1:30 previews of Five Serpent's Teeth,

[ThrashyPhil]

Good lyrics are a bonus, bad lyrics are a killer.

 

[Vedicardi]

bad lyrics are usually exclusive to hair metal or local pot drenched vegan municipal waste clone bands
in the realm of metal that is
excluding obvious things like rap and nu metal and pop metal.

 

[metallicdistort]

I disagree. The language of thrash has a certain poetry all of its own. Try all the lyrics on Demolition Hammer's Tortured Existence album. Brilliant and perfect.

I tend to find that such bands just shout 'brutal' sounding words or phrases with no real connection

 

[Keenan]

Fucking awesome. The vocals seem a bit loud though. Anyone else think that?


The title track, In Memoriam and Descent into Madness. Just..... Holy shit man. There was also a song near the middle that fucked my brain, but I forgot what it was.

 

[metallica144]

Fucking awesome. The vocals seem a bit loud though. Anyone else think that?


The title track, In Memoriam and Descent into Madness. Just..... Holy shit man. There was also a song near the middle that fucked my brain, but I forgot what it was.

indeed, especially during the first track i had those moments where i thought: '' c'mon, Matt, turn it down a bit, please''

also, the song you're talking about, do you mean Origin Of Oblivion ?

 

[metallicdistort]

Although it sounded better coming from my Sennheiser's than a PA, the audio quality of these samples was pretty horrendous, making for uncomfortable listening.

 

[Vedicardi]

sound better on 480p

 

[Caveman Ninja]

I tend to find that such bands just shout 'brutal' sounding words or phrases with no real connection

I kind of feel like you've missed the point! Yes that's what they do! But the joy is in a set of lyrics that are so brutally ridiculous that they put a massive smile on your face...

 

[MetallicSlayerDeth]

Anyone else notice Joel little bass lick in Decent Into Madness?

 

[metallicdistort]

I kind of feel like you've missed the point! Yes that's what they do! But the joy is in a set of lyrics that are so brutally ridiculous that they put a massive smile on your face...

True I guess, but I find it kinda disconcerting when bands with those lyrics, and their fans, don't realise how ridiculous they sound

 

[dethCR07]

Wow. Sounds nice so far. Matt's voice sounds brutal !!!

 

[Darkofeden]

Anyone else notice Joel little bass lick in Decent Into Madness?

Glad i'm not the only one who noticed that.

 

[metallicdistort]

I think that was the song that had a full on bass solo in it

 

[Caveman Ninja]

True I guess, but I find it kinda disconcerting when bands with those lyrics, and their fans, don't realise how ridiculous they sound

But they do realise! That's the joy of it Lyrics that will upset little old ladies and the Christian right who don't realise that it's not serious...

 

[metallicdistort]

I'm sure you get some bands who genuinely have such lyrics to seem 'dark' and 'evil', or something.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Of course you do, I won't deny that. But getting brutal lyrics right is absolutely a legitimate art-form which is overlooked by a lot of music snobs.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Also if lyrics don't matter then surely it doesn't matter that In Memoriam is for and about Mike?

 

[metallica144]

Also if lyrics don't matter then surely it doesn't matter that In Memoriam is for and about Mike?

just the fact that it's a ballad is enough for everyone to know that it's for and about Mike

 

[metallicdistort]

Also if lyrics don't matter then surely it doesn't matter that In Memoriam is for and about Mike?

To use a cliche, it's the thought that counts. Classical music, for example, does not contain any lyrics, and that doesn't detract from the meaning of the song

 

[Caveman Ninja]

To use a cliche, it's the thought that counts. Classical music, for example, does not contain any lyrics, and that doesn't detract from the meaning of the song

Yes it does! What does Beethoven's 7th mean? Yes, the music conveys a feeling but what does it actually mean? Fuck knows!