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soap:
sounds like a worthy cause to me, let us know how it goes !

and surely sabbath bloody sabbath demands a place on that mixcd ;)

Storm Rider:
Only if it's the Iron Maiden cover, which is so much better than the original it's fucking unbelievable.

Praeserpium Machinarum:
I don't listen to much metal, hard rock maybe but not straight metal.
I have actually tried but listening to:
Skyclad - Prince of the Poverty Line
Immortal - Battles of the North
some of The Human Equation
some Iron Maiden greatest hits
God Forbid - Gone Forever
Soulfly - Prophecy just haven't sparked my interest. My little brother, who is a huge screamo/emo/hardcore fan, keeps telling me that the good metal is in reality metalcore. But I really dislike metalcore, especially the variant where it is all shouting and trashing away. I think my main problem with metal is the oft ridiculous feel and inane lyrics, with the exception of Skyclad every metal band I have heard has blah lyrics.

I would like to hear some more Ulver, since their song Christmas is a really good slice of madness. Though I suppose it is not straight heavy metal.
Also I think Khar mentioned Edge of Sanity when he talked about Brudevalsen, whom I like, in the forced listening thread.

nancygirl:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---Metal elitists get on my tits. I can normally stump them though.

"What the fuck dude, you like Nightwish, they're total poser shit!"
"Tell me, what did you think of the six-way 'Crushing the Unholy Trinity' Split Northern Heritage put out last year?"
"Uhhhh..."
"You remember, the one with Deathspell Omega, Stabat Mater, Musta Surma, Clandestine Blaze, Mgla and Exordium? Oh come on, first track was Diabolicus Absconditus *imitates opening riff*. Pretty fucking killer wasn't it? Absolute christraping black metal."
"uuuuuuuuhmmm...yeah..."
--- End quote ---

I wish I could have pwned him with my metal knowledge. Instead I was basically like "you're stupid" and put my headphones back on lol

And Praeserpium Machinarum, I agree about Ulver, that entire album was really quite strange and awesome.

KharBevNor:
It depends what you mean by 'blah' lyrics, there are certainly some metal bands with excellent lyrics. I'd point out My Dying Bride, Agalloch, Acid Bath, Edge of Sanity/Dan Swano, Cruachan and a few others...What is it you object to though? Lyrical prowess or subject matter? If it's the latter there's not much hope for you liking metal lyrically. Even Skyclads approach doesn't stray too far from the metal subject matter approach. Look at how they sing about environmentalism in 'The Disenchanted Forest' or the human condition in 'The Sinful Ensemble'.

Metal is simply about dragons, motorbikes, satan, rage, mighty swords, grief, ice, forests, zombies, elation, trolls, violence, smiting, rampaging, explosions, brotherhood, vampires, hailing shit, serial killers, might, darkness and so on and so forth. It's a complete opposite, as I think Jeph has pointed out in another thread, of hipsters singing  witty little numbers about the sex life of a spork. And that's why it is so damn  awesome.

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