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Home Alone Gremlins charlie brown Not a movie but every year we watch all the Futurama XMas episodes.

I never really got into a lot of the US metal scene. I don’t do the brutal death stuff like Deicide and all them or the post nu metal stuff ala Lamb of God and all those bands with full sentences as band names that seems to be really prevalent. The US does have some real gems though. Agalloch, Iced Earth, Symphony X, etc. Plus the obvious legends and the better examples of hair metal. Oh the hair metal. I think that rather than being its own scene I’d argue that the metal coming out of Scandinavia is just the cream of the crop of the larger European metal scene. It’s not as if they are all producing some sort of homogenous output. You want black metal you look to Norway. You want death metal you go Sweden. You want folk influenced metal or power metal you’re looking for Finland. Germany obviously has their industrial stuff as well as the whole medieval metal scene. Etc. There‘s obviously significant crossover as well as a decent number of American bands in these styles. I guess the point I‘m making now (I don’t know that I was when I started) is that I don’t know that the modern UK scene is particularly distinct from that wider scene. Maybe it is? Either way, to me England is ground zero for heavy metal. NWOBHM basically kicked off everything around the world. Of course there’s Black Sabbath. One could argue that Ritchie Blackmore and Dio are as important to the foundational sound as Sabbath. And let’s not forget Iron Maiden. Easily as influential as Metallica, nearly all melodic metal is in their debt. Wait. What was I talking about? Everything I just said might’ve been nonsense.

Im really just hoping they maintain the quality of the side quests like the Witcher. Im tired of open world games with an endless number of crappy fetch quests. I’m looking at you Horizon Zero Dawn.

Ima just leave this here.

No way. Only Dream Theater I ever got into was 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence. But, Nightwish is awesome. I only really paid attention to the Tarja years but man did they put out some rocking and beautiful tunes. Also- James LaBrie has a Hitler mustache.

I think Korn is all right. Follow the Leader had its time with me. They had an MTV unplugged that was pretty good.

I feel like this is a feel good story and you defeated the villain. +$473

Agree with DoctorEncore. Those flaps look legit. Also that corner wear. I always question when a box is too perfect. I like just the slightest bit of wear. Pretty much like you’ve got.

I’d like to hear the stuff he’s done. Sounds interesting.

Whoa. Just came across this Borknagar album. How black metal do you like your black metal?

That starfish bastard

Did someone say Bodom? Man, remember when Laiho was poised to take over the metal guitar playing world ripping through Mozart’s tastiest licks with reckless abandon?

@Link Ahh those were the days. Was the Wild West. We used to use Soulseek. You‘d find a song or band you were looking for and then just raid all the guys other albums. I was in college so we had that lickety quick internet. The Finns were the undisputed kings of the euro metal scene and as far as I’m aware they still are. Other countries have their niches but the Finns do it all and then some.

Cool atmosphere. They’ve got a lot of layers going on there. Liked the lead guitar work.

Oh wow. Nice one. I was into Sigh way back when but I haven’t thought about them in forever. That totally takes me back.

I saw that same tour. Fantastic show. I think it was the last show I ever went to at the particular venue before it closed down. Moonsorrow (and really the whole epic/atmospheric black metal genre) is really even better if you’re puffing the spleafage

Well if Reed’s metal month taught me anything it’s that metal music is pretty niche around these parts. So I thought I’d start a heavy metal thread for those of the persuasion. Share what you’re listening to, what you think others should hear, playlists, whatever. I’ve been on an epic blackish metal kick lately; especially with the cold fall and winter months here. Moonsorrow absolutely are kings of the genre. Suden uni was the album of my youth but when they put out Hävitetty they had absolutely mastered their craft and two 30 minute epic masterpieces really showcased their prowess. Such fantastic songwriting. Not a dull moment. Also a lot of Falkenbach. They’re a newer discovery for me and I’ve been really impressed with what consistently solid and enjoyable albums he puts out. Also Opeth‘s In Cauda Venenum. So good. Their best work since Damnation. So good.

LOL

Yup. It was damn good.

PS2 on the strength of Dragon Quest 8 alone.

Wasn’t it something something closed down retailers or something? I could swear I knew this once. What a major saga that mess was. I believe the reason he entered the scene in the first place by showing a grainy case of Stadium Events was some FU to people cornering the market on some sealed games or something along those lines? I might be misremembering. Edit: Remember how much shit used to be talked about people from NA only being concerned with value and inflating prices?

I don’t know. I can still find every kind of boob. And Wikipedia still works.

Don’t make the Googles mad. Didn’t they purchase a military grade killer robot manufacturer some years back? edit: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/12/14/what-the-heck-will-google-do-with-these-scary-military-robots/amp/