippo wrote: Pull a Cake.

I don't get it.

At 9/27/09 12:04 PM, DeIirium wrote: Kaiji soundtrack is better.

I love you.

At 9/27/09 01:37 PM, Nev wrote: Gojira
Mastadon
Sepultura
Machine Head
Fear Factory
Lamb of God
Chimaira
Devildriver

I don't see how any of these bands are similar to Pantera other than maybe a few influences.

Wait, Bruce can fly his plane? I thoguht he just hired people to do that for him.

Nope, he's a pilot.

So people were right, he CAN fly - He is an angel! :P

At 9/27/09 01:14 PM, Nev wrote: Yeah, but Iron Maiden started Metal.
Pantera started Groove Metal.

Not a legitimate genre of metal, as there are no other bands that are grove metal.

Plus, when was the last time you heard someone say something along the lines of "I'm a huge fan of GROOVE metal" "I'm getting into a lot of groove metal" etc? Exactly, never - Because there are SO few bands that are groove metal that it might as well not even be a genre.

And when a load of passengers were stranded in some country, Bruce personally flew his plane out to go and get them back home to the UK.

Really? Wow.

Wait, Bruce can fly his plane? I thoguht he just hired people to do that for him.

In other words, as bland as Iron Maiden are, at least they exude likability.

True.

At 9/27/09 12:22 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: What can you say about Maiden that hasn't been said before? Really? It's like trying to review Pac-Man.

Exactly the same reason why you people should shut up about Pantera.

Dream Theater - Repentance

At 9/27/09 02:18 AM, PenisClown wrote:

That totally explains why the MA allowed them, Damageplan, Superjoint Ritual, and Down on the site.

MA isn't the bible, cock stain.

People need to stop sucking the e-cocks of MA users who post all these bands.

At 9/26/09 11:37 PM, AniMetal wrote: I honestly feel opeth's new drummer is much more innovative and original than Lopez.

Well sorry, but you're fucking wrong. CONGRATULATIONS

I didn't say he was a better drummer, just a more original drummer with his style.

I think Lopez is, all in all, a better drummer.

At 9/27/09 09:33 AM, KingExodus wrote:

Epic video is epic.

Hey everybody, put your fucking hands up in the fucking air!

Old, but still awesome.

At 9/27/09 12:08 AM, agustana wrote:

At 9/27/09 12:04 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 9/27/09 12:03 AM, agustana wrote: I'll teach you how to sing.

K, will you come to my house and give me some private lessons?

That's usually how these things work.

Nice, Friday Night at 9?

At 9/27/09 12:03 AM, agustana wrote: I'll teach you how to sing.

K, will you come to my house and give me some private lessons?

At 9/26/09 11:34 PM, jew193 wrote: You can't forget to add Martin Lopez. Though I guess that's kind of a given... Seeing as he's definitely up there with the best.

I honestly feel opeth's new drummer is much more innovative and original than Lopez.

Speaking of which, do you guys think there album Damnation was tremendously hated by people who listened to it expecting death metal?

At 9/26/09 11:28 PM, Cericon wrote: Before you continue to encourage him, think, would you really want to hear this loser on the radio?

Oh shit guys hes right, the kind of band I would be in where I sing falsetto vocals would TOTALLY be on the radio - yup.

At 9/26/09 11:07 PM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote:

Like Nikenick used to be. Thank God he got tired and left, the little prick.

He wasn't that bad, thank god Cericon got tired and left.

OH FUCK HES BACK.

Wow, thanks for the feedback guys - Appreciate it!

One of you said you spent 15 bucks a MONTH on a vocalist + Piano tutor...is that really how much i'll probably find a teacher for?

I mean, there are guitar tutors that make you pay 50 bucks an hour and whatnot.

More advice would be appreciated.

At 9/26/09 09:12 PM, igott wrote: Do you speak high or low?

Higher.

At 9/26/09 09:05 PM, igott wrote: Just find your range. You cannot decide how you start.

Any tips?

At 9/26/09 09:03 PM, Jeffaro wrote: Judging from your list of bands, I think you will like this German singer.You should listen and follow his example.He has a fantastic voice.

Linky.

I would actually sing death metal vocals if it weren't for the fact that i'd be too scared that I would destroy my voice permanently.

At 9/26/09 08:59 PM, JKMonkey wrote: so take some singing lessons and after a while you'll be able to sing better than Liberachi

But it's not that simple, my high school doesn't offer any singing classes - And even if it did I HIGHLY doubt they'd teach me how to do Falsetto.

And I don't know how to find a private singing teacher or anything like that and even if I did, how much would be a good amount to pay? How would I know if the teacher is good or not? Etc.

I want to sing, I really do - i've wanted to sing since I was a little kid, but you see, every time I ever tried to sing when I was alone I felt like my voice was far too crackly PLUS I had no idea what my voice, legitimately sounded to others since I was the one singing.

Every time i've tried singing in front of others I was just fooling around and not singing for real because I was too embarrassed they'd think I suck.

I've never recorded my voice because I don't own anything I can record my voice with.

And I never took chorus or other such classes in elementary or middle school because I was too embarrassed at the time.

But it's not that i'm embarrassed to sing, it's that i'm embarrassed to sing in front of people I know - I always sing along at concerts and such fine, even if no one else is. (No one ever told me if i'm good or bad though)

Now I am 16(Yes, I admit that when I first joined I said I was this age) and at a point of my life where stuff I do matters and I need to start finding stuff I enjoy doing and stuff i'm good at so I can find my career for the rest of my life.

But you see, I have no real talents for anything I can see myself doing in the future.

And the only thing I really enjoy is music...

I want to learn to sing clean, high-pitched vocals soooooo bad.

Here are some singers i'd like to sound like some day:

Opeth(the clean vocals only)
Old helloween
Oldest Sonata Arctica.
Dream Theater from the early 90's.

Etc, i'd like to become a falsetto vocalist like Bruce Dickson, Timo Kotipelto, Tony Kakko, Lance King, Michael Kiske, etc. or AT LEAST be able to sing normal clean vocals good like Mikael Åkerfeldt and James LaBrie.

I'd like advice such as: Basic singing tips, Good songs to practice my vocal range, how much I should practice singing a day, How do I find a good vocal teacher, How much I should be paying for a vocal teacher(So I don't get jipped), how do I know if i'm actually hurting myself.(Which I heard can happen if you sing any type of vocals in metal wrongly for a long time) and over such things.

Help.

At 9/26/09 04:24 PM, Nev wrote:

At 9/25/09 08:29 PM, AniMetal wrote: Most metal fans enjoyed and had Pantera influence their musicial taste at some point or another - shut up.

I did. But the way I see it is that my taste has evolved and now I'm listening to stuff that to for me is far superior. In comparrison, Pantera are shit and they didn't have the staying power of Megadeth.

Alright, hey everybody! I absolutely HATE Iron Maiden - In my opinion they are incredibly boring, their guitarists(all of them) are totally overrated and their lyrics are shit.

Also, you can never hear the bass guitar, and don't even try to point out the obvious countless number of songs where you can hear the bass, because my opinion will stay the same about that too!

Also, while I acknowledge I thought they were great once, I have moved on to other bands like Judas Priest who are obviously superior while being jsut as much overrated!

It's like eating ready made pasta meals from a supermarket, and then moving to Italy and marrying a totally babelicious Italian cook, who cooks you delicious authentic pasta dishes whilst sucking your dick.

Seriously, shut up. Pantera aren't the best band, and they aren't the most influencial.

But guess what? THEY WERE NOTHING BUT METAL AND IN THE LATE 80'S AND 90'S THEY THRASHED, HARD.

Fuck Grove Metal, I don't even consider that a legitimate genre - In my opinion, they were thrash metal but just a different style of thrash.

Calling Grove Metal a different genre from thrash metal is like saying Speed Metal is a different genre from power metal.

John Petrucci is totally the best guitarist in Dream Theater!

At 9/26/09 10:18 AM, Oppugnant wrote: Real: Pretty much all the genre's that are <death/black/heavy/etc> Metal. (Excluding Nu-Metal).

Speaking of which, what do you gusy think of the genre "Alternative Metal"?

I've seen bands like Disturbed and K0RN labeled Alt. Metal before, yet i've seen ACTUAL metal bands like Riverside(Ambient metal), Unsun(electronic Metal), etc. labeled as Alt. Metal before as well.

It seems to me, if a metal or core band that's subgenre isn't official they are labeled Alt. metal by default.

At 9/26/09 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/25/09 08:29 PM, AniMetal wrote: Also, Pantera has four or five tribute bands(Trendkill, Diecast and a few others) - If you are in a band that has tribute bands, you know you're doing SOMETHING right - Give them some props.

This argument can backfire considering crap like Jonas Brothers have tribute bands as well...Yeah, we live in a sad age.

True, but in METAL tribute bands are rare.

I mean, with the exception of uber famous bands(Maiden, Sabbath, Judas Priest, machine Head, Metallica, Slayer and Motormouth) for any other metal band it's pretty fucking rare to have a tribute band.

Hating Pantera is stupid, it really is.

Most metal fans enjoyed and had Pantera influence their musicial taste at some point or another - shut up.

Yeah, cowboys is there only good album and even that is pretty overrated IMO, it doesn't change the fact that they were one of the few bands channels like VH1 and MTV called metal, THAT ACTUALLY WAS METAL.

Also, Pantera has four or five tribute bands(Trendkill, Diecast and a few others) - If you are in a band that has tribute bands, you know you're doing SOMETHING right - Give them some props.

At 9/24/09 11:09 PM, LamboFactor wrote: So siked for MARYLAND DEATHFEST (list of bands)

AUTOPSY
GORGUTS
OBITUARY
ENTOMBED
POSSESSED
ASPHYX
EYEHATEGOD
PENTAGRAM
PESTILENCE
NAGLFAR
MALEVOLENT CREATION
CONVERGE
NECROPHOBIC
MELECHESH
SINISTER
INCANTATION
PORTAL
WOLFBRIGADE
HAEMORRHAGE
THE CHASM
COFFINS
IMPALED
DECEASED
SADISTIC INTENT
NAZXUL
GRIDLINK
ROMPEPROP
BIRDS OF PREY
STORMCROW
GRIDE
INGROWING
GOROD
16
JESUS CRÖST
MASSGRAVE
FUCK THE FACTS
TOMBS
HOWL

Is it wrong that Autopsy, Obituary and Poessed are the only bands that I know of?

The next user that posts.

At 9/24/09 09:48 PM, Cericon wrote: This one more than others.

It's an interesting idea... For a book, not for a TV show. I agree with you.

There is a single event, a view into the future.

They'll find a way, ABC always finds a way to drag a show on for 6+ seasons.

At 9/24/09 09:50 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote: Well it's probably gonna involve super powers, or porn.

Then it'd even more blatantly be ripping off Heroes.

Or super powers that involve porn.

Kinky

At 9/24/09 09:52 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: in the Forest

...how can you tell?

At 9/24/09 09:43 PM, Cericon wrote: It looks like it's stupid.

Every show looks stupid in some way or another.

Something you'd like.

Hurp hurp

At 9/24/09 09:29 PM, Digital-Terror wrote: It sounds like a cool show, but I think it would probably start getting redundant.

Yeah, it probably will.

I mean look at Heroes - Season 1 was AMAZING, season 2, 3 and 4 sucked BALLS(I haven't watched after season 4)

Something tells me something similar is going to happen here.

Also, episode 1 is having an encore tomorrow from 8 to 9 EST on ABC channel so if you wanna check it out.

You know, this may or may not come as a surprise but i've never listened to a single song by Machine Head in my life(That I realized was Machine Head)