tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post116007212300042913..comments2023-12-08T00:45:09.046-08:00Comments on The Fullfillment* Centre: carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160495811782870492006-10-10T08:56:00.000-07:002006-10-10T08:56:00.000-07:00re: Darrell Abbott's shooting. Nobody knows what t...re: Darrell Abbott's shooting. Nobody knows what the kiler's motives were. Yes, he had psychological issues. Yes, he talked with friends about writing Pantera lyrics. However, I think Jason Arnopp put it best:<BR/><BR/>"We may never know exactly why Gale killed Dimebag Darrell. While some witnesses claimed that Gale walked onto the stage verbally blaming Dimebag for Pantera's split, you wonder how audible he might have been, over the noise of a live metal band."<BR/>(slasherama.com/features/dimebag.HTML)<BR/><BR/>Pantera apparenly split due to the distance between Anselmo and D. Abbott - as the latter was in town, the opportunity was there.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, interesting post, and I sympathise with all who might be somewhat bemused at the current status of Metal as comic relief-cool. <BR/><BR/>I am also rather disappointed that Metal, even by respected (by me) magazines such as The Wire, has been reduced to either slo-mo headbang or simple Black Metal fetish. <BR/><BR/>Even <B>Boris</B> are more than slo-Metal (as evinced by <I>Heavy Rocks</I> and most of <I>Akuma no Uta</I>). It stands to reason, though, that the only music of theirs that gets attention is that which sounds most like <B>sunn(o)))</B>, as they are the touchstone for any 'outsider' wanting to enter/blag the genre.<BR/><BR/>Funny thing is that, ten years ago, I was wishing Metal <I>was</I> more mainstream. Now it is, it's close to unbearable, but I guess that's what happens when anything close to one's heart blows up like this. <BR/><BR/>Besides, any 'ironic' trend that results in Slayer and Tool touring arenas can't be all bad, even if it does reduce those bands to dots when I see them...throughsilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788111273073931863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160429801597355762006-10-09T14:36:00.000-07:002006-10-09T14:36:00.000-07:00I write for The Wire and I really like metal. As i...I write for <I>The Wire</I> and I really like metal. As in, I've seen Iron Maiden three times in the last three years, and have been to three out of the last five Ozzfests. From my perspective, sensory overload isn't the point - that may be why people are attracted to Sunn and Boris and all the low-end droners, but it's not the appeal of what <I>I</I> really like, or what a lot of other metalheads really like, which is ultra-technical (to the point of almost becoming jazz fusion) death metal by bands like Decapitated, Cryptopsy, Neuraxis and the recently reunited Atheist. That stuff is all about hyper-attenuation, speed and accuracy and being basically the electric guitar equivalent of Paganini or someone like that (of course with all the weird time signatures and bursts of atonality a comparison to Elliott Carter could be just as valid). It's music that rewards close listening as much as any jazz or classical you could name; it's not about sticking your head in the speaker cone. I think half the fun of liking metal for hipsters and rockcrit-type intellectuals is in seeing themselves as not only above the fans around them, but even above the artists, which is an absurd posture to take. Given the amount of knuckle-busting physical effort your average "real" metal band has put into mastering their instruments, a little more fucking respect is due.<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to play the hipsters/intellectuals' little games, of course, if it'll help me get reviews in print - I got <I>The Wire</I> to run a review of Dimmu Borgir's <I>Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia</I> by comparing it to Laibach in my pitch. They cut the line "If Derek Bailey was Yngwie Malmsteen, he'd be Mick Barr" out of an Orthrelm review, though.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160397803664898112006-10-09T05:43:00.000-07:002006-10-09T05:43:00.000-07:00BTW, I'm not sure if they even took metal seriousl...BTW, I'm not sure if they even took metal seriously themselves:<BR/><BR/><I>1. It, You're A Metal Band<BR/><BR/>you're not fucking hardcore, you're not avant garde <BR/>you're not punk rock, you're just a fucking retard <BR/>you're not something special, you're not something new <BR/>you're not fucking good, face it you're a metal band </I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160397478521455772006-10-09T05:37:00.000-07:002006-10-09T05:37:00.000-07:00Seth Putnam is a Nazi?I always just got the idea t...Seth Putnam is a Nazi?<BR/>I always just got the idea they were taking the piss. I thought some of their "tunes" were hilarious when I was 14. "311 Suck" is a classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160239684951952042006-10-07T09:48:00.000-07:002006-10-07T09:48:00.000-07:00yeah.. i had heard rumours that what shall we ca...yeah.. i had heard rumours that what shall we call them.. the cunt.. were/had gone Nazi which is odd as the the guys i used to know who listened to them were all ALF super anti- fascist small town punks.. shame that coma was only temporary then.. as to the link.. i can't even begin to describe the effect it had on me..actually i'm still laughing now as i type, yet really you know, i also rather liked it...not sure what's going on with my sudden tolerance for pantomime pastiche ( i mean i hated the Darkness, hate all the beatles/stones/who revivalism in brit pop.) hmm.. its got me thinking at least...right i'm off to watch it again.. stevem57 you sound like my kind of guy, drop me an email if you get bored!carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-1160238877344966212006-10-07T09:34:00.000-07:002006-10-07T09:34:00.000-07:00fun fact - the 'singer' from Anal Cunt recently sp...fun fact - the 'singer' from Anal Cunt recently spent a month in coma after a little crack-meth-sleeping pill accident. Life imitating art, no? Mind you, maybe some karmic payback for being such a virulent anti-semite - funny how I can liten to Pig Destroyer songs about serial killers yet blanch when someone starts talking about about everything being the fault of 'The Jews'.<BR/><BR/>Pedants Corner - as far as I understand it, Dimebag was murdered by a someone with a history of mental problems who believed that Pantera had stolen his songs. The blame for the break up lies at the door of Phil Anselmo.<BR/><BR/>But on the subjest of metal, I'll leave the last word to Dream Evil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-pN8qAiZhQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com