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The Metal Butterfly (imgur.com)

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[–]femaiden 273 points274 points ago

Since we're reposting metal cartoons in this thread: Mastodon Blood and Thunder

[–]zombiebunnie 92 points93 points ago

The animated version

[–]mowens87 8 points9 points ago

Time to go listen to Leviathan.

[–]MrTeddybear 24 points25 points ago

I love Mastadon!

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

Whales and Whale related things in general seem to be pretty damn metal.

[–]753861429-951843627 11 points12 points ago

There is another band that agrees.

[–]Thomassn 18 points19 points ago

These guys make whales seem even more metal (Gojira)

[–]underattack86 0 points1 point ago

WE HAVE TO FIND THE WHALES

[–]FuneralPlanet 6 points7 points ago

Ahab right on the front page. Awesome.

[–]Asshole_Nord 4 points5 points ago

I fucking love whales!!!!!!! (not Wales)

[–]HammaTimeSlave 7 points8 points ago

Still my favorite song by Mastodon

[–]pantallica_51 0 points1 point ago

Don't pull your penis out unless you really need too.

[–]1987ScreamBloodyGore 5 points6 points ago

Their are not words to describe how much I love you right now.

[–]Kaelter 4 points5 points ago

God damn it stop tempting me with your grammatical errors reddit! I've turned away from my grammar-nazi ways! Why won't you leave me alone?!

[–]urbn 0 points1 point ago

It's not Mastodon, but it is SOD Free dirty needles animated.

[–]Samuel_Gompers 0 points1 point ago

I've always thought this comic was well done, except Ahab loses in the novel...along with all but one man on the Pequod.

[–]lurkallthethings 0 points1 point ago

Well when he goes to jail for murder he will have lost sooo..

[–]redditer420 -1 points0 points ago

the daughter of a guitarist in mastodon was in my bio class two years ago.

[–]BreakerGandalf 7 points8 points ago

How is that ironic?

[–]dinghie 2 points3 points ago

No, that's not ironic.

[–]femaiden 0 points1 point ago

Wow, thats actually pretty spectacular. I was very very drunk one night on a campus bus and some girl said she was friends with Wolfgang Van Halen. That's all I remember though. There was more to the story, but I was the most fucked up I've ever been in my life and don't remember. Something about "Wolfie"

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[–]femaiden 1 point2 points ago

Sorry to disappoint?

[–]WC_Cowpony 47 points48 points ago

I prefer Iron Butterfly

[–]fucking_leverpostej 15 points16 points ago

And so he did...

[–]TheInsaneDane 8 points9 points ago

fucking_makrelsalat

[–]fucking_leverpostej 7 points8 points ago

fucking_hytteost

[–]TheInsaneDane 6 points7 points ago

fucking_spegepølse

[–]fucking_leverpostej 6 points7 points ago

fucking_frikadellefars

[–]TheInsaneDane 5 points6 points ago

fucking_rødbedesuppe

[–]fucking_leverpostej 0 points1 point ago

fucking_sylte

[–]garbagemonkey 38 points39 points ago

Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[–]zstone 21 points22 points ago

I can fly twice as high

[–]yeah_bud 15 points16 points ago

Take a look

[–]SocialCharade 11 points12 points ago

Its in a book!

[–]Neverborn 9 points10 points ago

A Reading Rainbow.

[–]ComebackShane 4 points5 points ago

YOU CAN'T DISAPPOINT A PICTURE!!

[–]beirosilverleaf 4 points5 points ago

SET PHASERS TO 'LOVE ME'!!

[–]WeirdIdeasCO 1 point2 points ago

Suddenly, nostalgia.

[–]psych0ranger 6 points7 points ago

NIGGA!

[–]RedLeader342 71 points72 points ago

I cry every time

[–]Menospan 22 points23 points ago

i cri 5evar

[–]xandan 2 points3 points ago

"that's longer than forever"

[–]1amathrowaway 12 points13 points ago

*tim, dumbass.

[–]mortiphago 8 points9 points ago

evertim is poptart incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcn1Q9fWahM

evrytiem is 5ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQuR8LVKhUE

~internet connoiseur

[–]Keksi 4 points5 points ago

Dafuq did I just watch???

[–]corynnm 8 points9 points ago

God, Tim don't be such an idiot.

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[–]AlphaSkag1 1 point2 points ago

Liek this if you crae evey tim

[–]crieseverytime -1 points0 points ago

No. I cry every time.

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[–]AMostOriginalUserNam -4 points-3 points ago

Seriously? Again?

[–]FapMyShrooms 21 points22 points ago

My friend actually turned this into a video awhile back.

[–]JasuntheCoconut[S] 0 points1 point ago

That's awesome!

[–]BigRpp 10 points11 points ago

Death to all but metaaal!!!!

[–]licks_hamstrings 7 points8 points ago

Death to all butt metal.

[–]Keksi -2 points-1 points ago

hehehe butt head

[–]everflow 2 points3 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI1SU-dZF3E

[–]solargatorade 2 points3 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUTpRhVYR4

[–]Meezi 2 points3 points ago

Holy shit.

These guys are AMAZING.

[–]darkharlequin 2 points3 points ago

tear thank you. thank. you. tear

[–]solargatorade 0 points1 point ago

I am so fucking glad that people like them!

[–]darkharlequin 0 points1 point ago

this actually sent me on a search, through reddit I discovered a post in /r/metal about the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal(NWOTHM), and a fuck ton of more bands. Just put together a grooveshark playlist of a bunch of the bands I found. Also found that someone started a NWOTHM facebook group. I'm in so much 80's speed metal heaven right now.

This is what I grew up with, literally. My mom and dad were in an 80's thrash/hair metal band.

[–]solargatorade 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for introducing me to the new term! While still talking about the old, have a look at what this guy is (was?) doing, I think you will like it.

[–]Iphotographboobs 5 points6 points ago

IRON BUTTERFLY

[–]sqrt-1loveyou 6 points7 points ago

I AM THE GOD OF HELL FIRE

[–]Iphotographboobs 7 points8 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/sRcvw.jpg

[–]sqrt-1loveyou 2 points3 points ago

I BRING YOOOOU

[–]yeah_bud 1 point2 points ago

Arthur Brown , not Iron Butterfly. .

[–]colinq 36 points37 points ago

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title comnts points age /r/
Monarch Butterfly (X-post from r/funny, fixed for trees) 16coms 467pts 3mos trees
Monarch Butterfly 61coms 894pts 3mos funny
I met a butterfly the other day 2coms 26pts 9mos comics
I met a butterfly the other day 28coms 177pts 9mos pics
A stranger's advice 2coms 10pts 10mos funny
I met a butterfly the other day... I asked him what he wanted... 3coms 16pts 1yr pics
I was just hanging out in the backyard, about to mow the lawn, when a monarch butterfly flew over and landed on my finger. 53coms 130pts 2yrs pics
There are angels among us 3coms 106pts 5mos funny
Those things happen. 33coms 558pts 9mos WTF
Aahhh... the randomnEss... 5coms 10pts 9mos funny

source: karmadecay

[–]Thefriendlyfaceplant 11 points12 points ago

Fair enough that's only three times on the frontpage.

[–]TreesRNoMakeMeDumb 17 points18 points ago

Four. And this seriously made it in WTF?? I don't understand these default subreddits anymore.

[–]relic2279 11 points12 points ago

Karmadecay doesn't go back far enough. I posted it 4 years ago and it made the front page then.

http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/7a2rs/so_i_met_a_butterfly_the_other_day_comic/

[–]Grunram 5 points6 points ago

Fuck, 4 years...

I think you win.

[–]TheLastHonestMan 2 points3 points ago

And the Speed Metal has still not returned to the land

[–]Blueplastic1 4 points5 points ago

Seriously, this has been posted on /r/WTF?

558 points

lol

[–]ThatIsMyHat 1 point2 points ago

Some of those have different things in the last panel. The one I originally saw had the line "I truly feel like I was visited by an angel on that day" at the bottom.

[–]299314 1 point2 points ago

I looked at the comments of #7 of that list and saw MrOhHai. I almost cried. It was the last post he ever posted. He didn't have karmadecay, just dedication and hate. Nobody appreciated him, and now he's gone...

Anyway, he had one you missed.

[–]colinq 0 points1 point ago

What happened to him? I guess I joined too late to hear the story.

[–]299314 1 point2 points ago

Idk, he just vanished. A lot of people hated him. If you look at his total comment karma, it was around -1000 before his third to last post.

[–]colinq 0 points1 point ago

weird

[–]panaz 2 points3 points ago

Can't believe its been reposted that many times and this is my first time seeing it.

[–]ImActuallyLieing 1 point2 points ago

I can't believe it was posted to WTF and Trees.

[–]SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE 6 points7 points ago

And then there was Municipal Waste, and it was good.

[–]Illwish 2 points3 points ago

And there was the inevitable genre police post telling you that Municipal Waste are a crossover thrash band (more so in their earlier period and they've moved into more straightforward thrash territory these days) and 'speed metal' is something entirely different.

[–]Valgrindar 2 points3 points ago

I am a genre police veteran, so I can help here.

"Speed metal" isn't really a term most metalheads can agree upon. For some, it's an umbrella term which can cover thrash and power, or either of those genres mixed with traditional heavy metal (from early Blind Guardian or Helloween to plain old thrash like Metal Church or Overkill). For others it's much more specific. Ultimately, I never thought of it as an "official" genre so much as a descriptor for power-y thrash bands. However, I think the resurgence of 80's-styled thrash metal is close enough for this comic to work.

[–]Prince_Clovis 1 point2 points ago

This is pretty spot on. Depending on the opinion of the author of the comic, "80's speed metal" could mean anything from Helloween and Blind Guardain, as you mentioned, or it could mean Slayer and Megadeth. The problem is the ambiguity of the definition- Thrash describes a set of musical characteristics: generally fast, with harsher vocals that aren't yet death growls, etc, whereas 'Speed Metal' (In the purest form of the term) is just a term for the speed at which it is played.

Add to that the fact that Slayer and Overkill's early albums (Show No Mercy and Feel the Fire) get classified as speed metal about half the time, and it's just confusing as hell.

[–]splorf 0 points1 point ago

Just saw them last week. So good. Garbage all over the audience in the front, I was in the back.

[–]Valgrindar 0 points1 point ago

I was going to see them for the first time in Boston last Monday, but the coach I was going to take was canceled due to Sandy. That was a pretty big disappointment, since I was especially looking forward to Napalm Death and Vektor.

[–]splorf 0 points1 point ago

Hopefully you'll get the chance again soon! Party!

[–]old_calico_cat 1 point2 points ago

Wow. The Metal Butterfly comic. Haven't seen that in a while.

[–]BoldTitan 1 point2 points ago

That's a female butterfly. Male monarchs have two symmetrical black dots on their wings in the lower area

[–]abirdonthewire 1 point2 points ago

original source

created by Dustin Snider

[–]CerpinTaxes 17 points18 points ago

Why would you cut off the punchline?

[–]solargatorade 117 points118 points ago

I don't like the punchline.

[–]doobry 64 points65 points ago

It's much better without it.

[–]SocialCharade 34 points35 points ago

Because that's not even a punchline. It's just terrible.

[–]Wonka_Vision 18 points19 points ago

Because they always misspell truly.

[–]mu_mu_lambda 3 points4 points ago

Why would you not post the version where he suddenly grows a mullet when the butterfly leaves. It's been a few years since I've seen that one ):

[–]inikul 20 points21 points ago

I'm happy he did. Fuck spelling mistakes.

[–]taironias 7 points8 points ago

Punchline is horrible.

[–]J03YW 5 points6 points ago

ANGELOFDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATHHHhhh

MARCH TO THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD

[–]downvotesallaround 17 points18 points ago

MONARCH TO THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD

[–]longhairedthrowawaya 6 points7 points ago

INFAMOUS BUTTERFLY ANGEL OF DEEAAATTHHH

[–]brandus 3 points4 points ago

CAPS LOCK = comedy gold !

[–]AriBBCP 6 points7 points ago

????

wrong post?

[–]CosmicToaster 1 point2 points ago

Oldie but a goodie.

[–]someshooter 1 point2 points ago

It never left. Exhibit A

[–]PandemoniumX101 0 points1 point ago

Close enough for me...

[–]1987ScreamBloodyGore 0 points1 point ago

Sweet.

[–]13zamanis 0 points1 point ago

Is that joseph gordon-levitt??

[–]J_Sass 0 points1 point ago

I think this is old enough to join /r/forwardsfromgrandma

[–]slangwich 0 points1 point ago

can somebody make the 4th panel Facebook cover-photo size?

[–]tesla_was_robbed 0 points1 point ago

I remember this from the years I spent on UG's Pit as a teenager. That place was the beginning of my internet corruption.

[–]wesleyt89 0 points1 point ago

That's not funny

[–]whynotquebec 0 points1 point ago

That failed in 2004, didn't it?

[–]limegreenbrian 0 points1 point ago

expected a metallurgic lepidopteran, leaving just as satisfied

[–]FourBeersThePirate 0 points1 point ago

Holy old....

[–]beefsteez 0 points1 point ago

you mean Blooderfly

[–]Mastotron 0 points1 point ago

This made my day. On a side note, I have yet to find a band as heavy as Gojira.

[–]atomictaniwha 0 points1 point ago

Awesome

[–]D3ADGUY 0 points1 point ago

the band speedwolf has answered that call.

[–]Altarium 0 points1 point ago

Warbringer is doin a decent job of it.

[–]factotum218 0 points1 point ago

Oldie but goodie! _\m/

[–]Taatero 0 points1 point ago

Is that Philip DeFranco?

[–]wittgensteinl 0 points1 point ago

I must apologize, but while awesome, Mastodon is not speed metal. This is speed metal.

[–]bigred42 0 points1 point ago

This made my day.

[–]darkharlequin 0 points1 point ago

he, I've had this on my hard drive for years not.

but regardless, repost or not, this thread has gotten me a bunch of speed metal bands I hadn't heard of, so I'm happy. Now off to fold laundry, piss of the neighbors, and break my neck.

[–]Gentlementlmen 0 points1 point ago

This was the first post i saw on reddit and made me join. Not sure if upvote or downvote.

[–]TheLastHonestMan 0 points1 point ago

I think You heard the Metal Monarch wrong!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQm-nSjuHI

[–]emann43 0 points1 point ago

Clayman II: 2014. Please.

[–]polewiki 0 points1 point ago

That guy looks like Rufio.

[–]gerryn 0 points1 point ago

Poetry

[–]Zsamot 0 points1 point ago

lol... bring back 80s speed metal... fuck man. I am trying...

[–]Phelim 0 points1 point ago

Is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt?

[–]silent_p 4 points5 points ago

He has to loop back in time to the 1980s to bring back 80s speed metal.

[–]ninja_stalker 4 points5 points ago

I would watch the shit out if that movie.

[–]reddit_user13 0 points1 point ago

True story, bro... it happened In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby.

[–]HammerKnife 0 points1 point ago

Just thought i'd leave this here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q89x5mLpYG0

[–]betterpc 0 points1 point ago

The last frame is missing, see at http://www.eatliver.com/i.php?n=2916

[–]someguy73 -4 points-3 points ago

Punchline in the title.

[–]mackavicious 2 points3 points ago

I thought it was a funny metal sculpture of a butterfly. Seriously.

[–]JackWeston007 5 points6 points ago

Not really. I had no idea where this was going. It's in /r/funny not /r/music so metal really didn't imply metal music at all. And the words "the metal butterfly" are not seen anywhere throughout the comic so it's obviously not the punchline.

[–]MadHatter69 2 points3 points ago

Wouldn't \m/ be the punchline?

[–]laurenmunster -1 points0 points ago

Thrash metal is good too, you know......Metallica<3

[–]egor83 -1 points0 points ago

Hey! It's missing the last line

[–]schwagle 15 points16 points ago

It's also better without the last line.

[–]elretardado -1 points0 points ago

Mercury is a metal >_>

[–]Eddyoshi -1 points0 points ago

I thought it would be about a metal butterfly that couldnt fly, was disapointed

[–]Br0hemia -1 points0 points ago

I always call this meme the iron butterfly, because you know, puns.

[–]Narroo -1 points0 points ago

Shoulda gone with "Iron Butterfly".

[–]0011110000110011 -1 points0 points ago

Ding ding ding! Five reposts in a row on the front page! That's it - I'm unsubscribing from /r/funny.

[–]zerulia -1 points0 points ago

Ah was having The Book of Heavy Metal in my head all night. Must have been the butterfly.

[–]Sheldon86 -2 points-1 points ago

The Darkness is on it!

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