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Encyclopedia Metallum: Which European country reigns supreme? Who is the ultimate metal nation?
Finland: Hold my sauna... *Is one of the happiest countries in the world as well*

Number of metal bands per capita in Europe
https://jakubmarian.com/number-of-metal-bands-per-capita-in-europe/


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Interesting article about the reasons why love for metal music is so deeply rooted in Finnish culture. There are many factors and it's a fascinating story:

Why do Finnish people love metal music so much?

Can you think of a Finnish metal band that you love? Personally, I'd need about an hour to list them all... But here's a sample.

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Don't tell me you haven't heard of the genre. And I'm not just talking Viking folk metal, in fact there are all sorts of it. Care to share some of your faves?

My top 3:
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Which is the most influential band and/or musician in your life, the one that has inspired you the most and why? Do some of their songs still stay with you as earbugs?

I'd say I've got a few: first The Beatles and ABBA, then Metallica and Nirvana. I'd also add Anouk and Jimi Hendrix (I consider Hey Joe kindof like my personal anthem).

You?
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Ever hear a song you really hated in your guts? Well this is a thread where you can post it and villify it for everyone to see.

Just to set the tone... I'd start with this. Anything by Insane Clown Posse actually. Like this for example. Makes Limp Bizkit sound like Beethoven in comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-bt7p8lQ0

I'd also add that mariachi music is by far the worst.

Also, worst piece of crap Willie Nelson ever did. I wonder whether anybody in that lot was sober at any time from the first doodling of his pen until the prodcuer called it a wrap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0

Oh, and this is, I believe, the worst song EVER recorded. It has all of the elements of rap that suck sooooo bad: inability to speak English (cannot conjugate the verb "to be"), appalling narcissism, going off on pointless tangents just to find a word that rhymes, references to "G" stuff, vulgarity - yep, its got it all. I have only two words for this P.O.S.: Kill Yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ

And don't even get me started on all that Eurovision nonsense.
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Anyway, which is the Christmas song that annoys the hell out of you? This could become a long list, but here are just a few:

Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You
Wham! - Last Christmas
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
New Kids On The Block - Funky Funky Christmas
New Song - The Christmas Shoes
Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer
Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Elmo and Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?

...Do they, though?
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Of course they would. They're Armenians. I'm talking of System Of A Down. They've come back after a 15 year hiatus, and their two new singles are heavily political (as usual). It's all about Nagorno-Karabakh, and they've obviously got a lot to say about that conflict.

System Of A Down share first new songs in 15 years, ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’

The two new songs )
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Total number of active European Folk Metal Bands in 2020.

Of course the map would make more sense if it were "Folk metal bands per capita" because Germany has 83 million people with 380 bands meanwhile Finland has 107 bands with only 5 million people. No doubt, Finland is the world's folk metal leader.

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Now that Christmas time is over and we've kind of gotten rid of all those pesky Christmas songs that tend to get stuck in our heads, I'd like to ask you... about earbugs. But the ones that have recently stuck in your brains in general recently. Save for the Christmas ones, of course. Which is the last one that didn't give you an hour's rest?

Mine:

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...And we're being swamped by those repetitive Christmas tunes. Helping us feel the Christmas spirit - or rather, get bored by it much sooner than the arrival of the actual holiday.

We've been seeing those Most Annoying Christmas Song Ever kind of rankings for ages too - in fact, they've been nearly as repetitive and redundant as the tunes they're ranking themselves. Here are a few in case you don't know what I mean:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/most-hated-christmas-songs-ranked-20878955
https://www.theguardian.com/news/shortcuts/2019/nov/11/merry-xmas-everybody-20-most-annoying-christmas-songs
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/568065/most-annoying-christmas-holiday-songs
https://metro.co.uk/2017/11/18/the-20-most-annoying-christmas-songs-ranked-from-mildly-irritating-to-pure-evil-7054955/
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a40717/worst-christmas-songs/

Anyway; I think you've guessed my next question at this point. Which is the most boring and annoying Christmas song for you, folks? I mean, the one that has literally made you want to gouge your ears out and stuck your ears with your socks? Options abound, I'm sure. So, unleash the Christmas snark that's been building inside you! :-)
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Dubstep artist Skrillex could protect against mosquito bites

"According to a recent scientific study, the way to avoid mosquito bites is to listen to electronic music - specifically dubstep, specifically by US artist Skrillex."

Not surprised. Who wouldn't be repelled, and lose appetite, by the sound of dubstep? (I kid. I actually like it... in a way)... =)

Besides...

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This guy presents the evolution of game music from 1980 to the present day. He has transcribed many video game music for piano versions. I also love some other videos from his channel, like the one about the evolution of music in general.

That look on his face, though! =)))

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This is an excerpt from a memo issued by the communist youth organization at Nikolaev, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic in 1985.

Proletarians from across the world, unite! The Soviet Lenin Communist Union of Youth of Nikolaev, Ukraine SSR, issues the following list of foreign music groups and performers whose lyrics contain ideologically harmful concepts. We recommend using this data for enhancing the control on the activities of the disco clubs. The following information is to be disseminated to all disco clubs in the region.

Beware of the bands in this list! )
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To those among us who are big fans of rock, metal and other sort of heavier music...

Could you share your first memory of the first rock/metal band that you ever heard in your life, and possibly the first song you ever heard from them? Come on, don't be shy, you can confess how old you are! =)

Actually what really hooked you to heavier music?
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Best metal covers performed by kids: which are your faves? I've got quite a few, but I'd say these are particularly good:

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Care to share?
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Some songs are so much better when you've misheard the lyrics...

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Europe's biggest metal event started yesterday in North Germany. Wacken Open Air will last for 3 days and will feature a pleiad of performers, some of the top rock and metal acts of the modern scene among them.

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