Controversial opinions on metal

[CiG]

Traditional > doom = death = thrash = black = power

 

[Slayed Necros]

death = black > trad = thrash > doom > power

 

[Talos of Atmora]

trad > black > power = doom = death > thrash

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Blackened thrash bands that are good, like Destroyer666, do some amazing things that I don't find in most traditional death or black metal.

 

[alex76]

Thrash = Trad > Death > Power > Doom > Black

 

[Satanstoenail]

Death = thrash > doom > power = black = trad

 

[Phylactery]

I thought for sure you'd have black metal way out in last, don't think I've seen you give black metal track more thank like 5 in the mixtape game.

Is there some black metal that you actually like?

 

[Krow]

Trad = doom = power (not flowery shit) > black > death > thrash

As mentioned before by someone else I also really like black thrash, tends to add something vanilla thrash doesn't for me.

 

[CiG]

That "Spit Out The Bone" track by Metallica actually is pretty cool, but the drum sound ruins it for me. Clicky typewriter bullshit!

 

[EspaDa]

Thrash is mostly trash nowadays.

 

[CiG]

Metal in general is. Scene is bigger, so quality control is more important than ever.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

That "Spit Out The Bone" track by Metallica actually is pretty cool, but the drum sound ruins it for me. Clicky typewriter bullshit!

Lars Ulrich: the most famous drummer ever to have his drums sound like they were generated in MIDI.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I thought for sure you'd have black metal way out in last, don't think I've seen you give black metal track more thank like 5 in the mixtape game.

Is there some black metal that you actually like?

The bottom 3 are pretty interchangeable. I like Venom and Mayhem and some blackened things here and there. I actually submitted a Mayhem song in one round.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

power (not flowery shit)

To be clear, this is also the type of power metal in my rankings. Some of the cutesy Euro flower metal is fun, but I don't really listen to it.

 

[Baroque]

please name non-flowery power metal

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

please name non-flowery power metal

Hmmm...

This doesn't seem worthwhile since you've been pretty outspoken about disliking a lot of 1980s power metal, and most trad metal in general which has a big stylistic overlap with that type of music.

If I had to name one, 1980s Helstar would be a good example of what I'm talking about. They're also one of the few that I haven't seen you speak negatively about.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

please name non-flowery power metal

Most USPM.

 

[Baroque]

I like Helstar

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Black > extreme thrash > death > doom > non-extreme thrash > trad > power.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

80's oddball italian lo-fi prog metal > trad > power > doom > death > black > thrash

flowery power metal is the best kind of power metal.