Controversial opinions on metal
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Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Leprosy, Human and Spiritual Healing are the only albums I like. Spiritual Healing has always been my fave though.
CiG
Room with a View
I think that The Sound of Perseverance is a terrible album. It's very technical, but the complexity mainly seems to exist for its own sake. The vocals are also an intentionally prominent part of the songs and they're really annoying because they have a quality similar to Dani Filth. The "Painkiller" cover is cringe-worthy.
I can see why someone wouldn't like it. Could be too raw and the production is kinda shit even for OSDM.
Needs moar bass. That's my only gripe with Human (and most stuff really)
There are some out there who find that cover version better than the original. I am not one of those people.
Here's how I rank the albums right now, which means it's subject to change for people who are going to bitch about it:
1) Symbolic
1) Spiritual Healing
3) TSOP
4) ITP
5) Human
6) SBG
7) Leprosy
I really need to revisit the band again. Been a while since I've listened to them. There was a time I thought Human was the worst album so not all hope is lost. All of them are varying degrees of good though.
CiG
Room with a View
It's definitely fucking raw, Chris Reifert wouldn't drum on some scrubbed up shit.
1987 ahhh, what a great year.
1987 ahhh, what a great year.
Baroque
Active Member
Like tb said, not a single weak album. There's still an hierarchy though, which in my mind goes like this:
Symbolic > TSoP > Human > SBG=Leprosy > ITP > Spiritual Healing
That said, I'd still enjoy listening to SH right now.
Sound of Perseverance is vastly underrated. It's basically a gateway drug to jazz death metal. Insanely creative stuff at times on that album.
Baroque
Active Member
Painkiller cover aside, it is a brilliant album musically. Like any good progressive music it takes a few spins to 'get' and most people give up before they reach that point, claiming it's no good. At first I didn't like it either but it grew into one of my favorite albums of all time. Top 50 easily.
I've heard the album enough times to form a solid opinion on it. It's not an album that I will ever like, and I enjoy other technically complex music.
CiG
Room with a View
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
Symbolic is just as technical as TsOP. ITP has some pretty techy/proggy stuff on there as well.
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
... Cynic, Pestilence(Spheres), Gorod. Obscura(the album) and From Wisdom to Hate. Also, some of Death's later work ... as mentioned earlier.
Forgot about Cynic. I don't really consider Gorod to be that jazzy but I've only heard Neurotripsicks.
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
yea Spheres is great.
Fuck, how could I forget Quo Vadis? I guess I can't tell the difference between jazzy and progressive..
CiG
Room with a View
alex76
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Testimony is probably one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. While at times Spheres does catch fire, I have to say that I was quite disappointed. As much as I want to, I cannot bring myself to state that Spheres was a great album.
I'm quite fond of some bands such as Atheist and Gorguts. I just find The Sound of Perseverance to be quite offensive to my ears.
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