Yeah, that's fair. I will say that I don't really remember the details of his tirades. If I came across as willfully ignoring some of what he said, that wasn't my intention. I'm going to go back and look, lol.
That being said, I did try to be courteous when I signed up to defend All For Me when I saw you posting about how you didn't like it.
Edit: It was my life's goal not to be featured in DE4Life's signature.
If he'd posted in a different manner, with a somewhat calm and measured approach (like yourself) then I'd agree that he had some decent points. But then we wouldn't be having this conversation as he wouldn't have been dismissed in the first place. That's the thing, having a good point or even many good points doesn't help much when your overall message is wrapped in an immature, holier-than-thou attitude. That was (and often continues to be) Slave's problem as well. Can't just put a viewpoint across, has to state it as if it's a fact and belittle the idea of anybody disagreeing. It's done on purpose to get a reaction, and it's annoying. Examples below:
"Some of the users here are hellbent on diminishing anything the band could do" - who? Name names. Can't really think of anyone posting regularly here who fits into that category. All of us praised elements of ITM, so why would we suddenly lose all sense of perspective for Foregone?
"The new album so far sounds a lot like mid era in flames, it's pretty remarkable the ways in which people try to shut that down." - translation: my opinion is gospel and therefore any challenge to this is preposterous. To my ears there are two songs that really sound like mid-era In Flames - MYM and TGD - but apparently stating so is me trying to 'remarkably' shut any other opinion down.
"I need to hear it explained in terms of music theory" - why would you possibly
need a handful of randos on here to explain our opinions to you in music theory, sir? Is it keeping you up at night or something? Such an odd phrasing and request in general.
"some people literally come here to listen to a song once and bless the forum with their opinions that don't really align with reality anymore." - SunOfMyth once again deciding what 'reality' is - basically whatever his opinion dictates.
"I sometimes think people envision mdm with metalcore influences as this vast genre they have figured out that no one else can quite like them and it's so off putting for conversation" - I can barely understand what this long sentence means, but even when I do sort of understand it, it's still nonsense.
"If you have hated the band this long, why keep talking about it constantly?" - Majority of people, on here at least, liked SOAPF and some of ITM at least, so who does he refer to here as 'hating the band this long' ? And who 'hates' the band anyway? This is just an attempt to falsely accuse others of something extreme to invalidate their opinions. Classic tactic for this kind of poster.
"Its just confusing to read over and over from some of the same people here at album releases, especially one like this in which the band actually sounds good and inspired again." - Once again because SunOfMyth has decided the band sounds good and inspired again, it must be so, and it's 'confusing' to understand anybody believing otherwise. Also if he had genuinely been in the ITM thread, where opinion was quite positive, then he'd realise this sentiment makes no sense. If it had come directly after SC/Battles, sure, but both those albums suck anyway, so?
"I'd love to hear a music theory based explanation" - I'd love to win the lottery. Sometimes life sucks.
Anyway, as per the above, you may understand why I disagree with the notion this fellow got 'a bad rep'. He steamed in, first post, with a judgemental and nonsensical diatribe which was oddly 'liked' by a few regulars, which is a bit confusing. I get we disagree on some things, but damn, tell us how you feel without telling us how you feel!
And sorry to spoil your life's goal bro, but I saw that quote and lol'd. My incisive criticism strikes again - as far back at 2011.
