Controversial opinions on metal

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Trendkill is probably their best. Their most extreme album for sure, great atmosphere too.

yea that's my second "favorite" from them. Def some good stuff on there, but very inconsistent overall. The title track, War Nerve and Suicide Note Pt.1 are pretty good songs.

Definitely not their most extreme album though. That one easily goes to FBD

 

[CiG]

Not worst than progressive metal fans, especially Dream Theater/Opeth/Tool/Porcupine Tree fans.

Black metal fans are way worse.

 

[jimmy101]

while i enjoy some of their work, they never had a really good one either. I think i remember Reinventing the Steel being pretty shitty tbh, but i've only heard that album once or twice and that was like over 10 years ago or something.

Steel is really good man, give it another spin when you get the chance. Probably more consistent than FBD & TGST.

 

[The Ozzman]

RTS is the most overlooked Pantera album

 

[jimmy101]

Yeah, Pantera were in excellent form circa 1998-2000. Along with Steel, they were also churning out solid one-off tracks such as Where You Come From & Avoid the Light.

Dunno how their sound would have evolved heading into the 2000's had they not split-up, if Damageplan is anything to go by it may very well have changed considerably.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

RTS is the most overlooked Pantera album

i remember getting that one from one of those BMG or columbia house deals from back in the day and left it sitting in my backlog for yeeeears. I'll give it another shot in the next few days.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Reinventing the Steel is a wicked fun listen. Parts of it sound like they went into the studio piss drunk (and Phil on some prime heroin) and got it all done in one take but that's part of the charm.

 

[jimmy101]

Especially the end of I'll Cast a Shadow

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@Phylactery ive noticed that a bunch of old posts involving you have been deleted. Like my glorious post where i said something along the lines of "i always thought Phylactery was some weird sexual act/fetish but it turns out its some holy jewish box that contains old chopped off foreskins" etc. Also a bunch of posts from you that were also deleted. Know anything about this?

 

[no country for old wainds]

very suspicious alt-like behaviour, reported

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

very suspicious alt-like behaviour, reported

Thomas with the H confirmed.

 

[no country for old wainds]

the americanised version is thoma

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

the americanised version is thoma

It is ultimately derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא /tɑʔwmɑʔ/, meaning "twin"

 

[no country for old wainds]

it should mean quadruplets given my anomander rake and dazed and brutal alts.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

No Cook-Ta For Old Wainds

 

[The Ozzman]

The Despise the Sun EP is the best Suffocation release

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

It's not even their best EP

 

[Phylactery]

Human Waste fucking rules. My favourite from the band. I do like Effigy and Pierced a lot as well, they’re just much more infrequent listens.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Their first three albums are masterpieces.

Breeding the Spawn is just as good if not better than anything else they've released.

 

[The Ozzman]

It's not even their best EP

Okay

Their first three albums are masterpieces.

Breeding the Spawn is just as good if not better than anything else they've released.

Agreed. I contend that with better production people would view that as the best full length album. As it stands now, my favorite full length is Effigy followed by Breeding.