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2004-11-28, 02:02
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band abbrevations (the new blood is confused)
in the tabs some bands have a two letter abbreviation following their name
eg. (NL) (DE) (RU)
what the devil does these mean?
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2004-11-28, 03:02
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NL = nederlands (holland)
DE = deutschland (germany)
RU = russia
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2004-11-28, 03:09
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Many countries in world that have good metal bands too besides US and UK  |
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2004-11-28, 03:15
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lol, very true soul.
<.< what would happen if there were two bands with the same name, one from australia, one from austria.....
argh took me 10 fucking goes to spell austria right
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2004-11-28, 10:07
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AUS = Austrailia
AUT = Austria
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2004-11-28, 10:10
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thats how they do it on tennis (i very rarely watch) but if its two letters....oh well, maybe its special in this case.
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2004-11-29, 01:29
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ok, so is the only point of this to indicate a difference if two bands have the same names?
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2004-11-29, 02:19
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yeah, from different countries.
according to librariusmetallicus.com, there is another band called slayer from the USA, that formed (and disbanded shortly thereafter) in the 1980's, so one band is "SA" and the real, GOOD slayer is....whatever california is, i dont know much about american geography.
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2004-11-29, 07:54
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CA, I believe.
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2004-11-29, 08:13
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True, but that situation is different in that SA Slayer chose to add the SA (as in San Antonio) when they found out another band had the name 'Slayer.' You'll never see 'Slayer (TX)' and 'Slayer (CA)' because of that, thankfully.
Also, SA Slayer don't suck. They're not Slayer, but they shouldn't be distinguished along the lines of 'good' and 'bad.' Unless you really don't like them.
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2004-11-29, 09:17
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AUS = Austrailia
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AU and AT 
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2004-11-29, 19:57
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Makes sense!
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2004-11-30, 00:33
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if only bands could be more original, a good example is mayhem (originally "one true mayhem")
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2004-11-30, 00:33
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True, but that situation is different in that SA Slayer chose to add the SA (as in San Antonio) when they found out another band had the name 'Slayer.' You'll never see 'Slayer (TX)' and 'Slayer (CA)' because of that, thankfully.
Also, SA Slayer don't suck. They're not Slayer, but they shouldn't be distinguished along the lines of 'good' and 'bad.' Unless you really don't like them.
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i just said "good slayer" (CA) because they are THE slayer. ive never heard the SA slayer... |
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2004-12-07, 03:23
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Originally Posted by Credit to Dementia
True, but that situation is different in that SA Slayer chose to add the SA (as in San Antonio) when they found out another band had the name 'Slayer.' You'll never see 'Slayer (TX)' and 'Slayer (CA)' because of that, thankfully.
Also, SA Slayer don't suck. They're not Slayer, but they shouldn't be distinguished along the lines of 'good' and 'bad.' Unless you really don't like them.
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If you combine Watchtower with Slayer, you get San Antonio Slayer. So basically, SA Slayer were more complex than Slayer, and better musicians. They were oriented with more crazy time changes and semi-complex arrangements than Slayer ever were. I still like Slayer better, but that's for reasons of pure nostalgia (and the fact that Slayer and Anthrax were my gateway to the world of underground metal).
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2004-12-07, 03:30
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if only bands could be more original, a good example is mayhem (originally "one true mayhem")
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well dude its hard when most bands are about death, pain, suffering etc., to come up with an original title, and it's hard to be original to begin with in the first place. opeth's one of the few bands, pioneers for acoustic prog/death metal they are.
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2004-12-07, 05:20
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Originally Posted by ChrisRezendes
If you combine Watchtower with Slayer, you get San Antonio Slayer. So basically, SA Slayer were more complex than Slayer, and better musicians. They were oriented with more crazy time changes and semi-complex arrangements than Slayer ever were. I still like Slayer better, but that's for reasons of pure nostalgia (and the fact that Slayer and Anthrax were my gateway to the world of underground metal).
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I know who they are. I prefer both Slayer (CA) and Watchtower to SA Slayer. Interesting, but not gripping. To me, anyway.
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2004-12-07, 06:56
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I know who they are. I prefer both Slayer (CA) and Watchtower to SA Slayer. Interesting, but not gripping. To me, anyway.
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The description wasn't for your benefit, I merely used your post as a jump off point to add additional information to what you already said. That being said, I too prefer both Slayer and Watchtower to SA Slayer.
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2004-12-07, 07:05
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The description wasn't for your benefit, I merely used your post as a jump off point to add additional information to what you already said.
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Understood. Not at the time, maybe, but now anyway. Actually, off the top of my head, I probably couldn't have given even a decent description of their sound. I just remembered liking them enough to think they probably don't deserve to be the bad Slayer. Even if their name invites that.
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