Originally posted by Unregistered
i think its stupid that your almost entire reasoning for prefering nevermore over iced earth was based on your personal opinion of john, rather than the musicality of iced earth.
*******YOU HAVE MISSUNDERSTOOD, THE REASONS YOU SPECIFIED ARE THE REASONS I DONT LIKE JON THE MAN. THE REASON I CARE LESS FOR IE OVER NEVERMORE, NOW THATS TH EMUSIC. aND BTW, I THINK ITS STUPID THAT YOU MISSUNDERSTOOD. READ WILL YA.
AS FAR AS THE REST OF YOUR REPLY, VERY GOOD ESSAY I MUST SAY. BARLOW IS THE BEST THING ABOUT IE IMO. BUT STILL YET, I FIND MORE ENJOYMENT LISTENING TO WD OVER MB. JMO YOU KNOW.********
as for which i like better, well it depends on which day you ask me...it changes. im glad i have the privelage of being able to listen to two great bands....nuff said. individual comparison:
Dane vs Barlow : BARLOW (very close but barlow has more range ..listen to dante's inferno live for an example)
Loomis vs Shaffer : LOOMIS...better left hand...but i'd say shaffer has the better right hand.
Shepperd vs. McDonough - MCDONOUGH..(i'm a bassist and i know...iced earth's bass part are more difficult most of the time...and plus his tone is better (imo) by use of fingers, rather than pick)
Williams vs Christy : CHRISTY ..his parts are harder.