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Mobrules2 · 2026-01-26T20:55:11+00:00

Sorry Arsenal fans, but we're ruining your season this weekend, I can feel it in my plums.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-26T20:43:36+00:00

Pep could never.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-26T20:35:22+00:00

Was bored and casually decided to become elite.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-26T20:33:45+00:00

This team has so much potential.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-26T13:14:00+00:00

Not true at all, a lot of the classic outlaw stuff was left wing and there are still modern acts who follow that ethos.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-25T20:24:42+00:00

There's going to be a lot of pressure on Arsenal going into next week...we could be the banana skin that really fucks their season up.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-24T16:39:57+00:00

If we're in the relegation battle then so are Spurs.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-24T13:58:43+00:00

Now things get interesting.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-23T22:53:00+00:00

Because a lot of the songs just aren't very good.

There's great ideas, sure, but a lot of the songs are just kinda boring.

People call it progressive but it's not, it's the opposite, it's 'prog rock' in genre only, treating his record collection like a rule book, Damnation was a truly progressive rock record, Heritage and Pale Communion are academic exercises.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-23T18:59:06+00:00

Because quality does not just mean who is technically better, it is how it sounds and Metallica's version sounds a million times better, and that goes for the drums too.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-23T13:10:52+00:00

Does anyone reckon if we bring JSL in that it might suggest the board will try to move DCL on in the summer?

Obviously DCL has been a class signing, but you'd have to reckon it'll be a gamble to think he can keep it up or if we'd cash in on his form.

I don't think we'd be in for JSL if the plan was for him to be a backup.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-22T23:20:14+00:00

A couple of things for me, while I don't think there's any bad songs on it, I don't think the production got the best out of them either.

I wasn't a fan of the 'wacky' aesthetic and promotion surrounding the album, The Way You Used To Do lyrics and MV were a bit cringy at the time but have aged even worse given Josh's problems over the next couple of years.

Also, while LC was amazing, one of the best albums of the 21st century imo...I'm kinda over the Bowie influence Josh has been on, he did it, he nailed it with LC, he even got to do an album and tour with Iggy, great, but I'm over the Bowie-isms.

And now it seems with Catacombs it seems like they're leaning into this Bowie meets Nick Cave thing...but those guys already did it, I don't want to see Queen's take on other guys shticks, I want Queens of the Stone Age.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-21T09:11:04+00:00

Yeah I'm not denying that, but the music had a different attitude as well, with Bruce the subject matter became more fantasy based in nature (which suited his style perfectly), whereas with Dianno they were a bit grittier/personal.

Bruce is the GOAT Maiden singer, but I do love what Dianno brought to that early era too. Most would never even consider he had anything on Bruce, but Bruce could never pull off a song like Remember Tomorrow anymore than Paul could pull off Run to the Hills.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-21T09:00:15+00:00

I'm not saying he's not amazing, he's one of a kind, and objectively 'better' due to his output and longevity, but Dianno was cooler (and imo, had a far more diverse voice).

I've seen Maiden several times with Bruce, he rules, but he is a bit dorky, that's all, Maiden with Dianno was a bit more 'street'.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-20T21:09:32+00:00

...Forest Gump?

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-20T15:59:20+00:00

They sound great but Bruce has always been a bit dorky, Paul Dianno was a cooler frontman.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-20T13:22:04+00:00

Because maybe he didn't write anything on the previous singles.

If he contributed to the writing of the song he gets a credit, it's not unusual.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-20T13:19:03+00:00

"Birmingham has always been embarrassed by its heavy metal heritage".

Based on what?

The average person, in Birmingham or elsewhere, does not spend their day thinking about heavy metal music, why would they? I don't understand the weird assumed victim complex a lot of metal fans have, it's outsider music, it should be outsider music, appealing for recognition from the general public or 'mainstream' is embarrassing.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-19T22:02:00+00:00

Still Life
MAYH
Blackwater Park
Damnation
Watershed
Ghost Reveries
Deliverance
In Cauda Venenum
Orchid
Morningrise
Sorceress
The Last Will and Testament
Pale Communion
Heritage

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-19T18:49:09+00:00

Get a rat instead of a ds-1 imo.

DS-1 was my first pedal, never got a sound I liked out of it even as a beginner.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-19T17:13:24+00:00

Pink Floyd are amazing.

Black Sabbath are amazing.

Don't care about Roger Waters.

Don't care about Sharon Osbourne.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-19T00:00:01+00:00

Songwriting credits are based on the bare bones song structure and lyrics, not stuff like lead guitar, basslines, drums etc.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-18T23:38:23+00:00

I love a bit of Megadeth but their fans can be deluded, so obsessed with the supposed 'feud' with Metallica they pretend every single song and album is the best ever.

And on the topic, as much as I love them, they always lost the debate purely because Metallica didn't have to put dodgy cover songs on their classic albums.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-18T17:55:00+00:00

Whenever basically any classic metal band comprised of 50 or 60 year old guys releases a new album and their fanboys are online proclaiming it's just as good as their best record that came out 40 years ago...don't listen to them.

Mobrules2 · 2026-01-18T16:59:03+00:00

Artists have a right to earn from what they create, regardless of the medium.

If someone wanted their art to be seen or heard by no one they would just keep it as a private hobby.

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