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Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
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Author:  skadiv [ Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
Hi everybody,
I'm not new not the site, I've been browsing a lot, but I registered only to write this -
I read a lot reviews on this site, some of the are good, some are bad, some are VERY bad...and then there's this:
(in a review of Immortal's Sons of Northern Darkness it is written)
Quote:
*this is a reaction after the first listen*

This is the first real black metal album that I actually like. Before that I'd heard The Kovenant - Nexus Polaris, Morbid Angel - Covenant and Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse and I hated all of them
...

@!%@!$!@#$!@$
WHY in the world would anyone, who admits he hates Black Metal, write a review on one of Black Metal finest albums, after only one spin, and in the way shit on some of the absolute masterpieces of the genre???
I almost bashed my head into the screen saw it...what was he thinking??? W T F ?!

man I'm so pissed!!
Author:  MalignantThrone [ Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
Okay, first off, if the words of a faceless person over the Internet, whose opinion only has as much weight as you give it, makes you that mad, you need to go outside and get a few dozen breaths of fresh air. There are way worse things to worry about in life.

Secondly, there's no rule that explicitly states that a review must love the genre they're reviewing, nor is there a rule that reviewers must honor "the absolute masterpieces of the genre" (which is completely subjective, by the way) - if the latter was a rule, well there wouldn't be much point in writing a review for those albums, would there? You would already know what to expect, a masterpiece! (And if it wasn't a masterpiece to you, well FUCK YOU YOU'RE WRONG YOU CAN'T WRITE THIS BULLSHIT!)

I'm not a moderator on this site, so I won't attempt to pass judgement on the review in question, but reviews are not accepted on the basis of how much the moderator agrees or disagrees with the reviewer's opinion - really, all that guy has to do to get his review accepted is describe the music in a somewhat descriptive manner. I disagree with the "review after first spin" ideology, but apparently he got a firm enough grasp of the music with that one spin to create a review that was deemed acceptable by the moderators. What are you suggesting, anyways? That reviews be removed because of the author's outlying tastes?
Author:  splyu [ Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
The "legal" part is what cracks me up the most here. You're into black metal and yet you're that obsessed with the law?
Author:  MalignantThrone [ Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
splyu wrote:
The "legal" part is what cracks me up the most here. You're into black metal and yet you're that obsessed with the law?

I don't think he intended the title to use that wording. I assume he was going for something along the lines of "Is this allowed here?"
Author:  Metantoine [ Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Is it legal to write this kind of bull..?
Oh no, people have opinions differing from yours!!!!!!

Now bash your head on your screen.

No mods will refuse a review because it has ''controversial'' opinions, if it fits the criterias of the site, it will be added. Anyway, see MalignantThrone's post for most details, I will not continue to answer this futile post any further.
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