Controversial opinions on metal

[The Ozzman]

Sulphur Aeon tbh

 

[CiG]

Name a BM metal album from 2015 and it's probably worse than EIF.

Gods of War - At War and Aria of Vernal Tombs come to mind.

 

[Omni]

Name a BM metal album from 2015 and it's probably worse than EIF.

Malokarpatan - Stridžie dni

 

[CiG]

Also I know Butt won't agree but the Deathhammer and Division Speed albums from 2015 were the highlights for me.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Panphage - Storm

 

[The Butt]

Gods of War - At War and Aria of Vernal Tombs come to mind.

Aria of Vernal Tombs comes really close. Reeeeallly close.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Helloween's 85 EP > Walls of Jericho

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yeah the EP doesn't really have any weak points while Walls of Jericho has a couple, but they're pretty much equals when you factor in the different formats.

 

[CiG]

Helloween's MLP is amazing stuff, the format leaves no fat to trim whatsoever.

 

[Burkhard]

While I'd say that I like any track on their EP better than "Gorgar" and "Reptile" (which are my least favourite tracks on "Walls of Jericho"), the EP only contains one of my overall favourite Helloween-songs, namely "Victim of Fate", whereas "Walls of Jericho" contains three of them ("Ride the Sky", "Phantoms of Death" and "How Many Tears"). An EP with these four songs would get a 10/10-rating from me.

 

[Phylactery]

I don't listen to Bolt Thrower very often, but I don't think I will ever not like them. Even when I'm like, 90.

I’ll probably get lynched for this, but Bolt Thrower seem to be a bit overrated on this forum. They’re a consistently good band, which is rare in death metal but I rarely find them to be top tier outside Realm of Chaos. Even then, I wouldn’t have that in my top 20 for death metal.

 

[Krow]

>bolt thrower are overrated
>has a Sacramentum avatar.

K.

 

[Mort Divine]

FaFtS is better than anything Bolt Thrower has ever done, but ok.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

They're both in-crowd af

 

[Talos of Atmora]

FaFtS is better than anything Bolt Thrower has ever done, but ok.

How? It's by no means clear that Bolt Thrower is somehow worse as they actually have a discography with more significant releases while Sacramentum only has Far Away From the Sun to their name as a "classic" release.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

how are Bolt Thrower in-crowd? Every single person on this planet likes them.


I need to go back and rel-listen to The Coming of Chaos, which for some reason i have at 4.5 on RYM. But that's probably form like 6 years ago.

 

[Phylactery]

How? It's by no means clear that Bolt Thrower is somehow worse as they actually have a discography with more significant releases while Sacramentum only has Far Away From the Sun to their name as a "classic" release.

He never said that. He said that FaFtS is better than anything Bolt Thrower released. He never mentioned anything about which band is better on the whole.

I'd also add Finis Malorum to Sacramentum's "classic" releases. Sure it's only an EP, but it's really fucking good. Some people also like their later releases. I'm not much of a fan as I don't think the super aggressive sound really suits them and they're both much more standard than what they were doing previously.

Aria of Vernal Tombs comes really close. Reeeeallly close.

Never really got the Obsequiae hype! Listened a few times and just don't really hear anything special.

I'm still waiting for the official in-crowd test from BurgerBoy. Should be fun!

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Isn't Bolt Thrower universally liked though?

edit: i see @TechnicalBarbarity is already on the scene.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I'm still waiting for the official in-crowd test from BurgerBoy.

That's only if i approve of it

 

[Talos of Atmora]

He never said that. He said that FaFtS is better than anything Bolt Thrower released. He never mentioned anything about which band is better on the whole.

Isn't that pretty much the same thing though?