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Comment on Heaviness, the epic and masculinity by Carg

Carg — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:57:23 +0000

I don’t mind being labeled as an “escapist” by an escapist society. To escape escapism seems admirable, to me. Give me reality over the “popular” any day.

Comment on Heaviness, the epic and masculinity by 1349

1349 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:02:45 +0000

To make war and effective destruction, one must have an army – an ordered disciplined structure, preferably backed by technology. Thus war implements creation. Singing kumbaya is a more fundamental method of destruction.
(When alco-elitists say “Black metal is total destruction! It’s the crunching of tank tracks over the skulls of your children and all humanity blarg blarg blarg”, i wish to ask them if they have ever seen, not saying drawn, some hydraulic or electrical schematics of a tank…)
I’ve always heard this military order and discipline in metal – more than in any other music – and regarded this as “heaviness”.

In the end, “metal” almost translates to “order”, as long as metals, chemically, have crystalline (ordered) structure in solid phase, as opposed to the amorphous structure of nonmetals. =))

Comment on Heaviness, the epic and masculinity by Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:44:31 +0000

“It is that which we cannot define because it is beyond the instruments of our culture — such as it is — to discuss.”

And this is why metal, and to some extent fantasy in general, is actually not escapist. It is a tribute to that which cannot be defined or talked about. It is on the surface alien to everyday reality yet still harmonizes with reality itself. The worst and most escapist kind of fantasy would be something hardly distinguishable from reality. Real escapism would be on the surface just “realistic” enough but out of sync with reality itself. Metal is full fantasy; rock music is half a fantasy. What a dishonor to reality that you could not pay tribute with a bold and fantastical vision! Everyday reality needs a bold counter point not to escape to, but to contrast itself to, and thus define its limits. Thus the posturing, hyper masculinity, demons, painted faces, etc. does not signify an escape from reality, but that there is no escape from reality.

Comment on Heaviness, the epic and masculinity by fenrir

fenrir — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:43:47 +0000

The heaviness in dark topics (including death and raw power), I think, is what I see in metal. “Masculinity”, though, is only a limited way of seeing it.

Comment on Various Artists – A Day of Death 1990 by Brett Stevens

Brett Stevens — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:15:40 +0000

<3 illegibility <3

Comment on Sadistic Metal Reviews 12-12-13 by Brett Stevens

Brett Stevens — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:15:25 +0000

What do you think are its strengths?

Comment on The return of reviews and opinion in metal by Brett Stevens

Brett Stevens — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:14:26 +0000

Every subculture is flooded and requires experts/”pundits”.

Excellent observation and something that probably should have gone into the original article.

It’s not our job to judge history, only to note what it is.

Comment on The return of reviews and opinion in metal by tiny midget

tiny midget — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:25:34 +0000

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PROZAK

HIGH UP ON BLACK HILLS
LEADER OF THE ANUS TRIBES

Comment on Does metal cause violence, or violence cause metal? by Kait Good

Kait Good — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:18:38 +0000

omg i am doing a school project on this of my choice and this is perfect,,i am a metal freak and im not violent

Comment on Sadistic Metal Reviews 12-05-13 by Eminem

Eminem — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:53:28 +0000

Yes, it even has a mission statement.

http://www.deathmetal.org/about/