Louder Than Hell (OOC)
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				Title: <strong>Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Darkcide</strong> on <strong>10-11-2016, 04:39:45</strong>
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				Hey everyone, thank you for your interest. I am really excited for this game. I hope you all are too! <br><br>Alright, so everybody we have a few particulars that we need to establish, and I would like to get everyone's thoughts. And if there is anything I might be missing that we should hit on? Please let me know!<br><br>I. Genre(s), and what are they about? Like what is their hook? What do they talk about? Subject matter, etc. <br>II. Name of the band?<br>III. How did they form?<br>IV. Starting Point?<br><br><strong>My thoughts.</strong><br><br>I. I don't know, there are some commonalities as far as the band's influences. What are you guys thinking? Since as far as subject matter and the like? I feel like at least from a lyrical standpoint, my dude's stuff would focus on reality and he would write a mixture of socio-political rants, nihilistic material, mental illness and darker explorations of self. Vocally, he'd be all over the place kind of like Mike Patton. He'd do death screams, and growls, shouting and melodic singing with some rapping but overall it is pretty aggressive. <br><br>II. Some ones I have are Lunatic Calm. <br>Chaos A.D. <br>Rx4 - Refuse. Resist. Rebel. Revolt.<br>Deathless Light<br>SIHKIH or SIHRIH - Servants In Heaven Kings In Hell or Servants In Heaven Royalty In Hell<br>Violent By Design<br>Hesitation Marks<br><br>III. I am thinking that just because of how diverse the group is, in backgrounds and what not, having 2-3 of the members know each other and playing with each other would work best. They have a history established, a foundation. If they find someone they like, said person might be a package deal with another member of the group. They could have put out ads, looked online, or gone to shows as methods to pick up others. I know with some of the groups I have done stuff with, they tend to get rid of people quick because everyone isn't on the same page. Sometimes you could have a really awesome band but there is just one weak element. <br><br>IV. I would say start with the group already almost completely formed and missing 1-2 members, and recruiting them initially. Or everyone is already in the group, and they are doing local shows, doing planning sessions and really trying to hone in on what is going to be their sound and their image while prepping an EP to try to get label notice. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ElvenKitten</strong> on <strong>10-11-2016, 05:51:43</strong>
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				Not sure on the genre stuff yet but I kinda like Violent By Design and Hestation Marks&nbsp; :D Kinda thinking my character is a fairly new member of the band. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lux12</strong> on <strong>11-11-2016, 00:08:46</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=258515.msg12767779#msg12767779">Quote from: ElvenKitten on 10-11-2016, 05:51:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not sure on the genre stuff yet but I kinda like Violent By Design and Hestation Marks&nbsp; :D Kinda thinking my character is a fairly new member of the band.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Seconded.<br><br>In terms of genre, many of the characters seem to share an interest in thrash, black, death, alt, industrial, groove, prog, and power metal. Prog rock itself seems to be a favorite too. There's shared influence from sludge and nu metal between some members. Same with punk.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Darkcide</strong> on <strong>11-11-2016, 01:27:43</strong>
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				Ok, thus far this is what I am thinking, and hang with me here, my thoughts tend to be all over the place. I also kind of like Hesitation Marks lol.<br><br>The group will definitely be heavy as all get out. I am thinking like in terms of a Lamb of God, and keeping the groove aspect from them. But with like the songwriting sensibilities and technicality of Mastodon and Machine Head. Slipknot's accessibility, since I feel like a lot of the songs would be on the heavier side, and quite brutal, but there'd always be an element of melody. You also give it an industrial edge, somewhat like Ministry and NIN but probably closer to Fear Factory as they combine industrial with thrash well. Their music style as a whole would be diverse, but heavy, technical and with a good deal of complexity. So you'd have songs that might have slower almost Sludge-like breakdowns but that go into faster, verses and choruses. Weird time signatures, that whole thing. I think if you asked my guy, he'd say they are a metal band. And they'd be a mainstream metal group, but also a gateway to a lot of real extreme metal. Also that their live shows would be killer.<br><br>So if this makes any sense lol, Lamb of God meets Machine Head meets Fear Factory meets Mastodon meets Slipknot with some sensibilities taken from Black and Death metal as far as the playing, but a punk/hardcore mindset.<br><br>All over the place, and somehow making it work.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tamhansen</strong> on <strong>11-11-2016, 15:21:49</strong>
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				I'm cool either way. I'm thinking I'd probably be writing mostly the melodious parts of the music, but I'll see what I can come up with based on that mixture of bands.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nameless One</strong> on <strong>12-11-2016, 00:21:09</strong>
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				I. I agree with the<em> industrial plus thrash plus sludge</em> flavoured heavy metal. Sounds pretty cool. I'm not a huge fan of Lamb Of God, but I could ask to add a dash of System Of A Down to the influences cocktail, just because I like their music a lot in RL! And yes, lyrics about the darkest sides of society and politics, mental illness and drug addiction, sound pretty interesting to me. I guess that my good ole' Mac and Miss Katie Spider, being the band rhythm section, will have to work hard to keep your "weird time signatures", if they're very weird! ;D<br><br>II. Picking from the list, I vote for Lunatic Calm. But honestly, I don't mind any of the names.<br><br>III. Being the old guy in the band, I probably played with one or two of the younger musicians. I imagine Mac playing in extreme bands, at the beginning of his career, probably brutal and grindcore stuff, then softening up with time and moving towards more mainstream subgenres. At some point in his path, it's very likely for him to meet with any of the other characters, especially if they've been active for a little while. I point my finger on Mickey D, for example, maybe they were in the same grindcore band for a while? Your choice. If any of the other players likes the idea of being acquainted with Mac, feel free to tell me.<br><br>IV. That's a very good question. Where do we start? The "everyone is already in the group" option sounds simpler and quicker, we can start storytelling our rise to success from a concert in a small club or festival, or with the finishing touches to our indie album... But hey, maybe some of us likes the idea of being the last one getting involved: I don't mind roleplaying the fact that we're on the hunt for a good musician to complete the band. I just don't want to be the one who joins last! ;)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Darkcide</strong> on <strong>14-11-2016, 03:32:04</strong>
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				SOAD is fun, and for as small as their library is, the material is all over the place. So I say yea. SOAD would be a band that qualifies as having weird time signatures in certain songs, TooL also especially. I love both bands, just they do not have too much stuff I can mosh to.<br><br>We have one for Lunatic Calm, :).<br><br>Ah grindcore is awesome! As far as my dude? I am cool with being acquainted with your dude. Though they likely haven't played together in any groups.<br><br>I personally like the idea of the group not being complete initially. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Darkcide</strong> on <strong>20-11-2016, 15:44:35</strong>
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				Ok, so where do people want to be placed initially? So I can get us started off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Louder Than Hell (OOC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tamhansen</strong> on <strong>20-11-2016, 15:56:24</strong>
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				Whichever is easiest for you, really.
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