Grunge isn't metal.
The main problem country has is that it is hurt by the media stereotype of "I ****ed my tractor" pop-country, much the same way as hip hop has the media stereotype of "I ****ed my *****es and hoes" and metal has the media stereotype of screaming Norwegian Satanists, however, unlike metal and hip hop, it is comparitively harder to dig out the good stuff outside of the classic legends of Charlie Daniels and Johnny Cash.
Actually, I'm mostly just a Kamen Rider fan, but I get my toku subs at http://www.tvnihon.com/, though they don't have Zyuranger (the Super Sentai series that spawned Power Rangers) as their earliest Sentai is DekaRanger, the 2004 entry and the original form of Power Rangers SPD. Also, it should be noted that while Super Sentai is more serious than Power Rangers, Kamen Rider is far more serious than Sentai, but also has less characters (usually only one to three Riders in total, the only ones I know of with more are Blade with four and Ryuki with 13 (though from what I understand, most of which aren't major characters)), so the story can focus more on the smaller number of characters.
Just about the understatement of the century here. Yeah, Satch is a guitar legend for good reason. All of his work is great, especially his albums Surfing with the Alien and Is There Love in Space?, plus his work with Chickenfoot.
Yeah, the same with the rest of Black Sabbath, including Dio. In fact, the original use of the devil horns sign is, in fact, based on an Italian Catholic tradition that using the sign will show the devil that you're not afraid of him. That was one of two reasons Dio started using it, the other being that he wanted to use a hand symbol on stage, but didn't want to use the peace sign as Ozzy was known for using it. Other Christians in major metal bands include Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden's drummer who helped write "Number of the Beast" as a warning against the occult, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, who has a tendency to use biblical prophecy in a way that I can't tell if its supposed to be taken seriously or not and John Myung, Dream Theater's bassist.
They really don't need Power Rangers anymore now that they're actually adapting Kamen Rider with some effort. Still, look into Super Sentai, the original form of Power Rangers. Super Sentai has always had better storylines than Power Rangers.
*Breaks into histerical laughter* OK, in all seriousness, the only subgenre that has any connections to Satanism is black metal and even then, not always (granted the majority of black metal bands are Satanist). You'll be hard pressed to find Satanic bands outside of black metal and a small amount of doom metal. That said, Amon Amarth is entirely about Norse mythology as a theme, not as a means of hate and are strictly a non-hateful band. Slayer, similarly, uses dark and sometimes "Satanic" imagery as a means of entertainment along the same lines as horror movie entertainment, it should be noted that Slayer's drummer is a devout Christian and their guitarist is an Atheist. Anywho, here's some bands to listen to: 3 Inches of Blood (Despite the dark name, their lyrical themes range from history to fantasy) Alestorm (heavy metal pirates) Anvil (classic metal along the lines of Maiden) Apocalyptica (Their line-up consists of three cellists and a drummer, make of that what you will) Avantasia (power metal, side project of Edguy) Between The Buried And Me (progressive death metal with some metalcore) Beyond Fear (traditional metal along the lines of Judas Priest) Black Label Society (traditional metal, solo project of Zakk Wylde, Ozzy's guitarist) Black Sabbath (do I even have to try to explain this one?) Blind Guardian (power metal with dominant fantasy themes. They've written songs about various movies, novels and mythologies including, but not limited to, Blade Runner, The Lord of the Rings, Peter Pan, Norse mythology and Greek mythology) Brocas Helm (power metal) Cellador (power metal) Conception (progressive metal) Concerto Moon (neo-classical metal) Death (the original death metal band) Demons & Wizards (Power metal, side project of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian, the name was coined as a description of guitarist Jon Schaffer's heavy guitar in comparison to Hansi Kursch's light, melodic vocals) Derdian (power metal) Dio (Traditional metal) Eisbrecher (Neue Deutsche Harte, an offshoot of industrial metal) Epcia (symphonic metal with philosophical lyrics) Galneryus (neo-classical metal) Heaven & Hell (AKA, Black Sabbath with the Dio line-up) Helloween (power metal) Iced Earth (traditional metal/power metal, lyrical themes can get somewhat dark with their newest albums, which are sci-fi concept albums about, frankly, the anti-christ. Before these, the darkest the lyrics got was the concept album based on the comic book character Spawn) Kamelot (progressive metal/power metal) Korpiklaani (folk metal with some lyrics based on Finnish mythology) Leaves' Eyes (symphonic metal) Liquid Tension Experiment (instrumental progressive metal, side project of Dream Theater, effectively Dream Theater without vocals) Lordi (traditional metal with horror movie like themes) Luca Turilli (power metal, side project of Rhapsody of Fire) Luca Turilli's Dreamquest (power metal, side project of Rhapsody of Fire) Machinae Supremacy (power metal with lyrical themes of self-empowerment, non-conformity and video games, they have three albums worth of music available for free download from their website) Masterplan (power metal, formed by ex-members of Helloween) Mastodon (progressive metal/sludge metal, the worst their themes get are a concept album based on Moby ****, assuming you can even understand the lyrics in the first place) Motorhead (traditional metal, from the same wave of bands as Iron Maiden) Nightwish (power metal/symphonic metal) Opeth (progressive metal/death metal) Queensryche (progressive metal) Rammstein (neue Deutsche harte) Rhapsody of Fire (power metal, their lyrics tell a fantasy legend) Scar Symmetry (progressive metal/death metal) Scars on Broadway (alternative metal, formed by System of a Down's guitarist) Serj Takian (alternative metal, the solo project of System of a Down's vocalist, though some of his lyrics are anti-religion) Sonata Arctica (power metal/progressive metal) Static X (industrial metal) Stratovarius (neo-classical metal) The Sword (traditional metal) Symphony X (progressive metal) System of a Down (alternative metal, though with some anti-religion lyrics) Tarot (traditional metal) Tool (progressive metal) Tyr (folk metal with Norse mythology themed lyrics) Versailles (power metal) Within Temptation (symphonic metal) X Japan (traditional metal/power metal/progressive metal) Xandria (symphonic metal) Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force (neo-classical metal) Anywho, those should keep you busy for a while.
Actually, that's Anvil. Dream Theater is the second biggest band no one has ever heard of. Third is Kamelot.
Unless you're left handed. The game is nearly painful to play if you're left handed.
Halo is effectively canceled due to Microsoft wanting unheard of amounts of royalties. You also missed Castlevania, which actually looks like it will give the fans what they should get from a Castlevania movie.
Considering that the price is the same, I doubt its a full on new model and more of a modification to the current DSi. I doubt Nintendo is going to try to get people who already have a DSi to buy this one.
Dio was a better Sabbath frontman than even Ozzy. I'm just slightly disappointed that his band's next album was effectively canceled so he could work with Sabbath again as Heaven & Hell, well, at least The Devil You Know turned out to be a great album.
I don't have as much of an issue with the song as much as I do the use of it. The theme for the first Kingdom Hearts was a high energy song that fit the scene it was put to. The song used for the FFXIII trailer doesn't fit the mood. The fact that I don't like the song is just something on the side.
I'm going to be blunt: I don't like it. The atmosphere feels exactly like FFX, which in turn felt like FFVIII, which felt like FFVII. While I do like the themes of persecution portrayed by the trailer, the parts not pertaining to said theme feel like standard, boring romantic drama. And the theme song. Dear god the theme song. Gone is the epic orchestral score that would, you know, FIT in favor of pop. Really boring generic pop. It kills the mood completely and feels exactly the opposite of the feel that they were trying to convey with the scenes they showed.
OK, yeah, James Hetfield can't sing worth crap. He's like Ozzy, technically an awful singer, but he knows how to use his voice.
Gackt is actually quite possible for the Japanese version of Rock Band as the Japanese version is redoing/redid the playlist for music that's big in Japan, but, as I have yet to find the Japanese set list, I don't know for sure. As for artists I want to see included, there are quite a few. From their inclusion as a bonus track in Rock Band 2, I wan't to see more X Japan (Galneryus would be great too, but they're underground everywhere that isn't Japan and semi-underground in Japan anyway). Power metal is seriously missing any sort of representation (there is Malmsteen, but he represents neo-classical metal far more than power metal), so Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Helloween and Blind Guardian would be ideal additions. Neue Deutsch Harte is missing as well. Guitar Hero 5 may have Rammstein, but what about other major NDH bands like Eisbrecher or Megaherz?
As much as I like Dio, I would have to disagree. The most talented singer in rock and metal I have ever heard would have to be Kamelot's Roy Khan.
I loved the campaign and Firefight is a blast, plus the full Halo 3 multiplayer is a pretty good deal. The only problem I had was that campaign was short.
If this means we get backwards compatibility back, I'm all for it.
And used glaring generalizations to try to justify your own poorly justified views on the subject. I don't. I'm merely explaining my opinion as the situation calls as, like I said, I don't care as I already own the PS1 versions of all of these games and can easily use the discs I already own to make eboots for my PSP. You implied it. Regardless or whether or not you can put it on a handheld, Square is still limiting their potential sales to less than half of what they could have if they were to release the games on more than just PSN. Again, I cite Castlevania. As the PSN version is a direct port of the PS1 version, you CAN transfer the PSN version to a PSP, just as you can with all PS1 Classics. Yeah, because wanting to see more people appreciate the things I love is so rude.... FFVII alone was made 12 years ago. Porting a far easier process than making a new game. If there are technical limitations for the PS1 version, then the PC version is very much available as, due to Eidos (the PC version's publisher) being owned by Square, publishing issues are non-existant. "Biased." You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. Saying that putting a game on the XBox is a bad idea simply because it is the XBox is biased. Wanting to see more people enjoy a game is not biased. Again, this issue doesn't matter to me as I already own the games. I was merely provoking discussion, which has inspired some from Luka and Libregkd and some flaming from you and Miele. You're the only one here causing an argument. I was merely provoking discussion, something this forum (which has a massive problem with Sony fanboys) doesn't seem to realize from what the rep givers have been saying.
