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[El Freako]

If there was ONE band that could tour Australia which would cause me to die happy... it would be Immolation

The only 2 of my fave bands I haven't seen live yet are Nirvana and Mastodon. Nirvana I'm willing to let slide but those damn Mastodon-motherfuckers have toured at all the wrong times for me in both the UK and Australia.

I would be willing to sacrifice a testicle and/or my first born child to see Nirvana live.

 

[tim290280]

The only 2 of my fave bands I haven't seen live yet are Nirvana and Mastodon. Nirvana I'm willing to let slide but those damn Mastodon-motherfuckers have toured at all the wrong times for me in both the UK and Australia.

I would be willing to sacrifice a testicle and/or my first born child to see Nirvana live.

I've got tickets to see Nirvana in June. I'll sell them to you

 

[tim290280]

This is just fucked up:

Ronnie James Dio: Baptist Church To Picket Public Memorial Service

According to the official web site of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) — an independent Baptist church and hate group known for its hatred of homosexuals and its protest activities (which include picketing funerals) — WBC is planning on picketing Ronnie James Dio's public memorial service on Sunday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at The Hall Of Liberty located at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California.

What will presumably one of WBC's standard "peaceful sidewalk demonstrations" is meant to "remind you who worship that old Serpent, Satan, that your time is very short," according to a post on the "Upcoming Picket Schedule" page of the web site. The post continues, "You know 67 year old, Satan-worshiping (or at least one of their enablers) Ronnie James Dio (of showing his devil horns to the world each time he goes in public) Black Sabbath fame is dead, right? We'll be there! Just because the chances of any of God's elect being amongst this group of heavy metal sycophants is slim to none does not mean they should not get some good words."

The post goes on to say, "Yes, it is true that Ozzy Osbourne did 'accidentally' bite off the head of a bat, but That is the least of their sins (little nasties!), they currently do not do that, but they throw raw meat to the audience and encourage violence of Every Form!"

The WBC web site then proceeds to list "admitted sins of this now dead and in hell pervert: 1) He hates his neighbor(s) starting with Ozzy Osbourne, and continuing down to his pornography star niece Gen Padova! 2) He hates God. Pay especial attention to the fact that he changed his original sir name from Padova to Dio, which means God in Italian. 3) Ronnie the simpleton enabled, and encouraged Sorceries: everything he was about including the little finger horn thing (he got this from his mother which is an incantation to ward off the 'evil eye') to the drugs, bloody raw meat and his fellowship with those pentagon necklace wearing freakish band members."

The post concludes: "Yes, Ronnie James Padova (Not Dio) is currently residing in hell. When all those who worship him and his false gods meet him in hell it will be just like this: Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. Praise God all ye, His people. The Great Day of the Lord draws nigh. Amen!"

According to CNN.com, the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church filed a legal brief with the high court last year indicating that they "believe it is their duty to protest and picket at certain events, including funerals, to promote their religious message: 'That God's promise of love and heaven for those who obey him in this life is counterbalanced by God's wrath and hell for those who do not obey him.'"

The congregation is made up mostly of pastor Fred Phelps and his family. The pastor has 13 children, and at least 54 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. He described himself as an "old-time" gospel preacher in a CNN interview in 2006, saying, "You can't preach the Bible without preaching the hatred of God."

I hope God smites these pathetic pontificating parishoners and then sits down for a jam with Dio.

 

[Skeptic]

If Ronnie James Dio is in hell... then I can't fucking wait to get there.

 

[tim290280]

If Ronnie James Dio is in hell... then I can't fucking wait to get there.

If he is in hell then he won't be performing anything but Britney Spears covers with the Backstreet Boys doing harmonies.

 

[Skeptic]

Pfft, in the conventional 'christian' version of hell.

My hell contains everything from debauchery to death metal. It can also be called my heaven.

 

[tim290280]

^^ Hell is not solely a Christian concept. Most religions have some form of hell for punishing the wicked. The key word being punishing.

 

[Skeptic]

Haha, if you believe in that kind of thing. Hell to me is the opposite of what all the religions consider to be heaven.

 

[tim290280]

Haha, if you believe in that kind of thing. Hell to me is the opposite of what all the religions consider to be heaven.

Which is different from conventional definitions/descriptions of hell as they stand how?

 

[Skeptic]

I don't believe in hell at all for the record haha

Hell to me is everything I think is fun. Rough kinky sex, heavy metal, booze and debauchery.

 

[tim290280]

^^

 

[Skeptic]

hahaha, if you want to call me that

 

[El Freako]

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in hotel room
May 25, 2010 7:40AM


POLICE said a man found dead in an Iowa hotel room today was Paul Gray, bassist for the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Slipknot, KCCI in Des Moines reported. Gray was 38 years old.

Gray was found around 10:50am local time at a Marriott hotel in Johnston, Iowa. Police said they saw no evidence of foul play. An autopsy and toxicology testing will be conducted today .

Slipknot have been nominated for Seven Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance or Best Hard Rock Performance, and won Best Metal Performance in 2006 for the song Before I Forget. The nine-member band, formed in Des Moines in 1995, is known for performing in grotesque masks to conceal their identities.

Gray’s widow Brenna Paul is expecting his child in 2010.

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in hotel room

 

[tim290280]

*waits for Christian fundamentalists to picket his funeral as well*

 

[tim290280]

Get your metal/zombie shirt at Decibel Mag!

 

[Skeptic]

hahaha, Thats kinda cool!

 

[tim290280]

Skippy what do you think of Arch Enemy and The Agonist?

 

[Skeptic]

I don't much like The Agonist, but Arch Enemy aren't too shabby. They both make me realise how much I think women shouldn't try to do metal growls though haha

 

[tim290280]

^^ They are both very "metal-core" growls aren't they!?!

I just hadn't come across them in the context of female singers until today. I'd heard stuff from Arch Enemy, but not of The Agonist. Makes me think that there will be a lot more female growlers come through.

Also I want some recommendations, I'm sick of trolling through Encycolpedia Metallum and Metal Storm trying to find new stuff I like. Looking for something like Amon Amarth or Illdisposed or Pantera Vulgar Display of Power era.

 

[El Freako]

I <3 Arch Enemy. Angela Gossow gives me a boner.