Controversial opinions on metal

[Onder]

Nile has been around for 16~17 years... That's long enough for me to accept their image isnt really a gimmick any more, unless all death metal lyrics not dealing with gore/violence/satan are a gimmick.

Karl Sanders releases ambient egyptian themed albums, they are fairly high quality, and I think he takes a lot of pride in them. It's not just "added in" imo.

Their lyrics and imagery are also fairly violent and always dark.

Karl Sanders has never been to Egypt.

On the other side though, I would definately not call Nile uninspired and unoriginal. I don't listen to them often but I don't get where all the hate is coming from tbh.

Never understood the hype around Alcest either.

THIS.

 

[LuminousAether]

Alcest makes beautiful, emotionally devastating art.

Nile makes hollow, gimmicky genre trash.

 

[mutantllama]

I'm gonna change the subject to a good band.


70s Pentagram is the best Pentagram

 

[LuminousAether]

I feel that metal is a rare genre in that it only gets better with each passing year, with one major exception (the 70s were much better than the horrific 80s) but that's an exception that is true for all music. Fuck the 80s.

 

[VelociBrad]

The 80s were good. Unless you are a NWOBHM and thrash hater. Then you suck.

 

[ASD]

Or very old school extreme metal hater. In which case you suck even harder.

 

[The Ozzman]

Thrash is the best genre, so anyone who hates it is obviously gay.

 

[LuminousAether]

Or very old school extreme metal hater. In which case you suck even harder.

shit production ruins it all

 

[Kara-Shehr]

shit production ruins it all

Yet you listed Black Metal as one of your favorite genres.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

tbh I can kind of understand 80's hate, as it was a bit of a deadzone for the more progressive forms of music, and was when MTV was a very dominating force. For traditional metal the 80's were obviously king, but aside from the biggest names, most of the best thrash was released in the early 90's.

 

[Inso]

Is someone actually saying they don't like the 80s as an era for metal?

That's just not right; the birth of thrash then old school DM near the end, NWOBHM, loads of great trad stuff. It was the pinnacle!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Even black metal was once good, in the 80's.

 

[rms]

im sorry but if you don't thoroughly love the 80s you are a complete fucking faggot.

 

[Mayhem_MetalHead]

shit production ruins it all

Wait, and you like black metal? Dimmu Borgir right?? uke:uke:

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Even black metal was once good, in the 80's.

Black Metal is still good.

 

[LuminousAether]

Is someone actually saying they don't like the 80s as an era for metal?

That's just not right; the birth of thrash then old school DM near the end, NWOBHM, loads of great trad stuff. It was the pinnacle!

Funnily enough I hate thrash metal, NWOBHM, traditional metal, and old school DM.

 

[LuminousAether]

Wait, and you like black metal? Dimmu Borgir right?? uke:uke:

Dimmu Borgir? You trolling me son?

 

[Mayhem_MetalHead]

Funnily enough I hate thrash metal, NWOBHM, traditional metal, and old school DM.

:zombie:


If I didn't already know how stupid you were, I would think you were a troll.

 

[The Ozzman]

I thought he was an obvious troll

 

[LuminousAether]

How am I trolling? Click my last.fm link. Look at the bands I listen to. Being opinionated, PARTICULARLY in a thread called "controversial opinions on metal" is far from trolling.