Controversial opinions on metal

[EspaDa]

There's no such thing as a good In Flames album.

how come? the best melodeath around

 

[HamburgerBoy]

There's no such thing as good melodeath so that doesn't say much.

 

[Phylactery]

Lol, there’s plenty of good melodeath. It just doesn’t tend to sound like In Flames/Soilwork/Children of Bodom etc.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Lol, there’s plenty of good melodeath. It just doesn’t tend to sound like In Flames/Soilwork/Children of Bodom etc.

Melodeath =/= death metal that is melodic

And if you're thinking of Dissection, they suck regardless.

Ashore the Celestial Burden is the closest I'll accept as an exception, but that's basically a trad doom album with power metal influence and some death/thrash riffing.

 

[Sirjack]

 

[Phylactery]

I know that, I was talking about shit like the following:

Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night, The Gallery
Decameron - My Shadow...
Eucharist - Mirrorworlds
Cardinal Sin - Spiteful Intents
A Canorous Quintet - Silence of the World Beyond
Sacrilege - Lost in the Beauty You Slay
A Mind Confused - Anarchos
Ablaze My Sorrow - If Emotions Still Burn

A lot of this doesn’t really qualify as “melodic death metal” imo in the way that something like The Red in the Sky is Ours or A Velvet Creation does. Although certainly closer to it than most of what In Flames has ever done.

Dissection certainly don’t suck. Have no idea how someone like you wouldn’t like Night’s Blood or Retribution/Storm of the Light’s Bane at least.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Skydancer is crap but to be fair I've only heard Silence of the World Beyond (and maybe Mirrorworlds though I don't think so) out of the rest of those.

 

[Phylactery]

Decameron is probably the best of the bunch. Get on it!

 

[The Ozzman]

And if you're thinking of Dissection, they suck regardless.

Wouldn't go that far but definitely one of the most overrated metal bands in the history of GMD

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Wouldn't go that far but definitely one of the most overrated metal bands in the history of GMD

I'd say their overratedness is pretty ubiquitous with metal fandom in general. GMD likes them, ANUS likes them, RYM likes them, M-A likes them

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Decameron is probably the best of the bunch. Get on it!

That album is good but pretty inconsistent. I’d take most of those over it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I'd say their overratedness is pretty ubiquitous with metal fandom in general. GMD likes them, ANUS likes them, RYM likes them, M-A likes them

prozak quite liked dissection but the ANUS crowd around here used to shit on them

 

[CiG]

im seriously convinced blasphemy made flesh is better than none so vile
idk if thats controversial or not

For me it could go either way, both are fucking amazing.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Dissection, they suck regardless.

definitely one of the most overrated metal bands in the history of GMD

secondly, Dissection didn't go "melodeath" until Reinkaos, so i dont know why the hell you guys are even over here namedropping them when talking about melodeath.

 

[CiG]

They peaked with their debut basement death metal demo.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Nah. As far as their earliest stuff goes Into Infinite Obscurity is better.

 

[CiG]

It's pretty cool.

 

[Mort Divine]

Cardinal Sin - Spiteful Intents
Sacrilege - Lost in the Beauty You Slay

fucking love these two

 

[no country for old wainds]

list needs some crown of thorns imho

 

[Phylactery]

Sure, add Eternal Death to the list. Not listened to that one in a long time, but I remember it being far more aggressive and more death metally than the other albums on my list.