Controversial opinions on metal

[CiG]

Crystal Age are one of my favourite Gothenburgers.

 

[Baroque]

In Flames is a weird band, they've changed quite a bit over the years. I like Jester Race, some of Colony, some of Reroute to Remain, some of Whoracle. Haven't heard their debut maybe I should.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The Jester Race. And Clayman for me but that's rather because of the fact that I'm used to it.

Moonshield is an excellent song, but the album turns to shit pretty rapidly.

 

[EspaDa]

Yeah, Moonshield is great indeed. It has been my ringtone for over a year now.

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Whoracle / Colony had their handfull of solid songs for the time, that would had probably aged better if that genre didnt get beaten to death in the coming decade, but they quickly descended with a mistep in Clayman that lead to planting their faces afterwards.

 

[alex76]

I'll note that the solid songs on Whoracle are quite solid (due to some of the guitar passages mainly). They can get quite stuck in one's head. This is not including any Depeche Mode covers, btw.

 

[The Butt]

Whoracle is really the only thing by In Flames I can stand. Before Whoracle, nothing is that memorable imo. After Whoracle, they become Hot Topic metal.

 

[EspaDa]

Jester's Race is so much better than Whoracle.

 

[RedStorm]

I thought Clayman was decent enough.

 

[Draehl]

Jester's Race is so much better than Whoracle.

Yeah. Gyroscope and a couple other tracks are solid, but overall JR is way better.

 

[EspaDa]

Dance of Death is above par with great songs like Paschendale, A Matter of Life and Death is very enjoyable. The only album of theirs I don't like from XXI century is The Final Frontier.

 

[Phylactery]

Powerslave is definitely their finest hour imo. I agree with most of what Lovecraft said, except I haven't heard every Iron Maiden record in great depth.

 

[EspaDa]

A blasphemous malefactor you are sir.

 

[The Butt]

A Matter of Life and Death is musical sewage.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I used to not like The Final Frontier but lately I've come to think that it's their most underrated revival-era album. I think its major problem is that it starts with several incredibly bad songs so that once you get to the good stuff you're already in a negative disposition towards the album or you've zoned out entirely out of boredom. Which is a shame, because tracks 6-9 of that album is the strongest run of songs of their entire revival-era discography.

 

[The Ozzman]

Paschendale still gives me fucking chills when it breaks into the solo. It is a Top 20 IM song easily.

 

[The Ozzman]

Okay

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Paschendale is a very good song, a rare newer Maiden epic that doesn't rely on repetition at all.

I used to not like The Final Frontier but lately I've come to think that it's their most underrated revival-era album. I think its major problem is that it starts with several incredibly bad songs so that once you get to the good stuff you're already in a negative disposition towards the album or you've zoned out entirely out of boredom. Which is a shame, because tracks 6-9 of that album is the strongest run of songs of their entire revival-era discography.

Totally agree with this. Starblind in particular is probably my favorite Iron Maiden song of the entire reunion period. On the whole it's still a weaker album than BNW, but definitely better than the other three.

EDIT: Well, not totally agree, Mother of Mercy is a great song too (everyone complains about the strained chorus but in a way I kind think it fits).

 

[EspaDa]

Dance of Death is simply better than all successive releases.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Dance of Death is pretty fuckin garbage for the most part. Amazing since the songs are actually still fairly short and less repetitive too. No More Lies, title track, and Face in the Sand are among their all-time worst songs.