Most Overrated Metal Band

[ShaneBarnes1982]

I totally disagree with Bodom.. I love them, but hey, this whole thread is about disagreeing(sp?) with the masses, so the more power to ya! Good music is in the Eye(ear?) of the Beholder!

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

I'm also a fan of Bodom's vocals, but when I hear a riff in one of their songs it makes me wanna go out and fuckin' pick daisies. That's why I agree they're overrated. And whoever said Stratovarious, I also agree.

 

[Soilent Goat]

Why doesn't everyone just quit bitching? Opeth have some extremely good orchestrated material but the fact that many know that for some odd reason makes them overrated? Give me a break..the same goes for bands like Soilwork..as for Mayhem, they're a classic bm band and always fuckin' will be. De Mysteriis alone is enough to leave them a classic. And Grand Declaration has superb drumming as well as guitars...as for Dimmu, I could do without some of the earlier works but Puritanical and Spiritual Black are solid ass albums...I will agree Cradle of Filth sucks but hell I knew everyone was going to mention them..it's the "thing" to do when it comes to mentioning them. Lastly, Cannibal Corpse fucking rules. 'Nuff said. As for my list of overrated bands I ain't saying shit..fact of the matter is any band I name probably owns my band and everything we do with their experience alone..so fuck it..

 

[Terminal Spirit Disease]

Cannible Corpse theres another greatly overrated band they were good for like the first two albums but after that it all sounded the same as a lot of death metal bands tend to do after like 4 albums. Fisher is ok vocalist I can't do his vocals but once you've heard one CC song you have heard them all.

 

[Austin7]

Cradle of Filth and Nevermore. Try as I could, I could never get into them.

 

[artificialreasons]

alot of dimmu bashing, i guess maybe its cause of the image...for this reason i had low hopes when i bought their new cd but it turned out to be really good imo

 

[soooooooze]

Cradle of Filth....its just pure and utter tripe

 

[Phobophiliac]

Soilwork
Arch Enemy
Mayhem
Opeth

God Opeth is so overrated. I mean there not bad at all but they sure as hell are overrated.

 

[MorbidKisses]

Originally posted by npearce
What "real" metal band is the most overrated AND WHY? I would say either Bolt Thrower or Dimmu Borgir. They are both very average in my opinion.

Arch Enemy
Mayhem

 

[SICK THING]

Manowar
Cannibal Corpse (a rip-off of Necrophagia!!!)
WASP

 

[red_beef]

dare i say KISS? love them, but seem to be over-fucking-rated...

- red_beef

 

[SICK THING]

Gene Simmons has just become a laughing stock. He is giving metal a very bad name. I wish he'd just retire. I saw him on TV and he looked so fat and old! I was embarassed for him!

 

[red_beef]

he is, bald too you know...

- red_beef

 

[xenophobe]

Originally posted by SICK THING

Cannibal Corpse (a rip-off of Necrophagia!!!)

You're kidding, right?

I've got 3 Necrophagia albums, but they haven't been around as long as Cannibal, who IS overrated...

 

[Ziuwarian]

Overrated? Hmmm, In Flames, Soilwork... oh, and Rhapsody ( ) but that is more shit³ than metal

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Manowar without question.

 

[Burning Darkness]

i also think In Flames gets much more praise than they deserve, still one of my favorite bands though

 

[letaT]

Mayhem is fucking over-rated! Sure they're probably the most influential bm band, but their music just sucks. The riffs are too simplistic, Euro can't do a single fucking decent lead, etc.etc. I agree: they got known just because of their "hobbies", and not bcoz of their talent(?). Same goes for those atmospheric-female vox-string arrangement-orchestral bands like CoF...in fact I never liked them from the very start.

 

[letaT]

And hey! To the guy who said Meshuggah is over-rated, clean your ears bro!

 

[J.]

Power metal. Is this stuff a joke?