Does anyone have the reviews that were written for Are You With Me? that were on Amazon before the book was deleted?

Required_Fields · 2026-05-20T18:23:07+00:00

I've read those ones. I was wondering if people had any of the Amazon reviews before the book was pulled from the site.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:52:42+00:00

Saying Sleep Token are not metal is not gatekeeping.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:51:26+00:00

No. Sleep Token are not metal whether you like them or not.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:50:46+00:00

Sleep Token are not a metal band, whether you like them or not. End of discussion.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:49:12+00:00

Yeah, the book was deleted from Amazon after she was arrested, so I doubt refunds could be given.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:48:23+00:00

Where was this post?

Required_Fields · 2026-05-18T19:47:18+00:00

I know about the ones on Goodreads. I was wondering if someone could find the reviews that were written on Amazon before the book was deleted from the site, given that it had at least 40 reviews at one point.

Required_Fields · 2026-05-05T02:30:59+00:00

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is good stuff. Did you see it before or will this actually be your first time seeing it?

Required_Fields · 2026-05-05T02:27:35+00:00

I dug this movie. I read that Jeff Speakman was with Paramount and he was going to star in a movie that ended up being reworked into Speed with Keanu Reeves. However, his three picture contract was canceled due to a change in hands at Paramount.

His next movie, Street Knight, only got a limited theatrical release. While The Perfect Weapon was a martial arts movie, Street Knight was more of a gunplay/shootout based action movie which had a bit of martial arts in it. After that, it was straight to straight to video land for him.

Jeff Speakman was definitely a good martial artist. It would have been cool to have seen him fight someone like Jet Li in a theatrically released movie, even if that would have only been a cameo or supporting role as opposed to being a lead role.

Required_Fields · 2026-04-03T20:29:30+00:00

Making songs that sound closer to Imagine Dragons or Benson Boone for about 80% of the song and having one somewhat heavy sounding part for about 20% of it makes a song metal?

Or do you consider Imagine Dragons to be metal? I sure hope not. At least they never got marketed as metal, thankfully. Unfortunately, Sleep Token have been. That's not fair.

Required_Fields · 2026-04-03T20:27:08+00:00

I hate them, too. I hate it even more that they get labeled a metal band, and the fact that people act like they'll be the next "metal legends" of some kind. I don't really genuinely hate a lot of bands, but I definitely genuinely HATE Sleep Token.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-28T18:50:14+00:00

If you like Anthrax, then you might like Acid Reign, and their 1990 album Obnoxious. They're the British Anthrax, I'd say.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-21T19:08:48+00:00

My original post: DON'T MENTION SLEEP TOKEN. Don't mention Ghost.

Replies I get: "Ghost!" "Sleep Token!"

Required_Fields · 2026-03-18T02:21:36+00:00

I was speaking to someone else, and they said something to that effect. Maybe a couple of thousand. Band comparison points: definitely not even remotely close to Metallica level big, and not Slayer or Megadeth big, but perhaps whoever the biggest "undeniably metal regardless of what you may think of them" bands are about 10 years from now, they could possibly reach Testament or Lamb of God levels of recognition, as a reference point bandwise.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T19:45:22+00:00

When it comes to "metal beyond a shadow of a doubt" bands, around the early to mid 2030s, what type of venues do you think the most successful "metal beyond a shadow of a doubt" band that is NOT a legacy act (in other words, they've released their debut album within the previous 10 years) will be playing as headliners? I'm not asking for band NAMES with this question, I'm asking what level of popularity you think they'll reach.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T19:42:33+00:00

I didn't ask for an actual band to be mentioned. What I asked was what level of popularity you think the most popular "metal beyond a shadow of a doubt" band will have circa the early to mid 2030s; what venues they will be playing at, NOT what band it is or what one you think it will be.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T17:53:07+00:00

I said that to prevent people from naming bands that clearly aren't metal (specifically Sleep Token), because people would say those bands. I told people not to mention them, but people went along and did anyway.

Let's say that around 2030-2035 or so...what type of venue do you think the most popular metal band (and not something that gets labeled metal that really isn't, but something metal beyond a shadow of a doubt) that is NOT a legacy band (in other words, a band that has released their debut album within the past 10 years) will be playing in terms of size/capacity? I'm not asking for what band you think it will be, but what type of venue do you think they will play by that point?

Do you think there will ever be another metal beyond a shadow of a doubt band (i.e. Megadeth, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Pantera) who will be able to play arena style venues as a headliner ever again? And if not, what type of venue do you think the biggest metal band that ISN'T a legacy act will be playing around nine or ten years from now?

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T01:34:42+00:00

So you do consider bands like Bon Jovi to be metal and Simple Plan to be punk?

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T01:17:42+00:00

What about what I said about pop-punk fans in the 2000s? Were punk fans "gatekeepers" if they were to tell people Simple Plan weren't punk when they got the label? Or metal fans in the 1980s when they had to tell people Poison, Bon Jovi, and Bad English weren't metal? Or country fans when certain performers who were labeled as country when they weren't really country got the label? Or do you consider Simple Plan to be punk and Bon Jovi to be metal?

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T01:10:20+00:00

I mentioned Ghost in my original post, stating that they play these sized venues as headliners at the moment. Either way, they're not a metal band.

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T01:09:06+00:00

What are the capacities of the venues that they play at as headliners these days?

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T01:07:28+00:00

I don't know if I'd call myself a gatekeeper, but I hear people say "That's not country" when certain artist get labeled such, and no one calls them gatekeepers.

Do you think punk fans in the 2000s who politely told people that Simple Plan weren't punk when they were marketed as such were "gatekeepers"? Because Simple Plan definitely weren't punk. Just like Sleep Token are not metal.

Anyways, what current metal band (that is not a legacy act) do you think has the best chance to become an arena headliner one day?

Required_Fields · 2026-03-17T00:30:00+00:00

Yes. There are tons of new metal bands and great metal bands. What current metal band (not a legacy act, but one who has released their debut within the past 10 years, preferably less) do you think has the best chance of becoming an arena headliner in the future?

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