Controversial opinions on metal

[Internally Deformed]

well that's because "old Pantera" didnt even really have a fanbase and where nowhere near being popular. I don't remember anybody listening to that shit. But Slayer, Sepultura and Metallica already had huuuuge fanbases when they decided to chase the trend.

Yeah, true. Lesson: only sell out if you haven't already sold out.

 

[EspaDa]

In Flames also suffered Meallica syndrome, though their newer albums aren't the best selling ones.

 

[The Butt]

Black Album is fuckin' garbage, one of the most traumatizing albums to be released during its day.

fyp

Again, Load is decent Sabbath worship. It's not a good Metallica album, but it's a good album on its own merits. I guarantee if a different band released that very same album it would be nearly universally praised.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Nah, Wherever I May Roam and My Friend of Misery are better than most of those tracks (especially 2x4 and The House Jack Built).

i dig the '2x4' climax around 4 minutes and i'd love 'the house jack built' if it WAS 4 minutes and the stupid shit was erased, but i guess i accept this counter. 'wherever i may roam' is probably objectively the best song on there if not my personal favourite - one of the reasons i said 'virtually'. 'my friend of misery' is a weird one, but pretty likeable in its tongue-in-cheek way i suppose. aside from the section at 3:15-4:50 and the way the chorus transitions back into the opening riff, i like it more conceptually than in reality - the chorus itself and the last couple mins etc are pretty dull. but maybe i'm just the kind of person the song is talking about lol

should point out this was THE album that opened the floodgates for me, the single most revelatory musical experience of my life, so it's hard to be objective especially when every time i revisit it is like a reminder of my growing desensitisation. it's a pretty complex relationship.

 

[Krow]

I wish Pantera weren't so afraid of their redneck fan base to rerelease those old albums. I'd love to have decent hard copies.

 

[The Butt]

Power Metal was actually pretty fun.

 

[CiG]

Can't be worse than 36 Chambers.

Weird comparison.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@rusty water

 

[rusty water]

@rusty water

hahaha thats really funny thanks for that comparison. I am not slandering Hetfield btw or saying he is `cowardly`, he isnt, he just looks like him hahaha

 

[MrTagoMago]

Weird comparison.

It was just the first album that came to mind. I remember trying to give rap and hip hop a real chance and everyone said this was the best rap album ever. I found it very underwhelming.

 

[Yerfdaug]

Can't be worse than 36 Chambers.

Lol wut?
That's one of the best albums of the 90s, rap, or otherwise.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Just tried listening to it and it's way too minimal to hold one's attention for long.

 

[CiG]

It was just the first album that came to mind. I remember trying to give rap and hip hop a real chance and everyone said this was the best rap album ever. I found it very underwhelming.

I'd take underwhelming > overwhelmingly shit (Load).

It's not my favourite hip hop album, but sure it's a classic.

 

[MrTagoMago]

I'd take underwhelming > overwhelmingly shit (Load).

It's not my favourite hip hop album, but sure it's a classic.

When I said Underwhelming I was putting it nicely. Again though there's not a lot of rap that I enjoy. Most of it is either shit or bores me. This might be considered really lame to say (And fittingly enough for this thread controversial) but the best rap imo by far is The Beastie Boys particularly Pauls Boutique and Check your head. No it has nothing to do with them being white but more to do with the Sabbath worship and other experimental elements.

 

[CiG]

Well, if that's what you like in hip hop, I can point you to other paths less worn than the Beasties.

I also love them too by the way.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Not really metal but here's a controversial opinion. In the court of King Crimson is an overrated album. Certainly it was very ambitious for the time and has its mind blowing moments but as whole listening experience it's spottyespecially with the Moon child improvisation which was downright pathetic.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Not really metal but here's a controversial opinion. In the court of King Crimson is an overrated album. Certainly it was very ambitious for the time and has its mind blowing moments but as whole listening experience it's spottyespecially with the Moon child improvisation which was downright pathetic.

Pretty much the only straight up prog album I like, so I can't agree with you on that one. Blows everything else out of the water - including King Crimson's other albums.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Pretty much the only straight up prog album I like, so I can't agree with you on that one. Blows everything else out of the water - including King Crimson's other albums.

Not sure why you would like it and no others. I don't care much for the other King Crimson stuff I've heard either tbh though the only other album I thoroughly listened to was Red.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Sorry, meant to say that King Crimson is the only straight up prog band I like. I like some of the other albums (Larks Tongues in Aspic, In the Wake of Poseidon), I just don't think they quite compete with the first.

 

[Krow]

I don't have much of a problem with someone calling In the Court of the Crimson King the best prog rock album. It's up there with Camel - Mirage for me. Yes - Close to the Edge is up there too. Annnnd Wish You Were Here and a Rush album would be on my list.

As far as King Crimson goes I own and enjoy In the Wake of Poseidon and Starless and Bible Black on occasion.