Talk:Mandatory Suicide

Mandatory Suicide a "ripoff" of For Whom the Bell Tolls?

This statement sounds more like someone's opinion than general consensus. I am a guitarist and, while that doesn't confer me special authority, it gives me a bit of musical knowledge that the average listener may lack... The two songs share only passing similarities, not enough in my opinion to even merit mention of a "ripoff" in this article. MS starts with an instantly-recognizable harmonized guitar melody based on Slayer's infamous "Diabolus in Musica" augmented-fifth dissonant interval (which FWTBT doesn't employ); Hanneman and King contrast their parts by having one ascend while the other descends. FWTBT does not feature anything like that either. The one riff that's similar is the chromatic-descending power chords right before the verses in MS. Chromatic chord progressions are pretty standard in metal, so this isn't a ripoff. I propose deleting this reference to a ripoff unless a well-argued, factually-based case for the ripoff is made. I think I've argued the opposite well enough here. -Daniel Villalobos 17:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)