Controversial opinions on metal

[DarkBliss]

The production on Master of Puppets lacks punch, but it's still a very good album. Though I find Disposable Heroes pretty damn boring, drawn-out and overshaped. I have no idea why it's such a fan favorite, to be honest.
Anyway, my favorites on it are Orion, Damage Inc., Welcome Home and the incredible The Thing that Should not Be.

Far away from the Sun is decent; too buzzy and amorphous for me to really enjoy; can't say I really get it.

 

[Badbird]

I find MOP to be overrated and boring.

 

[DarkBliss]

I rate MOP and their self-titled album the same, but I think I enjoy the latter more,ha.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Hvis Lyset Tar Oss and Far Away From the Sun are the pinnacle of Black Metal.

The first 2 Morbid Angel are almost faultless.

The Red in the Sky is Ours is probably the greatest Death Metal record.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is easily the weakest of the classic early Norwegian Black Metal albums, though it is still great.

Ride the Lightning is truely great whereas Master of Puppets is mostly mediocre. I have always enjoyed the former, but was never able to get into the latter despite the very obvious similarities between the two.

Judas Priest >> Iron Maiden.

 

[no country for old wainds]

btw fuck anus elitists for thinking DMDS is the weakest of the classic early NBM albums, seriously fuck you, fuck off.

 

[VelociBrad]

Hvis Lyset Tar Oss and Far Away From the Sun are the pinnacle of Black Metal.

The first 2 Morbid Angel are almost faultless.

The Red in the Sky is Ours is probably the greatest Death Metal record.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is easily the weakest of the classic early Norwegian Black Metal albums, though it is still great.

Ride the Lightning is truely great whereas Master of Puppets is mostly mediocre. I have always enjoyed the former, but was never able to get into the latter despite the very obvious similarities between the two.

Judas Priest >> Iron Maiden.

I agree with all of this except the part about At The Gates having the best death metal album ever, and that Far Away from the Sun is the pinnacle of black metal. The rest is pretty spot on. Just remove the "almost" from the Morbid Angel statement.

 

[DarkBliss]

The problem with MOP is that the production is more compressed; the instruments are spliced together during the heavy sections, and the guitars are detuned or smth, so the riffs don't really shine through.

 

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

How the fuck is DMDS the weakest of the early Norwegian BM discs...?

 

[Episteme]

The problem with MOP is that the production is more compressed; the instruments are spliced together during the heavy sections, and the guitars are detuned or smth, so the riffs don't really shine through.

Pretty darn sure, the tuning that Metallica used during those albums was standard E tuning. And going down to Drop D on The Thing That Should Not Be, that's it.

 

[Dak]

Pretty darn sure, the tuning that Metallica used during those albums was standard E tuning. And going down to Drop D on The Thing That Should Not Be, that's it.

I haven't check the tuning on TTTSNB, but most of those songs are standard E. MOP is for sure.

 

[Belligerent]

RTL owns MOP.

The song "Master of Puppets" angers me for some reason whenever i hear it. It's so played out at this point its not even funny.

 

[DarkBliss]

Pretty darn sure, the tuning that Metallica used during those albums was standard E tuning. And going down to Drop D on The Thing That Should Not Be, that's it.

I see. I'm not really familiar with the technical terms, because I don't play the guitar.

 

[VelociBrad]

How the fuck is DMDS the weakest of the early Norwegian BM discs...?

It's not. I forgot that Satyricon put out Dark Medieval Times and The Shadowthrone back then. I definitely prefer Darkthrone, Immortal, Ulver, Enslaved, etc. though

 

[DarkBliss]

Anyway, AJFA is on par with RTL as their greatest; the bass is totally out of the way on AJFa, which seems to annoy some bass fanatics, the harmony is richer and Hetfield's vocas are ingrained in rhythm; there's some even cool call-response going on on Blackened. The flow of the album is no longer interrupted by rather jarring transitions and sudden interludes. And the drums are awesome; I especially like the ones on One where they emulate machine gunfire.

Granted, it's definitely a bit too long; I could live without Dyers Eve, for one; the production on the album does not fit such a hyperspeed thrasher, imo.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Hvis Lyset Tar Oss and Far Away From the Sun are the pinnacle of Black Metal.

The first 2 Morbid Angel are almost faultless.

The Red in the Sky is Ours is probably the greatest Death Metal record.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is easily the weakest of the classic early Norwegian Black Metal albums, though it is still great.

Ride the Lightning is truely great whereas Master of Puppets is mostly mediocre. I have always enjoyed the former, but was never able to get into the latter despite the very obvious similarities between the two.

Judas Priest >> Iron Maiden.

I know someone else has used this line before, but I'll paraphrase it now:
You could have just reduced that whole post down and said "I have really shitty taste in music."
I do agree about the first 2 Morbid Angel albums, however.

 

[waif]

Granted, it's definitely a bit too long; I could live without Dyers Eve, for one; the production on the album does not fit such a hyperspeed thrasher, imo.

Dyer's Eve is pretty badass. They definitely could have cut Frayed Ends of Sanity, though. To Live Is To Die is also sort of underwhelming.

 

[cookiecutter]

btw fuck anus elitists for thinking DMDS is the weakest of the classic early NBM albums, seriously fuck you, fuck off.

Totally agree. It's easily the best non-Burzum classic in my opinion.

 

[Blind Guardian]

To Live Is To Die is also sort of underwhelming.

It's only one of the best songs they've ever written.

 

[BeyondAllHorizons]

I wasn't including Satyricon with the DMDS comment, I was mainly refering to the classic works from, Burzum, Darkthrone, Emperor, Enslaved, Immortal and even Ulver's Bergtatt. I think all the best records from these bands are better than DMDS, although as I said it's still a great album.

As for MoP, I could just never get into it for whatever reason where I enjoy every song on RTL apart from Escape.

I am definatly not an 'ANUSite' if that is what you were trying to imply.

 

[DarkBliss]

Enslaved are pretty damn boring and overproduced, imo. Meh. I just don't think minimalistic BM should sound so.."fat"