Controversial opinions on metal

[Balls McHoolihan]

Animosity

These guys. Shut it Down is a fucking great album. And they were only 15-16 years old when it was recorded. Pretty awesome.

 

[Umodian]

^ Never got into Anthrax, the vocals sound awful to me. I'd rather listen to any other thrash band, you name it.

Well I guess I can understand if you dislike the vocals, I love 'em personally. But fair enough.

...It's the fact that their most identifiable and popular album is also nearly their worst that makes them such an easy target.


Slammer. Re-Animator. Acid Reign. Probably any other light American-style UK thrash band.

*shrug* I disagree. I think the only weakness of ATL is that it's too long and has too little variety. Taken on their own, all the songs are great, imo.

The other bands you mentioned however, are all good too, I just don't think they hold a candle to the first 4 albums with Belladonna.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

Rob Dukes is better than Zetro.

dukes is garbage. exodus sounds so generic now with him singing

 

[Satanstoenail]

Yeah, Gung-Ho is a good song. Most of that album is at least good. It's the fact that their most identifiable and popular album is also nearly their worst that makes them such an easy target.

I hope you don't mean Among The Living.

So there is actually good radio pop music?

Of course there is.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

So there is actually good radio pop music?

Michael McDonald, duh.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I hope you don't mean Among The Living.

Absolutely. Along with State of Euphoria, it epitomizes middle-of-the-road to a massive fault. There are a lot of generic thrash bands out there, but most of them have at least the smallest something going for them. Among the Living is average or below-average in every aspect, whether that be speed, aggression, melody, flash, ambition, experimentation, message, or anything else. Some songs are probably decent on their own but as an album it really really drags.

 

[The Ozzman]

Despised Icon
All Shall Perish

Fixed that for you so that you're not a faggot.

 

[The Butt]

Except All Shall Perish sucks.

 

[AllShallFall]

dukes is garbage. exodus sounds so generic now with him singing

what the fuck?

if you don't like this, then you don't like thrash metal:

 

[Satanstoenail]

Absolutely. Along with State of Euphoria, it epitomizes middle-of-the-road to a massive fault. There are a lot of generic thrash bands out there, but most of them have at least the smallest something going for them. Among the Living is average or below-average in every aspect, whether that be speed, aggression, melody, flash, ambition, experimentation, message, or anything else. Some songs are probably decent on their own but as an album it really really drags.

Son I am disappoint. I would totally give that description to State of Euphoria but Among the Living is solid as fuck and full of catchy, well written tunes.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

State of Euphoria is basically Among the Living v2, so I can agree that it's worse (although Finale is a decent song).

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Dukes is a fucking horrible vocalist ... and Exodus would still be pretty mediocre even without him.

 

[Dak]

Except All Shall Perish sucks.

Except they don't.

 

[Lateralus14]

if you don't like this, then you don't like thrash metal:

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Deathamphetamine isn't that bad, but there's a bit of riff recycling and it started their descent into Iron Maiden-level overlength. IIRC, Karma's Messenger and Going Going Gone were the only songs I really liked from that one. Anyone that listens to that song and thinks that it is any more "lol tuff-guy groove metal" than other Zetrodus albums is probably retarded, however.

 

[KafkaX]

if you don't like this, then you don't like thrash metal

Yep...Guess I dont like Thrash then lol

 

[ASD]

Same.

 

[King Richard]

DEATH
AM
PHETAMINE!!!!!111111111

snooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore

 

[Onder]

Garbage.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

what the fuck?

if you don't like this, then you don't like thrash metal:

without paul or steve singing exodus sounds like dozens of other thrash bands out there right now. sometimes having somone with a distinct voice that maybe not the greatest is better than someone who has a voice considered "normal" for a genre of music. in this case dukes sounds like dozens of other singers out there and its hurting exodus