Why does everyone on the Escapist love metal so much?

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SnakeF

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I don't really have any major opinions when it comes to music, i like anything with a good beat that i can game to, that includes techno, metal and even some slower indie stuff when i'm playing RPGs and RTSs.
 

Clashero

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EZmacilx said:
Now, right off the bat let me tell you, I'm not trying to bash metal here. The only music threads I've seen here are all "what metal bands do you like" and they're all the same handful of bands. What happened to people liking varied types of music? What happened to Classic rock? What happened to Alternative? What happened to Punk rock? Does nobody in the gaming community care about anything other than sub-par lyrics masked by the Open E and power cords of metal?
You praise punk, yet you criticize the use of the Open E and 5th chords (I refuse to call them... that)? DOES NOT COMPUTE.
 

ghalkhsdkssakgh

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I like metal, rock, punk, any mixture of those, some electronic, some rap (like Eminem), and some pop and pop-rock. So yeah, pretty much anything.

As to why I like metal, I can answer it pretty simply:


Fuck yeah.
 

EscapeGoat_v1legacy

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I love a pretty fair number of musical genres, like metal, punk, rock, classical and some electronic, amongst others, but I enjoy metal the most.

Why? Because it has energy, it has awesome guitar riffs, powerful vocals, (generally) cool lyrics, some epic drumming and because it's what I play on guitar.
 

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I really want to say "search button" as we have had this thread multiple times in the last few weeks.
 

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mikecoulter said:
Gerazzi said:
I demand a higher quality thread from the Escapist.
Then get off your pedestal and make one. :)
Why, this is a repeat of another thread I could have sworn I saw no more than a couple weeks ago.
 

xxcloud417xx

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because :

"You can't kill the metal
The metal will live on
Punk-Rock tried to kill the metal
But they failed, as they were smite to the ground
New-wave tried to kill the metal
But they failed, as they were stricken down to the ground
Grunge tried to kill the metal Ha,hahahahaha
They failed, as they were thrown to the ground
Aargh! yeah! [x2]

[Singing]

No-one can destroy the metal
The metal will strike you down with a vicious blow
We are the vanquished foes of the metal
We tried to win for why we do not know

New-wave tried to destroy the metal, but the metal had its way
Grunge then tried to dethrone the metal, but metal was in the way
Punk-rock tried to destroy the metal, but metal was much too strong
Techno tried to defile the metal, but techno was proven wrong
Yea!

Metal!
It comes from hell!"

-Tenacious D
 

Eagle Est1986

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I like more genres of music, metal is far from my favourite, I'm more of an indie and alternative man myself. So no, not everyone does.
 

Nazulu

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I guess it's popular here too because there is millions of new random metal bands out there now. Then in my other ear I hear people loving all the pop stuff on MTV but not so much on the net, mostly metal on the net and pop stuff at school.

So I guess it's what ever is new thats most popular to talk about, makes sence since most of the classic bands don't make new music but classic music will always be the most interesting and is all I want to talking about.
 

TheRightToArmBears

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HfQrpkWg0
This is why. I've never heard an indie band sing about Jagermeister and pirates.
 

Mr.Pandah

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I don't really anymore. I used to. I'm much more of a classic rock guy now. Its the vocal few that love metal here on the escapist btw, not all of us! =P