Controversial opinions on metal

[Elric of Melniboné]

I just looked them up and I mostly learned that the vocalist is most likely a guy from a death metal band called Repugnant who is credited as the songwriter on their music, and also the vocalist of an indie rock band called Subvision who sounds almost identical to the singer of Ghost. Weird.

It seems obvious that everyone knows who he is so I wonder why they're continuing the charade and encouraging speculation. I guess they're probably looking to get publicity for being mysterious.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

They were talking about some album that had just come out and they tried to talk to me because I was wearing a Sad Wings of Destiny shirt but I just walked past them because they were boring and I don't like talking to teenagers.

You sound like a crotchety old fuck tbh

 

[Phylactery]

Repugnant's Epitome of Darkness is actually pretty cool. It's riffy old-school death metal but made in the 2000s.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

You sound like a crotchety old fuck tbh

Yeah I noticed that and thought about rewording it, but I decided against it as I have often heard that about myself so I guess that post captures my true essence.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

First Ghost album was legitimately cool. Second one had two or three good songs on it. Third one I haven't listened to and don't particularly want to, the trajectory is clear.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Controversial opinion. This would make an awesome cover for a metal album.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Some kind of grind album, definitely

 

[no country for old wainds]

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they're ok, more interesting than wolves in the throne room and about as interesting as krallice, but i have an innate bias against these pretentious modern BM bands who mischaracterise old-school BM as one-dimensional misanthropy and then subvert that mischaracterisation with the exact same philosophies many old-school bands had in the first place. they're annoying fuckers and a lot of their fans are annoying fuckers and a lot of the hipster publications who shower praise on them were formed by annoying fuckers for annoying fuckers.

 

[EchoForever]

you confuse controversial opinion with regular fucking opinion a lot

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

you confuse controversial opinion with regular fucking opinion a lot

I'm assuming that you're talking to @MrTagoMago and not @no country for old wainds and if so, I agree with you.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Omen's Warning of Danger is garbage. Discuss.

 

[MrTagoMago]

you confuse controversial opinion with regular fucking opinion a lot

I'm assuming that you're talking to @MrTagoMago and not @no country for old wainds and if so, I agree with you.

Controversial opinion. I concur.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Omen's Warning of Danger is garbage. Discuss.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/traditional-metal.980604/page-7#post-11105004

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Okay. Now that's how you do a controversial opinion.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

They don't even sound like the same band. The production went from raw and manly to slick and synthesized, the themes went from battle and glory to fucking robots, the riffs went from galloping and boisterous to near-hair metal melodic shite, just a total sell out. It's kind of like the move from The Dungeons Are Calling to Power of the Night, the difference is that Jon and Criss could pull off pop metal with no problem. iirc there are maybe two good songs that sound like Battle Cry leftovers, that's about it.

 

[Krow]

Probably controversial

The worst Scorpions album from In Trance to Love at First Sting is actually Taken By Force.

It starts out with the abysmal Steamrock Fever and pretty much never recovers from the weinerish 70s rock vibe the entire album gushes. And I'm fully aware it's 70s rock/metal but the rest of their albums from the timeframe have a much heavier/badass vibe to the music.

I'm a big fan of Scorpions, but I don't get the love for that album at all.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Controversial opinion. Theres nothing wrong with the cover for Virgin Killer.

 

[CiG]

Okay. Now that's how you do a controversial opinion.

Not really.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I disagree with his opinion but it's definitely not a commonly accepted opinion among people who know Omen at all.

 

[CiG]

Oh wait, brainfart, he said Warning Of Danger, not The Curse. Yeah that's certainly a controversial opinion, but I guess not really since HBB consistently says silly crap.

Warning Of Danger rules.