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Runko
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Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:38 pm
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:11 pm 
 

https://twitter.com/Knucklesofice

I've been seeing this all over my Twitter timeline today, a "band" pretending to be some old school thrashers from back in the day who are finally reforming and people are playing along and pretending to be excited about this "reunion". I hate that I'm only helping their promotion but curiosity got the better of me.

What's going on? Who are they really?

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Stoked to announce the return of lost thrash metal icons Knuckles of Ice. Considered by many to be the rightful fifth members of the big four, disbanded some 35 years ago and presumed good as dead. We welcome them back to their spiritual home, the Fighting Cocks, for one night only. Get your tickets now for a night that will surely go down in thrash metal history.
http://www.knucklesofice.com

https://www.the-fighting-cocks.co.uk/ev ... nvocation/

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MorbidEngel
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:54 pm 
 

Sounds like bullshit marketing.
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CreepingDeath16
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:07 pm 
 

Sounds like an Original Character™ (don't steal!)
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Cheapsteaks
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:22 pm 
 

Is it going to turn out that this is some other larger band using a fake name to promote some sort of small intimate concert or something as a guerilla marketing thing?
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draconiondevil
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Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:21 pm
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:12 pm 
 

CreepingDeath16 wrote:
Sounds like an Original Character™ (don't steal!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGFjoeyc6I
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Frank Booth
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:59 pm 
 

draconiondevil wrote:
CreepingDeath16 wrote:
Sounds like an Original Character™ (don't steal!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGFjoeyc6I



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Oxenkiller
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:58 am 
 

a "Lost Thrash Metal Icon" who, according to their twitter page, appears to have Paul McCartney in the band??

What the fuck is this, some kind of Threatin-style shenanigans here?

Billing themselves as the "Rightful Fifth member of the Big Four" could mean that it's Exodus in disguise playing under a fake name (Because most old school thrashers who were alive in the mid-80s always considered Exodus just as worthy of inclusion into that group as Anthrax and Megadeth.)

But it's far, far more than likely it's just some unknown schmucks trying to hype themselves. And I have no idea what's up with the Paul McCartney thing.

There sure as heck was no such band as "Knuckles of Ice" back in the 80s, unless maybe some kids playing in a garage band somewhere called themselves that, who knows.

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LongHairIsSoFuckingCool
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:21 pm 
 

What a bunch of boring individuals.
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TheLoneForest
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 4:12 pm 
 

I love shit like this
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VaderCrush
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:05 am
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:51 pm 
 

knuckles of ice is a pretty funny band name, but as a fat old guy who takes everything way too seriously im very mad about it

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Earthshine
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:40 am 
 

@Oxenkiller

I'm pretty sure Paul McCartney is just in that picture because that podcast is going to be discussing Glastonbury festival where he played recently.
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DeadKid
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 5:59 am 
 

Oxenkiller wrote:
What the fuck is this, some kind of Threatin-style shenanigans here?

That's who I thought of too. Claiming to be "the rightful fifth members of the big four" and yet the gig is in London. Though Jered would have to wear prosthetic makeup to look the right age for what the band's claiming to be.
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KaiKasparek
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:11 am 
 

Sounds more like a Sonic OC fan fic to me.
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CreepingDeath16
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:19 am 
 

CreepingDeath16 wrote:
Sounds like an Original Character™ (don't steal!)

KaiKasparek wrote:
Sounds more like a Sonic OC fan fic to me.

I SAID DON'T STEAL, THIEF
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KaiKasparek
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:31 am 
 

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Ravenlord266
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:29 pm 
 

Imagine calling yourself legendary yet nobody knows who the hell you are :???:
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tahu157
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Joined: Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:22 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:08 pm 
 

So . . . . did this show actually happen?

EDIT: Looks like it was indeed a troll of the metal world. See the description on this video:


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Oxenkiller
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:40 pm 
 

So it was really a post-metal-hardcore (Whatever the heck you call that "Music") band called "Heck."

Screamo vocals, way-too-loud bass, Harmonica (?) slow boring groove...I can see why this band needed such a gimmick to draw a crowd in.

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