Metal Reviews

rip.

iowa was one of the first metal albums i listened to. hit me pretty hard.

Right, except I don't call Nickelback "real metal", or even "metal".

He didn't call it real metal either. He said it got him into real metal. Nice try though.

Splitting hairs.

I feel bad for the guy, but if I don't know him or what he did. One of the lesser RIPs in the metal world.

mary juanna got me into like herion and stuff man

Besides paling in comparison to the loss of Dio, it's not as if Slipknot lost an irreplaceable member which will lead to the group splitting. Also I can't imagine the fans going 'man, i'm going to miss those bass lines'

I also agree with the guys saying how much it sucked that Ozzy lives on rather than Dio. I mean sure the guy was the vocalist in their most classic period, but he's a fucking tool and probably the biggest sell out of all time.

For some reason, I think we are going to re-live the creative destruction of another band, just like when Cliff Burton and Randy Rhoads died. It'll never be the same again.

You mean Slipknot might stop sucking?

I'm sure the band will go on, but I think that one of the four useless members will be "promoted" and take his place.

Myself, I just find it funny how some people are disrespectful. Whether it's a legend like Dio or a member of a band you're not a fan of, talking shit about the band or the deceased person is immature and shows a serious lack of class.

I'm not a fan of Slipknot in the least but it's still a human being that passed away and no matter who it is, that deserves respect. I wonder how many will weep the deaths of those who were poking fun at the band...

Anyway, end of rant.

RIP, Mr. Gray.

Yeah, and then you spent time in a sanatorium right?

I for one wouldn't care because I'd be dead. And just because a person dies, you don't automatically treat them like they were saints. With your way of thinking when someone like Bush or hell, Mugabe is pushing up daises they should be respected because they were human beings, whatever they did in life forgotten. Yeah right. Dio is so missed because besides being such a legend, he was a great human being. He was a person who everyone would have liked to know on a personal level. If he was a huge cunt in life, the loss wouldn't have been felt quite so keenly.

Dude, being in Slipknot is not equivalent to being Mugabe.



Sorry Husk, but this deserves a .

One down eight to go

Wow, you're kind of taking me way out of context. Paul Gray wasn't someone who killed thousands or was trying to start WW3, was he? He was just the bassist of a music band. So you see Slipknot as a band that's out to destroy metal?

So because you don't like the band or the person's music, you have no respect for someone's death? I guess I just keep overestimating human beings, then... and here I was getting my hopes up that people here still had class, unlike on a certain news site...

Oh snap it

No but listening to Slipknot makes me want to kill thousands and start WW3!!!!!

I'm not even going to bother anymore... I'll leave starting internet flame wars to immature children.

That may be your opinion, but why are trying to impose it on me?

I obviously don't think they suck.

Four useless members? That's like saying Claude Schnell (sp?) doesn't do anything.

I think it is more honest having someone that controls the triggered effects of a concert, plays samples, does sound effects, ect. in the band than off the stage and the band pretending that stuff happens like magic.

Two of the guys are drummers that contribute immensely to the sound and are both backup vocalists as well.

I guess people are thinking sid wilson is useless. I don't get that either. He looks quite busy on the disaterpieces DVD and also does a lot for the sound.

At least they don't pull a black sabbath by having members of the band perform off stage and pretending they don't exist because it would seem to diminish their egos and impact in their own minds.