He is nearly 33 too...

yes, Sir James is getting old, love the avatar

would Venetian Snares be more fitting to be IDM satan?

we should consider what is more scary?

1) befriend with a child killer

or

2) Come to daddy

befriend a child killer, most definitely....but some of the things on SAW II are even scarier

SAW II always gave me more of an alien-desolate feeling.

You wanna know scary? Falling asleep to 'The Fairy Tale' (Biosphere - Microgravity) for roughly a dozen evenings in a row without realizing anything, and then finally realizing the voice on the track was saying this: "I looked across the square and watched the turrets burning in blue fire. They had gasoline that burned at all colours by then... just look at them out there, all those little figures dissolving in light. Rather like fairy land, isnt it? Except for the smell of gasoline and burning flesh."

i've never noticed that on the album, thanks for pointing it out, now I will analyze!

'all the children are dead', without a doubt.

that low-pitched intro doode (just before that gabba pounding kicks in) describing the entering into a room full of dismembered children bodies (or, at least, that's what i *think* i hear him saying) and ending with "do you believer in monsters, do you believe in demons?"
[thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-tandarrrraraammmmmm]

"there were seventy four children murdered, one right after another..." (or something like that. it makes 'come to daddy' sound like some nursery rhyme ditty)

[and, let's face it, funk looks like the devil lord himself. saw this photo of him wearing some kind of a devilish - or ,aybe not - symbol on his forehead. scare-ree]

and, i don't think of him (snares) as a satan himself.

personally, i think of him as a guy who would whoop satan's ass with no problem whatsoever, y'know, just for fun.

all the children are dead, how can I forget about that song?

yeah mr funk probably would give satan an enema!

I wanted to wright a big reply to this subjected but ill keep it short IDM will not die it will just grow arms and sub genres will come from it I agree with most of what has been put in this thread
I propose new IDM genre RIDM= really inteligent dance music or NSIDM = not so inteligent dance music yer I know im not funny