Controversial opinions on metal

[The Butt]

Blaze may have death metal sections and riffs sprinkled in, but the essence and atmosphere of black metal is there 100%. To call it anything other than such is absurd. So I agree with Yerf as well.

 

[RedStorm]

Dark throne is raw garage death metal.

 

[Phylactery]

Do you even like any Darkthrone?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Goatlord is one of the original prog death metal albums, even if it's raw and potentially recorded in a garage.

 

[Krow]

Goatlord is blah. Darkthrone saved themselves from decades of mediocrity by becoming Crustthrone.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, Crustthrone and Manillathrone and Agenthrone are definitely extensions of their continued mediocrity.

 

[Phylactery]

Goatlord is blah. Darkthrone saved themselves from decades of mediocrity by becoming Crustthrone.

Goatlord is awesome. What don't you like about it?

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

I've heard some of the Fenriz commentary tracks that Phylactery posted but not in a while so correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Fenriz critique his own drumming for being too death metal-esque in the commentary for Blaze, referring to it as "fancy pants"?

 

[Phylactery]

Yeah, at one point he says something like "this is way too fancy, who am I, Neil Peart?" haha. He also talks about trying to drown out some of the riffs he doesn't like by hammering the double bass.

Watching some Fenriz interviews and he mentions he was originally the vocalist for the band. I'm glad Nocturno took over, definitely one of my favourite extreme metal vocalists. Fenriz also comes out with some rather ridiculous things and he isn't particularly articulate. I find his obsession with talking about the 70s and 80s constantly to be tiring.

 

[Yerfdaug]

QFT

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What's got your titties in a squeeze?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

QFT=quoted for truth ... ya' dumb cunt.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

i'd actually agree there's still a lil DM in ABITNS. UAFM is pure BM though.

There definitely is. That said, when people say ABitNS is not black metal, it's absurd.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Goatlord is blah. Darkthrone saved themselves from decades of mediocrity by becoming Crustthrone.

They moved from mediocrity to adequacy. Albums that are enjoyable for 7-8 listens and then are basically forgotten until the next one comes out.

 

[The Butt]

LOL @ calling new Darkthrone "adequate".

 

[CiG]

Can't even be bothered.

 

[Vilden]

Fenriz and Nocturno Culto are nice blokes and all, but newer Darkthrone is very forgettable imo.

 

[CiG]

I'm always getting newer Darkthrone songs stuck in my head, for example "Too Old Too Cold" or "Raised on Rock" or "Those Treasures Will Never Befall You" etc.

This might be a controversial opinion, Defenders Of The Faith is very below average.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I would have agreed in the past, now DOTF is just average-ish for me. Two amazing stand-out songs, a couple more that are varying degrees of good, but completely drops off by its last third, and has the worst drumming of any Holland album. It's below average in their discography, however.

 

[CiG]

I guess that's what I meant to say, below average in their discography. I re-listened to it the other day and it just dragged and bored me to death. It also seemed so cheesy to the point of not even feeling like a metal record.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I never understood what was supposed to be so great about Some Heads Are Gonna Roll tbh. Yeah, the album just really starts dragging. Night Comes Down is probably their most pathetic ballad too, and the arena rock shit at the end is a total throw-away.