Nihilist

[Black Iron Priest]

Has anyone here head of Nihilist? This is a great Thrash Band.watch?v=8b7JgGynUCMwatch?v=xpaXKSj7rSQ&list=PL2DAC91DE1C497508watch?v=lsoxXE1O25A

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Nihilist The Nihilist that became Entombed is the only one I know of. They're quite well known in the death metal world, why would a thrash band take their name? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Black Iron Priest]

I know that Nihilsit you are speaking of. The demo of the work they put out was awesome, but their later work in Entombed disappointed me. I only liked about their first two albums. I wouldn't say they stole they name. Yes, Entombed beat them to it, but I wouldn't call Nihilist stealers of the name. Maybe they had never even heard of the (Entombed) Nihilist, maybe they did. Whatever it is, I'm not worried about a band using the same name another band previously used. That would really only concern me if both bands were big time, but Nihilist changed their name to Entombed, and this new Thrash Nihilist isn't big time; they're not even signed.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Nihilist

I know that Nihilsit you are speaking of. The demo of the work they put out was awesome' date=' but their later work in Entombed disappointed me. I only liked about their first two albums. I wouldn't say they stole they name. Yes, Entombed beat them to it, but I wouldn't call Nihilist stealers of the name. Maybe they had never even heard of the (Entombed) Nihilist, maybe they did. Whatever it is, I'm not worried about a band using the same name another band previously used. That would really only concern me if both bands were big time, but Nihilist changed their name to Entombed, and this new Thrash Nihilist isn't big time; they're not even signed.[/quote'] Their first two albums are the only ones most people like, their death n roll sound after that album doesn't gain much traction with most people I know. Still, the name thing seems lame. I wouldn't name my band Incantation, even if we didn't plan on getting signed, at the very least to avoid confusion, and at the most to not have to live in the shadow of a legend for the whole of my band's existence. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[FatherAlabaster]

Their first two albums are the only ones most people like, their death n roll sound after that album doesn't gain much traction with most people I know. Still, the name thing seems lame. I wouldn't name my band Incantation, even if we didn't plan on getting signed, at the very least to avoid confusion, and at the most to not have to live in the shadow of a legend for the whole of my band's existence. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I remember a guy I used to play with suggesting that we use At The Gates as a band name, and when I asked him why on earth we'd do that, he said, "well, they're not using it anymore". It does suck that so many bands seem like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for names, but then I suppose it suits the music most of the time. From what little I've heard of these guys, they're no exception. They ripped off their entire approach to music; why not the name as well?

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Nihilist

I remember a guy I used to play with suggesting that we use At The Gates as a band name, and when I asked him why on earth we'd do that, he said, "well, they're not using it anymore". It does suck that so many bands seem like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for names, but then I suppose it suits the music most of the time. From what little I've heard of these guys, they're no exception. They ripped off their entire approach to music; why not the name as well?

You never know who will get back together though, At the Gates being a prime example. Especially now that LG is the only remaining original member, who's to say the remaining guys won't reform as Nihilist at some point like the Hoffman brothers did with Amon? Plus, you know you'll always have to be compared to them, which means you'll always fall short of the original name holder in many people's books. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[FatherAlabaster]

You never know who will get back together though, At the Gates being a prime example. Especially now that LG is the only remaining original member, who's to say the remaining guys won't reform as Nihilist at some point like the Hoffman brothers did with Amon? Plus, you know you'll always have to be compared to them, which means you'll always fall short of the original name holder in many people's books. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I agree. I thought it was a horrible idea at the time. Names are weird, though, sometimes they're chosen so arbitrarily, and so many of them are taken (I imagine you guys are the only Nevertanezra, though...). I found out about a German death metal band called Black Harvest at some point after we'd done our first recording and set up a myspace page; now there are many of us! We're all pretty small fry, too. I'm of the opinion that there's plenty of room in the world for more than one. But the band isn't doing themselves any favors by picking such a well-known name, and who knows, they might even be open to a lawsuit.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Nihilist

I agree. I thought it was a horrible idea at the time. Names are weird' date=' though, sometimes they're chosen so arbitrarily, and so many of them are taken (I imagine you guys are the only Nevertanezra, though...). I found out about a German death metal band called Black Harvest at some point after we'd done our first recording and set up a myspace page; now there are many of us! We're all pretty small fry, too. I'm of the opinion that there's plenty of room in the world for more than one. But the band isn't doing themselves any favors by picking such a well-known name, and who knows, they might even be open to a lawsuit.[/quote'] If it's an unsigned band that nobody has heard of that already has the name, especially from a different country and/or time period, then it shouldn't matter. That's a far different matter than a well known name. I had to laugh because I saw a retro thrash band with a really lame name, and there was a note on their MA page stating that they were originally calling themselves Onslaught, and somehow had never heard of the well known thrash band of the same name. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[RelentlessOblivion]

I remember when I had that thread brainstorming band names and came up with Ragnarok who I hadn't heard of at the time, glad I abandoned that idea.