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Old 06-07-2012, 12:30   #1
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Heavy Metal Britannia
Tonight on BBC4 11:30pm after an Ozzy Osbourne documentary.
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Old 06-07-2012, 13:05   #2
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I have this show recorded, well worth watching. The Beeb do rock/metal documentaries brilliantly.

My only criticism of them is that they always define metal as ending with Metallica. Certainly, Metallica were the last metal band to truly reach mega-stardom, but the likes of Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold have scored No. 1 albums and sell out arenas all over the world. Maybe a word with BFMV, an internationally successful Welsh metal band, would have been a good way to draw the program to a close.
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Old 06-07-2012, 14:07   #3
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I have this show recorded, well worth watching. The Beeb do rock/metal documentaries brilliantly.

My only criticism of them is that they always define metal as ending with Metallica. Certainly, Metallica were the last metal band to truly reach mega-stardom, but the likes of Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold have scored No. 1 albums and sell out arenas all over the world. Maybe a word with BFMV, an internationally successful Welsh metal band, would have been a good way to draw the program to a close.
As metal purist I don't consider Slipknot & Avenged Sevenfold Metal, sorry.

Dragonforce would have been a better example to use.
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Old 06-07-2012, 14:17   #4
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Oooh I shall have to check it out on the iPlayer tomorrow.
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Old 08-07-2012, 17:14   #5
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Watched it last night on the iPlayer. Very heavily focused on Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and the like. Of course, as a fan of all those bands I didn't mind too much

Still, it would have been nice if it had touched on today's heavy metal and maybe looked to the future of the genre.
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Old 08-07-2012, 20:57   #6
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As metal purist I don't consider Slipknot & Avenged Sevenfold Metal, sorry.

Dragonforce would have been a better example to use.
Dragonforce?! Come on, bro. I saw them opening for Iron Maiden and they were awful; 5000 notes-per-second nonsense. Take away their contribution to Guitar Hero and no-one would ever have heard of them.
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Old 09-07-2012, 15:24   #7
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I'm surprised that this thread hasn't taken off in the same way the Punk one did
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Old 09-07-2012, 15:38   #8
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As metal purist I don't consider Slipknot & Avenged Sevenfold Metal, sorry.

Dragonforce would have been a better example to use.
Dragon who?

Saxon or Warlock would be better examples. Maybe not Warlock but Doro Pesch used to look splendid in her spandex trousers and needs including.

What list is this again?
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Old 09-07-2012, 15:43   #9
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I'm surprised that this thread hasn't taken off in the same way the Punk one did
The punk one didn't have that many contributions. It's just turned into an endless argument about whether punk was more influential than disco.

Anyway, I agree about Dragonforce. Even the name sounds like a cartoon band.
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Old 09-07-2012, 15:44   #10
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Dragon who?

Saxon or Warlock would be better examples. Maybe not Warlock but Doro Pesch used to look splendid in her spandex trousers and needs including.

What list is this again?
Trust me, you do not want to know. Like an above poster, I saw them open for Iron Maiden and they were awful. They prioritise speed over lyrics or music.
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Old 09-07-2012, 15:48   #11
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I have this show recorded, well worth watching. The Beeb do rock/metal documentaries brilliantly.

My only criticism of them is that they always define metal as ending with Metallica. Certainly, Metallica were the last metal band to truly reach mega-stardom, but the likes of Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold have scored No. 1 albums and sell out arenas all over the world. Maybe a word with BFMV, an internationally successful Welsh metal band, would have been a good way to draw the program to a close.
It's interesting that Punk Britannia was drawn out into 3 programmes with the pre and post stuff, despite Punk only spanning a two year period, but one programme is deemed sufficent for Heavy Metal Britannia.
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Old 09-07-2012, 16:03   #12
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Trust me, you do not want to know. Like an above poster, I saw them open for Iron Maiden and they were awful. They prioritise speed over lyrics or music.
In the interests of science I just watched a couple of thier tunes on youtube. Meh.

They reminded me of Helloween but not as good
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In the interests of science I just watched a couple of thier tunes on youtube. Meh.

They reminded me of Helloween but not as good
If it weren't for Guitar Hero, I'd have been asking "who are this crowd coming onstage?"
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