What´s your idea of sweden?

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by Nephre

Apocalyptica is from finland. But scandinavians seem to be kind of close to each other,

finland isn't scandinavia!!

Originally Posted by Nephre

He he, metal is really big here in sweden, Meshuggah and Opeth (my favourite) are a few of our pride and joys in the metal scene. A few other would be At the gates, Soilwork, In flames and quite a lot of others, there really is a lot of great swedish metal bands.
Incidently, you might have heard of a few band from my home town? You might have heard of Nasum and Coldworker but the biggest bet (since you´re from australia) would be Millencollin, I´ve heard that they´re pretty big "down under"? I sometimes run in to a few of those guys when I´m out on the town.
I´d really like to have Opeth, Meshuggah or any similar band playing at the local pub any day of the week, that would be awesome

Your my favourite person now! I just saw opeth here, and am seeing meshuggah in about a month

Not a fan on in flames, and I had no idea millencollin were swedish lol! I used to be a fan, but am more in the metal scene these days.

One day I will live in sweden...My friend just moved to denmark and I plan to visit in the next few years can't wait to be there.

Oh, I just thought of another thing swedish. (and this one is a little weird) Electrolux Assistent! Stupid mixer is like the ultimate mixer for making pizza dough, but only exists in the states (magic mill) and sweden! Noone has ever heard of it here! Even the electrolux reps!

[Nephre]

Originally Posted by Sammus

finland isn't scandinavia!!

You´re right there, scandinavia is actually sweden, norway and denmark. What I really should have said is that NORDIC people seems quite close to each other but it seems to me that mostly we include finland in everyday language when we talk about scandinavia even if it´s wrong. At least I do that

[jordan...]

Wow , i didn't know there were any other metal heads here, but then again i never asked... Hey Nephre, you into any Aussie hardcore/metal? Heard of Parkway Drive or I Killed the Prom Queen? Sammus would know who i'm talking about!!

[Nephre]

Originally Posted by jordan...

Wow , i didn't know there were any other metal heads here, but then again i never asked... Hey Nephre, you into any Aussie hardcore/metal? Heard of Parkway Drive or I Killed the Prom Queen? Sammus would know who i'm talking about!!

Sorry, never heard of them. But I´ll check them out though, it´s always good to discover new music

[jordan...]

Originally Posted by Nephre

Sorry, never heard of them. But I´ll check them out though, it´s always good to discover new music

Alright, sweet. Another thing Sweden brings to mind, Volvo, uugghh...

[Nephre]

Just had a quick check at youtube; both Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen seems to be quite good, I´ll definitely check them out a bit more. I don´t know if it´s just me but it seems to me that you can trace something of that "swedish" sound in their music, they´ve got a bit of that gothenburg sound (göteborgssoundet)

He he, I don´t really like volvos myself. I drive a Toyota and I´ll never buy another car if it isnt a Toyota or a Lexus. My brothers volvo breaks down all the time while my Toyota just keeps on running

[jordan...]

A little maybe, theres definately a difference in vocals. The guitar tone isnt as noticeable as Swedish metal though, when you hear the intro to any Swedish metal band, you're just like, 'yep, i know where they're from'

[Nephre]

I can´t say what it is but there is something that reminds me of swedish metal. It´s not much but it´s still something

[Nephre]

Originally Posted by Sammus

Not a fan on in flames, and I had no idea millencollin were swedish lol! I used to be a fan, but am more in the metal scene these days.

One day I will live in sweden...My friend just moved to denmark and I plan to visit in the next few years can't wait to be there.

Oh, I just thought of another thing swedish. (and this one is a little weird) Electrolux Assistent! Stupid mixer is like the ultimate mixer for making pizza dough, but only exists in the states (magic mill) and sweden! Noone has ever heard of it here! Even the electrolux reps!

By the way, that´s pretty cool that your planing to move to sweden


I´m not really a fan of Millencollin either since I´m into metal myself just as you. I used to think they where ok but I wouldn´t say I´ve ever been a fan of them. And when it comes to In flames I´d say that their old albums are much better than the new ones, the later ones is just not as heavy as old ones. But I still think that they´re ok