The Bard

Yeah, that's the way it is. These emo kids have never had to put up with real pain, they're just a bunch of rich kids whining on about nothing in particular. Also, yeah, "One" is an immnesely inspiring song, everything about it is just perfect.

Yah, good luck man, see you when you get back, :wink:

Yeah, I do kind of like Stone Sour, Bother is one of the only songs I can actually play and sing at the same time, it's prolly one of their best songs, it summed up my emotions perfectly when I was going through a rough patch. I haven't heard the new one....link? Edit: You know who are amazing? Sonata Arctica, although they do take the prize for worst lyrics of all time. Wolf and Raven has a pretty beastly intro.

Yah, it's wierd, I don't realise I'm doing it. but the thing is, I always give a reason for my opinion That's a load of crap, metal has always been about war and other such topics, emo is not, and has never been, most emo has pretty much the same lyrical depth as most pop. If you can tell me about a single emo band that has similar lyrics to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer or Deicide for example, well I will go and piss over Cliff Burton's grave.

Really? What ones did you try? I'm guessing it was Blind Guardian though, yeah not many can "get" Hansi's voice to start off with, but if you listen to it without any preconcieved notions, i swear to god it'll grow on you, just ask Mundi... Can you validate your opinion? If so go ahead, if not, kindly sit down and have yourself a nice cup of shut the hell up!

I'm sorry but you're mistaking me for someone who actually gives a crap about your opinion. Quite apart from wasting my valuable bandwidth by having to download your 2kb of worthless text, you seem to have forgotten that this place is full of people who think powermetal is teh sex, and the terms on which I created this thread is that people give a valid reason for their opinion or leave, and since I honestly doubt you have the intelligence to do either, I'm going to let this go, but it would just be superdeduper if you could stop being a dislikeable **** now wouldn't it?

Yeah, on the lyrical front, it's not just opinion, it's fact that metal has produced some of the worlds greatest lyricists, such as James Hetfield, Mikael Akerfeldt, Dave Mustaine (also known as god), Matt Barlow etc... As for them being angry, that's one of the reasons some subgenres of metal, such as thrash are so gratifying to listen to, they tackle real world issues with a depth and meaningfulness that you don't get in pop music (usually) For example, take metallica's four most renowned ballads, Sanitarium is about Mental illness from the viewpoint of the person afflicted by the illness, Fade to Black is about suicide, One is probably the greatest war epic of all time, about a young man who has gone to war and returned worse than dead, and only Nothing Else matters is an unabashed love song, and it is so much more honest and heartfelt than anything I've heard before or since on the same subject. I think power metal is hated so much becuase it has more a pop way of approaching lyrics, that aren't about anything serious, just about having a good time, which tbh there is nothing wrong with. If there is anyone here who thinks that power metal is all there is to metal, it's not at all. If you want to see what real metal is, heres what I reccomend to you: Metallica, the biggest band on the planet. Songs to download are "Nothing Else Matters" "One" "Harvester of Sorrow" "Blackened" "Orion (Instrumental)" "For Whom The Bell tolls", in fact, you can't go wrong with anything from their first 5 albums. there are others, but im in a lazy mood, so if you want to know, just post something indicating and ill give you some more suggestions. I also have tickets for Dragonforce's manchester show on the second strike tour. They were seriously the best live band ever when i saw them last at academy 2 me and my mates lost our voices after singing along to all of black fire , hopefully they'll be able to play the apollo this time.

Funnily enough, it's already been done to some extent, and I kid you not. A conducting pad is attatched directly above the frontal lobe, and electrical signals within your brain are measured and recorded. Certain frequencies are associated with certain feelings or events, so these can be linked to certain keywords. You never really forget dreams, they are embedded in your subconscious (which is why you have the same dream more than once), so when these keywords are spoken they act as stimulus to make you remember the dream. It's not very accurate, but it's been known to work although I doubt it's what you had in mind

Yeah I'm a huge tallica fan, helloween have some killer songs, some of my favourite are "I wan't out" and "I'm Alive," but I never really got into them, I always thought of them as a less professional version of Iron Maiden. You're interested in guitar harmonies? Have you heard any In Flames or Dragonforce? They kinda specialise in that kinda stuff...In Flames are in some ways my favourite band

That's fair enough.

I don't know why, but I love this video, the atmosphere is immense Inarguably the best music video of all time is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTra-FkT1K4&search=i%20want%20it%20that%20way Unfortunately none of my favourite bands have the funds to make a decent video

Seeing as on other threads (I point no fingers) people seem to have a problem with a healthy debate, I thought that I'd make this thread to discuss power metal, generally a sub genre notorious for it's reputation as being the laughing stock of metal. So, here you can feel free to declare your undying love/ hate for power metal/ myself. So and go ahead and discuss the advantages/ disadvantages of power metal over other forms of metal, or other music. Power Metal as defined by wikipedia: In the mid-1980s, European bands such as Helloween (Germany) and Europe (Sweden) put even more attention to the melodic development of the songs. Helloween mixed fast speed metal riffs with melodic ones and added Iron Maiden-like powerful vocals, further cleaning the sound. Their albums Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 (1987) and Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 2 (1988) are generally regarded as a milestone of this genre. Subsequently, European-style "happy metal" has spread across the continent (particularly to Finland) and worldwide, though it is comparatively unpopular in the United States, United Kingdom and other English speaking countries. Recently, however, many power metal bands have abandoned the "happy-metal" sound of their predecessors, and have adopted a more epic sound combined with the power metal core. Bands such as Blind Guardian have combined their classic power metal sound with an orchestral background as Rhapsody or Angra have done. My two cents are that power metal has gained such a shitty rep because of some bands penchant for having cheesy lyrics about Dragons and nordic myth (yes, I'm pointing at you Rhapsody and Manowar) but I for me, lyrics don't detract from the musical virtuosity and emotion that these artists show through their instrumentality, and In my opinion, sounds are much more evocative of emotions than words. Here are 3 of my favourite Power Metal bands, that you should check out if you're interested: Blind Guardian: Imo the best power metal band, songs to check out are: "Mordreds Song" "Nightfall" "The Bard's Song" "Theater of Pain" "Hallelujah" Dragonforce are some of the most talented musicians in history, talent which is arguably wasted on drunken antics. Songs to check out are "Fury of the Storm" "Soldiers of the Wasteland" "Valley of The Damned" "Black Fire" and "Dawn of a New World" This is their live album, and in my opinion, this is the band that brought me to heavy metal, they're not the best, but they showed me what was possible and that in music there really are no boundaries. They even did an entire concept album based on the spawn comics. Song's to download are "Ghost of Freedom" the live version of "A Question of Heaven" "Angel's Holocaust" "The Hunter" "Dracula" Although I have a sneaking suspicion that this thread is going to get closed before it takes off, but what the hell here ya are, flame away.

True to an extent, i wouldn't say "most" but I would say "a lot of", the fact of the matter is most musicians or bands in any form of music are shit, there are only a few "diamonds in the rough," amongst any musical genre. But you can't honestly say that Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Stratovarious etc are shit.

Firstly, I acknowledge rap as being a form of music. I am a huge fan of public enemy. But ICP aren't rap, they aren't music of any kind, they have no credibility, and no integrity whatsoever, they're just a bunch of poseurs that think it's cool to dress up as clowns and make pretend that they actually know something about music. And rl, I can give you a thousand reasons why what you've just said about power metal is a load of bullshit, but that would really be pointless now wouldn't it, seeing as talking bullshit seems to be your specialty. As you were.

To reiterate my first point. It's not music.

I would copyright windmills with blades made out of solar panels. That'd make moi filthy rich.

Yah, I desperately need DBZ, that game looks insane. Also, what would be really very nice would be a new Bloody Roar for Wii, since I doubt it's not going to get very many fighters, and like on the GC, BR kept me occupied for near a year, seriously, it pisses me off, Nintendo's neglect of my fave game genre. I suppose theres always the Virtual Console titles to look forward to though.

Bozon is ridiculously boring, he may be informative to the general noob, but he has no interesting opinions on anything, Matt is a very intelligent, funny and genuinely interesting guy, and he's pretty much the only reason I go on IGN at all.

I love...Scrubs, making love to my beautateous girl, rum and generally all hard alcohol and metal. But what I love the most is kicking thebenmasters ass at Tekken 5 and SC2. If you're here ben, why don't you come out and tell everyone what you were forced to say when I whupped your ass 10 nil at both of these games...or should I do that for you? Ok, people, he said "I'm your biatch." Its official, thebenmaster is my biatch.

Yes! Klonoa would rule since he was in one of the 3 best platforming games this gen (Klonoa 2). But he hasn't had a game on the cube. There have been 2 on the GBA though.

Don't you mean "Who here is a jackass?" You see, jackass is an actual word and is much more accurate a description of ICP's general demographic. It's not music. It's a bunch of morons dressed as clowns attempting to talk over a synthesised beat, wit ther "mad hip hoppin skillz, innit, brah "

Meh. Biker Mice from Mars!! teh pwnt0rz.

Heroin is a depressant, not a stimulant. Also speed (otherwise known as amphetamine or methamphetamine) is far more effective than LSD (in the form it is bought) 100 micrograms of LSD can get you high, but there are many side undesired affects. Speed gives you a feeling that you can accomplish anything you want to, and gives you a very euphoric feeling for the time that it lasts. It also keeps you awake for time. One pill (depending on constituent dosage) is enough, and only costs £3. So I think, if you're willing to go down that route, speed is for you .

Sure did. Gotta love teh Scrubs, har har.

Ha, i remember that one thats from the ep when JD and Elliot become co chief residents (My office). Here it is: JD says something along the lines of: "Why do you hate me when I show you nothing but love??!!" Dr Cox says, Relax shirley (im not sure which girls name he uses here) you're chief resident too... I figure with her being ridiculously book-smart to the point where she has almost no interpersonal skills, and you being warm and cuddly as an un-potty trained labradoodle, and about as useful in high stress medical situations as an un-potty trained labradoodle, together, the two of you make one barely passable doctor/labradoodle....