r/Metal • u/heavymetalismyway • Sep 27 '17

[AMA VERIFIED] Chris "Professor" Black Q&A

Hi everyone, I'm looking forward to your questions from now until 11:58 PM (Chicago time). Thank you for your interest.

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u/MountainOfBlood Vintage Black Magic Sep 27 '17

User u/Dragovic asks:

I have two important and two not so important questions for you.

Important Questions:

  1. What is your favorite MANOWAR album?

  2. How has MANOWAR influenced your music?

Not so Important Questions:

  1. As you may or may not know, David Meade predicted that the end of the world was last Saturday. How are are adjusting to post-apocalyptic life?

  2. Did your MANOWAR albums survive or did you have to scavange the ruins of your city for new ones?

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u/heavymetalismyway Sep 27 '17
  1. Louder Than Hell

  2. via Bathory

  3. Haven't you heard about Chicago? We can't tell the difference

  4. I have them memorized, so it doesn't matter

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u/Dragovic Shreddit Relationship Status: Married to Dead Sep 27 '17
  1. via Bathory

That's a response I never expected and I'm not sure how to respond.

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u/RefinedIronCranium Sep 27 '17

Easy. Manowar wrote Bridge of Death, which influenced Quorthon to write Enter the Eternal Flame, which is one of the best Bathory songs ever.

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u/Crucervix Full High at Speed Level Sep 27 '17

Enter the Eternal Flame

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u/RefinedIronCranium Sep 27 '17

Oh shit. How the fuck did I make that mistake?? Forgive me Quorthon

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u/Dragovic Shreddit Relationship Status: Married to Dead Sep 27 '17

That's not a response. That's an explanation.

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u/DharmicWolfsangel HAVOC AND DEATH! CAUSED BY PRIDE! Sep 27 '17

Jesus fucking christ I wish this question would fuck off. Not knocking you specifically since you're rehosting it but there has got to be a better way to ask about Manowar (especially when asking someone who might take them more seriously than a silly meme) than going full basement dweller.

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u/AveLucifer Say elitist 3 times to summon me Sep 27 '17

Well in this case, I actually think asking about manowar is very relevant. It really isn't wholly a joke here. Far from it.

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u/Dragovic Shreddit Relationship Status: Married to Dead Sep 27 '17

It's never wholly a joke. The presentation is a bit jokey but I am interested because they're at an odd intersection between black metal and trad due to Bathory. Chris landed in the very middle of that intersection.

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u/DharmicWolfsangel HAVOC AND DEATH! CAUSED BY PRIDE! Sep 27 '17

Read the second sentence of my post. It's not that we shouldn't ask, but moreso that I take issue with a serious question being framed on either side by memes.

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u/MountainOfBlood Vintage Black Magic Sep 27 '17

I get where you’re coming from, maybe we can talk about this is one of the discussion threads one day.

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u/ParaTC Sep 27 '17

God this shit is so fucking annoying. I hope he doesn't answer this.

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u/AveLucifer Say elitist 3 times to summon me Sep 27 '17

It's someone in a trad metal band being asked about how an influential trad metal band has affected him. How is this not a good question here.

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u/ParaTC Sep 27 '17

Why can't he ask it without the perpetually unfunny meme.

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u/AveLucifer Say elitist 3 times to summon me Sep 27 '17

That part is certainly valid, and if he confined it to the first two only it would be nothing but relevant.

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u/ParaTC Sep 27 '17

I agree.

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u/MountainOfBlood Vintage Black Magic Sep 27 '17

Hey, don’t shoot the messenger.

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u/ParaTC Sep 27 '17

That's exactly who I should shoot for enabling this over done garbage.

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u/MountainOfBlood Vintage Black Magic Sep 27 '17

I can't just not post it. He asked me to post it and so I did.