Metal Pet Peeves

[Ducky]

I'll take the jazz-fusion "strapped to the chest" look over that any day of the week.

[Carnage]

Just had a clip of Sevendust come up randomly tbere, their bassist does the same as COM bloke. Ridiculous.

[Trev]

Albums that don't come in standard sized jewel cases/digipacks.

Picked up a couple of the King Diamond and Mercyful Fate cds I was missing and they're taller and skinnier than a normal cd case, supposedly they're "mini vinyl replicas". Just looks fucking stupid beside the rest of the albums

[Carnage]

The Iced Earth reissues a while back were the same. They look nice and all, but don't fit anywhere.

[Mithrandir]

I remember I bought one of the cult of fire albums years ago and it arrived in a card slipcase like a free metal hammer CD, I felt robbed 

[Pentagrimes]

Not sure it's a peeve exactly, but I'm slightly baffled by the resurgence of Goregrind. I mean when I was 17 or whatever I loved stuff like Murder Basket,Undinism,Gore Beyond Necropsy etc but it's definitely the most generic of death metal subgenres and one area that absolutely hasn't improved or developed over time (which is maybe why it's popular now). it just seems..I dunno..silly? And it seems like there's loads of new bands popping up in the style relatively suddenly.The "Peeve" part though for me is the pitch shifted vocals.Hate them.

Having said that, there are always exceptions, Sewer Haul and Pus Emulsion are alright.

[Thorn]

Reeking Aura's new 'EP' being just over 10 mins long.

[astfgyl]

Albums that don't come in standard sized jewel cases/digipacks.

Picked up a couple of the King Diamond and Mercyful Fate cds I was missing and they're taller and skinnier than a normal cd case, supposedly they're "mini vinyl replicas". Just looks fucking stupid beside the rest of the albums

This also kills me. Everything lined up nicely and then 3 or 4 albums sticking out of it all. Used to do alphabetical and chronological on my cds and it would really fuck me up back then

[The Great Cull]

Just saw this article of another example of just how gross an island this place was in the 80s

https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bruce-kulick-my-best-and-worst-gigs-with-kiss

Thank fuck this died out.

[Sworntothecans]

Just saw this article of another example of just how gross an island this place was in the 80s

https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bruce-kulick-my-best-and-worst-gigs-with-kiss

Thank fuck this died out.

Aye. Vile as fuck. Put plenty of artists off from playing here.

[Trev]

Remember hearing this with a few other bands, think Anthrax and Megadeth might have mentioned it, but what was the deal with it? Could never understand why someone would spit all over a band

[Anvil]

Spitting on bands was a punk thing, no idea why... that and throwing bottles of piss at people is just vile to me. 

[Squigs]

The thing I never get, is that it was a show of appreciation. It would be one thing if it was to intimidate or repulse the band but it was people enjoying themselves gobbing on a band they paid to see and are enjoying.

[Bürggermeister]

It happened at every gig I was at in the late 80's until Anthrax walked off in 89, then it really died down, very much became an isolated thing by one or two cunts rather than gobbing en masse, and eventually died out altogether.

Incidentally, while Belfast had Kiss that night, Metallica were playing the Top Hat... and they got gobbed on too.

I remember Mustaine brought it up, Blackie Lawless too with W.A.S.P. and Anthrax stopped the show a couple of times to appeal for a stop to it. Scott Ian had gone on his hole after slipping in it and a roadie had to come out to dry the stage a with a towel (not because of Creation's Tears' sweat, thankfully). That's how bad it was.

[mickO)))]

Didn't someone on here or the old forum say that Mike Patton at an FNM show somewhere in Ireland had his mouth opening during one of these times trying to catch people's spit.