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[–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they didn't like metal, why did they get into the car in the first place? The entire chassis is made of metal, they shoulda got back into their wooden cars!

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Morgan still make cars out of wood (metal too though)

They are cool!

[–] takeda@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOL, this reminds me of my coworkers. Guy in his 50s, kids already grown up, very quiet, barely know anything about him. One time we had an event and wanted to carpool. We get all in, he turns the ignition and RAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Kind of surprised me and I learned to not assume too much.

[–] Damage 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Metal fans are chill, we use music to relieve stress and frustration

[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Straight faccs, metal saves lives (not ours 😉)

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Nah dude, when I'm in that position I take it as my duty to be an advocate for metal.

There's so many genres of metal that I can almost always find something they like. Maybe they won't like Fear Factory, but maybe they'll like Nightwish or Amaranth or Alestorm. We can find out together!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s very intellectual. I like the bit where they go RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Maybe you'll like powermetal? I like uplifting music about fuckin dragons.

Or maybe symphonic? There's some amazing harpsichord riffs out there.

Or maybe something you can dance to? It's not all head bangers!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’d imagine all music about fucking dragons is very uplifting

[–] Alto@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Petrodragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is a kickass album. Both about climate change and just dragons and witches and shit.

Full title is PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Love it.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Seconding this, also Infest the Rats Nest is fun as well.

[–] Mrderisant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These are my favorite genres lol. They're like all I listen to. Been obsessed over Brothers of Metal lately

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ziltoid the Omniscient is the most intellectual metal album ever made.

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Sir Devin Townsend transcends genre

[–] Damage 7 points 1 year ago

I've found that lots of non-metal people enjoy Wind Rose's Diggy Diggy Hole. There's even a dance remix...

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like pretty much all genres, although I can't tell what they are. I don't know to tell genres. Which is why my playlists are named the way they are.

[–] GitProphet@lemmy.sdfeu.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can't leave us hanging like that bro. What are your playlists called?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago
~/storage/card $ ls -Nd1v Music?*
Music out of directory
Music type 1 Mk1
Music type 1 Mk2
Music type 1 Mk3
Music type 1 Mk4 S1
Music type 1 Mk4 S2
Music type 1 Mk4 S3
Music type 2
Music type 3
Music type 4 C
Music type 4 M
Music type 5
Music type 6
Music type 7
Music type 8
Music type 9
Music type 10
Music type 11
Music type 12 F+M
Music type 12 O
Music type 13

Yeah,..

[–] new_acct_who_dis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way

[–] teamevil@unilem.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love to hear obsolete in the wild!

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hell yeah - I'm really digging the Re-Industrialized album atm

[–] teamevil@unilem.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I kinda don't love the Burt/Dino albums (Mechanize aside)... Christian and Raymond evened out the music. That being said Archetype had 5 great songs and just petered off and Misery Threat is painful.

I'd love to hear all four actually collaborate again but that ship sailed. Now FF is just Divine Heresy.

We Don't speak of transgressions.

[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This is it for me, metal has something for everyone, just need to fuck around, in order to find out.

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alestorm is just... Not my cup of tea haha. It feels a a little too jokey for me. I'd never yuck your yum though \m/

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

It's definitely not meant to be taken seriously lol

[–] Hikiru@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I don’t like the throaty metal screaming, I prefer instrumental metal. When I say that I mostly mean the doom soundtrack

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There is so much more to metal than just screaming! I mean, screaming happens but it's not always the focus.

Check out (apologies for yt links) Amaranthe, Blind Guardian, Ayreon, Stratovarius, Graveshadow, gosh there's so many melodic groups with clean vocals.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago

Hell yea 🤟 was totally gonna add them too by the list was getting too long lol

-and Beast in Black, Nightwish, Seven Kingdoms, Avantasia...

[–] The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hello Metal Detectors perhaps you can help me: I'm into all sorts of music and I've listened to modern day metal.

What confuses me is that Led Zeppelin has also been described as Metal and Heavy Metal. I listened to Led Zeppelin 4 and it has accoustic folk songs on it.

So I guess my question is when did todays metal start to sound like metal? Is there any connective tissue with Metal in the late '60s / early '70s and now?

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The heavier rock of the 60s/70s is sometimes called proto-metal. Some of the stuff made by bands like led zepp, deep purple, Steppenwolf, etc. Hell, even the Beatles' Helter skelter is considered proto metal by some.

Also, many metal albums used to have a ballad or two, even bands like Testament, Metallica, etc so it's not that unusual to hear acoustic songs alongside heavier ones.

Not sure if that answers your questions, feel free to ask more specific ones or whatever. It's one if my favourite subjects xD

[–] TeckFire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Modern metal is based on classical note progressions and chords, and sounds quite different to the 70’s-80’s metal. Those were more often than not just rock music (based on blues*) that was more exciting or had more controversial lyrics in it. Nonetheless, it was all branded as “heavy metal.” It was all “metal,” like many 80’s hair bands that really were just rocking out but had scandalous outfits or songs with rebellious natures. Twisted Sister is not metal today. Black Sabbath, however, is.

Back in Black by AC/DC is not metal by today’s standards, it would be classified as Hard Rock, for instance. By comparison, Judas Priest’s Painkiller is very much Metal by today’s standards. Listen to the way the music flows, the note changes being used, the harmonics, and you’ll find that eventually you can generally identify rock from metal pretty easily.

Note: this is for general distinctions and not sub-genres. That’s too complex of a topic to cover in this comment

*see below comment for more details

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a musician or anything but I thought rock was more based on blues than jazz. Am I wrong?

[–] TeckFire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not necessarily, but jazz brought a lot of the higher energy that became inspirational for rock and roll to develop. Technically, it is more based on Blues, using similar chords and note progression, and I suppose it would be more accurate to say that the basis for Rock is Blues, with the influence of Jazz’s more chaotic, improvisational methods.

I’ll update my comment to reflect this in the top level

Mostly when people think of blues, they think of… well, having “the blues.” The sad, emotional songs that sing your soul to be rent, whereas rock is usually very different in its popular appearances.

[–] rob64@startrek.website -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Metallica.

Edit It's more like a Zeppelin - Black Sabbath - Metallica gradient.

[–] EarJava@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The middle of his nose is above one of his front teeth.

[–] nerdschleife@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Thomas Middletooth

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

When I'm on tour and it's my turn to drive... Oh boy. Always start the day off with this little ditty, just to remind them of what's coming fornthe next four or five hours. They know it's coming, I know it's coming, I laugh, they put blankets over their heads.