I don't think that's a flange, but I know what you're saying. I apologize if I come off a bit strong, I just don't feel as though the album warrants a 0. An 80% maybe, due to some songs just being subpar (Weird Tales).

I thought they were synths too. Analogue ones, you know like the type Hawkwind used. Although it probably is just a phaser/flanger effect as I don't remember any synth players mentioned in the linear notes. But it certainly does give a similar feel to early Hawkwind.

Same here. When I got to a military forum, I want to talk about ships or artillery or something like that. Not which set of specialized warriors is better at completely different tasks (except for the one time, someone asked who would do better in a knitting contest, which made me laugh). And then I just recently saw something to the tune of "SBS or Navy SWCC's?".... THEY DONT DO THE SAME THING!

And I ignore all youtube comments, too many idiot comments and interweb tough guys.

As long as they're getting the job done, they'll always be respected warriors.

Well I agree with Kruel's view on the new Abigor, but his reviews are VERY polar. Whether or not I agreed with his opinions on certain albums, UltraBoris always seemed to give everything just the right score. His ratings had great spread and always seemed to be justified by the review. Critics like Tepes and The_Ghoul just seem to throw out zeros in some moronic attempt at getting attention, swaying the review average, or seeming edgy/irreverent--> COOL! It seems like ratings aren't even based on the actual music anymore, but as some kind of statement or 'retaliation' to a previous review. There are albums I absolutely hate, like Opeth or the new Cryptopsy or something, but that doesn't mean it's so devoid of creativity or emotion that I'd give it a 0%. If I see a 0%, it better be damn well justified and covered in every aspect, just as you see in a good 100% review. Otherwise, I usually just ignore the review (and the reviewer is some cases).

I'd feel very justified giving something like JFAC or some band that didn't interest me once in the entire album a 0%. I'd give 0% if the album didn't interest me at all.

I just want to point out that I am not intentionally giving 0s; rather, it is that I am intentionally reviewing albums that deserve 0%. There are plenty of albums that deserve 0, 75, 95, or whatever score, but usually it is more important to voice out a negative opinion against something overrated (my favourite albums generally have positive reviews already, and that's why I started to delete my positive reviews that are subpar and just repeat what has already been said multiple times). I will eventually get to write some postive/mid-ranged reviews, though.

Also, I think every review score needs equal amount of justification. If you give an album a 66, you better have a good reason to do so, just as a 0% review needs justification.

I edited the factual error about synths/flange effect, by the way, so thanks to StryckenFromHistory.

Death and Thrash metal make me proud to be an American. I feel that the US dominates every other country when It comes to these genres. It gives me such a feeling of pride. You can say what you will about us being fat and stupid. I won't be able to hear you over the sound of my early 90's/late 80's death metal.

My inherent American ego feels compelled to let you know that Americans dominate every metal genre.

We even dominate foreign based musical movements, such as NWOBHM.

While I agree that US is the best by far in thrash and death, you can't really say that about black metal.

And NWOBHM? Are you kidding?

Yes, actually. I don't think I indulged in any subtlety there.

Huh, just got an email saying I had a new private message but they're all old. Bug?

I sent you one asking for the new Helstar but then found it myself, and deleted the PM.

edit: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum suck simply by virtue of their ridiculously pretentious "Rock against rock" stance. What a bunch of fags.

edit 2: At least I have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zlf_17hecY

Ha, finally I band you hate that I also happen to hate.

Flagler, in St. Agustine. It's a gorgeous place.[/quote]

I thought Flagler was an all girl school? Isn't that the one with the haunted dorm? A girl I graduated with went to school there for a few semesters.

Nope, they've got both boys and girls' dorms. Only the girls' ones are attached to the main building though, maybe that was what you heard.

Unser: An unlikely occurrence indeed.

So I've been thinking of learning a Nordic language, since that part of the world really interests me and I'd love to visit there.

As I understand it, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish are somewhat mutually intelligible. The question is, which one should I learn? Any Scandinavians want to give their 2 cents?

One of the instructors at my guitar school called them "math metal". Strangely, he also insisted that Psycroptic are also math metal, and that I was wrong to call them death metal.

He also went around pronouncing Dimmu Borgir as Dimmu Burjeer.

Ah yeah, that must be it. Really old building. Drove by it 5 times while vacationing there, and walked by it once more on a tour of the area.

I'd recommend Swedish for no reason other than an arbitrary preference for it. I recall Danish being easier to read compared with either, though.

Whichever you pick, this was (Funnily enough) an invaluable aid to me in understanding Spanish better, and is a pretty good place to find examples of virtually any language in text.

http://www.chick.com/catalog/TractLookUp.asp

Yeah, I fell in love for the first time this year seeing that. Despite the fact that it looked like something out of Harry Potter. Maybe it's the fact that it's by a beach while still being such a majestic building.

Artwork for the new Skyfire album has been revealed.
http://www.revolution-music.dk/artikel/skyfire_studioupdate/cover.jpg
:metal::metal::metal:

I am creaming my pants just waiting for the album.

I've actually read a bit from a teach-yourself-Swedish book. It seems fairly easy, at least in comparison to the Japanese lessons I had way back in highschool.

Never thought I'd be using Chick tracts for anything other than campfire fuel.

Yeah, Swedish is really easy, and for the most part shouldn't present any problems to an English speaker. Moreso for those of us that also have knowledge of German; that makes it twice as easy.

Funny enough, I'm planning on learning Swedish is collage.
I am also contemplating moving to sweden when I become fluent and living there for a couple years.
No real reason why, except I don't really want to live in the states, and France and the UK just aren't interesting.

Oi Unser.. is this true????

Edit: Fuck I've already check it... hard to believe

I myself would love to learn German, especially since my father's side of the family is of German descent. I'd also love to learn a Nordic language. Right now, I'm taking French in high school, and I hate it (no offense to any French users on here, of course).

They were never thrash metal... much like a hard rock/speed metal hybrid, and a bad one, at that.

The only reason I'd learn any other language would be for my trip to Wacken next summer. Otherwise, I really don't plan on leaving the country, so I'm not too worried about learning other languages... maybe I'm a closed minded yankee, but whatever. I used to be proud of my mainly German heritage and desperately wanted to learn the language, but then I decided that I was a complete tool for being so proud over a completely chance part of my identity, so I quit caring.

Learn it only if you have a lot of patience for literally hundreds of ambiguous words with multiple meanings, seemingly nonsensical, arbitratry idioms and complicated declinations. I should now, I've been learning it for two years now. That said, it really pays off when you can finally understand it (which, believe me, takes time).

I need some computer help.

The bar that shows the loading gauge and link names has disappeared. It is the one that stays above the Taskbar. I can't find it or the controls for it. Any help would be earn a free blowjob. Thanks guys.

It's called the Status Bar. You probably "unchecked" it on the menu. It's under Toolbars on the Tools menu.

And I'll pass on the bj....

Jesus Christ, thank you so much. I couldn't find it to save my life.

No BJ in reality, man, but thank you all the same!

Jag icke gör det veta Svensk brunn , utom jag lärar

I think it's about time I do a review of Iced Earth's The Dark Saga, it seems to get a lot of unfair slack from fans and critics alike, but I think it has their best song (or one of I can never choose).

I'm going to be lame and say the best Iced Earth song is Dante's Inferno.

Or Disciples of the Lie, Angels Holocaust, Pure Evil, and Last December! In my eye they only have three really good albums, but I'll be damned if those albums don't kill.

I've been at work all day so I haven't had a chance until now to contribute to the conversation about Kruel's review/0% reviews.

As you all know, MA has no universal rating scale for reviews. Because of that, everyone rates stuff differently. Which doesn't make sense considering there is only one rating scale that makes any sense if you want to give a rating to an album in a review. I've always thought it was quite obvious that 50% represents the absolute middle ground/average point that is equivalent to silence, and that anything rated down to 20 or so represents bad quality because of technical aspects of music (crappy vocals, production, etc) and that 0% reviews are representative of an offensive album. For example, something can be technically awful but not be offensive, and something can be offensive but be technically fine. This also applies to positive reviews. Only retards give 100% scores to something they think is perfect when it comes to the technical parts of music.

Anyway, the point of me mentioning this is that I think the people here who have complained about Kruel's review and 0% reviews in general are missing the point of the review. I think a lot of you insist on thinking that a zero score means that myself and other people who write 0% reviews think that there is an absolute lack of music. If I just thought that, then I would give it 50%. A 0% means that the album offends me, regardless of whether there might be a "good riff" or what have you.

Personally, I think 100% reviews are far more thrown around than 0% reviews. The point is, if you keep on treating 0s the way you currently do then you'll continue to get upset. The main point of 0% reviews is not to attract attention, get people riled up, bring down an overall album score, etc (though those are fun bonuses). The people who do it well and properly do it to "tell it like it is" for the lack of a better phrase or word (at least one that I can think of at the moment).

A Question of Heaven has the best vocal performance I think I've ever heard in my life, Matt Barlow shows such emotion, such raw energy and conviction it's just awe-striking and sends shivers up my spine everytime.

Yeah, as of right now, I don't know any. But I intend to study the shit out of it in the near future.