Metalheads Unite! CXXV: Hearts on fire!

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Op vrijdag 24 januari 2003 22:11 schreef Seborik het volgende:
Zow, die cd van Oratory, Beyond Earth, is echt supergoed!

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Op donderdag 23 januari 2003 22:59 schreef Witchfynder het volgende:

Ik wil ook Overkill zien!

Zal vast nog wel eens gebeuren.

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 03:29 schreef Mr. Orange het volgende:

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Ik ook. Ze staan een week voor graspop in Duitsland, Hopelijk komen ze langs (net als Agent Steel, want ik wil een 'Masters of Metal' shirt) graspop.

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Overkill moet wel weer smartlappen brengen. Moet ik gewoon eens horen.

gunstig is wel dat ik gister 6 CD's voor 7,50 heb gekocht .. ok zonder hoesje dat dan weer wel....

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 12:08 schreef ThE_ED het volgende:
Me heeft een tijdelijk baantje: bonnen tellen bij de free record..

gunstig is wel dat ik gister 6 CD's voor 7,50 heb gekocht .. ok zonder hoesje dat dan weer wel....

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Op donderdag 23 januari 2003 22:59 schreef Witchfynder het volgende:

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Ik wil ook Overkill zien!

Zal vast nog wel eens gebeuren.

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3 Juli Overkill in de Altstadt te Eindhoven!!! samen met de DYNAMO roadshow... enig puntje is dat het contract nog getekend moet worden dus niets is definitief!!!
Hou 't in de gaten via www.dynamo666.com

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Op vrijdag 24 januari 2003 15:34 schreef Tokus het volgende:
op www.totalrock.com:

Iron Maiden Vs. Metallica Posted Friday, 24 January, 2003

Over the past seven days weve been asking you whose new album youre more eager to hear: Iron Maidens or Metallicas. In the biggest ever Your Shout vote, an incredible 95 per cent went for Maiden, leaving Metallica with a miserly five per cent.

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Verder hoop ik eindelijk eens Keepers Live van Helloween te vinden.

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 18:29 schreef Kipman het volgende:
Wat een nieuws weer in de metalwereld deze week. Dynamo gaat weer eens niet door en Rob Halford is terug in Judas Priest.

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 19:43 schreef Ultrawuft het volgende:

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dat laatste was toch alleen maar een gerucht?

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 20:31 schreef Kipman het volgende:

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Ik weet zeker dat het waar wordt.

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maar als het zou gebeuren zou het wel erg gaaf wezen.

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 22:58 schreef dantes_inferno86 het volgende:
jammer dan.Er was een bericht dat ripper blijft

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Op zaterdag 25 januari 2003 17:50 schreef Kipman het volgende:
Nu wil ik morgen op de metalmarket de cd kopen van Masperplan. Maar ik lees toch ook wel erg goede dingen over de nieuwe Stratovarius en nu begin ik toch te twijfelen tussen die twee.

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Op zondag 26 januari 2003 14:12 schreef Mr. Orange het volgende:
Iemand bekent hier met Venom???

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Father, son team up to battle offensive video game music

By VICTOR REKLAITIS / Register & Bee staff writer
Jan 19, 2003

DANVILLE, Va. - It's not unusual for some punk, rap and rock songs to refer to murder, suicide, anarchy or the devil. But one Danville man was surprised to find such songs featured on his son's video games, which showcase skateboarding and - on the surface - look unobjectionable.
Since his discovery two weeks ago, Mike Hawker and his 12-year-old son, Chris, have gathered about 250 signatures on a petition and formed a protest organization called Parents Against Tony Hawk.

The petition asks that either the songs be removed from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of video games or the games be removed from store shelves. Most of the signatures have been collected at Charlie's Stop & Shop on Franklin Turnpike, a convenience store owned by Hawker.

"What they're doing is getting it by the parents," Hawker said of the games, which feature skateboarding legend Tony Hawk on their covers. Many editions, including those owned by the Hawkers, have a "T" for teens label in the corner of the cover.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board determines the rating, and also warns on the back of the game covers that the soundtracks contain "mild lyrics."

"If you put Tony Hawk on the cover and say it's mild lyrics, it should be mild lyrics," Hawker said.

The songs that upset the Hawkers include "Blood Stains (Darkness Version)" by the band Agent Orange. The Agent Orange tune is one of more than 30 songs on the latest edition of the game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

"Sometimes I'd rather die / but someday I'm going to change my mind / sometimes I'd rather kill," the band sings.

Within the game, the title of the song has been changed and is listed as "Speed Kills (Darkness Version)."

The songs can be turned off during game play, and expletives are bleeped out of songs such as Public Enemy's "By the Time I Get to Arizona." In Pro Skater 4, players can also view and listen to the soundtrack without actually playing the game.

Hawker said other songs featured on the games such as "Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden, "Yer Country" by U.S. Bombs and "Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly are satanic, anti-American and anti-Christian. He also objects to "Blood Brothers" by Papa Roach, which is on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.

"It's our nature to destroy ourselves / it's our nature to kill ourselves / it's our nature to kill each other / it's in our nature to kill, kill, kill," are some of the lyrics for "Blood Brothers."

The video game industry responds

A spokeswoman for Tony Hawk deferred questions about the video games to Activision, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based company that has produced all four games.

When asked whether music by groups such as Agent Orange should be put in video games that children play, a spokeswoman for Activision deferred questions to the ESRB.

"That's what the role of the ESRB is going to be," said Maryanne Lataif, Activision's vice president of corporate communications, in a telephone interview.

The ESRB, a regulatory organization established in 1994 by the video and computer games industry, maintains that its ratings are appropriate.

"After reviewing the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, which does not include profanity and explicit images, ESRB's raters determined the 'mild lyrics' content descriptor was most appropriate," said the board's president, Patricia E. Vance, in a statement Friday.

The board has two content descriptors for background music: "strong lyrics," which are defined as "profanity and explicit references to sexuality, violence, alcohol and drug use in music," and "mild lyrics," which are defined as "mild references to profanity, sexuality, violence, alcohol or drug use in music."

Three raters review each game, reading lyrics and looking over actual footage of game play that includes extreme content.

The "T" for teen rating, displayed on games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, indicates that the board believes they are suitable for people 13 years old and older. Hawker explained why he bought the games for his 12-year-old son.

"This is the best-looking game out there. It still is," said Hawker, adding that many other games have violent images on their covers. He argued some songs on the Tony Hawk games encourage suicide and are not appropriate for teens either.

"Taking a gun and shooting yourself is not a good idea at 13 or 14 or 12," Hawker said.

Hawker's son, Chris, who attends Westover Christian Academy, stressed that he liked the video games and would just like the soundtracks to be changed.

"Any kind of music is fine, (but) I don't want the word 'kill' in any of the songs," Chris said.

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Levensgevaarlijk!!! . .

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Op zondag 26 januari 2003 14:12 schreef Mr. Orange het volgende:
Iemand bekent hier met Venom???

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Of iets in die richting.