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We really needed a thread for the world's premier type of music, so I created one, and here it is.

Rock on!

Hedfix wrote:
> RATM

I wouldnt really class Rage as heavy metal. They're not quite rock, not quite hip-hop. Funk maybe? Whatever you want to call them, they were a damn good band. It really sucks that the american government blackmailed Zakk De La Rocha into breaking the band up, or so go the rumors in several chatrooms ive been in....i dunno.

I'm with you on that one.

"Aardvarks Forever!"

Timmargh wrote:

[machine head song]

> It turns out it was A Nation On Fire, especially the bit near
> the end where it speeds up. One night I thought he was singing
> "I can't see an aardvark!" ...
>
it'd be glorious if those WERE the lyrics.
aside from that short cartoon after the Pink Panther,i don't think aardvarks get enough coverage...

I know I was going to delete it but I think they embody the whole spirit of heavy metal, kind of uh y'know...

*Runs*

Hedfix wrote:

> ... RATM, The Who, Pitchshifter, Filter...

Stood out like a sore thumb amongst that list, though they do indeed rock muchly.

I grew up with Guns n' Roses y'see, I don't really like Metallica or Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden's like rock opera to me and Metallica just plod too much for my liking although there are songs that I like by both.

Drowning Pool, Stoopi, Spineshank, Linkin Park, some POD, RATM, The Who, Pitchshifter, Filter, AAF, Cyclefly, Vex Red, Cypress Hill, Stiltskin, Disturbed, Saliva, SOAD, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Garbage, Faith No More, Lost Prophets, Rammstein, Godhead, Mairlyn Manson etc

the list goes on. ;)

No the Rob Zombie thing was a one-off for a movie. They've a new singer though - sounds a bit like the guy from coal chamber but it isn't.

Speaking of which what is the name of the guy from coal chamber's new band? I've forgotten.

Hedfix wrote:
> Drowning Pool are back.
>
> I didn't expect that, although the song they did with Rob Zombie on
> vocals was a big clue that they hadn't packed up and gone home.

I thought they split up when Dave Williams tragically died in 2002, aged just 32. But it's good to hear that they're with Rob Zombie now. I am a fan of Rob and White Zombie, but am not biased in saying that this is a match made in heaven (Or in their case, hell).

I admit they are far from heavy metal - now. 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit, Bon Jovi's second album, however was metal. They just have a touch too many ballads nowadays, but the riffs are still there.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Long albums are better, you get more for your money. My longest album
> clocks in at a few seconds short of 80 minutes.

That is exactly my thought. I don't want to buy a CD for £10 with 25 minutes of music on there. I want 50+ minutes. I know it's more about the quality, but even so, I like to get it home and find I've got an hour of music.


Hedfix, you're in a heavy metal thread, of course you have to be polite about Iron Maiden and Metallica. Biggles may want to slap me for saying this but I'm not so sure about Bon Jovi.