My introduction thread became the all purpose "talk about metal" thread, which is perfectly fine by me.
Guns N Roses are SO not metal. MTV must have given them that title, back when they were handing out metal labels to bands like Van Halen and Kiss.
Pantera blows. I used to like them but that was the shortest lived infatuation with a band I ever had. Like Conspiracist said, they are an extremely lame excuse for metal. All of their songs sound the same. Metal for tuff guys who like to go to shows, get drunk, scream woooo and beat people up in the pit. I blame them for the rampant misunderstanding that average people have of what metal music is all about.
My dislike of Pantera has nothing to do with their former glam image. I just find them boring. Dimebag was a good metal guitarist but far from the best. And while Im on the subject Metallica is overrated (two and a half good albums does not a great band make) and Cliff Burton was SO not the greatest bass player. I wish people would stop saying that.
And Conspiracist...cradle of filth? Seriously?! OMG they suck so bad lol. CoF is an even suckier, less metal version of Dimmu Borgir who if not for CoF would win the "most embarassing metal band" award. At least Dimmu had a couple good albums before they started sucking. I hate that people insist on calling CoF black metal when they simply are not. At all. Gothic Mallcore, more like it.
Obituary is alright I guess, their music always seemed so basic to me, and the vocals are irritating. Pestilence and Behemoth, Ive listened to a bit of their stuff, neither really moved me. The guy in Behemoth has a massive noggin.
Have some metal.
