Controversial opinions on metal

[DarkBliss]

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.

That;s one of my favorite songs on the album along with Eye of the Beholder and The Shortest Straw.

 

[Estellise Sidos Heurassein]

Kill 'em All is the only Metallica album that I listen to a lot but I think the first three are pretty good. I like the production on Kill 'em All and it has a really spontaneous sound that I enjoy. James Hetfield's vocals also sound different and better than on the other albums.

 

[DarkBliss]

Kill e'm, All is amazing but Pulling Teeth is just bass wank, and I never liked Metal Militia and the smug Whiplash. The rest is awesome.
It does have killer pacing though, which is why it's so good.

 

[Slayed Necros]

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

Enslaved aren't what I'd consider minimalistic at all.

 

[DarkBliss]

They write drawn out hypnotic compositions. I don't know how else to describe it. Some songs on VV even sound a bit like "techno"

 

[Manic Ferocity]

There's a difference between minimalism and long drawn-out composition.

 

[DarkBliss]

Oh, then call it drawn out BM.

 

[ZosKiaCvltvs]

Speaking of Enslaved, I'm not sure how controversial this is on here, but I'd say Eld > Frost

 

[-CC-]

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

Won't argue, but could be improved

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

No way in hell

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

Your opinion is wrong

 

[mutantllama]

I concur with those that say RTL is the best Metallica album.

 

[DarkBliss]

Also, all those bass-heavy Sunlight Studios bands are pretty damn jarring for my ears. You know, Seance, and such. I have no idea what I even found in them. Must be getting older, and wiser. Or stupider, depending on your interpretation

 

[Manic Ferocity]

The latter seems more likely.

 

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

tbh I find Seance pretty annoying and jarring on a great deal of Saltrubbed Eyes.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

My appreciation for the archetypal Swedish Death Metal sounds has plummeted tbh, though it's only because I've been away from it for so long and I still haven't shaken my perpetual obsession with Finndeath. This topic serves as a nice reminder that I need to revisit some of the more hidden gems that movement had to offer.

 

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

I'm a big fan of Excruciate's Passage from Life in terms of fucking underrated old Swedeath.

 

[DarkBliss]

About Saltrubbed Eyes: there are sparse spacey moments, especially on slower songs,with a good sense of rhythm here and there, but overall, it just runs together. I just rammed it in and got the worst headache.

 

[DarkBliss]

The latter seems more likely.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

 

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

Pretty sure ObscureInfinity has almost entirely turned to trolling and/or inflammatory remarks at this point so I wouldn't worry about it

 

[DarkBliss]

Also, I've relistened to Emperor's second album. It's not as average as I thought it was. Better than the debut, I'd say. Still somewhat flawed.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Ironically I find that the best Swedish death is the kind that doesn't fully follow the Stockholm sound, i.e Therion, Theory In Practice, At The Gates, God Macabre, etc, instead of Dismember, Unleashed, Grave, and so on.