[LUconn]

nerd metal is a great description. Their lyrics are on par with the levels of absurdity of Led Zepplin. I'd imagine all of these guys were at the LOTR opening night dressed in Gandalf costumes.

[BJWilliams]

I remember somebody saying there was a purported video on youtube of somebody getting 100% on that song...haven't found it.

every 100% i've found was a controller....or they videotaped the tv and you coudlnt' here them playing the guitar

If there is anybody out there that has completed Through the Fire and the Flames and scored 100%, they probably have absolutely no life and spent every waking moment playing Guitar Hero.

[mrmacphisto]

I too have been listening to Dragonforce for months. It's like the 80s all over again, except for real this time (take THAT, Killers). The absurdity of their lyrics is what really makes them great, though. It's the Snakes On A Plane effect.

[El Scorcho]

It's like the 80s all over again, except for real this time (take THAT, Killers).

Yeah, I don't get that. I've never understood why people want to pigeonhole them as some kind of a retro band. I don't hear that at all.

[mrmacphisto]

It's like the 80s all over again, except for real this time (take THAT, Killers).

Yeah, I don't get that. I've never understood why people want to pigeonhole them as some kind of a retro band. I don't hear that at all.

Dragonforce or the Killers?

[El Scorcho]

The Killers.

[Hold My Own]

I was thinking this was a In the Red thread....I'm severely disappointed




I just downloaded Angels and Airwaves albums....Tom from Blink 182 started them in 05...pretty good.

[RubberMallet]

ok i just noticed that in revolution deathsqaud from the inhuman rampage album, he does the TPAIN voice effect (i don't know what its called) in there...phenominal....

[BJWilliams]

Anybody had a chance to hear AFI? My roommate had the GH2 soundtrack on his computer and I got to hear it and wanted to get you guys' thoughts

[SuperJon]

You realize that AFI has been popular since about 1999, right?

[RubberMallet]

ugh....don't disgrace this thread with afi talk....gahbage

[SuperJon]

AFI's much better than the nerd metal you guys are talking about.

[BJWilliams]

Well I frankly had not heard of AFI until just recently. I didn't listen to much really hard music really until (ironically enough) after I got to Liberty.

[RubberMallet]

AFI's much better than the nerd metal you guys are talking about.

aahahaha

nerd metal > beyotch metal

its also about 10x more skilled than that crap.

as a duo, herman li and sam totman to me nearly have the skill of eric johnson and adrian legg

[SuperJon]

More talent does not equal better music.

[PAmedic]

see: Mr. Big

(though I do like them)

[RubberMallet]

More talent does not equal better music.

but it is better music...

if you are going to talk about crappy whiney metal at least talk about avenged sevenfold before you start talking about afi

[SuperJon]

Avenged Sevenfold is terrible, and anyone who thinks AFI is anywhere close to metal is an idiot.

[El Scorcho]

its also about 10x more skilled than that crap.

Skill is completely overrated. There's a reason no reasonable person sits around listening to Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Skill without any sense of soul, taste or style is so completely dull and boring. That's why I said before that I think DragonForce is very skilled, and left it at that. I don't deny their skill, but that's about all I can give them.

[RubberMallet]

its also about 10x more skilled than that crap.

Skill is completely overrated. There's a reason no reasonable person sits around listening to Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Skill without any sense of soul, taste or style is so completely dull and boring. That's why I said before that I think DragonForce is very skilled, and left it at that. I don't deny their skill, but that's about all I can give them.

you mean people sit around and listen to vai and satriani?

there are certain technical aspects of each that i enjoy but only for a few seconds....being a guitar junky i do enjoy technical guitar but i too look for style and taste and over melody....these 2 (dragonforce) do it quite well....combined with a great fast drummer its a sound i enjoy because they are able to actually make music more than just make noises...

are they the greatest? no but they are fun to listen to. the vocals are more goofy nostalgism for me so they get a pass from me.

i understand those who can't take dragonforce. they are 20 years too late and would of made speed metal fans absolutley bonkers in the late 80's...

[RubberMallet]

Avenged Sevenfold is terrible, and anyone who thinks AFI is anywhere close to metal is an idiot.

anymore the line between todays alternative/modern rock and todays metal has been blurred beyond belief....i've heard them described as both....of course my genre for them : turd

[SuperJon]

Never once has anyone who's ever been a fan, or known anything about AFI described them as metal.

[RubberMallet]

emo?

crybaby rock?

[SuperJon]

They describe themselves as rock. In their early days, they say that their music was "youthfully exuberant, sometime sophomoric East bay hardcore/punk mode." Now they just call it rock.

[RubberMallet]

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