Community Built Army

Post by **Carda** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:19 pm

You guys are making me think of that Tim Schaefer game "Brutal Legend" that is supposed to come out later this year...

Post by **IVhorseman** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:46 pm

that's EXACTLY the spirit! Fjordhammer is the greatest metal band ever! even the tour bus has spikes and blades!

Post by **EvilTobbacconist** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:49 pm

Wow, hope I have enough spiky bitz to live up to your expectations.

Post by **IVhorseman** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:38 am

EvilTobbacconist wrote:Wow, hope I have enough spiky bitz to live up to your expectations.

i hope you have some idea on how to make a lego guitar

Post by **Houndis** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:32 am

IVhorseman wrote:as for the army of metal, i think you should call them "Fjordhammer". Fjordhammer (and no, it's not a real band) is the finnish heavy-black-speed-doom metal band formed in the 1980s by Helmut Borgir. with such hits as "Barbed-wire blanket" and "Smashed with a Flaming Axe", they are an unstoppable force of heavy f*cking metal.

soldiers consist of enraged fans, roadies, and security guards. Heroes are the band members themselves. Minifigs should be dressed ranging from outlandish viking and medieval weaponry and armor, to the generic long hair, black t-shirt and jeans look.

What? Finnish? May I ask why Finnish? Is it because many rock/metal bands are from here? And one thing: why on Earth would a Finnish band have name like that? Helmut Borgir itself sounds more like Norwegian, and so does the name of the band. And BTW, there is no fjords in Finland. Norway has them, and it has much of them

But for the army itself, that's a good idea. Enraged fans would do anything their idols want and are ready to wipe out all polices and military forces that try to stop them.

Post by **IVhorseman** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:44 pm

i just picked some random scandanavian country. scandanavian metal is simultaneously the heaviest and the funniest metal there is.

and yeah, i'm fairly certain Borgir is Norwegian: the death metal band Dimmu Borgir is (i believe) from norway

Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:54 pm

Houndis wrote:
IVhorseman wrote:as for the army of metal, i think you should call them "Fjordhammer". Fjordhammer (and no, it's not a real band) is the finnish heavy-black-speed-doom metal band formed in the 1980s by Helmut Borgir. with such hits as "Barbed-wire blanket" and "Smashed with a Flaming Axe", they are an unstoppable force of heavy f*cking metal.

soldiers consist of enraged fans, roadies, and security guards. Heroes are the band members themselves. Minifigs should be dressed ranging from outlandish viking and medieval weaponry and armor, to the generic long hair, black t-shirt and jeans look.
What? Finnish? May I ask why Finnish? Is it because many rock/metal bands are from here? And one thing: why on Earth would a Finnish band have name like that? Helmut Borgir itself sounds more like Norwegian, and so does the name of the band. And BTW, there is no fjords in Finland. Norway has them, and it has much of them

I totally support this army idea, by virtue of it being awesome.

Now to take the questions in order:

Q: Why Finnish?
A: Because any regular metal band becomes EVEN MORE METAL if you tell people it's Finnish. Everyone knows this.

Q: Why on Earth would a Finnish band have a Norwegian-sounding name?
A: A Finnish band wouldn't have a Norwegian name. This is a METAL band. Giving a metal band a Norwegian name makes it SUPER METAL. This is common knowledge.

Q: Why would a Finnish band be named after Norwegian fjords?
A: Fjords are TOTALLY METAL. This truth is held to be self-evident.

If we had a Finnish band, with a real Finnish name, and it actually came from Finland, that would seem too much like following proper rules. Following rules is NOT METAL. In conclusion, Fjordhammer rules. (Except it needs a lot more umlauts and a super-metal logo treatment.)

Post by **Houndis** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:42 pm

Hmm, I'll need a moment to fix my thoughts.
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There. Moment spent by fixing my thoughts.

At first. I'm not any fan of metal, so is it even possible for metal music to be funny? It doesn't sound right. As if pacifist music would encourage you to kill someone.

Oh great and honored Admin, I thank you for solving answers. Now I can stop asking these stupid questions. But for 'Everyone knows this' things, I must admit: I didn't know any of them (propably because you just made those up, but since you always win What I Say Goes, I'll just live with those). Actually this makes me even happier to be Finnish. Dunno why, maybe it's because normally Finnish people are simpler than you guys

Post by **IVhorseman** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:17 pm

Heavy Death Metal is funny because all they do is scream and smash their guitars, yet somehow it's considered good music by some. that, and the song titles: cannibal corpse, a death metal band, has songs titled - no joke - "Mummified in Barbed Wire" "Rotted Body Landslide" "Castrated by Blunt Force" and "Hammer Smashed Face". and they're dead serious.

and the name fjordhammer came from me and a bunch of friends trying to think of a metal band name. We first settled on "Nordhammer" as a generic metal name. then we realized "Fjord" replaced "Nord" to be about 5 times as funny. Fjordhammer was bord (i suggest umlauts over the o, the e, and possibly the j for even MORE useless dots).

and for those of you not in the know, i didn't say umlauts are useless. heavy metal just likes to put umlauts where they don't belong, like over every vowel. why? cause it's the most metal thing you can do to words. ever.

Post by **Blitzen** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:30 pm

jene Sänger sind heiße Affen im Eis innen Fjördhämmër

Post by **IVhorseman** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:33 pm

Blitzen wrote:jene Sänger sind heiße Affen im Eis innen Fjördhämmër

you see? THAT IS METAL.

Post by **Skinnydude** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:37 pm

If it's going to be a Metal band, then they need to have some of those flamethrower mask things that Rammstein uses. Maybe give the roadies some armored buses, covered in spikes and chains of course.

Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:14 pm

Houndis wrote:At first. I'm not any fan of metal, so is it even possible for metal music to be funny?

The answer to your question is Metalocalypse.

The second answer is GWAR.

All other metal is also funny by definition, but those are the ultimate examples.

Post by **piltogg** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:06 pm

how does my suggesting of a metal theamed army lead to all this. honestly
completely unrealated to the comunity army idea

Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:08 pm

I totally disagree. This is all important data to consider when designing a metal themed army.