Fenrir

It seems to me that you're teetering on the edge of madness :-) ? Everything else is fine. As usual.

Yes, that's fine. Now we need to call the elves. Who knows where they've gone.....?

Lastly (then I'll drop it): your speech makes sense if you're targeting the average metalhead, the one who, alas, can truly be described by the usual clichés. But if you want to take on an entire genre and all those who follow it, then take a step back. Really.

Then: don't call me a pimply loser or an idiot, please. I don't even think I'm a victim of the publishers, because in that case, you would be too. Alternative? I've never defined myself as alternative. I know very well that there are many metalheads, especially online, but what does that mean? I don't have to be the only one. I don't think that metal (in general) is a niche genre; I simply believe that there are fewer people listening to it compared to other genres (and more people than to others still). You called one of the most competent reviewers in his field on debaser ignorant. Stop being anti-metal and speak with a little less arrogance. It would do you good.

All your speeches reconfirm one thing I’ve already told you: you are the one trying to be alternative here, dismissing any musical release by defining it as commercial. Believe me, I have a lot of freedom of choice, even among the releases of record labels. I think you’ve confused me with kids who know nothing except for Maiden or Cradle (not that I’m downplaying those bands). You’re not in the right place. Here, we write reviews on the most diverse and unheard-of things, and a large part of the people read because they want to discover more. Metal is a vast genre and allows for choices, believe me.

Don't worry, Hell, it's precisely these discussions that attract people :-) As for you, Luca, I repeat: the only trash I see is your speech (one thing: I'm not putting words in your mouth, you are the one who claimed that metal is a dump and you are the one who has been so vehement against its "commerciality," since 2+2 always equals 5, I deduced the obvious conclusion; if it's not that, it's up to you to explain). You are attacking everything that is metal and calling anyone who listens to this genre an idiot. Do you realize what a shitty attitude you are adopting?! I repeat: get down from your pedestal, you don’t hold the truth in your hands, I'm sorry to tell you. The very fact that you save about thirty albums means you don't really know metal, and if you mention artists like SOAD or Manson, then I understand that you haven't been in the scene for long, and I can't understand what kind of musical culture you have.

The Power/Epic follows certain styles; if you don't like them, why do you have to assert your opinion as universally right? Is it a genre you don't enjoy musically? What do I care? Don’t you like the themes? So what? It’s one of the most hated metal genres, yet people don’t come to bitch about it every time. And I’m talking about people who have a musical culture in metal that is ten times superior to ours. They go through these reviews, express a subjective idea while avoiding giving a vote because they realize that the genre doesn't personally appeal to them. Your problem is that from the beginning, you didn't express your opinion with respect. Get off your high horse. Maybe you’ll realize that giving a 1 to an album without having heard a single song is one of the dumbest things you could do. And it's a disrespect towards the artist, the reviewer, and those who have listened to the album.

The Power/Epic follows certain styles; if you don't like them, why do you have to assert your opinion as universally right? Is it a genre you don't enjoy musically? What do I care? Don’t you like the themes? So what? It’s one of the most hated metal genres, yet people don’t come to bitch about it every time. And I’m talking about people who have a musical culture in metal that is ten times superior to ours. They go through these reviews, express a subjective idea while avoiding giving a vote because they realize that the genre doesn't personally appeal to them. Your problem is that from the beginning, you didn't express your opinion with respect. Get off your high horse. Maybe you’ll realize that giving a 1 to an album without having heard a single song is one of the dumbest things you could do. And it's a disrespect towards the artist, the reviewer, and those who have listened to the album.

The only garbage I see is your speech. You say you don't want to offend the reviewer and then claim that anyone making this music isn't intelligent; starting from this assumption: so, is anyone listening to it also stupid? The things you wrote at 14, by the way, let me ask you something: did you also compose songs? Did you write lyrics? Did you publish albums that represented an entire musical genre?

Commercial? It depends on what you mean by commercial. It's not just what plays on MTV, of course, but the fact that what doesn’t play on MTV implies a personal search (and not a decision made by someone about what to shove down your throat) makes it less commercial. It's true that it has also become a trend, but I should point out that it’s even more fashionable to be alternative among those who think they are alternative. There are also a lot of crap in metal, but what's the blame? Not being perfect? Do you really think that for you dozens of magazines mean garbage genre? Do you realize that it’s you who doesn't seem to have grown past 12 years old? Then I really want to understand what the hell any of this has to do with the album and with the epic. You started from a stupid statement and turned it into a nonsensical discourse about the world of metal! What sense does that make?