Within Temptation

*scared to death to post in this thread with an Ev signature*

I find the two bands to be completely different, but excuse me for trying to avoid the raging battle that seems to appear between the two bands fans.

On topic, anyway,
They're pretty good. I'm glad they signed on with Roadrunner, that way we can get some stuff over here in the U.S.

Shanon has a pretty neat voice, very high. I could never sing-along.

I'm still in the process of begging my mother to let me order "The Heart of Everything"

*runs*

Originally posted by Wind Sister
*scared to death to post in this thread with an Ev signature*

I find the two bands to be completely different, but excuse me for trying to avoid the raging battle that seems to appear between the two bands fans.

On topic, anyway,
They're pretty good. I'm glad they signed on with Roadrunner, that way we can get some stuff over here in the U.S.

Shanon has a pretty neat voice, very high. I could never sing-along.

I'm still in the process of begging my mother to let me order "The Heart of Everything"

*runs*

Oh, don't worry, I like Evanescence. Though, if you'd like I could make you a cool Ev sig. 🙂

The weird thing is we got an account same month, year, your like 4 days younger than me, our old or new names both have to do with star wars. O.o

I like you. FRIEND!

Originally posted by masterkit
Oh, don't worry, I like Evanescence. Though, if you'd like I could make you a cool Ev sig. 🙂

The weird thing is we got an account same month, year, your like 4 days younger than me, our old or new names both have to do with star wars. O.o

I like you. FRIEND!

Wow, a lot to address. . .here goes:

1) YAY!! I feel better now.

2) 😱 Really?

That's neat, I would have never noticed that XD. . .and, yeah, Huge SW fan.

FRIEND 😆

Originally posted by Wind Sister
Wow, a lot to address. . .here goes:

1) YAY!! I feel better now.

2) 😱 Really?

That's neat, I would have never noticed that XD. . .and, yeah, Huge SW fan.

FRIEND 😆

🙂

I have a huge disliking of that genre that's been created. All these bands like Within Temptation, Nightwish and Evanescence are just driven at the market of teenage goth kids. They all use the same style riffs etc. It just winds me up, there's nothing innovative at all about these bands. There's no passion in it, it's music made to make money.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
I have a huge disliking of that genre that's been created. All these bands like Within Temptation, Nightwish and Evanescence are just driven at the market of teenage goth kids. They all use the same style riffs etc. It just winds me up, there's nothing innovative at all about these bands. There's no passion in it, it's music made to make money.

Honestly, I have to disagree with that.

The music is neither written to target "goth teens" nor to make money. It's just the style of music they write.

And saying it targets "goth teens" is being very general. If you look into it, actually look into, most of the people who listen to WT and Ev etc are actually normal. . .happy. . .people 😄

Originally posted by masterkit
🙂

Originally posted by Bardock42
Ahhh, you are the gay kid that liked Everwood. I remember.

Ahhh, I'm not a gay kid! Though, I do like Everwood.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
I have a huge disliking of that genre that's been created. All these bands like Within Temptation, Nightwish and Evanescence are just driven at the market of teenage goth kids. They all use the same style riffs etc. It just winds me up, there's nothing innovative at all about these bands. There's no passion in it, it's music made to make money.

I have to disagree as well, I'm not goth or emo or anything near that. I love Ev and WT.

Two people dosen't make an exception. It's obviously marketed at that group.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Two people dosen't make an exception. It's obviously marketed at that group.

It's not marketed at anyone specific. As I said I'm not goth or emo and I like them, I bet there are other people out there. Because I made the thread about them you probably thought I was emo or goth. That's stereotyping man and thats not cool.

Originally posted by masterkit
It's not marketed at anyone specific. As I said I'm not goth or emo and I like them, I bet there are other people out there. Because I made the thread about them you probably thought I was emo or goth. That's stereotyping man and thats not cool.

It is certainly marketed at someone in specific. I mean, there's hardly any doubt for that.

Originally posted by masterkit
It's not marketed at anyone specific. As I said I'm not goth or emo and I like them, I bet there are other people out there. Because I made the thread about them you probably thought I was emo or goth. That's stereotyping man and thats not cool.

That's trying to put words in my mouth man, that's not cool.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
That's trying to put words in my mouth man, that's not cool.

Your saying you know what the band's intentions were. They're just making music for themselves, if a certain "cliche" listened to it preppy, jock, or goth, I honestly don't think they'd care if they did or didn't.

Originally posted by masterkit
Your saying you know what the band's intentions were. They're just making music for themselves, if a certain "cliche" listened to it preppy, jock, or goth, I honestly don't think they'd care if they did or didn't.

A certain cliche?

Right look at all these bands names, look at the way they all dress, look at the average listener and look their song titles etc. Do this, then come back and tell me that they're not marketed, at a specific group of people.

The music transcends 'goth teenagers' and takes on the broader market of dickheads.

Originally posted by pcp
The music transcends 'goth teenagers' and takes on the broader market of dickheads.

Yep, and then when it's pointed out they kick up a fuss saying ''I'm not a goth, but I like them''. Which makes it all the more sad.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Yep, and then when it's pointed out they kick up a fuss saying ''I'm not a goth, but I like them''. Which makes it all the more sad.

Alright, well, I definitely see where you're coming from. And I do agree, in a way. I honestly think that the band just writes music the way they want to write music. . .and whoever likes it is the group that they'll be put under.

I hope you can kind of see where I'm coming from too, though. I've been around both bands for a while. Bin to a few concerts, talked on a majority of fan forums. And all I can say is 80% of the people I've talked to aren't that "goth" or even depressed to a point.

So maybe they're targeting, but if so, a lot of the people that they're getting aren't what they shot at.

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I like Within Temptation, and I think they're a good band! But I hate the fact that there are lots of people who compare any kind of woman fronted metal bands with Evanescence.

Originally posted by CristinaScabbia
I like Within Temptation, and I think they're a good band! But I hate the fact that there are lots of people who compare any kind of woman fronted metal bands with Evanescence.

It's not that it's fronted by a female, it's that it's marketed to the exact same group, in the exact same way and they don't even realise it. I would never dream of say comparing Le Tigre to Evanescence, because they're entirely different. However, all the bands I've previously mentioned are nothing more than a marketing strategy.

Great song w00t

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