Controversial opinions on metal

[HamburgerBoy]

Testimony of the Ancients > Consuming Impulse

All Pestilence without van Drunen is major suckage. Testimony of the Ancients is generic smorgasbord metal, passing off as an early experimental/progressive death metal masterpiece with fancy guitar solos, extraneous keyboard usage, and worthless interludes, the last of which completely fail at giving the album any sort of continuity that they attempt. There's some standard Obituary-style death metal, some thrash, some traditional doom, none disrespectfully performed or inappropriate with death metal vocals, but all of them boring imitations. Doesn't help that Mameli's voice lacks any passion.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

You tech-death freaks get on my last nerve.

 

[Necroraven]

-Most tech-death is shit; nerds wanking their instruments with plastic, inorganic and robotic sound and the songs sound like technique exercises. Of course there are few exceptions like Obscura.

-Shaxul and Hasjarl should have continued with Hirilorn instead of starting Deathspell Omega.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Never heard Hirlorn, but Deathspell Omega definitely isn't all it's cracked up to be.

 

[SkeletonWitch]

:
for people who cant digest Decrepit Birth or Necrophagist???

Implying that Obscura isn't easier on the ears than Decrepit Birth or Necrophagist ? LOL.

 

[SkeletonWitch]

Never heard Hirlorn, but Deathspell Omega definitely isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Hirilorn sounds like a mix between early Dissection and early Lord Belial. Not exactly original, but if you like both bands, then Hirilorn's album "Legends Of Evil And Eternal Death" is a must-listen.

 

[Krow]

All Pestilence without van Drunen is major suckage. Testimony of the Ancients is generic smorgasbord metal, passing off as an early experimental/progressive death metal masterpiece with fancy guitar solos, extraneous keyboard usage, and worthless interludes, the last of which completely fail at giving the album any sort of continuity that they attempt. There's some standard Obituary-style death metal, some thrash, some traditional doom, none disrespectfully performed or inappropriate with death metal vocals, but all of them boring imitations. Doesn't help that Mameli's voice lacks any passion.

van Dru is overrated as fuck.

 

[JontRevolting]

Ordog was better than Hirilorn.

 

[Mort Divine]

van Dru is overrated as fuck.

no

 

[Der Morgenstern]

no

yea

no

yea

 

[Blind Guardian]

Van Drunen almost single-handedly makes this album worth listening to. If a more generic singer had been growling here, the overall quality would also drop immensely.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Implying that Obscura isn't easier on the ears than Decrepit Birth or Necrophagist ? LOL.

seems to me that you havent listened to Polarity.



Testimony of the Ancients is one of Pestilence's top albums, seconded only by Consuming Impluse.

Van Drunen, overrated? no. One of the greatest death metal vocalists of all time? Yes.

Deathspell Omega is one of the best black metal bands around today.

and to all you lame games who had to drop in their "tech death sucks" bs ....

 

[Mort Divine]

I really hope you get hit by a bus.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Seconded.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

van Dru is overrated as fuck.

I'm not just talking about his voice. The 80's albums were far superior in all respects except in half-assed "progression".

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Deathspell Omega is one of the best black metal bands around today.

I would go so far as to say they are without peer. There's a lot of interesting black metal out there, but since "Kenose" DSO has been producing the most ground breaking, powerful black metal.

Tech death can be amazing when done right.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

I like GWAR. Fuck the haters.

 

[Avigrus]

All Pestilence without van Drunen is major suckage. Testimony of the Ancients is generic smorgasbord metal, passing off as an early experimental/progressive death metal masterpiece with fancy guitar solos, extraneous keyboard usage, and worthless interludes, the last of which completely fail at giving the album any sort of continuity that they attempt. There's some standard Obituary-style death metal, some thrash, some traditional doom, none disrespectfully performed or inappropriate with death metal vocals, but all of them boring imitations. Doesn't help that Mameli's voice lacks any passion.

IMO TotA is brilliant.

 

[Tonka Time]

Diapsiquir>Black metal

 

[Master_Yoda77]

DSO sucks.