Controversial opinions on metal

[DarkBliss]

Bite the Pain is the weakest track, imo. I like Scavenger of Human Sorrow, Flesh and the Power it Holds, To Forgive is to Suffer(pro-Christian propaganda?) and Moment of Clarity the most. Voice of the Soul is good too.

It's like an over-the top verse chorus- happy retread of Unquestionable Presence, but whatever, it's fun.

 

[Black Friday]

Sorry, I'm just not buying it.In order to understand the way many
extreme metal albums are structured, you need to learn to appreciate the production on those albums. Only then will something that may sound initially like amorphous noise emerge
as well-written music. It seems to me that you're simply choosing albums that sound aesthetically pleasing to your ears.
With all sincerity though, we all do this "natural selection" of sorts, even if we don't always openly admit it to ourselves.

I know that. Before I listened to any Death Metal it all just seemed to be noise, but going backwards through Deaths discography has slowly trained my ears to recognize more and more what makes a death metal song great. Also for a controversial opinion, Death does not have a single bad song in their discography.

 

[The Ozzman]

Death does not have a single bad song in their discography.

False. All of Human is bad

 

[Black Friday]

False. All of Human is bad

And I disagree with that.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

False. All of Human is bad

you have some very odd opinions ozzman

 

[CF87]

Human is better than Symbolic and TSOP. Spiritual Healing is the best death. END

 

[The Ozzman]

you have some very odd opinions ozzman

At least I give it a shot again every once in a while. I've listened to it about a dozen times now and I still find it boring as shit.

 

[Belligerent]

For some reason I cannot get into Human either. Especially when Symbolic is better by a longshot, i'll just throw that in instead.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

At least I give it a shot again every once in a while. I've listened to it about a dozen times now and I still find it boring as shit.

hmmmm... i don't really find it bad at all... not their best certainly but pretty solid

 

[The Ozzman]

hmmmm... i don't really find it bad at all... not their best certainly but pretty solid

That album reeks of tech death and I hate most tech death. I'll try it again in the near future

 

[viewerfromnihil]

all of Death's albums are the best in their own ways because they each have their own sound... except for sound of perseverance. that album can go die

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Sorry, I'm just not buying it.In order to understand the way many
extreme metal albums are structured, you need to learn to appreciate the production on those albums. Only then will something that may sound initially like amorphous noise emerge as well-written music. It seems to me that you're simply choosing albums that sound aesthetically pleasing to your ears.
With all sincerity though, we all do this "natural selection" of sorts, even if we don't always openly admit it to ourselves.

What do you mean by production - recording quality, wall of sound, or both? I'm pretty sure recording quality is a miniscule factor in my reaction to a band. As I said, I enjoy Blessed Are the Sick, as well as the early works of Bathory, Darkthrone and Bolt Thrower.

If you're referring to wall of sound, you may have an argument. I find it off-putting when an album is severely lacking in rhythmicity and dynamics. Such music seems to have more in common with ambient music than with rock. And in general I tend to find rock music more artistically respectable than ambient music.

False. All of Human is bad

I wouldn't call it bad really, just mediocre.

 

[Nightmare_Heaven]

I adore "Human", its my favourite Death album. I dunno really why someone would say its bad, but fair play.

 

[Black Friday]

I adore "Human", its my favourite Death album. I dunno really why someone would say its bad, but fair play.

It's a difficult album to get into. Some people just find it impossible to adapt to it.

 

[~Derek~]

Death Metal grunts sound better than the old Floridian Death Vomit style(as ohiogrinder told me t was called).
So what's The Sound of Perseverance like? It's the only Death at my local FYE.

 

[sevag00]

At least I give it a shot again every once in a while. I've listened to it about a dozen times now and I still find it boring as shit.

So why do you keep listening to it over and over again, if you find it boring.

 

[Satanstoenail]

So why do you keep listening to it over and over again, if you find it boring.

Probably because I keep telling him that he should give it another go.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Probably because I keep telling him that he should give it another go.

 

[Black Friday]

So what's The Sound of Perseverance like? It's the only Death at my local FYE.

Chucks voice is way higher. You might like it, you might not, but you should listen to some samples first, as he's pretty much the same throughout. The style he has is also one of the most technical and progressive, and is considered wank by its detractors, so if you're one of the people who hates anything that comes close to wank, you probably won't like it. Other than that it's pretty much just what you'd expect from Death.

 

[The Ozzman]

Derek, why don't you order one of the more OSDM oriented releases first?