Controversial opinions on metal

[Omni]

Heaviness isn't really a good way to judge the quality or validity of metal in general.

 

[The Butt]

Analyzing music based on only one factor in general is pretty shallow. But analyzing it based on how heavy it is, is extra dudebro-esque.

 

[alex76]

Controversial Opinion:

Kiss ≥ AC/DC

There, I said it!

 

[Baroque]

Never said I judged bands based on only 1 factor. Just that by this particular metric, they are better than most trad doom. There are of course other factors.

 

[Baroque]

Controversial Opinion:

Kiss ≥ AC/DC

There, I said it!

Just no. Not by any metric i can think of.

 

[The Butt]

I can think of more Kiss songs I like than AC/DC songs, I don't find AC/DC very good.

 

[EspaDa]

AC/DC or rather "how to make a 40 year career with one riff and drum pattern".

 

[Omni]

I don't think that either band is great, but each has some music that I like. Both bands influenced quite a few good metal bands too. That's about the extent of my interest in them.

Aerosmith is another band that I lump into the same category.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Kiss and AC/DC are much better than Aerosmith though.

 

[Omni]

I think that the early music by all three is all comparable in quality. Early albums by all three bands have a few songs that I think are pretty good and a bunch of pretty standard hard rock that's listenable without being amazing.

I won't defend later Aerosmith because it's atrociously bad.

 

[EspaDa]

AC/DC top moment was Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap imo.

 

[Satanstoenail]

One riff?

 

[RedStorm]

Aerosmith isn't that bad.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Jesus Lovecraft, calm the fuck down there. 3 posts in a row ranting about how AC/DC have more than 3 notes when one person made one small little comment.

 

[CiG]

You're all wimps.

AC/DC top moment was Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap imo.

Nope, I will always go with Let There Be Rock.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Any of the Bon era albums rule. Powerage is an underrated classic.

 

[EspaDa]

Have you listened to AC/DC? It's way more than one riff. The drum pattern? Yes, it's the same, borderline identical 4/4 beat over and over. But you'd have to be tone deaf to call it just one riff. I'm also sick of the people who claim AC/DC songs stick to the same 3 chords and nothing else. I'm not saying they're masters of a bajillion different chords, but you're full of shit if you think it's just three chords. The title track of For Those About Rock has nine different chords for instance.

It was a joke, I like several AC/DC songs but many of their tracks are similar to each other, it happens especially on albums like Fly on the Wall or For Those About to Rock (except for the title track which is great indeed).

And please restrict the number of words you use for writing a single message. Most of your posts are tl;dr even for me, and I love reading.

 

[CiG]

ACDC are definitely a meat-and-potatoes band though.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Nu Metal is a perfectly valid subgenre of Metal.

Your name seems familiar; did you post on the Gauntlet back in the day?

 

[suckerleaf]

Your name seems familiar; did you post on the Gauntlet back in the day?

I did actually. That was a long fucking time ago! I'm surprised you remember but I guess the name is pretty unusual.