Comments on: LUNA MORTIS’ MARY ZIMMER ON LYRICS, POLITICS, AND SINGING VERSUS SCREAMING

By: Keeperofthe7keys

Keeperofthe7keys — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:24:22 +0000

I happen to think this band is fucking awesome!!! i appreciate the fact that they don;t use alot of studio trickery which is very apparent in a band such as……..the agonist…..and maybe in time they will do a blondie cover, lol, but in the mean time rock the fuck out!!

By: Diesel Computer

Diesel Computer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:19:21 +0000

By: Ryan Black

Ryan Black — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:59:09 +0000

My band had a show with these guys but it got cancelled for some strange reason (probably the promoter). It was probably 2-3 months ago in Fort Wayne, IN. I was pretty excited about it

By: RJMrgn

RJMrgn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:43:31 +0000

Not having heard of this lot before, I checked out the video, and reached the following conclusions:

• Musically, it sounds like a third-rate skatepunk band from about 1998 with some flashy guitar overdubs
• Vocally, it was competent but incredibly boring – really not what I was expecting having read the interview

Really didn’t do it for me, which is a shame, as I kinda wanted to like the band with the pretty lady in it.

By: Matt Dasher

Matt Dasher — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:37:58 +0000

Great band form Kenosha. Thanks for finally covering a GOOD local band from my hometown instead of all of the Chicago deathcore bands (Born of Osiris, Oceano, Veil of Maya) for once in your lives.

By: Awful Offal Carnage

Awful Offal Carnage — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:52:31 +0000

“If you enjoy melodic death-tinged power metal – and really, who doesn’t?”

I don’t. Seriously. Fuck Power Metal. If I wanted to hear about “dragons” and “fairies” and “fire and flames”, I’d play D&D, or read fantasy novels. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I admit, the lead singer is very talented, as is the band as a whole, but power metal ain’t my thing. In my experience, anyone associated with power metal is a overweight WoW playing, neckbeard. Nothing wrong with WoW, but chop the neckbeard and lose some pounds.

Also, I don’t know if it’s just this song, but this song wasn’t even “tinged” with death metal. She screamed at the end for like 10 seconds, and while it was good (sounded similiar to Angela Gossow, so much better than the IWABO vocalist), it’s still power metal.

By: -gODGRINDER-

-gODGRINDER- — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:02:07 +0000

I don’t usually go for power metal vox because I hate it when dudes sound like chicks.

But I like this band because it’s a chick who sounds like a chick.

Plus, I will totally cop to having a creepy internet-stalker-esque crush on Mary since they were called “The Ottoman Empire.”

So. Hot.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:25:51 +0000

are you joking? What communism has Obama been spouting? Obama isn’t even that left to begin with… Is the “communism” you’re referring to the idea of socialized health care? Let me remind you that roads and public education are already socialized, and those work pretty well, i’d say.

By: Mark Gavin

Mark Gavin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:12:49 +0000

I’ve never even heard of this band but I’d like to buttfuck the lead singer

By: \m/Eluveitie\m/

\m/Eluveitie\m/ — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:08:35 +0000

Let’s be more specific and limit my comment to modern pop music

By: Kill Things/ Brundlefly

Kill Things/ Brundlefly — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:01:35 +0000

Wow, at least someone understand that Obamas a fucking communist. Extreme leftism is for rebellious children or those with underdeveloped brains at best. And apparently almost all musicians. And for that matter, metalsucks too, fuck you guys. haha

By: DemonicLemming

DemonicLemming — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:40:37 +0000

The vocals might be real but christ they’re boring. It’s more like harmonious spoken word than actual singing, which doesn’t work all that well in a power metal setting.

And I’ll say it again – any time a musician lets politics dictate what they write or sing, they fail. Utterly and completely. Politics has no place, whatsoever, in music.

Et aussi, no, I don’t want a live performance to sound like the fucking cd track. I go to the concert expecting the live performance to sound like a live performance – grittier, messier, and more real than what’s on the cd. I don’t want to hear a singer who can’t keep up, but I don’t want to hear a carbon copy of what’s on the cd, either – if I did, why the fuck would I go to a live show? For the traffic and inevitable beer getting spilled on me by the drunk 350lb 6′-8 linebacker? No thanks.

By: DemonicLemming

DemonicLemming — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:34:01 +0000

No, if you do that, you just get called racist, regardless of what it is you’re bitching about.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:44:14 +0000

This gives Madison a bad name. The only two bands worth anything from this town have been gone for some time: Bongzilla and Cuda.

By: nameless

nameless — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:33:45 +0000

anyone else think this band SUCKS?

By: syclonus

syclonus — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:18:11 +0000

different times, different views. maybe it was a bit generalizing for him to have said “never”, but the heyday of classical music is long over.

By: iolanach

iolanach — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:36:19 +0000

Ever heard of Wagner? The man was hardly a bleeding heart.

Hell, 95% of all classical musicians would probably be called fascists by todays standards.

By: vegan

vegan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:58:18 +0000

thats why we gotta unionize the workers man. Communism

By: tyler09

tyler09 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:37:51 +0000

ive been listening to Forevermore constantly…i love Luna Mortis..and their from Madison, WI which means that WI has good music

By: Driven9

Driven9 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:14:51 +0000

impressively boring song.