Controversial opinions on metal

[VelociBrad]

Yeah, Pleasure to Kill is up there with Hell Awaits/Show No Mercy. Way better than Reign in Blood. Overrated shit.

 

[ZosKiaCvltvs]

Kerry King is a terrible guitarist.

I've been waiting so long to hear someone say this.

Also, every guitarist Megadeth have had is better than Kirk Hammett. Dunno how controversial that is.

 

[TheInsane]

I've been waiting so long to hear someone say this.

Also, every guitarist Megadeth have had is better than Kirk Hammett. Dunno how controversial that is.

I think most people can recognize that Kerry King isnt anything special at all. As a guitarist he can do the thrash riffing but what else? And Im no big fan of Slayer either so I dont really appreciate his songwriting that much.


And yeah all Megadeth guitar players have probably been better than Kirk. Kirk is way overrated and over all just really sloppy. Hetfield does deserve alot of the credit he gets for being a songwriter and at least used to be a good rythm guitarist. Kirk really is nothing special. His main thing is probably creating slower melodic style solos.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

This may or may not be controversial:
Angel Rat and Nothingface are better Voivod albums than War and Pain and at least as good as Rrroooaaarrr and Killing Technology.

 

[DarkBliss]

Killing is My Business is really damn good, plus I dig the production a lot, but at times it's a bit too excessive in its guitar pyrotecnics. I don't mind Mustaine at all, but Hetfield is more expressive.

Also, I don't really like Kreator. Hyperspeed thrash is good when interspersed with more contemplative, doomier and somber moments. Understated harmony, groove. Gimme anything,anything at all to grab on to, just not this Speedy Gonzales stuff. Full speed ahead has never been my cup of tea.

 

[no country for old wainds]

rib > ptk you goons

 

[Manic Ferocity]

This shouldn't be controversial. Metal Up Your Ass is too showy and amateurish. And kinda repulsive even.

Most good metal is amateurish tbh.

 

[VelociBrad]

rib > ptk you goons

RiB sucks like the rest of Slayer's stuff after it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

shut up faggot go listen to rap music

 

[VelociBrad]

cry more. Reign in Blood sucks.

 

[mutantllama]

No it doesn't.

 

[waif]

Pleasure to Kill > Reign in Blood

Nah. PtK is darker and possibly more aggressive, but it's really really clunky. The songwriting is amateurish. It's a great album, but Reign In Blood is just insanely tight, stripped down, perfect thrash.

Also, DarkBliss: have you heard Extreme Aggression? Plenty of understated harmony, mixed tempos, etc on that album. Definitely their best. Check out Betrayer.



If you do not like this song, I do not like you. In fact I hate you. Jerk.

cry more. Reign in Blood sucks.

Did people somehow forget what a troll is?

 

[VelociBrad]

Perfect thrash? Reign in Blood? hahaha. Did you just discover thrash last week?

and no I'm not a troll. I'm just not a sheep that follows the fucking horrible Slayer pack. They stopped being good when RiB came out. Sorry to shatter your illusions, but I'm guessing you probably like Behemoth and/or Lamb of God too.

 

[Krow]

You are ohiogrinder.

 

[The Ozzman]

The only true way to test that theory is to talk shit about Napalm Death

 

[VelociBrad]

Ohiogrinder sounds like a good dude with his own opinions. That's cool. I hate sheep.

I don't really care much either way for Napalm Death really. Prefer Brutal Truth or Phobia for old school grind.

 

[IntoPhagist]

I honestly can't listen to Megadeth anymore. I rarely grab one of their CDs to listen to.

Same

 

[Thoth-Amon]

No it doesn't.

Don't argue with poseuers.

 

[Belligerent]

i swear i claimed Brad was Ohiogrinder before reading this thread

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I don't really care much either way for Napalm Death really. Prefer Brutal Truth or Phobia for old school grind.

The only thing wrong with Napalm Death or Brutal Truth is the political proselytizing. If you prefer Brutal Truth, that's cool, I guess, but I prefer Napalm myself. The one thing that BT has on ND is the fact that Sounds of the Animal Kingdom > Diatribes (both of which came out fairly close to each other).

grind is moronic bullshit where everyone just hits their instruments as hard as they can for 35 seconds and call it a "song"

Pretty stupid statement. The same can be said (by slightly shifting the context) of any extreme metal genre.
For example:
"Black metal is just somebody screaming like a banshee while the same dissonant chord is repeated for 15 minutes."
"Brutal death is just somebody pig-squealing over some speed picking and blast beats."