Top 10 Notices Metal Musicians Should Put on Their Studio Doors

The Top Ten
1 Joakim Broden (Sabaton): Stop crying, I'll give you a tank! Joakim "Jocke" Brodén is a Swedish-Czech singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and occasional guitarist of heavy metal band Sabaton. He and bassist Pär Sundström formed the band in 1999.

Sabaton songs are about wars and battles, esp. WW II, and tanks are everywhere in their discography.

2 Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden): Scream for me metalheads! Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number of other activities. He undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company, Cardiff Aviation, in 2012. Dickinson presented his own radio show ...read more.

He shouts 'scream for me' at live shows and depending on the city they play, he says: Scream for me London!, or, Scream for me Tokyo!

3 Tom Araya (Slayer): Behind this door even Jesus Christ listens to metal. Tomás Enrique "Tom" Araya Díaz is a Chilean American musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer.

He is a born again Christian.

4 Tobias Sammet (Edguy): Hello girls! To open the door just say "Hi Tobi, you hot little machine!" Tobias Sammet is a German metal musician, best known as the vocalist and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, as well as the founder, main singer and bassist of the metal opera Avantasia.

This is a variation of a line from his funny song Trinidad ("Hello girls! ", "Hello Tobi, you hot little machine! ").

5 Rob Halford (Judas Priest): Did you take your painkillers? Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice.
6 Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian): Open wide the gate, friend, and I will come! Hansi Kürsch, born Hans Jürgen Kürsch, is the lead singer, lyricist, co-composer and bassist for German power metal band Blind Guardian . Heavily influenced by Freddie Mercury, he creates a huge choir effect by overdubbing his own voice multiple times in complex, overlapping vocal harmonies. He records each vocal track individually because harmonizers and "perfect pitch" programs don't work with his voice due to distortion and the natural double layer effects his vocal cords have .
His early technique made use of a more aggressive and harsher, "screaming" technique . ...read more.

It's a variation of a line from his song Valhalla ("Open wide the gate, friend, the King will come").

7 Lord Worm (Cryptopsy): I'll do everything for you! My worms, too! Dan Greening, aka Lord Worm, is the original vocalist for Cryptopsy, a Canadian technical death metal band. He is also an English teacher.

Cryptopsy vocalist ate worms onstage for the delight of his audience, hence his nickname. Obviously Canadians know how to please, haha. Another Canadian, Bryan Adams, sang a famous song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".

8 Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom): Needled 24/7. Oops! Perkele! Sorry. Open 24/7. Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (April 8th 1979 - December 29th 2020) was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He is best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist, and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. He was also the guitarist for Sinergy, The Local Band, and Kylähullut.

Needled 24/7 - a song by Children Of Bodom.
Perkele - Finnish swear word Alexi used in the intro to the cover song 'Oops! I Did It Again' (B. Spears).

9 Felix Bohnke (Edguy): I serve God by playing metal. Felix Bohnke, born 2 September 1974, is the drummer of heavy metal band Edguy. He joined the band just before they recorded the Theater of Salvation album in 1998.

I've read that he is very religious.

10 Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth): I'm still hiring guardians for Asgaard! Johan Hegg, born in 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden, is the singer of melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. He joined the band in 1991.

... And I imagine all Blind Guardian members applying for the vacancies because they are sorta professional guardians, haha.

The Contenders
11 Christopher Bowes (Alestorm): Save Water, Drink Beer!
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