Controversial opinions on metal
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@The Ozzman See? Intelligent discourse is fun too. 
Seriously though, I don't agree with all of Bathory's music being the same. There are clearly audible differences between the tracks Elric posted.
Seriously though, I don't agree with all of Bathory's music being the same. There are clearly audible differences between the tracks Elric posted.
Good lord, man, I said I liked the band's material. I just want don't want to totally shut someone down when they have a differing opinion.
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Yeah its not a problem I have with Darkthrone or Burzum but I recall having it with Emperor and Immortal from what I remember.
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Anyone that complains about bass on a Watchtower album can die in a fire.
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I should check out a Watchtower album for "W" in that ABC challenge. I loved the songs that I heard years ago when I was hanging out at a friend's house. Thanks for the reminder.
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Bass is just an annoying brown sounding inaudible guitar. We should just get rid of them already and replace them with chapman sticks.
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Anyone who thinks bass should be eliminated entirely from a genre of music is wrong. And also I dont think ive ever seen an argument made about black metal's need to obscure the bass guitar. I saw a black metal band a while ago that didnt have a bassist, and my main critique of them is that they would have sounded much better with a bass guitar. I dont remember what the band was called (it was at a YOB show in NY earlier this year), but they didnt make me think that black metal would be better off without a bassist. Are there any really good black metal releases that dont have a bass guitar?
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@EternalMetal I know this isn't a black metal band or album but I think ...And Justice for All proved how crap you can sound without a bass in the mix somewhere. I mean, it has no sense of depth or contrast which is what a song like Master of the Pit possesses in spades.
As for a band I've heard of that sounds good and has no bass, I can't think of one.
As for a band I've heard of that sounds good and has no bass, I can't think of one.
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The main problem with AJFA's sound is that the guitar tone sometimes has this kind of annoying vibrating dzjum-dzjum quality to it, and the drums are maybe a little too clicky. If those two things were fixed I'd probably love its production.
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Inquisition don't use a bass on their records post the debut do they? Live anyway they play as a two piece. I think the same is true of Bolzer (although not strictly black metal).
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Oh yea, I forgot that Inquisition was another two piece group, I was sure that there was some band that I was forgetting about that didnt use bass. Not having a bassist definitely works for Inquisition, but I would never make the claim that they are better without one. Honestly it might even benefit their music if they had some bass lines playing underneath their hypnotic riffing.
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