9 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

So, does this lil guy factor into your username?

No unfortunately, it's solely an homage to gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson - Dr Gonzo is the alter ego of his sidekick/attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

37 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I will say, if anyone knows the meaning of my user name and where the band got the word from (without googling!) I’d be very very impressed.

I assumed it was a biblical place or mythological name, like Golgotha

On 10/19/2022 at 6:00 PM, MT64 said:

Dad's side of the family all from Galway

The city of the tribes. Great spot

Why the username TRIGON, @TRIGON?

44 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I will say, if anyone knows the meaning of my user name and where the band got the word from (without googling!) I’d be very very impressed.

Norwegian black metal. Gaahl was a weird unit

47 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I didn’t Google but I’m with a fairly nerdy friend rn and he says it’s from Lord of the Rings (?) 

Boom! But what is it from Lord of the rings for 10 points! 

17 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I assumed it was a biblical place or mythological name, like Golgotha

Nope as WCW said it’s a LoTR reference

9 minutes ago, BDA said:

Norwegian black metal. Gaahl was a weird unit

I meant where the band got the name. And Gaahl is still a weird unit, saw him a few months ago, but the band had the name well before Gaahl joined. 

15 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

No unfortunately, it's solely an homage to gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson - Dr Gonzo is the alter ego of his sidekick/attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

The Good Doctor was unique. One of a kind

. » Director’s Cut: ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,’ by Hunter S. Thompson (grantland.com)

7 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I thought it was a type of Clown myself!!

The story behind the avatar is that it was meant to be a send up of Clayton Oliver. I had Photoshopped an avatar of Darcy Parish as an oompah loompa (as he used to have the Oompa loompa hairstyle) in anticipation of us drafting him way back when, but had to come up with an alternative when we picked Clarry.

9 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Boom! But what is it from Lord of the rings for 10 points! 

Nope as WCW said it’s a LoTR reference

I meant where the band got the name. And Gaahl is still a weird unit, saw him a few months ago, but the band had the name well before Gaahl joined. 

My nerdy friend has gone and hasn’t answered my text. So ima guess that it’s a weird-a** creature  just like every character in LoTR. (???) 

Edit: I know it now. It’s a part of Kardinia Park aka Mordor. 

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by WalkingCivilWar

21 minutes ago, BDA said:

The Good Doctor was unique. One of a kind

. » Director’s Cut: ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,’ by Hunter S. Thompson (grantland.com)

Too weird to live, too rare to die 😉

20 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

My nerdy friend has gone and hasn’t answered my text. So ima guess that it’s a weird-a** creature  just like every character in LoTR. (???) 

Edit: I know it now. It’s a part of Kardinia Park aka Mordor. 

Now do you dare to listen to them? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🙂😂

Great thread. Reaching peak off-season quite early.

17 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Now do you dare to listen to them? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🙂😂

I just did. 
😳

18 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Now do you dare to listen to them? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🙂😂

Had a 17yo friend of my son’s over last night and she’s obsessed with Slipknot, roping me into watching clips of them. Gorgoroth make them look like The Wiggles. 

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Had a 17yo friend of my son’s over last night and she’s obsessed with Slipknot, roping me into watching clips of them. Gorgoroth make them look like The Wiggles. 

Oh yeah Slipknot is the kiddy pool.

There has been multiple singers, hope you chose one of the better songs/singer 😬

And there is better (worse?) ha ha

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by Gorgoroth

15 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Oh yeah Slipknot is the kiddy pool.

There has been multiple singers, hope you chose one of the better songs/singer 😬

Rather than throw a dart I put some thought into the selection. I chose the song with the closest to pleasant title (or the least disturbing)… “Prosperity and Beauty.” But there was nothing either prosperous or beautiful about it. 😳

And now I think everyone should watch it coz why should I be alone in not sleeping a wink tonight?!

Nightmares R us

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by WalkingCivilWar

9 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Rather than throw a dart I put some thought into the selection. I chose the song with the closest to pleasant title (or the least disturbing)… “Prosperity and Beauty.” But there was nothing either prosperous or beautiful about it. 😳

Ahhhh, Gaahl was the singer for that, he is my least fav singer, needed to listen to something from

Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt

That’s my fav album, try Prayer or Rebirth 😃

 

And big props for listening to them.

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by Gorgoroth

2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Ahhhh, Gaahl was the singer for that, he is my least fav singer, needed to listen to something from

Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt

That’s my fav album, try Prayer or Rebirth 😃

Will do! 😊 Got a feeling ima regret this

15 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Will do! 😊 Got a feeling ima regret this

What I normally say to people when first hearing extreme metal and especially some facets of it like Gorgoroth is try and hear the vocals as an instrument more than vocals. But then I’d usually use different black metal bands than Gorgoroth to ween people on it, like something from Atmospheric Black Metal sun genre… 😄

15 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Ahhhh, Gaahl was the singer for that, he is my least fav singer, needed to listen to something from

Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt

That’s my fav album, try Prayer or Rebirth 😃

 

And big props for listening to them.

I listened to both of those tracks. Gotta say I didn’t totally hate them. They’re quite the lyricists, huh. Not that I could understand a single syllable of what he’s singing but I had the lyrics up on Spotty.

Put it this way, I’d sooner listen to this band than Ed Sheeran or Bruno Mars etc. 

2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

What I normally say to people when first hearing extreme metal and especially some facets of it like Gorgoroth is try and hear the vocals as an instrument more than vocals. But then I’d usually use different black metal bands than Gorgoroth to ween people on it, like something from Atmospheric Black Metal sun genre… 😄

“Atmospheric Black Metal Sun” genre  is the kid gloves starting point? Entry level???? Okaaay 😳

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

“Atmospheric Black Metal Sun” genre  is the kid gloves starting point? Entry level???? Okaaay 😳

Ha ha that should be sub-genre.

And only entry level to those who listen to some metal or punk and looking for something more… next level 😅

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by Gorgoroth

Just now, Gorgoroth said:

Ha ha that should be sub-genre

Oh so the only positive word (sun) isn’t even there??? Cool. 😑

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Oh so the only positive word (sun) isn’t even there??? Cool. 😑

Tbh their prob is as there are so many. 
I mean Uada worship the old moon gods/cycles, lots of pagan bands etc

suldusk from melb are a fav, she sings 95% clean vocals,

Drudkh are a Ukrainian band that put music to old Ukrainian poems and folksongs 

There is a sub genre DBM or DSBM - Depressive (suicidal) black metal which is slow and heavy but eerily beautiful.

None is one of the best bands in that genre. 
 

Hope I’ve opened your eyes to a different world and I’m stoked to hear you didn’t hate it 😄

9 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Tbh their prob is as there are so many. 
I mean Uada worship the old moon gods/cycles, lots of pagan bands etc

suldusk from melb are a fav, she sings 95% clean vocals,

Drudkh are a Ukrainian band that put music to old Ukrainian poems and folksongs 

There is a sub genre DBM or DSBM - Depressive (suicidal) black metal which is slow and heavy but eerily beautiful.

None is one of the best bands in that genre. 
 

Hope I’ve opened your eyes to a different world and I’m stoked to hear you didn’t hate it 😄

Drudkh rule. Uada now (mildly) suck.

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by Beetle