GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2009

[rms]

black future is maybe the best 'new' thrash record next to Satanic Assassins (unless im forgetting something). Give it more spins I dare say

 

[The Ozzman]

Meh. I agree with him, Vektor don't tickle my taint all that much.

I shall also join the fellowship of people who have this opinion. I don't get the Vektor hype.

 

[CiG]

By no means do I dislike them, I listen to them here and there. Not hating irrationally or anything.

 

[The Ozzman]

By no means do I dislike them, I listen to them here and there. Not hating irrationally or anything.

For me, it comes down to categories:

Bands that can piss off:
Manilla Road
Cradle of Filth
etc

Bands that I don't hate but can't really get into:
Vektor
Voivod
Venom
etc

 

[CiG]

Bands that can piss off:
Manilla Road

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Bands that I don't hate but can't really get into:
Vektor
Voivod
Venom
etc

What did the letter 'V' ever do to you??

 

[The Ozzman]

What did the letter 'V' ever do to you??

Figured someone would be a smartass about this. I like plenty of bands with 'V':

Viogression
Van Halen
Viking
Virgin Steele
etc

 

[Mort Divine]

its so weird that someone can like virgin steele but hate manilla road

 

[no country for old wainds]

ehh not really, they aren't that similar?

 

[no country for old wainds]

personally i'm ambivalent toward both my pals UPRISING and my pals FUTURE.

 

[The Ozzman]

ehh not really, they aren't that similar?

VERY dissimilar

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

ehh not really, they aren't that similar?

You're talking about a guy who apparently believes that Carly Rae Jepsen and modern Amorphis are sufficiently similar that one could be accused of being disingenuous for disliking the former while liking the latter.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Mort likes modern Amorphis? I don't think he said that they're similar, just that the latter is no heavier than the former (and I agree with him there if that's what he has said).

ehh not really, they aren't that similar?

They're both riffless in-crowd shite with incredibly overlarge discographies and a cornball sense of epicness. I thought enjoying each band went hand-in-hand (Virgin Steele's glammed-Rush metal stuff aside of course)

 

[no country for old wainds]

i've never really got why you consider virgin steele incrowd, they're more of an h.p. lovecraft kinda band i think, loved by those aging uber old-school types who dig hard rock equally as much as metal. and yeah, rush fans like oz. i know cig and one or two others like them but they don't exactly seem super popular around here?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Probably mostly because of Mort, but checking earlier posts of mine on the subject, I think it's because a lot of people had this double-standard where Manowar was cheesy and lame but Virgin Steele was totally awesome and different. It's like the "Metallica sux but Heathen is awesome" effect.

 

[no country for old wainds]

hating on manowar is like the most out-crowd thing possible tho

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Maybe today, a decade ago people seemed a lot more resistant to the idea that Bathory had any Manowar influence.

 

[CiG]

Hating on Manilla Road is something only friendless virgins with cum-hands do.

Edit: I fucked up, I didn't mean Manowar.

 

[Mort Divine]

its not that they specifically sound similar, just that they seem like they'd appeal to the same demographic i guess

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Maybe today, a decade ago people seemed a lot more resistant to the idea that Bathory had any Manowar influence.

Why? That doesn't exactly sound controversial to me. Seems rather obvious when you consider albums like Nordland, Hammerheart, Blood on Ice, etc. Hell, I could see him being influenced by tracks like Dark Avenger specifically.