Controversial opinions on metal

[Waking Every God]

Burnt Offerings and Alive In Athens were fantastic. The rest is about as boring and generic as it gets.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Dante's Inferno is only reason I listen to Iced Earth. Only reason.

That's the only reason I don't listen to Burnt Offerings as much as the two before it. Could easily be reduced to half length.

 

[Zephyrus]

Epic song about medieval epic should be epic.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Gluttonous song about the evils of gluttony should not be so gluttonous.

 

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

That's a silly way to look at it.

 

[Cronopio]

I don't know ... they just don't rub my testicles in that oh-it-feels-so-good-way.

 

[IntoPhagist]

My Favorite is Dark Saga...How can you not like the dark melodies and vocal performance of Barlow.

 

[Bitencourt29]

The only Iced Earth I have ever enjoyed is Alive in Athens strangely enough. Something about the live energy made it interesting and fun to listen to.

True, especially the first of the three discs, which has Dante's Inferno. That's a great live album.

Other than that, I enjoy Horror Show.

They'll be playing here for the first time in February, I'll probably be there.

 

[Einherjar86]

Iced Earth have some great melodies and riffs, but they're a band that I find myself rarely returning to. They just get stale very quickly.

 

[Vilden]

Iced Earth are pretty bad imo and has about three good songs (s/t, Stormrider and Burnt Offerings, just realised that all are title tracks, funny).

 

[Doomguy]

I enjoy some Nightwish muchly.

I WISH I HAD AN ANGEL
FOR ONE MOMENT OF LOVE
I WISH I HAD YOUR ANGEL
TONIIGGHHTT!

 

[JGMetalhead]

Who needs Nightwish when you can listen to Epica. I personally don't mind Nightwish, their older stuff they put out with Tarja on vocals just seems more worthwhile.

 

[The Butt]

Demilich is the most comical band I have ever heard. Those vocals never cease to brighten my day.

The majority of black metal (and metal in general) sucks.

You're real cool, going against the grain like that. You must feel unique.

Also the only Iced Earth I care about, is Something Wicked and Horror show tbh.

 

[no country for old wainds]

something gay this way comes

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

@ how this thread turned into the Iced Earth debate thread.

 

[Chanakya]

Who needs Nightwish when you can listen to Epica. I personally don't mind Nightwish, their older stuff they put out with Tarja on vocals just seems more worthwhile.

Epica > Nightwish isn't one bit controversial. I'm sure many would find Epica's music uninspired or not special, but I love a lot of their work, mainly for their tasteful use of operatic vocals , that being my controversial opinion.
Also, besides being one of metal's hottest women, Simone Simmons amazes me the most with her vocal ability.

 

[Hail The Wizard!]

I like KoRn, that's pretty controversial. Mind you, I always feel guilty while listening to them.
I also enjoyed Death Magnetic and St Anger.

 

[Chanakya]

I always feel guilty

LOL!

 

[JGMetalhead]

I like KoRn, that's pretty controversial. Mind you, I always feel guilty while listening to them.
I also enjoyed Death Magnetic and St Anger.

KoRn isn't an awful band, but they recently went down the shitter. They were decent to say the least, alot better than most of the bands in their genre.

Also, nothing wrong with liking Death Magnetic even though its a very borderline decent album.

@Ananth:

Whoever thinks Epica isn't unique, special, and a good band, they can go screw themselves.

 

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

Epica isn't a unique, special or particularly good band. Also, when I went in a store recently I saw their new CD and on the front it had a sticker that said something hilarious like "A full-blown concept album based on QUANTUM PHYSICS!!" Fucking