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[no country for old wainds]

I don't mean "emo" as shorthand for emotional. I mean it, in this context, as shorthand for a kind of whiny romantic outlook, particularly one with a juvenile or youthful approach, especially awful when paired with the creepy stalker vibes Watching from a Distance provides. It's basically dear diary doom metal. Dear diary, today I stalked this attractive young woman. Dear diary, when will she notice me?

your interpretation implies you haven't exactly read the lyrics very closely so idk why i'm bothering really, but i'd argue that aside from the occasional on-the-nose line it's quite mature, in the sense of being weathered and weighed down by painful, hard-earned self-knowledge. there is a childlike sense of wonder and hope shining through it, but that's a far cry from the kind of teenybopper shit you're trying to compare it to.

 

[LuminousAether]

your interpretation implies you haven't exactly read the lyrics very closely so idk why i'm bothering really, but i'd argue that aside from the occasional on-the-nose line it's quite mature, in the sense of being weathered and weighed down by painful, hard-earned self-knowledge. there is a childlike sense of wonder and hope shining through it, but that's a far cry from the kind of teenybopper shit you're trying to compare it to.

It's an incredibly beta whine fest of epic proportions. I gave it a fair shot and it made me disgusted at the person that wrote it.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Feelings are only for girls. Real men have hearts hewn from stone.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Cultes des Ghoules

 

[CiG]

I dunno, this guy seems like a total fucktard. Not because he isn't dickriding Warning though.

Masterpiece!

 

[LuminousAether]

Feelings are only for girls. Real men have hearts hewn from stone.

Nah, real men have the stones to not "watch from a distance" and they definitely don't sing in an overbearing Ozzy imitation style about this.

Ingrain - Aembers

 

[CiG]

But they do make albums with glittery reindeer on the cover.

 

[no country for old wainds]

imagine how great an atmospheric black metal album with that cover art must be

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Nah, real men have the stones to not "watch from a distance" and they definitely don't sing in an overbearing Ozzy imitation style about this.

I'm not sure how someone could think that Patrick Walker is imitating Ozzy Osbourne if they've heard both singers.

 

[LuminousAether]

don't have to imagine, here's the whole thing. only an ep, pretty different take on the style. never been disappointed by an Israeli metal band.

I'm not sure how someone could think that Patrick Walker is trying to sound like Ozzy Osbourne.

And I'm not sure how someone could even suggest otherwise. It's a dead on imitation.

 

[CiG]

They sound pretty much nothing alike.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

It's really not. Patrick Walker sings in a much more dramatic style and uses vibrato. They're both tenors and that's where the similarity ends.

His vocals on The Strength to Dream are more similar to Ozzy's, but his main influence at that time is probably actually Bobby Liebling. Between the two albums, he had professional training and worked as an actor in the theater.

 

[LuminousAether]

It's that same kind of nasally strained voice done by a guy that can't sing for shit.

 

[CiG]

 

[ImmenseButchery81]

DEFEATED SANITY
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD

 

[ImmenseButchery81]

EHG
SOUTHERN FUCKING SLUDGE

 

[EspaDa]

EHG
SOUTHERN FUCKING SLUDGE

Sisterfucker duo

 

[CiG]

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

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I THINK I JUST FUCKED UP

Man, I got quite a bit of mileage out of that and the first Whore album when they first came out.

 

[CiG]

Two amazing albums, some of my favourites. Headsplit somewhat recently reissued them on tape which is fucking cool.