I guess I need to hear Show No Mercy now. My Slayer collection would pretty much be complete except for DI, DIM and CI. Have no idea whey I bought GHUA before DI though
Controversial opinions on metal
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Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Controversial opinion: I really like cover songs and tribute albums. I like hearing certain bands taking on a different style and what a certain band's songs sound like when played by a different band.
Cover songs are fine when done well. It's a matter of opinion on that though.
I like cover songs when I actually know the cover
I like cover songs when I actually know the cover
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I generally like cover songs. I am always a sucker for non extreme songs being covered by extreme metal bands
anonymousnick2001
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I liked the Cradle cover. Better than Iced Earth's. Or Ceremonial Oath's.
I like good covers a lot. A good cover being a stylistic riff on a classic tune, not unrecognizable, but not a straight up retread neither.
Contoversial opinion: I liked the KSE cover of "Holy Diver." Not a lot. No. But is it godawful shit? Hell no. Are people deaf?
I also love Megadeth's "Paranoid," Pantera's "Cat Scratch Fever," Sepultura's "The Hunt," Fear Factory's "I Will Follow," and shit like that. Not a fan of Nevermore/Sanctuary's covers. They warp the original song too much.
I like good covers a lot. A good cover being a stylistic riff on a classic tune, not unrecognizable, but not a straight up retread neither.
Contoversial opinion: I liked the KSE cover of "Holy Diver." Not a lot. No. But is it godawful shit? Hell no. Are people deaf?
I also love Megadeth's "Paranoid," Pantera's "Cat Scratch Fever," Sepultura's "The Hunt," Fear Factory's "I Will Follow," and shit like that. Not a fan of Nevermore/Sanctuary's covers. They warp the original song too much.
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RIB is one of the most well constructed and tightest metal albums ever released. There is not one wasted second on that disk.
DarkBliss
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Thoth-Amon
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debatable and irrelevant... the album builds and sustains a mood... variation would defeat the purpose... each track is just a little piece of the whole... it's an album album... not a collection of songs
DarkBliss
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I like Angel of Death, Raining Blood and Altar of Sacrifice, the rest is somewhat blurry. I'm slacking on my Slayer listening though and haven't listened to RiB in a while, nor do I really want to. There are more interesting things to do than forcing yourself on dated classics.
Yea, I admit that came out a bit more pretentious than intended.
Yea, I admit that came out a bit more pretentious than intended.
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i would hardly consider it dated... granted i'm no longer blown away by the album but that's because i've heard it a gazillion times...
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
I wish there were more of those....like Amorphis covering "Light My Fire" and Pain covering "Eleanor Rigby". Then of course those goofy songs that Krieg covered.
DarkBliss
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yea, I mean, comparatively dated to classic albums in other genres
that have had a greater impact on me than RiB.
mutantllama
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The Ritual, Low, The Gathering and the new album are all better than Practice What You Preach and Souls of Black
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I'd say Testament are way overrated. I liked the Gathering but the majority of their stuff is repetitive.
The first two aren't repetitive. PWYP is like tech metal in the sense that none of the songs are memorable except the title track and Greenhouse Effect. Souls of Black is marginally better.
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Greekus Urungus
Chuck Billy might be the problem I have with Testament. It's the same formula in every song. Minimal range.
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