Bands you feel are overrated

[AchrisK]

Artillery
Vio-Lence
[...]

Incorrect.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Over-rated by whom? I hardly hear them mentioned here.

You can't assume that just cuz UM doesn't talk about it, it isn't overrated.

But I also do not think BF are overrated. DARK Funeral, yeah...BLACK Funeral? Not so much.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Artillery
Vio-Lence

Fucktard.

 

[DarkBliss]

Achrisk:There's no correct or incorrect answer. If I listed, the roster would be pretty big comprised of both classic and non-classic bands but why piss off people just for kicks?
I will allow myself this generalization and say that 99% of USBM(of both select and non-select bands) I've heard hasn't impressed me at all.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Dark Funeral are just flat out terrible (apart from some of their early recordings which are decent).

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

T'would appear not.

Was rather a surprise due to the support they have at gigs, in magazines etc.

Slipknot have support at gigs and in magazines, and we think they're a bunch of faggoty cocksuckers with stupid masks and bad music.

 

[DarkBliss]

NWOSDM

New Wave of Old School Death Metal?
Good tag, very compact.

 

[ohiogrinder]

pretty much any deathcore/scenegrind band
pretty much all Finnish neoclassical melodeath (that means you too, COB)
and no offense to cookiecutter, but most (if not all) slam death is an excercise in futility.

also these bands:

Necrophagist
Wintersun
Satyricon
Cannibal Corpse
Six Feet Under (I'm with the Greys on this, how does this band sell albums?
Deicide
Lamb Of God
Slipknot (see my comment about SFU)

 

[AchrisK]

New Wave of Old School Death Metal?
Good tag, very compact.

NWOSDM = New wave of Swedish Death Metal. In Flames, At the Gates, etc.

 

[cookiecutter]

and no offense to cookiecutter, but most (if not all) slam death is an excercise in futility.

No offense taken, but I don't really understand this criticism. What is futile about them?

 

[Death Aflame]

NWOSDM = New wave of Swedish Death Metal. In Flames, At the Gates, etc.

ATG in their entirety shouldn't be lumped in here. In fact, the majority of their material is actually good and not Gothenburg.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Big WTF @ people mentioning the following bands:

Burzum
Immortal
Vio-lence
Artillery
At the Gates
Bolt Thrower
Rotting Christ
Slayer
Black Sabbath

I personally tend to find these overrated:

Pantera
Xasthur
Blut Aus Nord
Nile
Behemoth

I mean around these parts, obviously.

 

[Cythraul]

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it, but until recently I had never really given a proper listen to anything released by At The Gates before that steaming pile of shit known as 'Slaughter of the Soul'. Well, I recently listened to 'The Red in the Sky is Ours' and let me just say that it sounded like a really fucking fantastic album. I need to listen to more of this old ATG stuff.

aaanyway, I'll probably get a lot of flack for this one, but I've always felt Summoning was very overrated. I mean, I like a lot of quality black metal. In fact, it's my favorite kind of music, but I just could never get into Summoning. They're just way too cheesed-out for me. My tolerance is not quite that high.

 

[Cythraul]

Big WTF @ people mentioning the following bands:

Burzum
Immortal
Vio-lence
Artillery
At the Gates
Bolt Thrower
Rotting Christ
Slayer
Black Sabbath

You have to admit, that newer Immortal stuff (e.g. Sons of Northern Darkness) gets way too much praise. But yeah, older Immortal (e.g. Pure Holocaust) is some of the best bm out there.

 

[General Zaroff]

Opeth comes to mind. Doesn't mean I dislike them though.

 

[Matt]

I already made this thread.

 

[The Ozzman]

How is Vio-lence overrated?

 

[Crimson Velvet]

You have to admit, that newer Immortal stuff (e.g. Sons of Northern Darkness) gets way too much praise. But yeah, older Immortal (e.g. Pure Holocaust) is some of the best bm out there.

Yeah, I can agree with that, though I tend to enjoy the newer stuff as well, especially "At the Heart...", if mostly when beer is present...

The thing is, though, that the cheese-factor that was also present on the early albums, is multiplied by like eight when combined with the "arena-rock" style of the newer albums. It gets borderline unbearable.

Good on ye for listening to "The Red..."! Absolutely monumental album!

 

[Zephyrus]

aaanyway, I'll probably get a lot of flack for this one, but I've always felt Summoning was very overrated. I mean, I like a lot of quality black metal. In fact, it's my favorite kind of music, but I just could never get into Summoning. They're just way too cheesed-out for me. My tolerance is not quite that high.

Summoning are rather over-rated, but I still love them. It's Dol Guldur that gets all the hype and I find that to be their most boring album.

 

[ohiogrinder]

No offense taken, but I don't really understand this criticism. What is futile about them?

it sounds too workmanlike to be enjoyable. there's no atmosphere at all.