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Tyrants and Slaves
How anyone could call MAYH their best and then go on to hate Still Life is beyond me. I say the former and the latter are uno and due.
Controversial opinions on metal
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Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
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SouthernTrendkill
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One thing I'll say is that Agalloch can never compare to Opeth. Though that's surely not a controversial opinion...
Yeah, because Agalloch is a better band, so they don't need to compare with Opeth. They also don't play similar music, so there's no point in even discussing something so stupid.
SouthernTrendkill
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Yeah whatever.
They're two of the biggest (if not in fact THE two biggest) metal bands with an acoustic fetish, so there's more than enough precedent to compare them.
Agalloch will never be able to catch up to Opeth's musical strength. I'm not even a very big Opeth fan and I do like Agalloch but they look so weak next to Opeth.
They still don't play similar styles of music or sound similar. That's like going, "Led Zeppelin and Darkthrone can be compared because they both have electric guitars."
Mort Divine
Shrine Maiden of the In-Crowd
lol
Agalloch is FAR superior to Opeth in every respect aside from perhaps technical ability.
SkiesAtOurFeet
Wakan Tanka at Bifröst
I must agree with Omni, Agalloch's style differs drastically from that of Opeth. Agalloch used alot of influence from Sol Invictus in first couple of albums and that gave them such a huge folk sound. Opeth sort of had the folk sound with Orchid and Morningrise but beyond that i don't really link them to anything folk in nature.
Agalloch is mostly influenced by black metal, doom metal, neofolk and post-rock, and Opeth is influenced by progressive rock and death metal, so they don't sound very similar at all aside from the fact that both bands have soft/loud parts with acoustic/electric guitars and clean/harsh vocals, and of course, the vocal styles are also different, too. Opeth is also much more metal-oriented most of the time.
SkiesAtOurFeet
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SouthernTrendkill
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LOL you guys are crazy. "They're completely different... except for this, this, this, this, and this." Seriously, what's so hard about comparing the two bands most obsessed with acoustic guitars and clean vocals? I wouldn't have a hard time comparing Cannibal Corpse to Avil Lavigne. You guys would?
Thoth-Amon
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that's fine. i and others feel that they have basically been making the same album since Still Life with only minor cosmetic adjustments. I don't have a problem at all with bands repeating myself mind you... some of my favs pretty much make the same album over and over again also.
i wasn't on MSN because I was at school using the computer in the library.
I tend only to compare things that are actually similar to each other, so yes. Although both of the things you just named are comparable in talent in my opinion.
Because Still Life sucks. I find it boring and utterly underwhelming. Nothing about that album is exciting at all.
Thoth-Amon
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SkiesAtOurFeet
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You sir, nearly accomplished the feat of forcing my eyes to roll to the back of my head. Well done.
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Houses Ov Mercury
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only burzum does it way fucking better, and is also generally gunning for an ambient effect. I get the vibe that Primordial are lazy songwriters tbh. But, like I said the vocals are pretty sick, though, and overall I did like To The Nameless Dead
also Opeth are generally a very good band and whoever said Watershed sounded like Ghost Reveries is tripping balls
the cover art is pretty cool.
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