Controversial opinions on metal

[ruwan]

Many people still think that all Heavy Metal fans are violent, satan worshipping, boozing, drug taking outlaw biker pimps! This is nonsense of course, but these prejudices are still a reality. This does not mean that all Heavy Metal fans are harmless, it just means that MOST of us are harmless. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is very good at concentrating on the negative exceptions

 

[Necroraven]

Many people still think that all Heavy Metal fans are violent, satan worshipping, boozing, drug taking outlaw biker pimps! This is nonsense of course, but these prejudices are still a reality. This does not mean that all Heavy Metal fans are harmless, it just means that MOST of us are harmless. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is very good at concentrating on the negative exceptions

Most metal fans are pathetic wimps, who walk around in Hail Satan-shirts, and start crying like baby when someone thinks they are satanists.

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Many people still think that all Heavy Metal fans are violent, satan worshipping, boozing, drug taking outlaw biker pimps!

Describes me perfectly.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Hipsters are the best thing to happen to metal since the blast beat.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

They're better than wiggers playing metal.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Fo'sho. I find hipsters make metal interesting. I have nothing but love for blogs like Brooklyn Vegan.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Haha, fag.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

You wish.

 

[ASD]

Belus and Fallen are just as good as Varg's pre-jail stuff.

 

[The Ozzman]

Jugulator is a better album than Painkiller

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Most metal fans are pathetic wimps, who walk around in Hail Satan-shirts, and start crying like baby when someone thinks they are satanists.

well maybe not irl but it definitely exists on forums

Jugulator is a better album than Painkiller

No. Jugulator is Painkiller with less variety, even campier lyrics, and lots of shitty samples. It's an ok album (aside from Nostradamus (maybe) they don't have a bad one) but Painkiller did it first and so much better.

That being said, Demolition is better than anything they did after Screaming for Vengeance, Painkiller aside.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Jugulator is a better album than Painkiller

Nah, they're about the same.

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus may be better than some of Sabbath's earlier material.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus may be better than some of Sabbath's earlier material.

I'd take it over any Sabbath album. Not for influence or innovation, obviously, but all six EDM songs are virtually perfect in performance/passion, and there are no blatant weaker ones like on most Sabbath albums.

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Exactly. Sabbath may have created the sound but that album just takes the songwriting and emotional depth of the music to an entirely new level. It's basically the ideal metal album IMO. Atmosphere, riffs, lyrics, ect ect I could go on forever.

 

[Personified Hatred]

Controversial opinions? Soulfly is good.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Even more controversial: Roots was a good album. But I've made that argument before in this thread, so moving on...

 

[waif]

Jugulator is a better album than Painkiller

How is it possible to be so wrong?

Jugulator is an endless series of shitty riffs and tough guy lyrics. The only slightly redeemable part is Cathedral Spires, and even then it's still kind of shit. Painkiller, aside from the overplayed and rather mediocre title track, is an incredibly consistent set of catchy, aggressive speed/power metal songs.

 

[Einherjar86]

"Painkiller" is my least favorite song on that record; nothing beats "Leather Rebel," "Hell Patrol," and "One Shot at Glory."

 

[The Ozzman]

No. Jugulator is Painkiller with less variety, even campier lyrics, and lots of shitty samples. It's an ok album (aside from Nostradamus (maybe) they don't have a bad one) but Painkiller did it first and so much better.

I agree with JP not really having a bad album. They are all varying degrees of good. I'm still up in the air when it comes to Nostradamus. I'll have to listen to it again in the near future.

That being said, Demolition is better than anything they did after Screaming for Vengeance, Painkiller aside.

I don't believe this (HABEEB THIS AMIRITE?). Defenders of the Faith is one of their best albums.

How is it possible to be so wrong?

I'm always right and so are my opinions.

Jugulator is an endless series of shitty riffs and tough guy lyrics. The only slightly redeemable part is Cathedral Spires, and even then it's still kind of shit. Painkiller, aside from the overplayed and rather mediocre title track, is an incredibly consistent set of catchy, aggressive speed/power metal songs.

Cathedral Spires is better than anything on Painkiller

Here is how the track list to Painkiller should read:

1) Painkiller
2-10) 9 more songs that try so hard to be like the first track and fail miserably.

Although I like Leather Rebel and one other song on that album other than the title track. Overall though, it's complete fucking cheese from a band who shouldn't have fucking been trendhopping in the first place because they didn't have to do it. I mean, you could hear on Ram it Down that they were going in this direction, but seriously, it fucking sucks.