Controversial opinions on metal

I like EDT more than Stormblast but slightly less than For All Tid. Never liked any of the others. There are some okay guitar riffs on one of them but the symphonic stuff irritates me.

Though the only time I listen to any of them is when I'm in 13 year old nostalgia mode, so my opinion is pretty much irrelevant.
 
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.