New Shadows Fall or new Machine Head?

[ErikSL]

Which new album is better? My vote goes to Machine Head.

 

[Carcassian]

Which is the shortest ?

 

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

There is obviously lots to discuss here and this will be a flowering wellspring of amazing discussion. Ride on!

 

[Blue_Jay]

Obviously The Blackening because it's not Shadows Fall. Shadows Fall is metalcore and I never liked any of their other albums so imo metalcore is pretty bad. But if you like Metalcore over thrash than pick up the new Shadows Fall CD cause Shadows Fall is one of the best of the really annoying mainstream metalcore bands (imo of course their annoying not so for other people).

 

[Carcassian]

Kirk says,

"Fukken A"

 

[Belligerent]

The Blackening rips all the way through...SF rips (rips smelly asshole)

 

[Astrum]

Which is the shortest ?

 

[King Size]

I'm a big fan of all the other Shadows Fall albums (especially the great Of One Blood), but Threads Of Life was a massive letdown. Machine Head for the win.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Machine Head, because Shadows Fall is useless to me and The Blackening has proven to be a pretty decent album.

 

[Life Sucks]

neither

 

[Zephyrus]

^^^ what he said

 

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

Amen.

 

[panzerfaust666]

neither of them man, both pretty week ,sell out bands.

 

[Matt]

I happen to like Shadows Fall some. Never liked Machine Head so I guess I'll vote SF.

 

[IWP]

Machine Head is decent, but Shadows Fall is horrible.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I happen to like Shadows Fall some. Never liked Machine Head so I guess I'll vote SF.

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[Matt]

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!

Eh. I've liked them for a while now and more music the better.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Eh. I've liked them for a while now and more music the better.

Fair enough.

To be completely honest, I have nothing against their music, but those goddamn vocals sound too fake. I like metal for its organic feel, and Shadows Fall completely miss it for me.

 

[Matt]

I like the singer. Doesn't really sound fake to me, but whatevah.

 

[ErikSL]

The only shadows fall album i like is art of balance, and i dont understand how vocals can sound "fake", they exist so how can they be fake?

I have never liked Machine Head, but the Blackening is good...with a dead on cover of Battery as a bonus. And Shadows Fall lacks the goodness this time.

But I will for the record say that neither of the bands are that good, when compared to many of the other main metal bands out today...like Borknagar, Opeth, Amon Amarth, and COB

So anyway, they fall into similar genres with these two specific releases so thats why I made the comparison.