anyway u guys heard Opeth's new album, quite awesome i must say, i've heard of them before but not much of a fan, but listening to this album (Ghost Reveries) made me go hunting for all of their past albums, the 1st single is good ('the grand conjuration') & another song on the album has 'middle-eastern' kinda like riffs , all their songs are quite long too by the way (the longest song from them i belive is 20 minutes), well i guess it's the norm for progressive bands

yeah Arise is good... much better than Chaos A.D in my opinion!!!

yeah Arise is good... much better than Chaos A.D in my opinion!!!

The late-nineties saw witness to the rise in number of "nu-metal" bands. Look a the US rock scene - everyone and their Grandma are downtuning their guitars and wearing baggy pants. Thanks to Korn's rise to superstardom, Limp Bizkit taking over the airwaves and Linkin Park turning teeny poppers into fashion victims, more and more untalented musicians are turning to rap-rock, death-pop, or whatever they call this genre for easy money.


By following these simple and easy to follow guide you too can form your own nu-metal band, musical proficiency not needed.

1) You must cover an 1980s novelty song for your debut release. This is not an option

2) You need a gimmick. This is essentially important for the vocalist (they're not singers) be it bullied at school, self-mutilation, playing the bagpipes or spooky appearance.

3) Recruit a female bassist. This will lead to initial magazine exposure before the critics notice you can't actually play. By this time you will have built up a hardcore following of teenage boys.

4) Write some songs. About 12 will fill up an album. Don't worry about B-Sides, use crap remixes instead. A whole remix album would be perfect!

5) Incorporate a trendy DJ member into the band for that 21st Century feel.

6) Claim to be "down" with your fans. Express your thoughts on topics you have no clue about such as the Presidential elections and rage how much Britney Spears sucks. Never speak up about anything remotely important.

7) Recruit lots of band members. About eight or nine is about right. Having three members is so passe nowadays.

8) Request famed nu-metal produced Ross Robinson to produce your debut. He will declare it to be most intense, pissed-off music ever released. Until the next one.

9) Claim Black Sabbath are your favourite band. Even if you've never heard of them, it's just cool to declare the Brummies as 'gods'.

10) Get the music press to compare your band to the Deftones and Tool and moan about how much you hate the comparisons. Put across that your own band are here to save music from all the rubbish currently in the charts even if your band are indeed rubbish.

You have not completed the 10 steps to becoming a trendy US nu-metal band. Go forth and sell one million copies of your debut album to the America youth and then disappear.

i wonder if this was posted b4, but an entertaining guide/parody of nu-metal bands 

LOL :
more here

maybe they are a loving couple la

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Anymore Rammstein fans?

  stop gossipping lah u guys!   

i think abg pedro is a rammstein fan too. 
and yeah, count me in again, i have another alter ego who's a richard kruspe fangirl. 

umm. no. that's her. 
i would never do a fangirly thing like that.