CT

[Ollkiller]

Ya I heard that valuation. And just laughed. I do miss the reviews as for the most part they were bang on. And the threads after a Day of Darkness were lethal. Taking it down abruptly was a shitehawk move.

[Giggles]

people in trades like Gordon who hasn't been heard of since, and people still finding this place years later.

Funny you should mention him. My only memory of his is that he was a grumpy cunt.

this place had turned into a hive of scum and villiany.... full of dispicable and abusive comments.

Ah lad calm down on the drama. This place isn't "full" of dickheads. It's literally only 3 or maybe 4 people who dish out the abuse.
At any rate, I think it's a lot better than MI with yer man Dawals with his 27 accounts and his "me wanna banana shite".
There is still good banter to be found on here.

CT commented previously about being able to see from posts who have issues, but it's also easy to see people who are just complete mongos and unfortunately they can carry on regardless here.

I agree with this. There is an easy solution, ignore them and carry in with your life.

[H]

I genuinely don't remember the exact figure other than it was absolutely fucking outrageous for what the site realistically was. I have a rough figure in my head but it could be wrong so someone else might recall more accurately as it was doing the rounds back then.

[Blackout]

I can fully understand the need to step away, bit it was a shame the way everything disappeared overnight and people couldn't make plans to stay in touch after in a new forum location, e.g. people in trades like Gordon who hasn't been heard of since, and people still finding this place years later.

One thing I really do miss is the moderating as this place  turned into a hive of scum and villiany. The rules for signing up are a complete waste as the place is full of dispicable and abusive comments. I know people are grown up's and carry on despite such langers but it's fair off-putting and has driven people away, and no doubt deterred new people browsing.

CT commented previously about being able to see from posts who have issues, but it's also easy to see people who are just complete mongos and unfortunately they can carry on regardless here. It's dealing with that kind of shit on top of everything else in creating content that probably broke CT and led to him walking away. 

What a little drama queen you are. The site is fine. Perhaps the Internet isn't for you.

[ldj]

I don't know the lad who ran the site personally but it makes you wonder if the decision to close the site was to do with his burgeoning success in media/production i.e. a little embarrassment/not wanting his name associated with a weird online metal forum lol.

It just seems like an odd decision to wipe any existence of it from the internet unless you really wanted no one to know about it.

[Caomhaoin]

A hive of scum and villany. 😂😂😂

What a dumb sentence

Care to elaborate Brian?


I hope he's quoting something

[CorkonianHunger]

A hive of scum and villany. 😂😂😂

What a dumb sentence

Care to elaborate Brian?

Tbf I think he was quoting Star Wars 

[Kurt Cocaine]

I can fully understand the need to step away, bit it was a shame the way everything disappeared overnight and people couldn't make plans to stay in touch after in a new forum location, e.g. people in trades like Gordon who hasn't been heard of since, and people still finding this place years later.

One thing I really do miss is the moderating as this place  turned into a hive of scum and villiany. The rules for signing up are a complete waste as the place is full of dispicable and abusive comments. I know people are grown up's and carry on despite such langers but it's fair off-putting and has driven people away, and no doubt deterred new people browsing.

CT commented previously about being able to see from posts who have issues, but it's also easy to see people who are just complete mongos and unfortunately they can carry on regardless here. It's dealing with that kind of shit on top of everything else in creating content that probably broke CT and led to him walking away. 

Point these mongos & langers out lad. I'll not be long chasing them away.
In the meantime, head out to the forest, find a nice log, sit down and have a good cry.

[Paul keohane]

Jesus Quirky!

This over valuation of how much MI was worth,what was that based on?.Was CT expecting a bidding war?.

[Emphyrio]

Did Hambeast pull a CT and temporarily take down the site there for a while? Or was it just me getting a taste of the banhammer?

[Carnage]

I couldn't get on all day either, it just came back a few mins. ago for me.

[Pentagrimes]

Dunno about everyone else but I still have a lot if not all what I wrote. I had all the interviews up on a Wordpress site online  as I was miffed all my work had disappeared ...but to be frank, I couldn't be fucked keeping the site there any more and it seemed pointless keeping a bunch of old interviews up there in perpetuity. I didn't have any great urge to repost all the reviews. I still do a spot of reviewing for the Sleeping Shaman nowadays for the few who actually might be interested but that's about it, and I rarely review metal on there, it's more noise rock, experimental, psyche and weirder heavy bits..though I am doing Qrixkuor today so the odd time ye olde Satan's Metal gets a look in.

No idea what other writers are doing - always enjoyed Andy's stuff, always hated The Ruts' stuff (largely because he was more interested in being "provocative" than focussing on the music it seemed)..I can't even remember who else was involved by the end. Lorc had gone and I think he was doing a lot of the heavy lifting.


I really enjoyed writing about music but to be honest the MI experience kinda killed it for me, though I've no great talent for it really it was something to do, and it was exciting at times when you got something really special to write about. I really liked the "From the Vaults", though I think the only one I actually did was Decomposed, I had a few others in mind and just never got round to them. It's kind of interesting that when this site started there was all kinds of intentions but nothing actually happened. CT was always looking for new writers but there were very few willing to do so without payment, though there's plenty other more reputable sites out there who seem to rely on the " we can't pay you but it's exposure" in the way gig promoters do.

Dunno if people appreciate how much work goes into doing a decent review - imagine getting landed with an album you don't like,having to listen to it multiple times, take notes, listen to it more times to check your notes, and then try and be constructive/articulate/descriptive about it when all you want to say is "this is absolute bollocks lads", only to realise there was no point in you even reviewing it because people are just downloading it or listening to it online anyway. In spite of  still doing it, I do ultimately believe it's a pointless task 99% of the time.

[leatherface]

I was on the bus home from work one evening when I realised the site had been pulled down. Couldn't believe it.

However, there *is a new site here. Why couldn't there be the same content i.e., reviews?. There's a gig section for what it's worth nowadays. I think lack of gigs/scene could be the big missing cog in the wheel, MI always had great post gigs analysis from random people and regular posters, it was often hilarious and almost like a big pre/after party online and now that there is not much going on maybe that contributes to some having a lack of enjoyment with this site. Lots of names no longer with us.

Point is there IS a new site that could have the same content, no?  reviews (new/classic), maybe memories of gigs past?  band profiles ,who knows?
I think there could be a lot of cool content done here. I would do some writing if there was any interest (not likely  ).

Anyway Just my 2 cents.

[Pentagrimes]

Hambeast put out a call for writers at the start, a couple people said they were game, no content bar a Sacriligia album ever actually manifested.

[jobrok1]

I went down that road with the Irish Metal Archive for a while, too.
It's a total pain in the bollix trying to manage people and keep things ticking over.