Controversial opinions on metal

I don't mind Decrepit Birth, though their new album is some pretty massive Death worship.

Dawn Crosby was the best female thrash vocalist, and Detente's Recognize No Authority is better than 95% of the thrash albums that people discuss all the time (Testament, Exodus, etc etc)
 
I still haven't heard that album, but her performance on Within the Veil is enough to make me agree with your first statement.
 
I don't mind Decrepit Birth, though their new album is some pretty massive Death worship.

Dawn Crosby was the best female thrash vocalist, and Detente's Recognize No Authority is better than 95% of the thrash albums that people discuss all the time (Testament, Exodus, etc etc)

Yeah, I love Decrepit Birth, but they have pretty much abandoned the brutal death metal thing from more of a technical/melodic sound, which is already creating a rabid following of fanbois, which is why I predict everyone in the metal underground will start hating them.
And yes, Dawn Crosby is awesome. I'm only familiar with her Fear Of God material, however.
 
I highly doubt this is controversial, but Opeth only has one album worth listening to, and that's Still Life. The albums before and after meander around way too much.
 
I have not listened to Opeth in ages, but Damnation was one of my favorites at a certain point so would check out that album. I might listen to it today.
 
Probably not controversial but it's one of the first things that comes to mind when someone mentions Opeth:

Damnation sucks and is the most boring album I own. I really don't get what people see in that album.
 
Damnation is great. I am surprised that the band didn't pursue that sound further, I mean I know it would alienate a lot of their fans, but I would personally like to hear them make another album in that style.
 
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Yeah I imagine a few people here are sick of seeing Opeth come up in this thread over and over again. I just did a quick check to see how many posts the word 'Opeth' comes up in this thread (including this one) and it's 333 of 19766, or 1.68%. A fair bit then.

Anyway, they opened with Windowpane (I'm pretty sure, it was something off Damnation anyway) on their last tour, and I just stood there thinking 'This is the most boring way to open a show ever, please end so we can get on to the next song.'