Well, don't get me wrong...I also think that about Against, Roorback, and Nation, but I still believe that the band gets way too much shit. I just tell myself that it's because Schizophrenia and Beneath the Remains were so thrashtastic and Arise was so brilliant. I figure people would have wanted more of the same. That's mostly why I like Chaos so much. It was so different.
And I can't stand a lot of Roots. Honestly. Aside from a few shining tracks, the album is generally spotty. I more appreciate the band's willingness to try something far out there. And it's still heavier than Korn's s/t by a mile. I can understand a lot of the criticism, and I'll usually let it pass.
NO ONE disses Chaos A.D. though. I literally can't stand it. The hate for that album just reminds me that all-out thrashers are boneheads who need to have riffriffriffriffriffrifftwiddleriffriff to be happy. I like Schizophrenia, but aside from "Inquisition Symphony," the tracks are practically interchangeable. They're all good, but I end up just playing the album cover to cover. On Chaos A.D. there are different tracks for different moods or feelings. Different rhythms, different speeds, and so much groove. I just totally dig it beyond all reason.
Trying to stop this from being some pointless argument or an off-topic rant, I'll say that I still love the thrash til' death stuff like Hellish Metal Dominate, especially when the riffs are so well-written. It really brings back feelings of 80's Kreator, but with that modern 'beefy' sound I dig from bands like The Crown.
That is one hell of a word - i'll remember that one!!
:Smokedev: cheers man! by the way is that you in that pic? where the hell did you get that fish? (marine biologist speaking...)
what the fuck is "global music?" Say "native music" or "Brazilian music" or something of the sort and I might be inclined to agree but heavy metal is far more "global music" than any sort of tribal stuff.
