GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2017

[The Ozzman]

What the fuck? I officially retract the quote you have in your sig

You still suck at detecting shitposting. Haven't listened to that album since I bought it so haven't really formed an opinion yet tbh

 

[Dak]

@TechnicalBarbarity It's so funny when people post against themselves.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... yes, i agree. Kind of like how ozz did when talking out of his ass about Obscura.

 

[CiG]

It's not so much that I suck at detecting shitposting it's just that @The Ozzman's posts are often shit, so the line is much harder to detect for me.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

 

[HamburgerBoy]

it might make the bottom part of my top 10. It's an album geared towards casuals like dak and such, who seem to be lapping that shit up. Not bad, but definitely far from being special.

I don't think it's fantastic, it's a 3.5 for me (though that might mean something different from you), but it's still very good. You can make some comparisons to classic NYHC and crossover but the full package, even if not "special", is still not generic.

 

[CiG]

Apparently posting shit = shitposting to some people.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I don't think it's fantastic, it's a 3.5 for me (though that might mean something different from you), but it's still very good. You can make some comparisons to classic NYHC and crossover but the full package, even if not "special", is still not generic.

how in the world is it not generic? And there is no comparison to classic NYHC in any way outside of it being sprinkled with small doses of crossover. I'm no sure we're even talking about the same record here.

 

[CiG]

Maybe not so much NYHC and more so early metallic hardcore like Earth Crisis?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Like is said, i hear no hardcore on that album outside of the light doses of crossover. Half the tracks are pretty much generic mid-paced thrash songs. Ones that even implement groove.

 

[CiG]

I hear the similarities in places, for example (0:38):



Immediately reminded me of this the first time I listened to Nightmare Logic:

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yes but you are using a metal song from a metalcore band as an example of how the album in question sounds like hardcore?

 

[CiG]

Maybe not so much NYHC and more so early metallic hardcore like Earth Crisis?

No, I wasn't the one claiming it was hardcore. I specifically said that. ^

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

That song you posted is not hardcore, it's straight metal. And i agree on the similarities you hear. So once again, i'm saying there's really no hardcore on that Power Trip album. Closest to hardcore it gets are the light tinges of crossover it has.

 

[CiG]

No it's metal(lic hard)core and I don't agree that is straight metal, it's a metal-influenced hardcore punk genre. But whatever, a pointless debate to have.

For me, the biggest hardcore punk vibe I get from Power Trip is the attitude which is basically 100% in the vocals. Pretty much arbitrary.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

No it's metal(lic hard)core and I don't agree that is straight metal, it's a metal-influenced hardcore punk genre. But whatever, a pointless debate to have.

I was specifically talking about the song you posted. which is 100% metal. You dont need to explain to me what metalcore is bro, lol.

For me, the biggest hardcore punk vibe I get from Power Trip is the attitude which is basically 100% in the vocals. Pretty much arbitrary.

I somewhat agree here.

 

[CiG]

I was specifically talking about the song you posted. which is 100% metal.

The Power Trip song or the Earth Crisis song? If the latter, I disagree and reiterate my earlier point about 90's metalcore being a punk genre, not metal.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

That Earth Crisis song you posted is 100% metal. How are you not following me here?

I disagree and reiterate my earlier point about 90's metalcore being a punk genre, not metal.

So you're saying you hear more punk on that Earth Crisis song than you do metal? you cant be serious

And metalcore is not strictly a punk genre. It is the bastardchild of metal and punk.

 

[CiG]

That Earth Crisis song you posted is 100% metal. How are you not following me here?

Possibly because I don't hear 100% metal in that song and album in general. To me it quite clearly sounds like midpaced hardcore punk with some metal influences.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

This'll take me a bit.