Controversial opinions on metal

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.
 
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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.
 
I cigured i had pretty controversial opinions considering how everyone chewed my ass out for my opinions related to Slayer.
 
"March On" is legitimately a metal anthem, the title track rules, "Ruby Eyes" is epic and glorious, "Don't Fear The Night" is savage, "Premonition" may have futuristic lyrics but the song still rules, "Hell's Gate" is filled with awesome emotional power and "Make Me Your King" is one of my favourite Omen songs ever.

If you think Warning Of Danger is garbage, even compared to Battle Cry, you have broken fucking ears.
 
Krow said:
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.
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Man, We'll Burn the Sky, Sails of Charon, Your Light and He's a Woman... are all absolute classics in my book. Steamrock Fever is the only song I don't really care for, and it's still not nearly as bad as something like Is There Anybody There from Lovedrive.
 
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Yeah, Sails of Charon and He's a Woman are easily two of their very heaviest songs from that entire period. I like/love everything on the album though.

Vilden said:
Warning of Danger is indeed awsome. It is abit more inconsistant though.
@HamburgerBoy do you really not enjoy songs like Warning of Danger and Hell's Gate?
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iirc Hell's Gate was one of the good ones. I haven't heard the album in several years though, don't remember exactly which ones are shit or not.
 
My listen of The Curse was more recent and I thought that one was shitty too, so I doubt much will change. But you consider The Curse to be significantly worse than Warning of Danger? Most people seem to enjoy all three roughly equally.
 
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