General Zod
Ruler of Australia
I have no problem with the "cheese" factor present in Bal-Sagoth's music. My problem is with the quality of the songwriting.J. said:
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Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
General Zod said:
I'm not familiar enough with the majority of their releases, but based on what I heard from "Battle Magic", I agree with Greg and since you place that as possibly their best release J., I can't imagine feeling differently upon listening to them. That said, my opinion is certainly incomplete.
J.
Old Fart
It is commonly agreed that their best is Starfire Burning. My personal fave is Battle Magic.
By songwriting quality, if you mean the lack of verse/chorus..ad nauseam, then I agree.
No worries, I'll still buy y'all a beer, or red wine, if that's your fancy.
By songwriting quality, if you mean the lack of verse/chorus..ad nauseam, then I agree.
No worries, I'll still buy y'all a beer, or red wine, if that's your fancy.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
J. said:
Will try to check it out.
J. said:
I suppose that's part of it, as the structures of the songs just seemed so monotonous and happy sounding. (Though based on what you said before, perhaps they're not trying to be a "take us serioiusly" type band).
J. said:
And vice versa.
I'm definitely a beer man - and I'm sure with enough of them, I could see B.S. being pretty entertaining.
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Giving Balls Sagoth another chance at the moment. Holy fuck is this bad.
Checking out something from Starfire Burning Upon My Nads, let's see if this is any better.
Checking out something from Starfire Burning Upon My Nads, let's see if this is any better.
J.
Old Fart
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
It's like listening to the soundtrack to the movie "Return to Oz"
Haha in all fairness these tracks from Starfire... are decent enough.
Haha in all fairness these tracks from Starfire... are decent enough.
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
I could care less that the songs don't follow a set pattern. Hell, the new Zero Hour will probably be my disc of the year, and Bal-Sagoth isn't 1/1,000th as progressive. I just don't find the songs at all interesting.J. said:
Grey Goose & Red Bull, thanks. And I'll buy your next 12 rounds of beer, to catch for what it cost you for the Goose & Bull.J. said:
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Nico
Onward!
Will Bozarth
Everlasting Godstopper
to me, Bal-Sagoth sounds like blackened power metal.... which, in turn, should be classified as Black Power.
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
Actually, I prefer the classics. Cranking up "Hammerheart" as I type this. Good stuff. Love the vocals.J. said:
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J.
Old Fart
MetalNations
Member
ct_thrash said:i am MOST pleased about bal-sagoth headlining. they were my #1 pick for heathen crusade!
and just for kicks, see if sean connery will do guest vocals for bal-sagoth.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT RULES! I just got an email from them not too long ago.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Demilich
Remember
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
what's funnier is that J used to call Bal Sagoth gay.
when they were announced at some festival a couple years back, he went on and on and on about how gay they were.
yeah, this has nothing to do with liking prog metal or whatever, this is totally to do with the fact that Bal Sagoth don't write interesting music. And that yorkshire-accented narrative is horrible, god I will laugh if they do that live. Especially Byron and his backturned baseball cap, looking like Fred Durst or some other nu-Metal pie eater.
when they were announced at some festival a couple years back, he went on and on and on about how gay they were.
yeah, this has nothing to do with liking prog metal or whatever, this is totally to do with the fact that Bal Sagoth don't write interesting music. And that yorkshire-accented narrative is horrible, god I will laugh if they do that live. Especially Byron and his backturned baseball cap, looking like Fred Durst or some other nu-Metal pie eater.
