Recent content by wagontrain

Drawing Down the Moon has good production. I agree that the vocals are the best part though. Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance deserves mention on any best vocalist list for this performance.

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I find myself wondering why there is such a huge backlash against the idea that many of the most popular metal bands are popular for the same reason that the biggest pop bands are popular. That is, catchiness and accessibility. Generally speaking, the biggest pop bands in history have been...

Of all the insightful posts in this thread, yours have definitely been of the highest quality. I'm just waiting for you to top an already supreme effort with something about fucking my mother or raping my dead sister. Keep up the good work.

I'm not following the irony in that? In both cases, I am ridiculing the stereotypical metalhead. And, though this is not my personal intention, don't you think a little bit of snobbery helps serve to balance against the widespread sucking-off of classic metal bands? It's the yin and the...

As a matter of fact, I DO like Demilich. One of the 10 or so death metal bands I know that I like. Dude, I know. If you would recall the events in this thread, I said that mainstream metal is similar to mainstream pop in regards to the fanbase. Then I said I liked some mainstream pop more...

Fair enough. I await your analysis. I don't think much of that booklet idea. The music should be able to stand on it's own. No amount of pictures or text will make up for pointless music, to me. Maybe thisisaformicatable will like it. :lol:

Way to go buddy.

Uh, you messed up the red tag. I said just like 5 minutes ago that I haven't been here very long... What makes you think I'm trying to be "smart" or trendy? I'm trying to be smart by saying I think heavy metal sucks in a thread about which music sucks? If you say so. Or maybe typing in...

I had you on the first part, but lost you on the second. I don't like 99% of death metal. And raw BM is some of my favorite. But what do you have against the mentioned bands? Also, the 4 you mentioned sound almost completely different, or were you just indicating the USBM scene in general...

MasterOLightning, what do you think about the ambient/progressive interludes in every song? Are there any you specifically like or dislike? In general? Do you find them "genius" or "boring and pointless"? I ask because you clearly know your DsO and have given the new album more than a...

You are absolutely right in both paragraphs. I brought up time signatures in reference to calling Weakling "progressive black metal", since odd time signatures is generally the main criteria for progressive categorization. And yeah, DsO is extremely complex, too bad I can't hear it.

Do you really think I'm just here to pull peoples chains? I may be saying things in an abrasive manner, but I do mean (roughly) what I say, and I have better things to do with my time than troll.

No, I guess I just come off that way in the process of trying to be trendy.

Yeah, I think that is a pretty damn solid answer. Can't dispute it.