Oddly-themed metal bands
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Topic: Oddly-themed metal bands
Posted By: Bosh66
Subject: Oddly-themed metal bands
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 4:30pm
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Having just added a themed band, it got me wondering how many bands theme their music around odd subjects? Now many bands theme their music broadly. Some have a strong religious, anti-religious or fantasising about Satan themes in their music, while others fixate their inadequacies on extreme politic positions like national socialism. A band like http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/sabaton/" rel="nofollow - Sabaton focusses its lyrics on war themes. And of course there are porno-grind bands, gore-themed death bands and space themed bands. Some though seem to take it further. Here's two bands that base their music on My Little Pony - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/equestria-metallers/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/equestria-metallers/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/stallionslaughter" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/stallionslaughter This sludgy death band sings about, well slugs - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/slugdge/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/slugdge/ Here's a Ned Flanders (The Simpsons) themed alternative metal band - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/okilly-dokilly/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/okilly-dokilly/ And a release is expected from the McDonald's Hamburgers themed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Sabbath" rel="nofollow - Mac Sabbath at some point. Bands like this fascinate me, for a few minutes at least. Any even more ridiculous ones I've missed? |
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Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 4:46pm
Sadly, the first band that I thought of was Zuckuss....  http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/zuckuss/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/zuckuss/ There's also Austrian Death Machine whose theme is Aaahnuld. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/austrian-death-machine" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/austrian-death-machine Swashbuckle is a pirate-themed crossover/thrash metal band. It's not an weird theme as such, but they're worth mentioning anyway. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/swashbuckle/" rel="nofollow - www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/swashbuckle/ ------------- 
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 5:07pm
 It's wierder than I thought. Star Wars porn, Arnold Schwarzenegger and pirates. FFS - love it.
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Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 5:23pm
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Battlelore is a Tolkien-themed band. Not very weird, I know. I have only heard one of their albums, and I honestly did not like it. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/battlelore/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/battlelore/ There's of course Cannabis Corpse, whose theme should be kinda obvious: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/cannabis-corpse/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/cannabis-corpse/ Darkenhöld is a black metal band who sing about castles and similar edifices. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/darkenhold/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/darkenhold/ -------------
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Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 12:18am
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You guys haven't been plumbing the depths of themed grindcore bands. There's a shitload of zombie themed bands. Zuckuss is a good idea, just poorly executed. Love some of the names, like Rancorr Rimjob, but the music all sounds the same. Here's a couple for ya: Zitsquatch http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/zitsquatch" rel="nofollow - (mainly acne themed...) http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/zitsquatch Vaginal Chicken http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/vaginal-chicken" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/vaginal-chicken Porky Vagina (Love their christmas EP!) http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/porky-vagina" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/porky-vagina |
Posted By: 666sharon666
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 1:51am
| Well it's not his entire theme of course but for individual albums Devin Townsend did make Ziltoid the Omniscient, the story of an alien who comes to Earth in search of the ultimate cup of coffee. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 3:03am
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Gwar is an interesting band if you like weird and ridiculously funny gore sci-fi themes: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/gwar/?ac=gwar" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/gwar/?ac=gwar
Classics like "Saddam a Go-Go", "Slaughterama" and "Sexecutioner", should not be missed
 I´ve unfortunately never seen them live and their frontman died of an overdose a few years back, so I´m not sure I ever will  , and from what I´ve heard their live shows are legendary.------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 6:47pm
I've always liked the videos and the image, and some of the song titles are brilliant (Penguin Attack!), but I never quite got the music. They're still going, although there's no original members left in the band. Also can't forget Macabre. A lot of bands have sung about serial killers, but Macabre's entire career has been dedicated to them. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/macabre" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/macabre |
UMUR wrote:Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 9:08pm
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POWERGLOVE have a video game theme. They dress like video game characters and do metal renditions of guess what... video game music! BRUJERIA is a Mexican death metal band that acts like its part of the drug cartel and performs and acts like its always on the run and ready for unexpected shootouts and other shenanigans ALESTORM is another pirate themed band. Not sure this is odd but worth mentioning GWAR is my fave! Intergalactic terrorists in costumes wins me over DETHKLOK of course is the faux band on the animated series Metalocalypse and is more of a gimmick than a theme i guess WORMED is band from Spain whose lyrics are all scientific ranging from astronomy and astrophysics to biology, evolution and other complex analysis ------------- 
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 9:45pm
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Not exactly an odd theme when talking death metal, but Carcass has lyrics dealing with obscure medical terms that only doctors would know. (I'm not sure if even doctors would know some of those. ) ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 20 May 2016 at 1:44am
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Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 21 May 2016 at 7:26pm
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I'm listening to a history of ancient Rome at the moment, which brought this band to mind: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/ex-deo/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/ex-deo/ Their albums are called Romulus and Caligula. |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2016 at 2:13pm
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This is not a real band, but an idea for a parody band which will never ever become a reality: a Star Wars themed parody on http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/shitfucker" rel="nofollow - Shitfucker called Sithfucker. -------------
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Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2016 at 9:22am
Maybe you should start it Kim.  Actually there is already at least one band who do stuff with Star Wars themes though they've branched out a bit with their latest release: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/hoth" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/hoth Their logo is even a TIE Fighter. ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2016 at 6:40pm
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There's also the aforementioned Zuckuss, who do Star Wars themed pornogrind... |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 2:42pm
| http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/shitfucker/" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/shitfucker/ |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2016 at 3:54pm
And here's another - Spongebob Squarepants themed metalcore. Why wouldn't there be?!   http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/xspongexcorex" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/xspongexcorex http://xspongexcorex.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://xspongexcorex.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2016 at 7:57pm
They're dropping an album tomorrow. So pumped. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/okilly-dokilly/howdilly-doodilly" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/okilly-dokilly/howdilly-doodilly
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Posted By: Sisslith
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 1:58am
Well, these 2 bands also have very deep and odd lyrics  Hatebeak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYeximOhaUk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYeximOhaUk Caninus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21iTOmH1lU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21iTOmH1lU ------------- Only the dead have seen the end of war. Without music, life would be a mistake. |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 5:00am
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^ two very strange deathgrind bands we need to add: From Wikipedia: Hatebeak is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal" rel="nofollow - death metal band, formed by Blake Harrison and Mark Sloan, featuring Waldo, a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_African_grey_parrot" rel="nofollow - Congo African grey parrot (b. 1991). Hatebeak is the only band to have an avian vocalist. They never tour so as to not torture the bird. Hatebeak is signed to Reptilian Records. The band split up in 2009 but reunited in 2015. They released the albumNumber of the Beak on June 26, 2015, through Reptilian Records. The band's sound has been described as "a jackhammer being ground in a compactor". Aquarius Records magazine called Hatebeak "furious and blasting death metal". Hatebeak made its second record with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caninus_%28band%29" rel="nofollow - Caninus , a band whose lead singers were two dogs. Hatebeak's goal is to "raise the bar for extreme music". |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 10:34am
Both bands are actually already on here: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/hatebeak" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/hatebeak http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/caninus" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/caninus Those parody song titles of famous metal bands/albums/songs from Hatebeak are pretty hilarious. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Vixen Erotica
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2016 at 3:34pm
I may be way off base here,but, I always thought GWAR was a weird band....Just their style, like their costumes and they just freak me out....Let me know if I am not making sense here, I am very sleepy ATM...8-]]  ------------- moody metal maiden |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 3:58am
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There's little normal about those guys for sure :-) |
Posted By: Balthamel
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2017 at 4:56am
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LORDI - enters eurovision song contest, dresses upp like trolls, and wins the shit. like a walk in the park.
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2017 at 4:55am
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Well here's a slightly unsavoury Harry Potter themed band - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/massacre-on-privet-drive" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/massacre-on-privet-drive http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/dumblecore" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/dumblecore |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2021 at 3:38pm
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Well it had to happen, a Covid 19-themed brutal deathcore band - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/covidectomy" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/covidectomy |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2021 at 3:51am
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Don't fancy their chances for longevity with a name like that.
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