Albums that start out magnificently, then trail off.

[Guthrum]

 

[dorian gray]

Hold Your Fire contains the only Rush song that I've never been able to listen to - the one at the end. It's so fucking bad. Presto, however, is a very strong album from beginning to end. I think the best track is Available Light

 

[Demilich]

wtf dorian talks about music now?

 

[Krilons Resa]

^lol


Paul Chain - Alkahest

The album fucking RULES, until Lee Dorian makes his appearance for final few tracks and opens his mouth then it all goes downhill. I can;t stand Lee Dorian's vocals.

 

[neal]

In Flames - Whoracle

first 5 tracks are amazing but after that it starts to slip. the rest of the songs are still good, just nowhere near the first half.

 

[Dark One]

In Flames - Whoracle

first 5 tracks are amazing but after that it starts to slip. the rest of the songs are still good, just nowhere near the first half.

Disagree - I think Jester Script Transfigured and Worlds Within the Margin are among their best songs ever, the others I agree are average at best.

 

[AsModEe]

I think all Arch Enemy's albums after Wages of Sin fall into the "start good, then trail off" categoy

Into Eternity "The Scattering of Ashes" While it's a very good album, after track 6 or 7 the tracks are just okay.

 

[Dark One]

I think all Arch Enemy's albums after Wages of Sin fall into the "start bad, then trail off even worse" category

Fixed.

 

[AsModEe]

ahahah

 

[Evil?]

Not sure i f i am gonna get flamed for this but, the first half of Filosem > Second half of Filosem. Who the hell wants a 3-note 25 minute synth track? Not me.

 

[Demilich]

I do! I'd prefer several if possible!

 

[JayKeeley]

Not sure i f i am gonna get flamed for this but, the first half of Filosem > Second half of Filosem. Who the hell wants a 3-note 25 minute synth track? Not me.

Hahaha, that reminds me of the review Markgugs wrote. I think he was driving when listening to that and ended up on the wrong side of the highway.

 

[Evil?]

Oh dear

The track isn't bad, I just think 25 minutes is overkill.

 

[Demilich]

Aren't Burzum albums supposedly designed to fall asleep and dream to?

 

[Evil?]

Ya, I read something about that. I am not sure if it was in regards to all the albums or just the self titled however.

 

[Evil?]

Here we go:

Burzum was supposed to be such a symbol. Burzum was an attempt to create (or "recreate" if You like) an imaginary past, a world of fantasy - that in turn was based on our Pagan past. Burzum in itself was a spell. The songs were spells and the albums were arranged in a special way, to make the spells work. Burzum was not intended for live-shows, but instead it was supposed to be listened to in the evening, when the sunbeams couldn't vaporize the power of the magic, and when the listener was alone - preferably in his or her bed, going to sleep. The two first albums are made for the LP format, meaning each side as a spell, so they don't work on CD unless you program the CD-player to only play the tracks of one side of the LP at the time. The later albums were created for CD, so they don't work as well on LP. The first track was supposed to calm down or rather "prepare" the listener, and make him or her more "susceptible" to the magic, the next song or songs were supposed to exhaust the listener and put him or her in a trancelike state of mind, and last track should "calm down" the listener and carry him or her into the "world of fantasy" - when he or she fell asleep. That was the spell, the magic that would make the imaginary past, the world of fantasy, real (in the mind of the listener). If You take a look at the Burzum albums and how they are built up You will see what I mean. The last track of the "spell" (LP side or CD) is always a calm (often synthesizer) track. Whether this works or not is of course another question, but that was the idea anyhow.

 

[Demilich]

I'd like to take this opportunity to restate that "Han Som Rieste" fucking rules!

I like how Varg can write so honestly about his intentions with his music, yet remain grounded enough to question the effectiveness of the final product.

 

[AsModEe]

Aren't Burzum albums supposedly designed to fall asleep and dream to?

it worked with me

edit: without the dream part

 

[Caelum Adustum]

I agree about Filosofem. The Crusher kind of trails off after Eight Hooves, methinks.

 

[Evil?]

I'd like to take this opportunity to restate that "Han Som Rieste" fucking rules!

I like how Varg can write so honestly about his intentions with his music, yet remain grounded enough to question the effectiveness of the final product.

I agree, that is a rad track.