get a f***ing life. this is the same stupid thread over and over and over and over. i declare this website dead. it is useless, i can find the same information elsewhere, without dipsh**s like LOA, KMADD, and AOD sucking eachother off while bashing korn, whom is only 1 band out of this whole line-up. NO ONE CARES. they will still go platinum, whether they suck or not, and no amount of whining is going to change that. there are other bands on this bill, and NIN by themselves are worth seeing live since they put on an amazing show. and Lord of Agony, just because they played pantera doesnt make you any less of a wanna be trendy a$$hole for being at Hot Topic. that IS the essence of "Mallcore" you dumb sh**, you are at a MALL, where they are SELLING YOU the ROCK LIFESTYLE on a hanger. stab yourself in the f***ing eye, and nobody needs your dumbass updates. you are so lame it hurts...

# Nov 16, 2005 @ 9:39 PM ET | IP Logged

actually, WhyLordWhy, THIS is the first time i have been back to the thread since i declared this site dead, it was probably your dumb a$$ who wrote #62. good job keeping up the statards here. As far as NIN is concerned, besides telling MTV to f*** themselves instead of conforming to their standards of censorship for live performances, they would be far from sellouts as they have been around since the late 80's (jump stating MTV in the process "with Head like a Hole") and never release anything without artistic merit. If there latest video is actually on MTV, which i dont believe it is (only), it would be a pleasure being able to watch a creative video directed by David Fincher. They have been making good music longer than you have been born most likely. so in summary, f*** yourself, and umm, yeah, f*** this website until jackasses like you are perma-banned.

# Nov 17, 2005 @ 10:48 PM ET | IP Logged

standards*

and go f*** yourself with your mothers toothbrush*

# Nov 17, 2005 @ 10:50 PM ET | IP Logged

WELL, i've got it. The new album, the one with the 20 songs. You know what? i like it. I was prepared for the worst, but i honestly like it. I think its the best effort they have put forth at least since issues, maybe even as far back as peachy. Metal elitists will probably still complain that it is mainstream, and cite the inclusion of non-metal producers to the mix as a travesty, but what they came out with is a heavilly layered goth-industrial mix that actually doesnt suck. Its like Untouchables with better writing, better lyrics, and some old school korn bagpipes and scatting mixed into a morbid industrial thread. There is VERY little hip-hop influence here, so much so that Fieldy is really a background bit player, but it does lend itself to a more straight up, cleaner metal sound at times, but to say that overall this album distances itself apart from the others is an understatement, but in a way that i think really works for them. If they play this right, they may even matter on the big stage again, as its been a while since they had something original to say, and now that they have it, lets hope people give them a chance. Oh, and Head gets tore up on one of the better songs of the album, "Liar", which is also, bad for him, probably gonna be one of the songs that gets big, as its one of the most successful songs at displaying the new sound with a lot of well placed breaths of the old school sound (that for once don't feel forced). This is, as a warning, going to be an album that requires muliple listens, as it is dense, but i will go on record as saying that so far i like it better initially than the last couple (Untouchables and TALITM) which got boring fast, and it seems to have stronger legs to carry it than FTL and Issues. Twisted Transistor is by far the poppiest song on the album, but dont let it fool you, not only does it sound better on the album with a much cooler intro that the commercial cut, the album as a whole is actually less commercial sounding than they have sounded since they actually were underground. The songs are longer, the guitars are actually interesting (as a guitar player myself i realize how simple they can be, this is a step up), and it is dense in a way that most songs wont appeal to the aweful standards by which singles are picked these days. The closest thing to "nu-metal" i have listened to in a while is the Deftones (whom i adore and cringe at calling "nu-metal"), as otherwise i find the genre bland and cliched, as Cold, disturbed, godsmack, Breaking benjamin, trapt, Linkin Park, they all suck, and they all are whats wrong with the radio (that and Emo). But this album could in reality be Korn's "White Pony" (as opposed to the St. Anger" everybody thought it was gonna be, sorry Metallica, still love ya, but you know what you did), and a reason to listen to them again. I know this was long, and i am not here to bash anybody, so please dont bash me for speaking my opinion. In summery, i liked this album. i think i will end up liking it a lot once i give it a few listens and let it sink in. (i also think that the video they came out with is really funny, some kid was playing it on a pc in my art class, the class was crackin up, but for all you rap haters, that is the most rap you see on the whole album, and i say "see" since its only visually in the video, and not in the audio whatsoever). Give it a chance. really. its not bad at all. i think its "good" right now, with the possibility of being "great" once i let it sink in a little bit.

# Dec 6, 2005 @ 4:35 AM ET | IP Logged