HamburgerBoy
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Persuader, basically melothrash for closeted groovephobic power metal fans.
Pharaoh, what the fuck was with this hype? Tim Aymar yarls like the Disturbed guy, the guitar tone is synthetic-sounding as fuck and mostly plays fruity (and often stolen) melodies, just tons of gallop-gallop and a "DUDE OLDSCHOOL" reputation is all it takes I guess. Bullet for My Valentine literally has stuff about on par with them.
Portal, memedeath, muh esotericism.
Queensryche post-Promised Land, the most abrupt fall from glory in metal's history.
Redemption, I'm glad Alder got this Dream Theater pop-prog-metal out of his system without attaching it to the Fates Warning name.
Rigor Mortis. WOW FAST, too bad you couldn't write a riff to save your life. Anyone that thinks this is death/thrash is clinically retarded, just another third-rate speed/thrash band with undue reputation thanks to a major record deal and a band member connected to other, more famous (but still shit) bands. iirc the Freaks EP has a good song somewhere though.
Rotting Christ, and the rest of the Greek scene tbh, flowery melodramatic crap with a production/aesthetic gimmick.
Sabbat (UK), more overlength compounded by a tendency to rehash the same fundamental riffing units over and over. Walkyier can't save those songs. Sneap's productions are more interesting than his riffs.
Sacred Reich, the definition of whiffle thrash.
Sieges Even. They had a brief respite with their mid-90s period, Sophisticated/Uneven where they played a sort of progged-up Van Halen-y shred metal/rock that was actually pretty good. Otherwise, their first album is the definition of plagiarism in metal, the second one is one of my all-time least favorites, and everything else is sleep-inducing.
Pharaoh, what the fuck was with this hype? Tim Aymar yarls like the Disturbed guy, the guitar tone is synthetic-sounding as fuck and mostly plays fruity (and often stolen) melodies, just tons of gallop-gallop and a "DUDE OLDSCHOOL" reputation is all it takes I guess. Bullet for My Valentine literally has stuff about on par with them.
Portal, memedeath, muh esotericism.
Queensryche post-Promised Land, the most abrupt fall from glory in metal's history.
Redemption, I'm glad Alder got this Dream Theater pop-prog-metal out of his system without attaching it to the Fates Warning name.
Rigor Mortis. WOW FAST, too bad you couldn't write a riff to save your life. Anyone that thinks this is death/thrash is clinically retarded, just another third-rate speed/thrash band with undue reputation thanks to a major record deal and a band member connected to other, more famous (but still shit) bands. iirc the Freaks EP has a good song somewhere though.
Rotting Christ, and the rest of the Greek scene tbh, flowery melodramatic crap with a production/aesthetic gimmick.
Sabbat (UK), more overlength compounded by a tendency to rehash the same fundamental riffing units over and over. Walkyier can't save those songs. Sneap's productions are more interesting than his riffs.
Sacred Reich, the definition of whiffle thrash.
Sieges Even. They had a brief respite with their mid-90s period, Sophisticated/Uneven where they played a sort of progged-up Van Halen-y shred metal/rock that was actually pretty good. Otherwise, their first album is the definition of plagiarism in metal, the second one is one of my all-time least favorites, and everything else is sleep-inducing.
