Most Hit or Miss Bands?

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I feel like despite all the praise they get, Seance is majorly hit-or-miss. I like select sections of songs on Saltrubbed Eyes...for instance, my oft-cited example is the beginning of Soulerosion being one of the most powerful, stampeding, incredible examples of DEATH FUCKING METAL, and indeed that entire song is good, then The 13th Moon is horrible, and the rest of the album is totally spotty from then on. Classic? Maybe. Consistent? Ehh...

Their new one was pretty good too but has some obvious throwouts.

 

[Eligos]

Who most people choose to have sex with does not affect their view on what does and does not define a "miss".

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Har har.

Honestly I don't see what's so offensive about "Last Rose of Summer". It's really pretty decent, and the sound they pull off is quite impressive for a metal band that doesn't really do soft rock.

 

[The Ozzman]

I didn't say I didn't like 'Last Rose of Summer', just that everything after Starbreaker is hit or miss, which means I could like LRoS or I could hate it.

Faggot.

 

[Xorv]

Opeth and Anathema have a lot of those.....

 

[IntoPhagist]

Best example I can think of is Dream Theater. They have some absolutely epic tracks, but 2/3 of their songs are complete drivel.

In your opinion sir

I like almost all of DT's songs.

 

[Estellise Sidos Heurassein]

Sin After Sin is a great album. I don't think there's any weak songs on it. "Last Rose of Summer" has a beautiful vocal performance and is way above average if you want to call it soft rock.

Priest were golden for a long time before getting spotty, so they don't apply here either.

I don't think that 4 or 5 albums from a band that has 16 qualifies as a long time. They'd clearly lost quite a bit of steam and already started to dumb down by the time British Steel rolled around.

 

[The Ozzman]

Sin After Sin is a great album. I don't think there's any weak songs on it. "Last Rose of Summer" has a beautiful vocal performance and is way above average if you want to call it soft rock.



I don't think that 4 or 5 albums from a band that has 16 qualifies as a long time. They'd clearly lost quite a bit of steam and already started to dumb down by the time Turbo rolled around.

Fixed that for you

 

[no country for old wainds]

last rose of summer is pretty bad haha.

here come the tears is SO GOOD however

 

[Xorv]

In your opinion sir

I like almost all of DT's songs.

you also have bad preference in metal....soo.....yeahhhhhh.....

 

[IntoPhagist]

Wouldn't you call In Flames hit or miss? They have missed a lot lately but they hit a lot as well.

Megadeth is very Hit or Miss

 

[IntoPhagist]

you also have bad preference in metal....soo.....yeahhhhhh.....

GFY

 

[Lateralus14]

We're talking about bands that are a mix of good and bad on their albums. In Flames has been all bad for quite some time.

 

[kliglord]

Njiqahdda, one song will be ambient black metal and the next will be something that wouldn't sound out of place on a Sounds of the Rain Forest tape

 

[IntoPhagist]

HELLOWEEN is my top pick...They kicked ass, became a joke and have been really good again for a bit.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

OK, I'd say In Flames is basically hit or miss, even within albums sometimes.

 

[The Ozzman]

In Flames has been all bad for quite some time.

Get out.

 

[Xorv]

everything beyond clayman is wankery.

and the keeper of the seven keys cover is mesmerizing.

 

[Lateralus14]

I like IF through Whoracle..

 

[Draehl]

everything beyond clayman is wankery.

and the keeper of the seven keys cover is mesmerizing.

Yeah, I'd say up through Clayman as well. But that's a case of fading over time, IMO.