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Manunkind 
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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Valarius
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VCMan
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 00:27 |
 Useful_Idiot wrote:
Metropolis wrote:
Are Stratovarius any good? I've never heard them maself |
Uh... I guess they're good if you like power metal 
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...and if you like some classics, because many people call them "neo-classic", and they really deserve this title.
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 00:30 |
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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VCMan
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 01:11 |
aqualung28 wrote:
Polka Metal anyone?
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Yes, sir. As well as rhumba metal, ballet metal, reggey metal and two-balalaikas-violent-attack metal. They all RULE, really.
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Valarius
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 02:28 |
"Heavy Alternative Melodic Rock" = Nu Metal.
Feels good to get that off my chest.
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Verisimilitude
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 23:27 |
Sorry to bring this back up, but I had to say a few things... For anyone
wondering what Power Metal is some earlier posts by Goose and some
others know what they're talking about...
Whoever mentioned Iron Maiden, Anthrax and Judas Priest doesn't...
Power metal is that kind of cheesy, epic, adventure-type sound... The
kind of "slay the dragon" or "drink the potion" music... Oh and chunky
riffs with guitar solos thrown in...
I also agree on the mention of Nightwish and Opera Metal/Power Metal...
They're a bit of both, but still to sidetrack a little I fail to see how this gets
Nightwish classified as prog...? 
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goose
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 04:51 |
VCMan wrote:
aqualung28 wrote:
Polka Metal anyone?
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Yes, sir. As well as rhumba metal, ballet metal, reggey metal and two-balalaikas-violent-attack metal. They all RULE, really.
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Ska/funk metal (Infectious Grooves  )
Hillbilly metal  (I've found mention of a band called Demonspeed, anybody heard? I need samples! )
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VCMan
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 02:00 |
goose wrote:
VCMan wrote:
aqualung28 wrote:
Polka Metal anyone?
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Yes, sir. As well as rhumba metal, ballet metal, reggey metal and two-balalaikas-violent-attack metal. They all RULE, really.
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Ska/funk metal (Infectious Grooves )
Hillbilly metal (I've found mention of a band called Demonspeed, anybody heard? I need samples! )
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Once I saw some kind of metal styles description, and there was a subcategory called "alternative metal", which had only one entry. Guess, who was filed there?.. No, it was IN FLAMES! 
I think that using elements of ska, funk or polka doesn't make a certain group "ska metal", "funk metal" etc.
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goose
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 06:26 |
Finntroll really is polka metal though; basically all of their music uses traditional polka sounding accordion parts (it's rubbish, too, but that's by the way )
Truth be told, I couldn't name any metal bands that have a really profound influence from ska, but there are a few with quite a bit of funk - Mordred, for example, although quite a few of the songs on the album I've got are just straight up metal. Apparently they got progressively more funky as they went on, which I can believe having listened to one or two songs from their debut.
I can't judge how hillbilly Demonspeed really are, but I really want to find out .
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VCMan
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 06:39 |
goose wrote:
Finntroll really is polka metal though; basically all of their music uses traditional polka sounding accordion parts (it's rubbish, too, but that's by the way )
Truth be told, I couldn't name any metal bands that have a really profound influence from ska, but there are a few with quite a bit of funk - Mordred, for example, although quite a few of the songs on the album I've got are just straight up metal. Apparently they got progressively more funky as they went on, which I can believe having listened to one or two songs from their debut.
I can't judge how hillbilly Demonspeed really are, but I really want to find out .
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I think if the base of Finntroll music is polka, then you can call it "heavy polka" or "metal polka", but not "polka metal" (IMHO). Nethertheless, I think I'll give it a listen. It must be pretty funny.
By the way, as far as I remember, Finnish polka is called "humppa" or something of the kind.
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