Jester Slave
Narcissist
Battles has a better production, that's a fact, you must've misunderstood me. But to have the audacity to call any song from SC cheesy while you are trying to make a point for Battles.... 
Battles is a by the book American Metal record, but the problem is, bands who are doing this for years are obviously better than IF. Yes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Billy Talent and Skillet has not just one, but many better records in this genre than Battles.
Battles also have better vocals, won't even argue that, but SC moves on a much wider range. Battles' heaviest track is what, Through My Eyes? Give me a fucking break, half of SC is heavier than that, which says a lot, when SC was BY FAR the most light-hearted record from In Flames.
I'm not embarrassed to show SC around because it is a mild alt-rock record, nothing more. Wouldn't be my choice of record to try to convince people to like IF, but that's fine.
Battles is quite easy to not hate, actually, as it does nothing. While SC has a variety of songs, which are bound to be hit or miss, even if the band was in their heydays, Battles has The Truth + 11 variance of the same shit. The name of the game is vocal layers. Benson makes the vocal transition seem seamless, and by the third chorus, he throws in a bunch of additional vocal tracks to immerse your ears in it. And it works, no fucking question about it. So what?
Battles is hands down the most braindead music on my 200+ shuffle list, and that says something when it includes tracks which starts like this: "Ahhhh ahhhhh, Ge-ge-e jo jo uh lala hmm let's go, Geronimo".
There are some instrumental highlights, sure, I love the ending guitar at Drained, In My Room and The Truth have nice solos, Wallflower starts out promising, but these are nothing but fractions. The biggest luck this record has, that while ASOP and SC was plagued from the start for following such records as CC and SOAPF, Battles had the freedom to be born into an "I expect nothing" environment.
I dread everyone who thinks that Battles is musically more complex than Siren Charms.
Have to agree, if Battles was anything like that, I'd dig SC's grave myself. Sexy ass drums, guitars sounds like fucking metal finally, vocally playing it safe, being both heavy but still singable, some synth in the background, MORE DRUMS, 3rd chorus being epic without having 1 million vocal layers... mmm, throw in some Björn solo and it's all set.
But Battles is nothing like that, which, once again, says a lot, when even this kind of music is extremely popularized, you can barely do wrong with it.
Battles is a by the book American Metal record, but the problem is, bands who are doing this for years are obviously better than IF. Yes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Billy Talent and Skillet has not just one, but many better records in this genre than Battles.Battles also have better vocals, won't even argue that, but SC moves on a much wider range. Battles' heaviest track is what, Through My Eyes?
Give me a fucking break, half of SC is heavier than that, which says a lot, when SC was BY FAR the most light-hearted record from In Flames.I'm not embarrassed to show SC around because it is a mild alt-rock record, nothing more. Wouldn't be my choice of record to try to convince people to like IF, but that's fine.
Battles is quite easy to not hate, actually, as it does nothing. While SC has a variety of songs, which are bound to be hit or miss, even if the band was in their heydays, Battles has The Truth + 11 variance of the same shit. The name of the game is vocal layers. Benson makes the vocal transition seem seamless, and by the third chorus, he throws in a bunch of additional vocal tracks to immerse your ears in it. And it works, no fucking question about it. So what?
Battles is hands down the most braindead music on my 200+ shuffle list, and that says something when it includes tracks which starts like this: "Ahhhh ahhhhh, Ge-ge-e jo jo uh lala hmm let's go, Geronimo".
There are some instrumental highlights, sure, I love the ending guitar at Drained, In My Room and The Truth have nice solos, Wallflower starts out promising, but these are nothing but fractions. The biggest luck this record has, that while ASOP and SC was plagued from the start for following such records as CC and SOAPF, Battles had the freedom to be born into an "I expect nothing" environment.
I dread everyone who thinks that Battles is musically more complex than Siren Charms.
Apparently he produced this song this year:
Have to agree, if Battles was anything like that, I'd dig SC's grave myself. Sexy ass drums, guitars sounds like fucking metal finally, vocally playing it safe, being both heavy but still singable, some synth in the background, MORE DRUMS, 3rd chorus being epic without having 1 million vocal layers... mmm, throw in some Björn solo and it's all set.
But Battles is nothing like that, which, once again, says a lot, when even this kind of music is extremely popularized, you can barely do wrong with it.
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