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Author:  shouvince [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:35 pm ]
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Xlxlx wrote:
You know, I get that the "pig" part in Pig Destroyer actually refers to cops. Problem is, I can't avoid imagining pigs blowing up whenever I see their name :lol:


...which only means more bacon, bro. So it's a win-win.

Author:  ~Guest 282118 [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:51 pm ]
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Hell yeah, instant bacon! :headbang:

Author:  Napero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:35 pm ]
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inhumanist wrote:
Napero wrote:
We Butter the Bread With Butter is an example of quality German comedy packed into a single band name.

I heard Korpiklaani is an example of quality finnish folk music.

:lol:

Now, from where did you and your sense on comedy emigrate before you ended up in Germany?

Author:  hakarl [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:38 pm ]
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Face it, inhumanist. German humour is as notoriously bad as Finnish folk metal.

Author:  MrMcThrasher II [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:40 pm ]
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http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Met ... 3540339675
You want a metal band with a bad name? Dound it.

Author:  ~Guest 282118 [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:40 pm ]
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Ilwhyan wrote:
German humour is as notoriously bad as Finnish folk metal.

And Un Tipo De Langostino is proof of that!
MrMcThrasher II wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Metal_Band/3540339675
You want a metal band with a bad name? Dound it.

That's..... Very meta.

Author:  Empyreal [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:31 pm ]
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I think that last one may secretly be brilliant.

Or not.

Author:  inhumanist [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:28 am ]
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Or the counterexamples just never get translated. It's true though, bad humor is alarmingly popular here. Particularly what the private networks call "comedy".

But enough of that, we don't want to derail the thread, do we?

A friend of mine's friend's brother was/is in a joke band called Zombies On Xtc.

Yeah...

Author:  Lagartija [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:13 am ]
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Not that bad as such, but I always wondered what the fuck Kreator and Metallica were supposed to actually mean.
Kreator of what? Isn't that like calling your band God? And Metallica simply doesn't mean anything at all. Then there is Megadeth (mispelled)...
Plus all the several-word metalcore (or whatever derivatives) crap: Bring Me The Horizon, Taking Back Sunday, Poison The Well, etc etc etc...

Author:  Subrick [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:15 am ]
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Lagartija wrote:
And Metallica simply doesn't mean anything at all.


Metallica is actually the Spanish word for "metal", although in that language it's only spelled with one "L".

Author:  death234 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:21 am ]
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Demented Ted

Not that its a bad name. Just when I first saw it I asked myself "why."

Author:  Poisonfume [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:25 am ]
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Lagartija wrote:
Kreator of what? Isn't that like calling your band God?


This is kind of a dumb complaint. The noun stands perfectly well alone... Yes, I suppose it is like calling your band god, except it sounds fucking metal and gets extra kvlt points for having a K.

Author:  Necessitarian [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:11 pm ]
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I've always thought that Darkthrone is a bit of a crappy name. Tries too hard to be evil and comes across as silly instead. Dark Funeral as well. And probably everything else with 'dark' in it; adding it to your band name seems like a good way to avoid it sounding dark or mysterious. Doesn't really bother me, though.

Author:  Empyreal [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:23 pm ]
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What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

Author:  MorbidEngel [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:36 pm ]
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Hellyeah is a pretty stupid name, but, despite being in the vast minority here, they're stupidly fun. Massachist is a silly name too.

Not metal, but American Head Charge is a stupid name, and their music is nothing spectacular either.

Author:  Necessitarian [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:54 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote:
What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

It means trying to be something without consideration for anything else, in this case throwing two words together for maximum evilness without considering if the combination might sound silly. Dark Funeral is actually more guilty of this, but I don't care for them so their name bothers me less. Obviously, it's hardly a deal-breaker, but I've never liked the name. Might just be that I don't like the word 'dark', as well.

Author:  percepticide [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:57 pm ]
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Rumpelstiltskin Grinder they arent very good either.


Pomegranate Tiger - They write some neat music but the name is silly.

Fleshgod Apocalypse is another kinda dumb band name. Pretty sweet music though

Author:  inhumanist [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:33 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote:
What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

And I thought it came from a part in The Lord Of The Rings where it says something about Sauron's "dark throne"...

But yeah, Celtic Frost was definitely a bigger influence than Tolkien.

Author:  Empyreal [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:42 pm ]
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Necessitarian wrote:
Empyreal wrote:
What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

It means trying to be something without consideration for anything else, in this case throwing two words together for maximum evilness without considering if the combination might sound silly. Dark Funeral is actually more guilty of this, but I don't care for them so their name bothers me less. Obviously, it's hardly a deal-breaker, but I've never liked the name. Might just be that I don't like the word 'dark', as well.


Throwing words together for maximum evilness usually does sound silly and a lot of metal IS pretty silly to boot. Overexaggerated gestures and theatricality are just part of the culture really. But eh, different strokes or whatever.

Author:  MalignantThrone [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:01 pm ]
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death234 wrote:
Demented Ted

Not that its a bad name. Just when I first saw it I asked myself "why."

I was aware of this band for over a year before a friend pointed out that "Ted" in this case was probably Ted Bundy, at which point the name became several iotas less retarded.

Author:  Veracs [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:06 pm ]
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War metal names often seem to self-parodize to the point of just laughing at the band name as well as the insanely awful music, I,e Goatfago, Goatpenis, Blasphemophager, Sadomator. I always get a laugh everytime I'm on the NWN board and some awful European label, talks about their 00ber great hyperfast limited 7 inch on green splatter vinyl for a band that sucks.

Author:  Subrick [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:16 pm ]
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I still say that Goatpenis is the stupidest, silliest, most ridiculous band name I've ever seen, and I named my band fucking Blasphegram!

Author:  ~Guest 282118 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:38 pm ]
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Subrick wrote:
Metallica is actually the Spanish word for "metal", although in that language it's only spelled with one "L".

Actually, "metal" in Spanish is written exactly like that; "metal". Metallica is a feminine adjective, and describes something which sounds metallic. Though yeah, to be grammatically correct in Spanish, it would need to have only one "l". As for it as a band name, well, I don't see what's wrong with it, really; it's memorable, sounds cool, and rolls off the tongue quite easily. Nope, no complaints there.

Author:  Subrick [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:29 pm ]
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Now 'Tallica, their self given nickname? That's pretty dumb.

Author:  ~Guest 282118 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:55 pm ]
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Hey, I use that nickname, you bastard! :-P

Author:  CrazyMecha [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:49 pm ]
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The idea behind it is cool. A name you can't say, but how are you supposed to look it up if you don't know that they also go by "nic"?

Author:  Napero [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:09 pm ]
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CrazyMecha wrote:
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The idea behind it is cool. A name you can't say, but how are you supposed to look it up if you don't know that they also go by "nic"?

Please read through the threads before you post in the future. Repeating stuff as original content is lame, and we won't be arsed to read your stuff if you can't be arsed to read the posts by others.

Author:  Abominatrix [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:54 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote:
What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.



yeah, some of you guys are just lacking in the right kind of spirit to appreciate a name like Darkthrone. Its' also just a great "word" to say...

I even like these sentence fragment bannames...Bring Me the HOrizon..I see nothing at all wrong with that, and it's too bad the trend became synonymous with bad music.

Slauter Xstroyes though I just don't like. Great band, but I can't get my head around a name like that. I don't even know how I'm supposed to say it.

Also, the tradition of naming your doom band "adjective noun" by combining the names of two Black Sabbath tunes is getting pretty old. As is being lazy and just referencing a single song. Though I guess The National Acrobats would be a pretty fun bandname. :P

Author:  joppek [ Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:12 am ]
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Abominatrix wrote:
some of you guys are just lacking in the right kind of spirit to appreciate a name like Darkthrone.


you could say the same about goatpenis

Author:  Rild [ Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:34 am ]
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Electro Quarterstaff. Sounds like some item you would take from a goblin's corpse in one of those fantasy RPGs. Orange Goblin on the other hand is an awesome name.

Pagan's Mind is a stupid name.

Author:  Kveldulfr [ Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:02 pm ]
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What about Necrocock, Jesusatan or Satan's Almighty Penis?

Author:  dontlivefastjustdie [ Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:22 pm ]
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Rild wrote:
Electro Quarterstaff. Sounds like some item you would take from a goblin's corpse in one of those fantasy RPGs.

??? That sounds awesome!

Author:  Ba Zuulizx Karoth [ Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:52 pm ]
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Prostitue Disfigurement, Gnaw Their Tongues, Morbid Anal Fog, Jewicide.

Author:  Ba Zuulizx Karoth [ Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:54 pm ]
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Oh, and any one those bands with names like: Hate, Evil, etc.
DSBM bands are terrible. Always some sort of 'oh, we're so lonely and sophisticated' shit like, Exhaled Life.

Author:  The_Beast_in_Black [ Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:31 pm ]
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Gnaw Their Tongues is a great name, you plebeian swine!

Author:  MrMcThrasher II [ Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:31 pm ]
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The_Beast_in_Black wrote:
Morbid Anal Fog is a great name, you plebeian swine!

Fix'd for accuracy.

Author:  ~Guest 282118 [ Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:38 am ]
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Isn't "Morbid Anal Fog" basically a glorified way of saying "fart"?

Author:  The_Beast_in_Black [ Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:36 am ]
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It's also a joke band.

Author:  Rocka_Rollas [ Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:20 am ]
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I actually think Rocka Rollas is maybe not the worst but a really bad name, I think about 90% of all those who see my band name misunderstands it as some kind of shitty rock n roll band... Ha! But I wont change it now.

Author:  OzzyApu [ Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:28 pm ]
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Rocka_Rollas wrote:
I actually think Rocka Rollas is maybe not the worst but a really bad name, I think about 90% of all those who see my band name misunderstands it as some kind of shitty rock n roll band... Ha! But I wont change it now.

I would agree that the name definitely put me off the first time you started promoting the band. If you play speed metal and you're name makes me think hard rock, then it doesn't fit. Just saying that it could be better.

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