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  1. I have a broad taste, I just tend to listen to dark metal more than light metal. Arguably a majority of metal is dark, and not necessarily because of gritty guitars and growling/screaming. Epica can be pretty dark; but their music is pretty varied, as to contrast with their darker songs. And even if the music isn't that dark, the lyrics can be heavy. Therion does that sometimes.
  2. Rotting Christ and Orphaned Land released albums this year as well, ones I still need to get Apparently Melechesh is in the midst of writing a new album too, and actually had some lineup changes concerning the guitarist and drummer. They left on friendly terms though, so it's not too bad. Not like when ICS Vortex and Mustis got booted from Dimmu Borgir. But at least Vortex went on to do a great solo album and return to Borknagar and Arcturus. Amon Amarth is good, but the thing is, once you've heard one AA song, you've heard them all; barring maybe a couple songs that have a unique composition or just general stand out more than others (Twilight of the Thunder God, Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags). They seem mostly to be a one-trick pony. But I saw them live when the Mayhem Festival came to Bangor, Maine, just an hour from where I live. They were bleeding awesome. It was a lineup of them, Mastodon, Five Finger Death Punch and Rob Zombie (the last two totally stole the show). The Rob Zombie segment was just mind numbingly awesome. We were outside at the Bangor Waterfront; see, it was dark and a lightning storm had brewed up. A huge bolt of lighting with 7+ forks went across the Bangor river right in the middle of 'House of 1000 Corpses' and it kept thundering on even after the end of the show. It had started raining, and the lights were illuminating the rain and the heat vapors coming from the audience (me and my friends were sitting under a pine tree on a grassy knoll off to the side, sheltered from the rain and seeing everything XD). Rob actually had to come back on stage after the show to tell the audience screaming 'Encore!' to go home, since the storm was getting nasty. More lightning, and apparently a building had gotten struck like half a mile from the venue, all sorts of emergency vehicles were blaring down the streets while everyone was leaving. It was pretty surreal, and epic for my first concert.
  3. I'd have to say Deepercutt (hi-larious Youtube Poops) PewDiePie, even though I don't watch him as much as I used to. MarkiplierGAME (he basically replaced Pewdie for me as an LPer). Yamimash (friend of Markiplier). DasBoSchitt, kitty0706, RubberFruit (the aforementioned three are great GModders). big think (not really a specific Youtuber, but a collection of philosophers, scientists and other thinkers like Neil deGrass Tyson, Penn Jillete, Henry Rollins, etc.). ShoddyCast (they do an amazing Elder Scrolls Lore series and other news/podcast videos concerning Elder Scrolls Online). TatsTopsVideos (fun little videos like 'Top XX Game Glitches' or 'Top XX Weather Phenomena'). AwfulFawfuleTheFalafe (another hilarious Youtube Pooper that does mostly pony and Spongebob poops, among other things). TeamFourStar. CardGamesFTW. Shesellsheshells (he doesn't do allot, but he made the mega popular 'Extreme Rice' and did a fun LP of the terrible game 'Silent Hill: Homecoming' and does 'Youtube Reacts' videos, which is basically a collection of online buddies who quote ridiculous Youtube comments on popular videos in loud and crazy ways). And of course 1KidsEnterainment, home of Pokemon 'Bridged, seemingly the only good Pokemon Abridged series on the net.
  4. NEW FLESHGOD ALBUM!? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I'M SERIOUSLY WIGGING OUT RIGHT NOW LISTENING TO 'ELEGY'!! XDD Now I know what I'm spending my next pay on next week XD. I recently listened to another band that reminded me allot of Fleshgod, they sound like a progressive version of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlMsWdZtsB8 Moar money to spend!
  5. There's a Metal thread and that's awesome, but also as an avid fan of Hip-Hop, I feel there needs to be a Hip-Hop thread. Now before we begin with sharing our favorite groups and MC's, let me say a few things on the genre. This isn't to be confused with Rap. Now if you like Rap, like Li'l Wayne, Puff Daddy or Jay-Z, okay, I won't be provocative or anything, but I have some rather divisive views between Rap and Hip-Hop. I'll open this with the words of the father of modern Hip-Hop, KRS-One, paraphrased: "Rap is something you do, but Hip-Hop is something you live." Rappers can front and show off wealth in the faces of those less fortunate all they want, but it won't change the heart and soul of the roots of Hip-Hop and the people who maintain that spirit, whether they be African, Caucasian, Asian, Latino or anything else under the sun. Hip-Hop can be one of the angriest and most scornful genres in the airwaves, what with artists such as N.W.A, 2Pac, Chuck D and Public Enemy, Immortal Technique, Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks. But at the same time it is one of the most conscious and thought provoking genres an ear can absorb (which attests to some of my animosity to mainstream Rap). Perhaps this track can sum it up: With that being said, it's as much entertainment as it is a thought process. But let's get to the music. There are some great well-known MC's out there as well as underground artists, such as Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def; but a majority of the guys I listen to are underground. Now before we get started, to avoid any thread locking due to NSFW videos with 'questionable' visual content or strong language, I suggest posting the name of the song and artist instead of a video. Believe me, if there was an 18+ sub-section in Entertainment, I'd post videos until doomsday. Who knows, I may move it some day. I mostly want some exposure now with the general site to get a discussion going. But here's a general list of some of my favorite artists and/or albums: Immortal Technique (He can easily be identified as the most controversial name in the underground scene, due to his venomous lyrics and political views, but some of his best works are 'Revolutionary Vols. 1 and 2', 'The 3rd World', and 'The Martyr') Nas, Pharoahe Monch (W.A.R. We Are Renegades), Binary Star, Lowkey (Soundtrack to the Struggle), Akrobatik, Jedi Mind Tricks, 2Pac, N.W.A
  6. A Metal thread? *slams fist on table* How come I was not informed of this!? So from what I've read, aside from a brief mention of Drudkh, I find the lack of Folk metal unacceptable! There, one video to alter the tide, and a big ol' list to keep the waves rolling: Ensiferum, Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Primordial, Orphaned Land (Middle Eastern oriental folk, with other death and doom metal elements), Heidevolk (they have the best vocalist(s) in the Folk metal scene period), Týr, Moonsorrow, Elvenking (early albums, they moved onto an infusion of Power metal in the album 'The Scythe' and beyond). And although I've only heard a touch, there's apparently some really good Folk metal going on with Central/Native American cultures, though they seem to mostly be fused with Power metal as well. And I suppose I should drop a few vaguely obscure bands no one else I know seems to have heard of: 3 Inches Of Blood (just some straight up blaring, blast-beating, banshee screeching, guitar screaming, puke on your shoes swords and sorcery heavy metal), Rotting Christ (Greek black/melodic thrash metal, their later albums are good: Sanctus Diavolos, Theogonia, Aealo; but their earlier albums I don't like as much), Melechesh (Middle eastern black metal, lots of ancient Mesopotamian mythology and mysticism woven into their verses, they've become one of my all-time favorites), Keep Of Kalessin (they automatically win happy points for their name referencing Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea series), The Kovenant (Industrial black metal that makes Marilyn Manson look like Candyland), Midnattsol (Norwegian metal band with folk themes and an ethereal Gothic sound to their instrumentation), Naglfar (so-basic-it's-good blackened death metal, imo better than Dissection, who could be considered competition), Bal-Sagoth (a blend of power metal and black metal laden with heavy synth symphonies, sci-fi/fantasy story arcs with black metal vocals and deep-voiced story narrating; so cheesy that it's good), Virgin Black (symphonic doom with some neat male/female operatic vocals and some death growls), Fleshgod Apocalypse (this is one of the fastest Death metal bands out there, I'm not kidding; they make the Han Solo's ligh-speed look like old lady driving). Oh God there's so many more bands I'd like to post, but I'll just drop all my fave Metal genres in no particular order: Death, Power, Black, Folk/Viking, Prog, Gothic, Heavy, Thrash, Industrial, and Symphonic.
  7. As someone that thinks the first two episodes are not good and nearly repelled me from watching the further episodes, the film remains uninteresting and shallow for myself. I don't watch the show for morals I already follow anyway, I'm more interested in the characters in the fantastical setting of Equestria.
  8. I realize I've made a mistake on being too hard on the film, in light of this ongoing discussion. You see, some bronies nowadays tend to have this delusion that the show is made specifically for us; and it should serve as a reminder--in the form of Equestria Girls--that it is, in fact, not targeted at us. My Little Pony, the general franchise, not just 'Friendship is Magic,' is targeted at girls between the ages of four and twelve mainly, and the franchise is owned by a multi-billion dollar corporate juggernaut whose absolute sole goal in the totality of its existence is to make a profit; same as any other shadowy entity lurking in a capitalist regime. I'm taking the earlier advice of arrowghost here in realizing this by standing in the shoes of CEOs and marketing teams. Equestria Girls was a meditated request from the executives of Hasbro, who really don't give two trots about bronies (they only care about what's in our wallets; I have to say they've not gotten even close to mine). They wanted a fast-food delivered, hyped up film about ponies that aren't ponies. Making the ponies into humans, to attract even more little girls, meanwhile grabbing the attention of bronies who would surely get a rise out of such a notion. This is actually a pretty good marketing scheme. They didn't care whether we liked the film or not, or if little girls liked it for that matter. As long as there was hype over both demographics, they'd get their money. Money from us (not me, I watched a rip on Youtube), from the parents of young girls. They knew we'd see it no matter what, just because most bronies are attached to MLP like leeches to a blood vessel. And girls are just being girls. They threw in these new tweeny-girl gimmicks while simultaneously throwing in easter eggs for bronies, which of course would be poorly executed and not work in the end. But they didn't care (besides it being a cash cow). We saw it, we'll still watch season 4 (they should be smart enough to leave THAT alone if they don't want to alienate the brony fandom; we're just extra wads of cash compared to the dough they get from the parents of female children). Some bronies liked it, others didn't. And I'm all talked out on the issue at this point. Equestria Girls will just have to go into one of my mental file cabinets marked 'bad' and not be opened again.
  9. Re Allura: Ah yes, I forgot about Flash Sentry and Twilight's crush. Let me get into that: No. Everything about Flash, and Twilight's infatuation with that bland, uninteresting, tweeny girl eye-candy caricature is just a lumpy, steaming pile of 'no.' That was what turned me off the most about this film. In fact, now that I'm reminded of this utter rubbish I'm lowering my score to a 3.5/10. This movie just had very few redeeming qualities. And even with over an hour of running time without commercial interruptions allot of it still was rushed with shoehorned events. Now, I can understand how FiM two-parters can feel rushed, they've only got about forty-five minutes total to match up with TV scheduling and advertisements, which can make the awkwardness of them forgivable. But this film could have had more than enough time to not seem like some poorly paced fan fiction. Hopefully the series will not be affected by pestilence of this film. In fact, I'm not picky about the series at all. It has a few bad episodes, but most of them range from 'okay' to 'great.' And also, yes, some quality dips have happened since Faust left, but most of the time they still know what they're doing. People tend to deify her, which is annoying. She's talented and knows how to make shows work, but not everyone becomes suddenly incompetent because she's not around to wave her magic wand.
  10. I wasn't very impressed by the movie. I'd give it a 5/10, pretty average. I suppose it stayed pretty true to the core of the FiM series, but I not only just have a general disliking of humanized ponies, I also abhor almost any high school setting. I would be more open to the movie if it wasn't based in high school, but sadly that's not the case. I still appreciated that no one was OOC, and I'll admit the pop-ups of popular BG characters was fun to watch (especially Granny Smith, that was probably the only part of the movie that made me laugh aloud). So, I can appreciate the effort and consideration the team put into it, but I prefer normal ponies in a fantasy setting over contemporary human high schoolers any day of the week.
  11. Defeating a sandwich... only makes it tastier...

  12. You know, this all reminds me of the South Park episode 'The Tale Of Scrotie McBoogerballs.' In a nutshell, the kid characters write a book that's meant to be as disgustingly obscene as possible (at least to a kid). Several adults discover the book, and while literally throwing up at how unbelievably repulsive it is, they all start suddenly raving that the book has incredible insights in regards to religion, philosophy, politics, etc. But with that being said, it soon becomes a huge best seller and every adult that reads the book sees it reflecting his/her OWN beliefs (which of course it does not in any way, shape and form). For example one woman sees it as having an anti-abortion message, at the same time another man says it's "clearly" pro-choice. (But watching an imitation Morgan Freeman do a read-aloud of it was mesmerizing). This seems to be the case with not just this episode... but quite a few. Not ALL, but a sizable number. People just like to look so hard in on the show and treat its messages as sooper srs bsns. This discussion is a prime example. Well, not all of you specifically, but the accusation in general that 'Pinkie Keen' is pro-religion. Uh, that was absolutely the LAST thing on my mind when I first watched the episode. I was just watching it for 'teh lolz', and it delivered. But come on, pro-religion? Honestly? I also remember quite clearly on this very site the thread for the episode 'Secret Of My Excess' in which some users were 'disturbed' by the implications that the relationship between Spike and Rarity is borderline pedophilia. It seems whenever a new episode comes up with its own thread, most people in the first several posts talk about if the episode was funny or not, or if it was cute and so on, like normal people would take about such a simple show. Then after a few hours the weirdos come out of the woodwork and start picking the episode apart like it's the flipping Da Vinci Code. People need to not take this show so seriously and just enjoy it for what it is, only talk about it with some depth. But for the Flying Spaghetti Monster's sake don't try to analyze it like it's a Stephen Hawking theory. But hey, it's not up to me what people do with their brainpan energy. Do what thou wilt.
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