Bicurious.
The only person who would possibly disagree with that is Ozzy himself.
As for Pantera...Cowboys is excellent. Vulgar Display of Power has a few good songs but the tough guy posturing is really overdone. Far Beyond Driven is pretty much the worst parts of Vulgar, expanded and worsened, with one of the most obnoxious guitar tones I've ever heard. The Great Southern Trendkill is probably their most artistically valid work, and I don't regret the listens I've given it, but there's nothing on there that's actually good, musically speaking. Reinventing the Steel is their most consistent effort after Cowboys. Nothing amazing, but fairly solid riffs, Anselmo isn't as obnoxious as on previous albums, and the production isn't terrible. Solid album.
The worst thing about Pantera is the influence Dimebag had on guitar tones. I cannot fucking stand his tone, both for lead and rhythm, but it's everywhere.
TBH, I like Down and Superjoint more than Pantera itself.
Ozzy sang on 6 worthwhile albums in his entire career, before going on to create the shitshow that is Ozzfest, star in a reality TV show, and generally become an embarrassment to both the legacy of Black Sabbath, and metal in general. Yes, those first 6 included some of the best albums ever, but he didn't write the music or the lyrics, and while his vocals on them were great, he receives far too much credit for it. He hasn't done anything worthwhile since 1974.This is such teen wank bullshit.
I agree, not enough heavy parts and to much clean singing.- Cynic's Re-Traced and Carbon-Based Anatomy EPs have both been disappointments.
Even though I agree with this why is your signature the band that defined BDM? Most of BDM sucks, but when done right fucking kicks major ass.Brutal Death Metal fucking sucks for the most part.
Brutal Death Metal fucking sucks for the most part.
Not really, Jeff loomis has wrote some great songs but not as diverse as anything by Joe Satriani, honestly though there impossible to compare, Joe writes more melodic music and Jeff writes heavy ass metal with neoclassical solos.
Nice to see this thread still going strong. Been more than a year since I last visited the forum. In any case, let me start some trouble...
- Jeff Loomis is a better song writer and guitar player than Joe Satriani.
If you're not on board with neanderthal "primal" music it's just not gonna swing your way. I'm not gonna try to convince you to like it, just point out that, yeah, it's one of those genres that you either like or you don't. There's not gonna be like ONE brutal/slam band you like because they all operate on mostly the same template.