i listen to a lot of novelty metal
I had no idea such a thing existed until 21 minutes ago.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.)
oh yeah, sure, like there's rondellus who do medieval latin versions of sabbath tunes. hell the notorious megadeth cover of "these boots", that's novelty metal for certain. the string quartet tribute to mastodon's leviathan, apocalyptica, judgement day... some of those acts might fiercely dispute the claim of being novelty metal, but man these days it seems like there's more novelty metal than novelty country.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 March 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
most of the folk metal scene is novelty metal about drinking beer
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
worked with a dude who was a fan of alestorm
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Friday, 10 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
he was in IT, wasn't he?
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 March 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
I just listened to some Van Canto and there's clearly some skill involved, but it feels like your friend showing you the amazing watercolour she just painted of a branch of Poundland - you admire the craft, you just wonder why she bothered.
― Girl with Curious Hair, Friday, 10 March 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 16 March 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
feuerschwanz by a stucker
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 March 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
I've heard Van Canto but Girl with Curious Hair on the money. it's not bad, and I don't hate "a capella" groups the way the rest of ILX seems to, but why the fuck would I want to listen to it
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 March 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
Alestorm are awful. I can't say whether I've heard Amaranthe or not, but I've heard enough "prom dress metal" to hazard a guess as to their sound. I bet they're not as good as Battle Beast, but that's cause Battle Beast are legitimately awesome.Van Canto are kind of gasp-in-disbelief hilarious, but the gimmick wears thin really fast. Don't know anything about the other two, but I don't listen to Russian bands generally, and "comedy" metal bands are usually so awful I want to kill not only the members, but their families and anyone who's ever expressed a favorable word about them (cf. Steel Panther).
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 17 March 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Blackthorn are pretty decent, and apart from some lol women in a metal band factor are no more a comedy/novelty act than Dimmu Borgir or Emperor.
― Siegbran, Friday, 17 March 2017 10:26 (seven years ago) link