MI threads Hall of Fame

[John Kimble]

Completely understandable and I think a lot of the old heads shared those sentiments as well. It was proprietary to one person but its success (not in a monetary sense) was dependent on the contributions of so many. Thankfully it found a spiritual successor here, but yeah, some of those threads were great craic.

[astfgyl]

I was just impressed with how quickly Hambeast got it back up and running again tbh

[astfgyl]

And it's less argumentative here for the most part. The old forum had a kind of thing going where lads would jump on the bandwagon at the slightest hint of a pile on

[The Heretic]

That's cause we're all far more mature now and low on piss n vinegar 

[Emphyrio]

That's cause we're all far more mature now and low on piss n vinegar 

The word you're looking for is "old".

[Bürggermeister]

There just aren't bands of the quality of Alaskan Death Jacket to get so excited about anymore.

[The Butcher]

So has the quantity of young new metal bands gone down overall or just the bad quality kind? More inclined to think it's an overall thing + coupled with the fact younger people probably don't communicate via forums like this, seen as archaic? Will metal bands survive the decades to come?

[Eoin McLove]

Looking at the list of local death metal bands- the vast majority of whom I had never even heard of- who were getting played on that radio show advertised on the main forum made me realise just how small and enclosed this eco-system is. Forums might be irrelevant to the younger metal head. Then again the idea of bands promoting themselves on tiktok repulses me so I'm happy to remain ignorant.

[Sworntothecans]

So has the quantity of young new metal bands gone down overall or just the bad quality kind? More inclined to think it's an overall thing + coupled with the fact younger people probably don't communicate via forums like this, seen as archaic? Will metal bands survive the decades to come?

The youth have Discord/Telegram etc for groups nowadays. Plus due to the playlist way they get music they listen to a bit of everything.  Whether it sticks is up to them.

[Trev]

Is the thread with Tom G Warrior's stalker talking mad shit in there? Probably the most memorable one for me.

Been searching for this one but no luck, wasn't she posting a load of other forums as well if I remember right?

[Kunt 4 Life]

Whatever happened to Desert father?
Did he not think he was the second coming or some genius, or was it a gimmick poster? I never could tell.

[Mooncat]

Whatever happened to Desert father?
Did he not think he was the second coming or some genius, or was it a gimmick poster? I never could tell.

Also known as Progfather! I don't think it was a gimmick, I think he was genuinely just one of those classic MI posters that lacked self-awareness and coping mechanisms. In fairness half the people on the other side were just as bad. Reading through some of those threads it's always the same pattern: someone posts something a bit suspect or off-colour and a few people kind of call him out on it in a mature enough way, the responses to that continue to lack self-awareness but still aren't anything too bad, then some forum user just steams in with two feet calling him a complete spa deliberating poking the bear, then about 14 pages of chaos ensues 

I seem to remember some ridiculous thread with a poster called Reuben the Rocker as well, but I don't see that one either.

EDIT: the more I think about it, I do seem to remember the desert father thought very highly of himself. Was he a drummer?

[The Heretic]

Whatever happened to Desert father?
Did he not think he was the second coming or some genius, or was it a gimmick poster? I never could tell.

Also known as Progfather! I don't think it was a gimmick, I think he was genuinely just one of those classic MI posters that lacked self-awareness and coping mechanisms. In fairness half the people on the other side were just as bad. Reading through some of those threads it's always the same pattern: someone posts something a bit suspect or off-colour and a few people kind of call him out on it in a mature enough way, the responses to that continue to lack self-awareness but still aren't anything too bad, then some forum user just steams in with two feet calling him a complete spa deliberating poking the bear, then about 14 pages of chaos ensues 

I seem to remember some ridiculous thread with a poster called Reuben the Rocker as well, but I don't see that one either.

EDIT: the more I think about it, I do seem to remember the desert father thought very highly of himself. Was he a drummer?

I've seen him play drums on YouTube video, him and Leather Mike were always fighting over something

[Kunt 4 Life]

The drumming thing sounds familiar.
I now remember I actually worked with a guy years ago who was a lurker on the old metalreland who sold a few CDs to Desert father but when he turned up he (Desert father) was going to pay with a hundred pound note and was a bit funny that the guy didn't have change for a 3 quid deal.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

He was far along the spectrum, always felt sorry for him.