Controversial opinions on metal

[M3t41Ti11D3th]

...unless a metal fan says the sun is cold.

So with that bit of sarcasm I assume you at least kind of understand what I'm trying to say.

 

[CF87]

What's wrong with the drumming? I'd say everything besides the vocals is pretty top notch.

Nothing. Fred Estby is an awesome drummer and one of the better DM drummers.

 

[waif]

kicksnarekicksnarekicksnare-kick-snare-kick-snare-kicksnarekicksnarekicksnare

Sound familiar? That's every single song on the album.
It's not like it's a huge problem that renders it unlistenable - it's still a great album. But it is kind of annoying.

 

[CF87]

Are you kidding ?.

There is tons of awesome fills and cool patterns and things going on. you're deaf

 

[no country for old wainds]

the drum production is so crap it renders the actual drumming irrelevant

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

That's fucking true, it sounds like total balls. Carnage has better drum production and plays the songs that ended up on LAEFS better overall anyway iirc.

 

[CF87]

I think one song ended up on LAEFS and besides that Fred's drumming on Dark Recollections is not nearly as good as the first Dismember.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I think it's Torn Apart, but I forget.

 

[whiskey funeral]

LAEFS > most of you.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

'Deathevocation' and 'Torn Apart' were bonus tracks on Like An Ever Flowing Stream.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I wouldn't goo THAT far but Dark Recollections certainly triumphs over Like An Ever Flowing Stream imo.

 

[Life Sucks]

LaES is thrashier and more catchy than DR. It's hard for me to objectively say which is better, since LaES is one of the first death metal albums I really got into, way back when I was first getting into death metal.

 

[DarkBliss]

LAEFS is more memorable than DR. It was the first Swedish DM album I've heard. DR is just, lacking in structure, I dunno. I heard it after LaEFS, though, so that's maybe why I find it worse. I never really got intimately familiar with Carnage.

 

[Ross]

LAEFS > DR

both albums slay, but LAEFS is just catchier and agreeing with DarkBliss it sort of lacks in structure

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Dark Recollections rapes Like an Everflowing Stream, which, while excellent, too often relives the failures of hardcore by reusing the same transitional rhythmic patterns to get from fast to "slow" and back again over and over and over, to the point that, after a while, it starts to feel like the same story told 10 times with names changed to protect the innocent.

I agree, I've always liked DR better. Maybe for different reasons but yeah.

 

[Priest of Evil]

Terrestrial makes some interesting points/observations but I'm not sure I'm inclined to agree that DR is infact better than LAEF. I love them both but I am however biased *cough avatar cough*

 

[Woolie Wool]

Late '80s Testament has an almost unique ability to swing between awesome and awful or vice versa in moments, often several times in a song. One moment, they're smashing your head in with an awesome thrash riff, the next they change the tempo not because it improves the texture, pacing, or variation of the song, but because thrash (or more precisely, Puppets-era Metallica) is supposed to have lots of tempo changes. They'll play some boring-ass chord progression, or a Sedated Maiden harmony, or some mellow noodling, or drop the riff altogether only to bring it back a few seconds later. They could've been a top-shelf outfit if they could be coherent for more than two minutes rather than channeling the dregs of mid-80s Metallica in the most inappropriate places. It doesn't help that the closer is a plodding instrumental with no distorted guitar that tries to be melancholy but ultimately goes nowhere and does nothing, with no buildup, climax, or progression.

Gaahl's recent admission of his sexuality in an interview is ballsy enough that it actually led me to give him a modicum of respect where none previously existed. Now if only he and Infernus can stop this stupid drama circus over the Gorgoroth band name.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Late '80s Testament has an almost unique ability to swing between awesome and awful or vice versa in moments, often several times in a song.

They could've been top shelf material if they knew how to keep consistent songwriting.

 

[Satanstoenail]

South of Heaven is Slayer's masterpiece.

Agreed.

 

[divine_torture]

Agreed.

Seconded.