Metallica is a band from Fortnite now, what the fuck
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2025
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Well, its a way to preserve music history, show them to younger audiences.
I remember falling asleep to this album when I bought my first Walkman
My favorite song from this album is The call of Ktulu. I feel like, despite not having a single lyrics line, it has a great synergy with both the song's name and album's cover art.
Obligatory, fuck Metallica. Most metal bands had lyrics about social injustice, history, religious oppression, and other anti-established themes. Metallica sang about nothing and stole Napster from the planet so they could increase profits by 0.1%.
okay so
So they shouldn't be celebrated? Cool sounds, yeah. Shit corporate band. Least metal band of all time in action.
So I'll be that guy: the recording industry "destroyed" napster. Not some band. And let's be clear here- this was just the next battle in the corporate war that existed as long as recording devices have. It wasn't new, novel, or even the end of music sharing. In fact thanks to the Streisand effect and some extremely bad press filesharing got a boost.
Yeah... there were a number of bands that acted as the face of that campaign - Metallica being one of them. I'm not sure if you know how the recording industry works but if your label says jump: you did. They were no exception. Let's not pretend that most labels weren't financially motivated to mislead their artists, either.
If you don't like the band: cool bro. But I gotta tell you statements like that make you come off as some stupid, uninformed, hipster cunt.
It's mainly that Metallica led the charge instead of letting the RIAA do their thing. Then they threatened the 300,000 fans that downloaded music. Luckily, the legal system didn't let them go that far. But not before Metallica doxxed a fuckton of people.
You keep saying Metallica did x and y - Are you implying that Lars looked up fans info and James posted it on BBS? The riaa is a piece of shit, nobody will disagree with you on this. Hell; musicians will agree with you. The reality is that the recording industry is bad for even artists... But until recently - very recently - if you even wanted a shot at having your music heard you needed to kiss the ring. Nobody was immune to this.
That said: you genuinely have some misplaced anger. If you think that band x wakes up and eats their wheaties and slams down an ice cold sprite before going out to slay the crowd because they really like it: I've got a bridge to sell you... Like who you want to like - let people like who they want to like. Share your interests. Find new ones. Fuck the establishment: not the pawns it wields.
they shouldnt be celebrated because...... i dont even remember why you said so ๐
please tell me, are you a fan at all of led zeppelin?
Did Led Zeppelin destroy Napster? But to answer your question, no.
led zeppelin had sexual relationships with minors
but youre right, destroying napster is far worse than that
Well I did say I don't support them either. But I didn't know this, so I'll continue not to support them. I think it's the right thing to do.