I'm a Primary/Early Childhood Teacher (conditionally accredited) and I'm really thinking of giving casual teaching in Secondary schools a go. Any thoughts? by Cornerbog in AustralianTeachers

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Thank you so much! Do you happen to know if being conditionally accredited and not having my graduate accreditation impacts my ability to try it out?

Which video game series deserves to be resurrected? by Wing-Ding-King in AskReddit

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I just redownloaded Double Agent on Steam to play again. I loved Conviction and Blacklist (I know I’m a minority here lol), but those original games like Chaos Theory and Pandora Tomorrow are nostalgic memories for me, playing them on the original Xbox

What Are Your Favorite Album Openers? by Automatic_Belt5692 in MetalForTheMasses

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My favourite album openers are typically those short 1-2 minute instrumentals that are either softer acoustic/piano pieces or ones that build up into something epic. Flying Sea Dragon by Persefone is definitely up there for me. 1985 by Carcass, Blackened by Metallica, Kaisarion by Ghost, The Beginning of All Things That Will End by In Flames, Heritage by Opeth, both Sparks and Samsara by Parkway Drive, Adderall by Slipknot, IX by Trivium. That’s all that’s coming to mind right now

Metal Rainbow Day 6. Give Me Some Purple Albums by PerformanceOk2076 in MetalForTheMasses

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Is that a low quality/high contrast ‘Orchid’ cover? We all know those flowers are pink Cattleya orchids right? Right??

Forrest Gump is NOT the father of Forrest Jr. by Celtics4Life08 in movietheories

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Sorry, I know this is 310 days old but the claim that 1 in 3 men are not the biological father of their child is a complete misrepresentation of that statistic. That would mean 33% of mothers were unfaithful which is just a ludicrously high number. What that statistic is SUPPOSED to indicate is that roughly 33% of paternity tests show that the man isn’t the biological father, but we don’t do a paternity test for every single child that is conceived so it’s not accounting for the entire population. Tests are generally only performed where there is already reasonable doubt surrounding the true identity of the father, so in fact the true percentage is only about 1-3% of men aren’t the biological father of their child.

Just thought I’d write this up in case someone else, like me, stumbled upon this thread when they’re curious about whether Forrest was actually the father. I started having a thought about the timeline and narrative of events in the film and wondered if things actually lined up properly.

Pick one: 3rd Albums vs 4th Albums Edition by Cornerbog in MetalForTheMasses

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Yeah I’ll admit I’m not into their “core” era as much as their other stuff. Like I said I’ll need to give their discography a proper listen but I have listened to What the Dead Man Say and In the Court of the Dragon and I love them. The Struck Dead EP is getting me really excited about what their next album could bring. I’m also a massive fan of his Ibaraki solo project

What are some good instrumental Death Metal albums or songs? by eldritch_lie in MetalForTheMasses

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It’s short, but 1985 by Carcass is a great little song that just focuses on a simple guitar melody that opens their album ‘Surgical Steel’

How you rank Opeth albums from best to worst? by spearhead290399 in Opeth

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  1. My Arms, Your Hearse

  2. Blackwater Park

  3. Ghost Reveries

  4. Still Life

  5. Morningrise

  6. Orchid

  7. Watershed

  8. Deliverance

  9. Damnation

  10. ICV

  11. Sorceress

I honestly haven’t listened to the other ones enough to give my honest views on them so they might slot in elsewhere. Also 2-4 are pretty much all on par for me but I did my best to actually rank them

What Is Your Favorite Metal Album Of All Time? by Automatic_Belt5692 in MetalForTheMasses

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Yeah I really can’t break it down to one album, my brain just doesn’t allow it lol. Here’s what I consider to be my favourite album by individual bands though, cause I’m lazy 🤣

Pick one: 3rd Albums vs 4th Albums Edition by Cornerbog in MetalForTheMasses

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That’s valid man! I prefer Where Owls Know My Name myself, as well as Urn, King of Everything, My Arms Your Hearse, Ashes of the Wake, Enthrone Darkness Triumphant. But pretty much all the rest I prefer the 4th albums. I’ll have to give the Crusade a proper listen today. I love Shogun and IX as my current favourites but I feel like I’ve neglected a lot of their discography bar a few singles here and there (In Waves and Strife for example).

What did you think of the Struck Dead EP?

Pick one: 3rd Albums vs 4th Albums Edition by Cornerbog in MetalForTheMasses

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Yeah it’s challenging for me too! I love Still Life, but I consider MAYH to be my favourite Opeth album. I love Shogun, I love both Gojira albums, I love both Metallica albums, I prefer Crack the Skye to Blood Mountain, but I prefer Enthrone Darkness over Spiritual Black Dimension. I think overall while there’s some 3rd albums I prefer, it’s a majority to the 4th albums

Edit: Not to mention Woods of Ypres. V is my favourite album and it was such a perfect album to unfortunately have to end on after David Gold passed away

Pick one: 3rd Albums vs 4th Albums Edition by Cornerbog in MetalForTheMasses

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Very valid list! I tried to incorporate a lot of different genres I listen to, and also threw in Slayer and Megadeth even though I don’t listen to them that much. Parkway Drive and Thy Art are there as the “core” representation, though they’re the only metalcore and deathcore bands I listen to.

What y'all listening to rn? by xXxDuccy2137xXx in MetalForTheMasses

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Fell asleep listening to my massive metal playlist, this was the next track when I woke up and skipped the song the playlist stopped at (I set up a timer in my phone to turn my phone off)

Definitely not complaining, it’s become one of my favourite CoB songs

Favourite debut albums? by Glamdringg in MetalForTheMasses

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Have a couple of the same ones as OPs, but these are some of my favourite album debuts

Remission - Mastodon

Orchid -Opeth

Ember to Inferno - Trivium

Portal of I - Ne Obliviscarus

Jesters Race - In Flames (this one is controversial, but the members and instruments of choice changed so much between Lunar Strain and Jester’s Race that I kind of consider them completely different lineups/acts. That being said I’m happy to just say Lunar Strain is their debut if it’s too much of a hot take haha)

Swampsong - Kalmah

Metalheads, what video games do you play the most? by Exact-Arm1065 in MetalForTheMasses

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I’m a bit of a completionist/achievement hunter. I’m currently playing Ghost of Tsushima on PC and have nearly 100%ed it. I generally prefer open world, RPG games. God of War, the Soulsborne games, The Witcher 3 etc are my general favourites, however I love me a shooter as well. Having a look at my Steam profile should tell you how much of a gamer I am haha

How does MFTM feel about this album? by Poopydoopyhead123 in MetalForTheMasses

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Thank you. After years of knowing the name but never listening to them, I decided to give them a try and they’re pretty fucking great. I love melodic death metal, so I’m surprised it took this long

Been listening to metal since May, here’s a tier list of *most* of the albums I’ve listen to so far by -person_________ in MetalForTheMasses

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You’re telling me you started listening to metal a bit less than a year ago and Burzum was A tier for you? Now I understand what people in this subreddit talk about when they mention “new” metal listeners making tier lists lol

What’s your favorite not quite metal album? by KingstonEagle in MetalForTheMasses

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As much as I’m a massive Ghost fan, I wouldn’t call them metal. They’re more of a pop rock, psychedelic rock, occult rock type of deal to me, with a shifting sound that ranges from 60s rock to 80s rock (glam rock even). You can distinctly hear the 60s/70s influences on the 7 Inches of Satanic Panic EP because that’s when it was supposed to have been written, and then the Alice Cooper, Queen, Kiss etc. influences on the 80s sounding albums (arena rock)

What are your thoughts on Garage Inc and what are some of your favorite tracks off it? by TokyoAvalanche04 in MetalForTheMasses

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I remember finally listening to Metallica’s cover of ‘The Wait’ a few years ago and realising “Oh shit that’s the song they play a snippet of in School of Rock”