seedofvengeance
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Good to know I'm not the only that notices that this guy bags on....um...everything.
Ill words of Pantera shall never be tolerated.
Good to know I'm not the only that notices that this guy bags on....um...everything.
What good is talent if it's not enjoyable? Take Children of Bodom for example. Very talented band, indeed. Enjoyable? No. Verdict? Not a band that MY ears wish to be subjected to. And since this is a collective opinion among the groups of people represented by most on this forum, there is undoubtedly some discrepancy between CoB's talent and enjoyability.
What good is talent if it's not enjoyable? Take Children of Bodom for example. Very talented band, indeed. Enjoyable? No. Verdict? Not a band that MY ears wish to be subjected to. And since this is a collective opinion among the groups of people represented by most on this forum, there is undoubtedly some discrepancy between CoB's talent and enjoyability.
Good to know I'm not the only that notices that this guy bags on....um...everything.
I was too late for the Vihris / V5 debate to have any notion of going through the arguments again, but I would like to just touch on something that Vihris said.
I also like Sleep, Electric Wizard and Orange Goblin (particularly the latter two). I wouldn't say that they have a lack of talent (check out much of the OG drumming, for instance), but I think you mean that they don't seem to compose particularly complicated or technical music. That may be the case, but sometimes the most talented metal composer knows that the riff is fucking kind. I don't need no steenkin' polyrhythms while I'm waggling my flares about, hombre.
Actually, I really don't care about how complicated or technical a band is. I was commenting mainly on the songwriting ability that those guys demonstrate. They all use really generic, predictable blues-based riffs, and they don't seem to know anything more than that. They also have a lot of songs which simply aren't even catchy in the slightest. So that's what I have in mind when I say they're untalented.
edit: To use an example, compare Electric Wizard's debut album to everything they did after that. Without the massive, crunchy sound they started on Come My Fanatics, their music is completely unremarkable.
A little harsh on OG, perhaps (aside from the so/so Coup De Grace).
But in general: give me a generic yet engaging riff over a technical snooze-fest any day of the week.
Their self-titled is completely fucking awesome. Not to the levels of Dopethrone but still it is given way too much hate. Their songwriting is great to be honest, originality doesn't make a band good tbqh.
I'd have to disagree strongly on that. I think the album is way too simplistic, and both the riffs and the drumlines evolve at such a slow pace that very few people's attention spans could endure through it. And the riffs are pretty much all run-of-the-mill bluesiness, with a bit of awkward dissonance mixed in here and there.
I'd have to disagree strongly on that. I think the album is way too simplistic, and both the riffs and the drumlines evolve at such a slow pace that very few people's attention spans could endure through it. And the riffs are pretty much all run-of-the-mill bluesiness, with a bit of awkward dissonance mixed in here and there.
For Orange Goblin's real high points, Time Travelling Blues and Healing Through Fire are their perfect albums; for different reasons.
Both though espouse their Motorhead meets Stoner vibe perfectly.
Slow evolution is the point of doom!
I'd guess you dislike Reverend Bizarre's final output as well.
I think the album is way too simplistic, and both the riffs and the drumlines evolve at such a slow pace that very few people's attention spans could endure through it.