Controversial opinions on metal

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Deicide isn't even the best Deicide album IMO. Stench of Redemption for the win.

I'd have to agree with you there, that's their only album that i actually enjoy listening to.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Legion still scares the shit out of me. It's a brutal, technical, evil album. I'd pick it over any other Deicide album...TSOR is alright.

 

[KafkaX]

Legion for sure.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Self titled ftw. I hate the production on Legion.

 

[Krow]

Definitely prefer the self titled, if only for the layered vocals in which benton is transformed into a howling demon.

 

[Nightmare_Heaven]

Legion just for the disgusting bass sound, never mind how sick the rest of it is.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Definitely prefer the self titled, if only for the layered vocals in which benton is transformed into a howling demon.

Fuck yes, those layered vocals made that album.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Apparently Satan himself made a guest appearance.

 

[Onder]

- I think Alcest is homosexual garbage.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

^.

I don't see what's so bad about stoner doom. Granted, I don't like very much of it but I do enjoy Sleep, Electric Wizard, and Acid King from time to time. I suppose it's kind of an obnoxious trend but the music itself isn't too bad. I feel the same way about sludge.

 

[Vimana]

I think discussions about what's good and what's bad in music are retarded since organized sound waves carry no inherent qualities.

And shared subjective reactions are not the same as objective truths.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

^philosopher

 

[The Ozzman]

The best Deicide album is Once Upon the Cross

 

[ASD]

Every time I listen to anything from any of the retro/old school movements (thrash, death, traditional), no matter how good it is, I'd just rather listen to the actual classics.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

- I think Alcest is homosexual garbage.

You're a homo who has sex in a pile of garbage.

 

[skeptik]

^philosopher

 

[Manic Ferocity]

 

[Dak]

 

[Bitencourt29]

The best Deicide album is Once Upon the Cross

Legion. Once Upon is a good album though.

 

[MetalSifu789]

My 4 possibly controversial opinions on metal, that kinda go hand in hand:

1. Most "true" black metal only sounds evil, savage, or dark in 30 second iTunes samples. The songs themselves are repetitive and boring as fuck, and go absolutely nowhere, which completely kills the aggressive nature. This is true of even the so-called "brutal" black metal bands, such as Dark Funeral, Marduk, and 1349.

2. That being said, Burzum and Xasthur are amazing, because they don't try to come off as aggressive. The "droning" type of songwriting works for that.

3. Nile's album "In Their Darkened Shrines" is at least ten times darker, more epic, eerier, and it has more evocative power than any "true" black metal album I've yet heard (other than the two bands mentioned in #2). This is because they keep things interesting, change the riffs around, and then use epic moments to highlight the song and provide a contrast to the brutality.

4. Hell, I've yet to hear a band that can evoke an atmosphere and give me goosebumps in ways that Nile's (BSOV-Shrines) music can.