GMD SONG SURVIVOR: SODOM - PERSECUTION MANIA, ROUND 2

[Sophii]

I will say, this game did get me super interested into Sodom though.

I feel like they influenced Carnivore a bit.

 

[CiG]

The melody of the main riff and vocals sound happy. I'm not a musician or anything so I don't know why it sounds happy. Maybe it's in a key atypical of thrash, I don't know. But it sounds like it belongs it a trad or power metal album to me, not a thrash metal album.

So all of a sudden a thrash album with trad/power elements is a problem for you? Thought you liked that shit most of the time.

 

[Sophii]

I think "happy" sounding elements really bring out a song. Thrash isnt all serious and cold shouldered anyway. Sodom certainly seems like a band to have fun with what they do.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So all of a sudden a thrash album with trad/power elements is a problem for you? Thought you liked that shit most of the time.

Humans specialize and trad/power is not Sodom's specialty. Tom's voice isn't suited for it, the tempo is too fast and the rhythms still too thrashy, the melody itself is extremely simple, etc. I think the English Dogs' and Discharge's attempts at trad/power are total garbage as well. If NoMeansNo, King Crimson, Devo, or another non-metal artist I love attempted trad/power I'd hate that too most likely.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I think "happy" sounding elements really bring out a song. Thrash isnt all serious and cold shouldered anyway. Sodom certainly seems like a band to have fun with what they do.

On M-16 I can agree, but they let the songs breathe a bit more with better tempo dynamics, better melodies, and a silly-yet-kickass cover track at the end.

 

[Sophii]

Discharge had THE BEST trad metal album what you talkin about.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Discharge had THE BEST trad metal album what you talkin about.

Grave New World sure isn't an OFR.

 

[Sophii]

Grave New World still fuckin ruled though. They took a risk and did well with it.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

the worst Sodom songs are usually the "fun"/lighthearted punky ones that are in german

 

[CiG]

Humans specialize and trad/power is not Sodom's specialty. Tom's voice isn't suited for it, the tempo is too fast and the rhythms still too thrashy, the melody itself is extremely simple, etc. I think the English Dogs' and Discharge's attempts at trad/power are total garbage as well. If NoMeansNo, King Crimson, Devo, or another non-metal artist I love attempted trad/power I'd hate that too most likely.

A Devo trad/power metal album would be cool.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I think "happy" sounding elements really bring out a song. Thrash isnt all serious and cold shouldered anyway. Sodom certainly seems like a band to have fun with what they do.

yeah if were talking about fun bands like Gama Bomb or whatever. Not stuff like Slayer, Sacrifice, Sepultura etc.

but yeah, most "happy" thrash is pretty much crap, ala anthrax

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A Devo trad/power metal album would be cool.

Maybe one song would be fine.

 

[CiG]

yeah if were talking about fun bands like Gama Bomb or whatever. Not stuff like Slayer, Sacrifice, Sepultura etc.

but yeah, most "happy" thrash is pretty much crap, ala anthrax

Do you agree that "Nuclear Winter" is happy pop-thrash though?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Do you agree that "Nuclear Winter" is happy pop-thrash though?

absolutely not. The guy is delusional as usual

 

[Sophii]

I think Bombenhagel did tho.
That might be the weakest song on the album.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yeah Bombenhagel is a stupid song too.

 

[Sophii]

Its not total crap though. Just super annoying that its just a minute worthy song repeated like 4 times.

Its like if Killing Joke attempted to write a thrash metal song that wasn't The Wait

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

i honestly thought Crimmy was joking when he said it was the strongest song on this album.

 

[Sophii]

Rip best song.

 

[Allfader]

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