FTA Oh my gosh, a reasoned response to a tragedy from someone in an official position? What do they put in the water over in South Africa, and can it be shipped here ASAP?

AIDS and no thank you.

Looks like the parents ignored the advisory.

Man, I listen to heavy metal AND I play D&D. You can't imagine the crap I got from the Average American while I was in high school. I'm still tired of it!

So if he did it while wearing an Obama mask would they blame Obama?

I thought we were done with this shiat after Columbine.

/or those DnD kids in the 80's
//or freaking Charles Manson and Helter Skelter

"Do it" and Judas Priest?

1982 again.

How very retro.

I'm your Turbo Lover.

6-6-6... The number of the Beast!

too bad that music blows.

xtonyx: too bad that music blows.

If you're talking about Slipknot in particular, I'm not a big fan of theirs, but I do like 2 of their songs...including the new one PsychoSocial.

If you're talking about hard rock/metal...fark off.

BobtheFascist: So if he did it while wearing an Obama mask would they blame Obama?

First thing I thought of was to wear that and run around doing a Nixon impersonation saying "I am not the Messiah"

Is there anything less scary than Slipknot? This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

Play guitar like Mick Thompson. NSFW language. (new window)

first - Slipknot sucks and is mallcore

second - if you're gonna be uber-evil and satanic and go medieval on people with bladed weapons - try to listen to real satanic music and look evil (granted, while clowns are evil, they are NOT metal! AND NO DR. ROCKSO DOESN'T COUNT)


Gorgoroth


Dissection


Deicide

\the more you know!
\\twinkly, star graphic

Dumbasses.


All they had to do is put a "This is a mask and sword free zone" in the front and this would never have happened.

grim_and_frostbitten: mallcore


Using '____core' to label music should be punishable by caning.

This had to be set up. Slipknot has a new album out next week, and they're probably operating under the premise that there's no such thing as bad press.

kab: grim_and_frostbitten: mallcore


Using '____core' to label music should be punishable by caning.

I was just going to say...

Always hilarious when a fan of niche music thinks they found the Holy Grail. It always involves frowny men with split ends and/or silly face-painting.

grim_and_frostbitten: first - Slipknot sucks and is mallcore

second - if you're gonna be uber-evil and satanic and go medieval on people with bladed weapons - try to listen to real satanic music and look evil (granted, while clowns are evil, they are NOT metal! AND NO DR. ROCKSO DOESN'T COUNT)


Gorgoroth


Dissection

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Deicide

\the more you know!
\\twinkly, star graphic

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that if I DID listen to your favorite bands, it would be the worst s--- I ever heard

kab: grim_and_frostbitten: mallcore


Using '____core' to label music should be punishable by caning.

why? it addresses a sub-genre of rock music. what would you call them?

Marla Singer's Laundry: I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that if I DID listen to your favorite bands, it would be the worst s--- I ever heard

well ... i don't technically OWN the bands ... i've got them on a complex "lay away" plan. but - if you don't like metal music - then i'm gonna say "no" you probably won't like them.

so i guess this is the part of the thread where i say "well - what do you listen to? i bet your music sucks! yeah, i bet it sucks big time! ZING!"

as a rule of thumb - any bands whose fan-base is mostly 14 year olds - probably aren't very good. any bands whose fan-base is mostly D&D nerds and church-burners - probably are awesome. i think UCLA released some studies back in the mid-90s ... i'd have to look them up ...

grim_and_frostbitten: pictures of nerds in makeup

Black metal is every bit as cheesy and misguided as the malliest of mallcore.

I've been into black metal since I was 17. I'm 26 now and don't see myself outgrowing it. However, I realize it's a shiatstorm of cheesiness surrounding a small island of music/white noise that's unlistenable/intolerable by almost everyone else, understandably.

Grim_and_frostbitten:

Gorgoroth is one of my favorite bands, but it is pretty stupid to try and delude yourself that you're listening to the masterwork of some mythical, darkly-idealistic metahuman or whatever they want you to buy into.

Gaahl is about as Satanic as those little red horns they sell at Hot Topic for meaty, pungent girls that try to masquerade as 'sexy devils' on Halloween.

Link (new window)

Some perspective, please.

"Slipknot sucks and is mallcore"

Mallcore! ROFL!!!
artfully said, kudos!

What do you expect him to dress up as, Mary Poppins?

Why is it always swords? Why does the axe get no love?

/Lower crit chance?

When I die I want it to be by sword... anyway, Slipnot isn't Satanic music, it's pissed off because Mom grounded me music.

So, is there a single band on which we can all agree is evil, black metal? Every time a metal band is mentioned in one of these threads, there's always someone who says they are "posers" or says they belong at Hot Topic. So is there actually a gold standard for bands of the evil persuasion to aspire to?

/Slipknot is definitely not it

Should of got into Suicide Solution first.

Am I on blabbermouth? no, this is fark...
same great taste, different can.

swaxhog: Should of got into Suicide Solution first.

Wine is fine, but whiskey's quicker...

From TFA:

"Pierre Eksteen, who is in charge of a school support network for children, said "Satanic" music was probably the cause of the attack.

Young people need to be informed of the effects of bad Satanic music," said Eksteen."

Yeah... This should serve as a wake up call for all parents who let their kids listen to bad Satanic music. You need to monitor your kids' listening habits closely, to make sure they only listen to the good Satanic music.

I suggest listening to Todd Snider's "The Ballad of the Kingsmen"

grim_and_frostbitten: kab: grim_and_frostbitten: mallcore


Using '____core' to label music should be punishable by caning.

why? it addresses a sub-genre of rock music. what would you call them?

I think my problem with it is the whole sub-genre perception to begin with. I doubt that Slipknot, regardless of what you think of them, would label themselves much differently than some of the bands you listed.

The mallcore label here probably has more to do with the perception of the bands fans. Who knows.

But I also biatch about the words 'blog' and '___cast' as well, so maybe I'm just a cranky old bastard.

The pic in your profile is a riot by the way... good stuff. :)

BobtheFascist: So if he did it while wearing an Obama mask would they blame Obama?

No, because we all know it's all Bush's fault.

Marla Singer's Laundry: kab: grim_and_frostbitten: mallcore


Using '____core' to label music should be punishable by caning.

I was just going to say...

Always hilarious when a fan of niche music thinks they found the Holy Grail. It always involves frowny men with split ends and/or silly face-painting.

Can you be core-core? A lover of all genres of core?

/such a thing does not exist
//fine then give me a 6 pack of duff and a pack of skittles

"So, is there a single band on which we can all agree is evil, black metal? Every time a metal band is mentioned in one of these threads, there's always someone who says they are "posers" or says they belong at Hot Topic. So is there actually a gold standard for bands of the evil persuasion to aspire to?"

Iunno, i think Shining is pretty "real". After nearly 20 years of listening to death/black metal "Evil" to me isn't bloody skulls and inverted crucifixes, but I am disturbed by nihilism and people I wouldn't trust in close quarters. Kvarforth seems like a guy that would impulsively spit on you and laugh about it.

Tribute to his fans

Music is satanic only if written in prison while serving term for murder and church arson.

Galaxy of Prawns: Black metal is every bit as cheesy and misguided as the malliest of mallcore.

BUT ... um ... uh .... *sigh*

\sad now

Peter Veal:Yeah I don't buy 'Shining'. That dude takes himself waaaay too seriously. Why does he have to try sooo hard to be black/suicidal/hatefilled? I love the more extreme stuff. PxDx, The Red Chord, Chephalic Carnage, and Black Dahlia Murder. None of those bands take themselves that seriously. And really, corpsepaint, bone necklace? That is teh ghey!!!!!

AS for the dipshiat that went off with the sword, get that kid some counseling or put him in sports, like wrestling or football, give him a place to take all his masked angst out.

Gratch: So, is there a single band on which we can all agree is evil, black metal? Every time a metal band is mentioned in one of these threads, there's always someone who says they are "posers" or says they belong at Hot Topic. So is there actually a gold standard for bands of the evil persuasion to aspire to?

/Slipknot is definitely not it

Air Supply.

LewDux: Music is satanic only if written in prison while serving term for murder and church arson.


Agrees

Kali-Yuga: LewDux: Music is satanic only if written in prison while serving term for murder and church arson.


Agrees

i'm gonna have to "second" that ...

\drunk
\\on vacation
\\\brew at the zoo in DC RULED