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I am convinced all of the bands that show up in eurovision can't actually play any instruments or sing. All they know how to do is jump around and vaguely move their lips around in time with the track made by some nameless audio engineer locked in the record label's basement with a laptop.
Not that van canto was in eurovision, that comment just made me think of it.
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
I fixed my computer!
...by dusting out the vents even though HWmonitor said nothing was running hot.
Honestly at this point I think I'm just going to start burning incense and praying to the Machine God whenever this thing acts up.
I should also probably listen to some more metal, all I've really heard so far is Iron Maiden... and Sabbath, I suppose.
Dethklok is legit good music. It's completely tongue in cheek but also pretty authentic. It's a lot more melodic than a lot of modern "serious" metal so I think it's easier for new listeners to digest.
Get the Murmaider track and listen to it a few times.. if that doesn't hook you, it's probably not your thing. If you end up not liking the growling vocals you're probably best off with 80's and 90's metal because there's not many acts today not doing it.
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Caulk Bite 6One of the multitude of Dans infesting this placeRegistered Userregular
Caulk Bite 6One of the multitude of Dans infesting this placeRegistered Userregular
If you're looking for not so much heavy metal as maybe fantasy metal, Rhapsody of Fire is your beast. Christopher Lee did an album with them, pretty recently.
Christ, I don't check the thread for one day and you guys get into a metal discussion?! I'm gonna throw some serious links at your faces when I get home from work today...
there's plenty of metal bands that still use clean vocals. Mostly in the progressive or power metal genres though. Dream Theater, Symphony X, Pain of Salvation, Adagio, Kamelot, Blind Guardian, Shadow Gallery to name a few.
harsh vocals are something you have to get used to. i hated them for a while. there is some music that just wouldn't work as well without them though. i like the bands that can alternate or have two vocalists to fill both roles, like Opeth, Amorphis, Silent Descent, so on.
some of my favorite bands these days pretty much only utilize harsh vocals, or do so the majority of the time. Few examples would be Insomnium, Be'lakor, Septicflesh, Xerath, Dominia.
I still maintain seeing that at a midnight release was one of my favorite movie-going experiences. The reaction of the crowd since nobody knew it was coming was amazing.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
edited January 2016
I still love that "aaaaaaarrrrrg" is a lyric with subtitles and everything
also "I am sitting there/I am everywhere at once" cracks me up literally every time
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Fixed some random client crashes related to memory exhaustion for Mac clients
Significantly reduced memory usage on Mac and Linux clients
Added LBTF2 6v6 Season 12 and LBTF2 Highlander Season 3 tournament medals
Added the ability to restore festivized weapons via the context menu
Fixed an issue causing maps with packed assets to occasionally have pink textures when played on servers using sv_pure
Fixed the Australium Minigun and Australium Scattergun materials
Fixed objective names in deathnotice HUD using white text when the local player was involved
Fixed the Quick-Fix Medi Gun not healing the Medic after switching away from the Medi Gun and back while the charge is draining
Updated the model/materials for The Bolted Birdcage, The Scrumpy Strongbox, Pirate Bandana, The Crone's Dome, The Hat With No Name, The Gaelic Garb (now paintable), and A Well Wrapped Hat (new paint style)
Updated The Frenchman's Formals so it can also be equipped by the Scout and added a new paint style
Updated the backpack image for the Taunt: Soldier's Requiem
Updated the Man Melter so extinguishing a teammate will return 20 health to the Pyro
Updated Mad Milk and Mutated Milk so both grant a 20% cooldown reduction when used to extinguish a burning teammate.
Updated the server log entry for kick votes to include the ID of the vote initiator
Updated cp_vanguard to fix an exploit related to spawn room doors
Updated pl_snowycoast
Fixed several unintended perches
Fixed being able to damage through the setup gates
Added some fences & cover inside BLU's first spawn to reduce spam angles
Added an extra resupply in BLU's first spawn and RED's last spawn
Moved medium health kit at 1st point back towards BLU's side of choke
Changed collision on large railings to allow projectiles
Added some cover to the sentry platform inside last
Adjusted lighting/detailing at stair to 2nd point low flank to make it more obvious
Quonset hut sniper deck raised
Spawn locations in RED's first moved further from the door
Added windows to main entrance of RED's first spawn
Adjusted the narrow fence near RED spawn
Prevented building teleporters at the edge of spawn doors
Fixed an exploit related to BLU's 2nd forward spawn's entrances
Added some logic to prevent players getting stuck when RED's first spawn closes
Changed how RED spawn moves players to their last spawn when 2nd is capped (no longer slays & respawns)
Replaced dump truck in kennels with crates
Door near RED's first spawn now opens as the cart approaches 2nd instead of after capture
Switched main exit and window on RED's last spawn
Adjusted placement of health and ammo near RED's last spawn
Fixed various floating props
Fixed some texture alignment issues in the tunnels
Fixed spot on last ramp that would keep the cart from rolling back
Fixed some smoothing/geometry problems on crates at last
Reduced size of kill zone on falling crates during finale
Added map menu photos
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
HONC HONC!
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The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
ayyyy I'm finally at home on a friday for once, time to ham some nerds
So I fired up TF2 for the first time in like two months, and had a special snowflake waiting for me.. that's for some map making thing Facepunch did I guess? Was it stoneyridge that got me credit for that, or did they fuck up?
So I fired up TF2 for the first time in like two months, and had a special snowflake waiting for me.. that's for some map making thing Facepunch did I guess? Was it stoneyridge that got me credit for that, or did they fuck up?
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van canto is like
novelty music, but straight-faced
the band itself would be decent if they started to use actual instruments
Not that van canto was in eurovision, that comment just made me think of it.
...by dusting out the vents even though HWmonitor said nothing was running hot.
Honestly at this point I think I'm just going to start burning incense and praying to the Machine God whenever this thing acts up.
Dethklok is legit good music. It's completely tongue in cheek but also pretty authentic. It's a lot more melodic than a lot of modern "serious" metal so I think it's easier for new listeners to digest.
Get the Murmaider track and listen to it a few times.. if that doesn't hook you, it's probably not your thing. If you end up not liking the growling vocals you're probably best off with 80's and 90's metal because there's not many acts today not doing it.
!!!!!!!
Metal is all right too, I guess.
harsh vocals are something you have to get used to. i hated them for a while. there is some music that just wouldn't work as well without them though. i like the bands that can alternate or have two vocalists to fill both roles, like Opeth, Amorphis, Silent Descent, so on.
some of my favorite bands these days pretty much only utilize harsh vocals, or do so the majority of the time. Few examples would be Insomnium, Be'lakor, Septicflesh, Xerath, Dominia.
I mean, I bought the album on iTunes and have yet to regret doing so, if that says anything,
Viking metal:
Symphonic black metal:
Super serious black metal:
Avante Garde Hipster-Ass Psychedelic Black Metal:
"Djent" progressive metal:
Progressive instrumental metal:
Stoner-rock metal:
Doom metal:
Progressive something something metal:
Pure fucking prog wankery metal:
@Bear is Driving's band (metal):
Occult Rock Metal:
I could do this for days...
actual singing, no gimmicks, no 12-minute dirge wankfests, just some good straight up American no-bullshit fuckin' METAL
it definitely scratches an itch
i'm not really into 'no-bullshit american metal' because it's generic as fuuuuuck.
In a sort similar vein as Elder:
(Also the greatest song name of all time)
(bonus, this is A Song of Ice and Fire inspired, along with a lot of their other music)
Might have went on a bit of a tangent, but it's all stuff I enjoy along those lines.
Also that album art is bitchin'.
Bonus Mastodon:
True, true.
Now let me tell you about EDM.
It's Hambleton.
The more you know.
that's definitely my favorite Mastodon song
I still maintain seeing that at a midnight release was one of my favorite movie-going experiences. The reaction of the crowd since nobody knew it was coming was amazing.
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
also "I am sitting there/I am everywhere at once" cracks me up literally every time
One time Brock Lesnar ate the word ham. No one could use it for like a month
Update:
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Fixed some random client crashes related to memory exhaustion for Mac clients
Significantly reduced memory usage on Mac and Linux clients
Added LBTF2 6v6 Season 12 and LBTF2 Highlander Season 3 tournament medals
Added the ability to restore festivized weapons via the context menu
Fixed an issue causing maps with packed assets to occasionally have pink textures when played on servers using sv_pure
Fixed the Australium Minigun and Australium Scattergun materials
Fixed objective names in deathnotice HUD using white text when the local player was involved
Fixed the Quick-Fix Medi Gun not healing the Medic after switching away from the Medi Gun and back while the charge is draining
Updated the model/materials for The Bolted Birdcage, The Scrumpy Strongbox, Pirate Bandana, The Crone's Dome, The Hat With No Name, The Gaelic Garb (now paintable), and A Well Wrapped Hat (new paint style)
Updated The Frenchman's Formals so it can also be equipped by the Scout and added a new paint style
Updated the backpack image for the Taunt: Soldier's Requiem
Updated the Man Melter so extinguishing a teammate will return 20 health to the Pyro
Updated Mad Milk and Mutated Milk so both grant a 20% cooldown reduction when used to extinguish a burning teammate.
Updated the server log entry for kick votes to include the ID of the vote initiator
Updated cp_vanguard to fix an exploit related to spawn room doors
Updated pl_snowycoast
Fixed several unintended perches
Fixed being able to damage through the setup gates
Added some fences & cover inside BLU's first spawn to reduce spam angles
Added an extra resupply in BLU's first spawn and RED's last spawn
Moved medium health kit at 1st point back towards BLU's side of choke
Changed collision on large railings to allow projectiles
Added some cover to the sentry platform inside last
Adjusted lighting/detailing at stair to 2nd point low flank to make it more obvious
Quonset hut sniper deck raised
Spawn locations in RED's first moved further from the door
Added windows to main entrance of RED's first spawn
Adjusted the narrow fence near RED spawn
Prevented building teleporters at the edge of spawn doors
Fixed an exploit related to BLU's 2nd forward spawn's entrances
Added some logic to prevent players getting stuck when RED's first spawn closes
Changed how RED spawn moves players to their last spawn when 2nd is capped (no longer slays & respawns)
Replaced dump truck in kennels with crates
Door near RED's first spawn now opens as the cart approaches 2nd instead of after capture
Switched main exit and window on RED's last spawn
Adjusted placement of health and ammo near RED's last spawn
Fixed various floating props
Fixed some texture alignment issues in the tunnels
Fixed spot on last ramp that would keep the cart from rolling back
Fixed some smoothing/geometry problems on crates at last
Reduced size of kill zone on falling crates during finale
Added map menu photos
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
Yeah I submitted Stoneyridge into that.