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Memes. For metal music.
Don't be an ass and try to keep the gatekeeping and whatnot to a minimum. Memes from all sorts of metal genres and bands are welcome here.
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I didn't really listen to them but have always associated them with being fragile babies. In the early file sharing era, other bands were like, "I dropped an entire album as a free download, fuck the system." Meanwhile Metallica was whining and sobbing about college kids on Napster stealing their pennies.
System of a Down literally named an album "Steal This Album" and made the CD art look like a burnt CD with sharpie label.
It's one of the few albums I later purchased. Never would have gotten that into soad without piracy, other than their singles that most people from that era would know.
Exactly, and this is what happens when you go mainstream and drop your characteristic sound for radio-friendly music