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True, but even small places can degenerate if repressive local powers emerge and can get away with it. Part of it has to be related to cultural and moral attitudes, I feel, the response from the local public in cases of exploitation of power is far less enabling in some places.

Just realized I wrote Michael Barlow instead of Matt Barlow (since has been edited). Michael Barlow happens to be a computer regenerated footballer in my York City Football Manager save. :D

Indeed. Here in Turkey it has gone full circle though, because the government actively targets opposition politicians through their influence on the judiciary, which means MPs' immunity is the only thing protecting them from corrupt judicial processes. Many who have opposed MPs' immunity because...

Emperor - Excellent album by my favorite black metal outift. I prefer their debut, but this one has some great songs also. Ye Entrancemperium, especially. I don't mind Annihilator though, they'd get my vote in all other matchups in this round. Testament - A win by default for Testament with one...

The most popular name in Hungary, in fact. Bathory is a Hungarian surname also, so Attila Bathory wouldn't be a weird sounding name in Hungary at all.

I haven't read the lyrics, but judging from what you said I suppose it's commentary that suggests blaming an entire religion and its faithful for the immoral actions of people who also follow that religion and punishing them for things they have not done or condoned is itself morally reprehensible.

I'm glad I missed the latest incarnation of the "artistic merits of the growl" debate. As a depressed pedant, I'm learning that some beasts are not defeated through struggle, but through indifference. Re: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, I think the album is Rainbow's best work, and apparently I think...

Voting for the first time in ages. Be'Lakor - They win by default for not being incredibly cheesy. Darkthrone - Black metal classic versus a forgettable Megadeth album is an easy decision. Entombed - I prefer Left Hand Path, though this one is a fun listen also. Alter Bridge don't do anything...

@LooseCannon I noticed that you listed me among the people who nominated Fear Inoculum by Tool a number of times, you must have an error in your notes as I didn't nominate that album. (Haven't even heard that album, in fact)

I'm not too enamored with their vocals, either, can become grating over time. I do have similar experience with their vocals as I do with their music, though, when I have the lyrics and the vocals memorized they are fun to go along with. Their vocals also tend to be rhythm-centric. Don't think...

Funny you should say that, the appeal of Meshuggah precisely is that. It's intoxication via rhythm. They put you in a trance, once you're lost, you're lost. You memorize the rhythms after some point, and it gets you moving. In that sense, they are truly a band for which one listen is...

Thank you, everyone.

Not a question of validity, but soundness. I don't consider Foro's approach to be invalid. It wouldn't be invalid if he said "I'm voting the opposite of Flash because I want to annoy him", either.

You consider Rush a metal band?

Voted against Rush in both matchups not because I don't prefer them, but because Rush don't fit the premise of the game. Hemispheres is a favorite of mine otherwise.

You mean Annihilator annihilates Gojira to move on.

Extreme vocals are not toneless but monotonous, so it's about the effects you put on that particular tone. I was talking more about the effect of distortion itself, not its combination with the guitar playing. Growls sound like they're coming from a large animal, a beast, which works well in the...

It's quite explicable, some people like growls because it adds a splash of animalistic aggression to the sound. It's the human voice equivalent of a heavily distorted, low-tuned guitar tone. Not everyone enjoys the latter, either.

Woke up from my two month Maidenfans hibernation just to get a vote in for my beloved nominee, The Fathomless Mastery. What a brilliantly nasty album.