Conversation Between AboveTheClouds and Swan


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  1. 09-02-16
    That's the truth man, definitely something to that. I just feel more comfortable on this side of the fence, that's for sure.
  2. 09-02-16
    That's interesting man. I can relate to feeling a sort of peace from the darker arts, like metal and horror. I think people who have had a rougher time in life feel some sort of connection to it.
  3. 09-01-16
    Well I grew very disillusioned with the way people were acting and how it had changed a lot since I got into it. When I got into metal it was a rougher sort of place, and the people I learned from and spent time around were all a bunch of nihilistic bastards with bad attitudes and no time for wimps, they were also anywhere from 5-10 years older than I was. Being a cranky bastard is tradition it seems.

    Now I get called a bully and an elitist by people (a few of whom post here) that don't know their head from a hole in the ground, but contend with my 15+ years of experience based on the fact that they can read a wiki article. Take you for instance man, you're pretty new to metal but you're willing to learn and at the same time do the work for yourself. You'll only receive respect and positive feedback. But for anyone else that acts like an idiot, they'll get treated like it.

    Everything about this particular "culture" of metal (particularly Black and Death) suits me to a T. When I started listening to metal I found myself, I saw myself and the way I think and feel in the words that others have crafted. I've had a lot of negative **** happen in my life, so I'm not a happy person by any means. This may sound a little strange but when I listen to this music it simultaneously makes me feel indomitable and docile, almost like I'm at peace.

    One of the big reasons I kind of shunned people I was friends with in the scene was because of women, I didn't care for their girlfriends, I thought they were basically groupies who were into the guys and not the music. Don't get me wrong, I love women, but I don't love women that play a part just to be accepted, to make friends or to date metal boys. So after that their girlfriends were super catty with me, and my friends thought I was jealous that they didn't want to date me (I regularly rebuffed the advances of females I thought were vapid, so 99.5% of them. I prefer a women who can think for herself and has her own interests.)
  4. 09-01-16
    Nice dude! I'd love to hear what you cook up. I can only imagine you'd do some badass stuff. If you need some guitar work, holler, though your friend might be way better than me. I've been getting back into metal lately, I want to try my hand at making some black metal, just make a badass lo-fi black metal song.

    I'm curious what you mean by shunning this scene. What scene do you mean? The metal scene? You're a big metal guy, though, so that's curious to me.

    I've been great man, thanks. I've been back into horror lately, watching a lot of Hammer. Trying to force myself to do music too, just to stay productive, though I've been down on myself with that stuff lately. Just taking it easy, I guess. Trying to be healthy. I dunno.