DarkBliss
...And okra for all
I don't like Edge of Sanity. Especially their single track album. I've never made it to the end of Crimson.
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Cannibal Corpse is definitely one of my favorite death metal bands. I don't care for Bodom or Bloodbath much; they are rather boring to me.
VelociBrad
Spawn of Possession
Yeah not a Bodom fan. Power metal with really poor harsh vocals. I don't like power metal to begin with, don't want some power metal band trying to make death metal.
TheInsane
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I value Anthrax "among the living" up there with those bands. Actually I was never a big fan of Slayer (great live but I never listen to them unless its live). I also think Testaments "the new order" is really solid.
TheInsane
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Yeah, its important to not let others be the judge of ones own musical taste. I know all to well how some people like something just because it gives them cred in certain circles.
Now I can appreciate tech-death (I love Obscura for one) but also appreciate stuff that are very straight forward (Machine Head) and stuff thats cheesy (Manowar). And on top of that I love all kinds of different music - jazz (esbjörn svensson trio), country (garth brooks), pop (beatles), opera (die zaubflöte), folk (rome), fusion (mahavishnu orchestra), scores (the fountain) etc.
I don't like Edge of Sanity. Especially their single track album. I've never made it to the end of Crimson.
I think Edge of Sanity is very much up and down but man the first "Crimson" album is one of those that is just solid as hell through and through. I can see why people cant care much about "spectral sorrows" or some of the other albums but I think "Crimson" is ace! I do not however appreciate its follow up "Crimson II". That one I never made it through. Some part of it is the awful poduction.
DarkBliss
...And okra for all
Mind you, Obscura I get. It's in fact amazingly fluent at times in terms of rhythmic momentum. I pretty much overdosed on this album at one time. But I don't like the vocals, and it's just so grating, and often needlessly mathematical.
I think my distaste for Crimson comes from the fact that I don't like single track albums that much. There is some good musicianship on display, but the transitions are pretty patchy, imo.
I think my distaste for Crimson comes from the fact that I don't like single track albums that much. There is some good musicianship on display, but the transitions are pretty patchy, imo.
VelociBrad
Spawn of Possession
I like Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox and The Spectral Sorrows. The rest of it doesn't do much for me. Especially the first album is really bad.
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TheInsane
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Edge of Sanity was for sure a band that couldnt seed out the bad from the good. This is how I rate the albums I have:
Crimson II - Never made it through tis one. Bad production and there is just something about it, cant recognize what, that always makes me press the stop button after just a few minutes.
Spectral sorrows and purgatory afterglow are alright. Both have some awesome stuff but also to much filler. I rarely listen to these albums but they do have good material on them.
Infernal - I have a special relation to this one. Its one of the more extreme metal records I liked and it has a special place in my heart. Most song on here are different frome achother and you can hear that the band wasnt a cohesive unit recording it. Still I like pretty much everything on here especially the groovy and melodic tracks.
Crimson - a masterpiece. I really like this one through and through. Basically solid as hell combining so many different elements and everything just works.
So for me its basically two album out of the 5 I have listened to that I think are worthwhile to check out. I do realize that my opinion on "infernal" may be controversial. Many seem to think its one of EoS's weaker albums
Crimson II - Never made it through tis one. Bad production and there is just something about it, cant recognize what, that always makes me press the stop button after just a few minutes.
Spectral sorrows and purgatory afterglow are alright. Both have some awesome stuff but also to much filler. I rarely listen to these albums but they do have good material on them.
Infernal - I have a special relation to this one. Its one of the more extreme metal records I liked and it has a special place in my heart. Most song on here are different frome achother and you can hear that the band wasnt a cohesive unit recording it. Still I like pretty much everything on here especially the groovy and melodic tracks.
Crimson - a masterpiece. I really like this one through and through. Basically solid as hell combining so many different elements and everything just works.
So for me its basically two album out of the 5 I have listened to that I think are worthwhile to check out. I do realize that my opinion on "infernal" may be controversial. Many seem to think its one of EoS's weaker albums
VelociBrad
Spawn of Possession
You better bring a big knife regardless it's not going to do you any good. That's all I gotta say.
TheInsane
Member
I dunno. No reason. Could be that I first heard Infernal and liked it and then heard Crimson and loved it. Then I bought the three other records and were dissapointed. Maybe I didnt really feel like checking out the rest.
Manic Ferocity
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God, will you shut the fuck up? When is it going to be beaten into your head that people like bands based on the quality of the music? Has it ever occurred to you that some of us may actually enjoy the music of some of these so-called "elitist" bands? NO ONE with any respectable musical opinions listen to bands based on popularity or cult status. You've been saying this for like ten pages now and people have repeatedly given you reasons why they don't like Dimmu Borgir, Nightwish, etc. Why don't you just listen to those bands and stop being such an insecure cunt?
Chanakya
Orphaned Brother
Wow, that pretty much reflects my sentiments on this issue. Not exactly innovative or the most solid band out there, but to call it bland and uninspired is a little lame to be honest. Not that it should play a big role, but that's one of the neatest side-projects I've come across. I can only imagine how amazing they could've been if they all stuck together [Nightmares.. album line-up]. Maybe because I haven't seen too many quality DM live releases, but I found Wacken Carnage awesome.
VelociBrad
Spawn of Possession
You probably wouldn't really like them since you're on the fence with Spectral Sorrows and Purgatory Afterglow, so maybe you're right in not checking them out.
Saparmurat_Niyazov
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So basically you're saying the same things about bands that are obscure that DarkBliss and I are saying about the more "mainstream" acts. Of course quality is not based on popularity, how fucking stupid do you think we are? Besides, to deny that some metal "nerds" put down bands based solely on their popularity is displaying total ignorance. I can't count how many times I've heard some self-righteous twat say something like "I used to like Emperor, but they're too popular now, so I'd rather listen to Ophthalamia."
cookiecutter
Proceed to Ultraslamming
Have you ever considered that the things that make bands popular may also make some people dislike them? Think of it as pop music vs. obscure music, but contained within the context of metal. I'm sure there's some pop music that you don't like because of things the artist did to gain mass appeal. It's not that you dislike popularity per se, just the elements that makes thing popular.
I'll use Emperor as an example. I'm not really a fan of them because of their complex arrangements and (in my opinion) overblown theatrics. I prefer simpler, more monotonous black metal. I think Emperor (and other symphonic BM bands) are popular because of those things I just mentioned. I don't like the things that make them popular, but in the end it has to do with the music not the popularity.
I do like plenty of popular metal, but I don't feel the need to justify myself by dismissing other people's dislike of those bands as baseless.
I'll use Emperor as an example. I'm not really a fan of them because of their complex arrangements and (in my opinion) overblown theatrics. I prefer simpler, more monotonous black metal. I think Emperor (and other symphonic BM bands) are popular because of those things I just mentioned. I don't like the things that make them popular, but in the end it has to do with the music not the popularity.
I do like plenty of popular metal, but I don't feel the need to justify myself by dismissing other people's dislike of those bands as baseless.
Mort Divine
Shrine Maiden of the In-Crowd
DarkBliss
...And okra for all
First of all my pseudo-analytical critique shouldn't be taken at face value. So what if I like to explain why I favor one band and not another. This shouldn't affect your enjoyment of the music that I find distasteful.
And why are you attacking me? I was responding to someone else. And how does that show my insecurity? If anything, your retort to my post is sign of the former. But let's cease this bickering; it's circular and won't lead anywhere.
I might come off as really condescending on these forums despite allusions to the contrary, or my distaste for condescension in general, but I'm just a guy in search of his own path in music. There are certain aesthetic properties that appeal to me and I'm trying to find more music in the same vein.
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