Controversial opinions on metal

listened to The Great Mass again. lolmetal

maiden is decent. nothing really special. tried listening after a few years. couldnt get into it. not enough oooooommmfff
 
I guess there's a dip in quality in the last few songs, but the two long ones are phenomenal. Especially Badlands, perfect anthem. The Dark I'll admit has some issues, the songs run a little closer together and that gated snare is awful, but the A-side is still excellent and Buried at Sea is a nice change from the other more standard speed metal songs. To me their first three are more about the highlights anyways; no perfect album, but they have several songs that could easily go up against the best of the big-names.