Another stab at Only

[Thrashard]

@vomit: send me a blatz please.

 

[Deege]

POT is heavy as fuck and the majority of it is thrash. It may be different than ATL but still has a signature Athrax sound. Sure Belly of The Best might not be the heaviest Thrash song. But I'd say songs like Time, Discharge, One Man Stands, Got The Time, Keep it in The Family, etc are definetely thrash.

I don't like much from SOWN. Songs like Only and Black Lodge make me i'll. When Only was released I felt like I just got kicked in the balls. Anthrax would never be the same. Is that a 'good' record. Sure, its written well and produced well. But that was the gateway to Anthrax turning into an average sounding generic band and started the demise of the band. But luckily it appears they may have finally figured it out 20 years later. We shall see

I don't see how you can honestly say they have figured it out 20 years later. Based on what? The music they played live with Dan Nelson, musically, wasn't much different from any John Bush era material. The only difference in this band right now (aside from it not being a priority to the members) is that they hired their old singer. That's not going to change much. And it certainly doesn't sound like they've "finally figured" things out...yeah - publicly slamming Joey, talking about how they really wanted John back, and then "settling" for Joey really makes them seem like they have thier shit together.

 

[Jono]

Sorry, still don't dig the opera vocals.

From the guy who's a Devin Townsend fan

 

[Jono]

It still sounds too low to me. Dude has a higher range. Sing it higher.

 

[vomit]

And it certainly doesn't sound like they've "finally figured" things out...yeah - publicly slamming Joey, talking about how they really wanted John back, and then "settling" for Joey really makes them seem like they have thier shit together.

Preach on. I was at a loss as to what MF09 meant by his statement as well. In reality this band has been doing one assine thing after another.....starting witht the runup to the reunion tour about 6 years ago.

 

[DumbAss]

From the guy who's a Devin Townsend fan

A "Wilful" Devin Townsend fan.

 

[ironmaidenfan09]

I don't see how you can honestly say they have figured it out 20 years later. Based on what? The music they played live with Dan Nelson, musically, wasn't much different from any John Bush era material. The only difference in this band right now (aside from it not being a priority to the members) is that they hired their old singer. That's not going to change much. And it certainly doesn't sound like they've "finally figured" things out...yeah - publicly slamming Joey, talking about how they really wanted John back, and then "settling" for Joey really makes them seem like they have thier shit together.

Based on them finally getting Joey back (Even if he was 3rd choice) and hopefully returning to their Thrash roots. All of the drama within the band is another story. I am speaking purely musically. They are at least in the right direction having their best era singer back in the band and there are signs of them returning back to a more Thrash sound. Thats all I really give a shit about. Other than SOWN they really haven't done anything good since Joey was out of the band. Not just speaking vocally I am speaking musically.

 

[Jono]

A "Wilful" Devin Townsend fan.

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