My new site design! 3 hours work so far

Ok, Im not in school anymore and I have way too much time on my hands.. so I finally decided to start a website :D

Since i'm big with music, I decided to start a metal resource site. The preview below it just an image. I havn't coded it yet.. thats straight from photoshop.

It can be seen here: http://metalblunt.com/metal.html

Please let me know what you think.

Colors? Images? General feel?

I'm sorta disappointed because I see too many sites that look like this.. It's not a rip from anywhere, but I think it's a popular design layout :(

Also, I tried making some small parts and some text orange.. but I just went with all grayscale. What do you think? :)

All feedback is appreciated :cool:

Like you say, it's early stages but I don't think you need worry about the monochromatic look - I think it's ideal for all the metallers.

Maybe you just need the odd flash of colour when things start moving (literally)?

Also, personally I wouldn't worry about adhering to convention either. If you're serious about it being a success, you'll have to conform to the 'rules' somewhere along the lines anyway.

Personally I don't like metal (do Tomahawk count?) anyway, so I'm probably not the best one to judge.

Looks Ok to me though!

I think it looks decent. Some people might
have a hard time reading the text on the
titles and buttons though. This will be
even more troublesome if someone has a
a dark screen. I like the way it looks
like right now, but I'm not sure whether
it'll be okay. It probably will, but just
in case, try out orange for that stuff
(as you said before).

You might want to bevel the logo, picture,
and text in the top banner the same way
you did with the button text. I'm not sure
what it'll look like, but you might want
to give it try.

But I think you did a good job on it. :)
Keep it up!

The pic of Mr. Osbourne ruined it for me.

As in you don't like him or it brings back painful memories of quadbike accidents?

he's a noob

Who is? Ozzy? Eh?

I'm all confused now.

Flass, you should refrain from posting so many utterly pointless posts.

Yes. Ozzy is a n00b.

Veniogenesis, that's the point isn't it?

Well, whether Ozzy rocks your world or not, I'm getting an 'account suspended' message on the link?

What gives?

FLAss, I think Venio was getting at you posting in the Coffee Lounge rather than here, maybe.

Hahhahaha oops. Misread some things here and there. Pretty dizzy back then.

cheers,
venio