so this new nevermore album

[Baliset]

kinda fucking awesome

 

[lizard]

better than the last one.

down on the Royal Carnage board there's been a furious debate over which is better, the new nevermore or the new opeth.

 

[avi]

the new opeth stuff I heard was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[azal]

I haven't heard either.

Nevermore hasn't been completely awesome since Dream Neon Black...I love that album so much.

Main problem for me: Warrell's melodies sound rehashed. Those copy/past ballads. Loomis overplaying ever since he became the lone guitarist. No Neil Kernon production.

I've heard good things about the new opeth but haven't heard it yet.

 

[Baliset]

azal: i had the same problem with nevermore since dreaming neon black but this one is return to form. plus andy sneap did an amazing job with the production.

 

[azal]

sneap is too clean for me. Too synthetic. I mean all his albums sound great...but I like NK's prodcution a lot better.

 

[Baliset]

me too.

but i am digging this production alot. also they finally have a second guitarist contributing to the writing again which what i think made DNB so good. i miss tim calvert though.

 

[Helm]

I second almost all of what azal said about nevermore. Although I think their best was Politics of Ecstasy both in writing and production. Dreaming was passable but dude, overcompressed doesn't even begin to describe it. Didn't anyone else get listening fartique three songs in? And Warrel Dane started to irritate with the lyrics a lot more than usual there, but not near as bad as Enemies or Dead Heart. Also totally frontloaded. The next three albums were very bad and I can't easily believe they've gotten out of the slump, but I'm willing to give the new one a listen.

Also, 'new opeth'...

 

[inkybmistro]

the new opeth is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[lizard]

I have read Avi's opinion in a number of other places. haven't heard it myself.

 

[avi]

it's not bad, it's just ....

y'know?

 

[inkybmistro]

hard to get excited about.

 

[azal]

Tim Calvert was awesome in Nevermore, agreed.

 

[Baliset]

ITT: azal and i are feeling nostalgic

 

[lizard]

a couple o people over on that board say they miss you, Azal....Tee and someone else, can't remember.

 

[azal]

maybe that redneck dude I internet shredded like 50 times.

 

[lizard]

haha man I can't remember his name. he's pretty scarce now, he got divorced. man, you two were hilarious. He had some kind of fixation on you and the frequency of your shampooing.

 

[mariovanpeebles]

Yeah, This Godess Endeavor is the first Nevermore album I've liked since DNB. I really don't know what else to say beside that.

 

[Manbient]

I just bought the new Nevermore, and i'm not really liking it that much. The progressive riff fests of DnB and PoE are gone, and that is what i loved most about Nevermore. Now it's like .... fucking normal riffs and normal everything. ITS A FUCKING NORMAL ALBUM. I hate normal. A few songs are pretty good, but hardly amazing. I liked DHIADW more, and i don't know why everyone hates that one, it's my 3rd favorite. NEVERMORE SHOULD NOT BE RELEASING ALBUMS WITH 3-5 MINUTE SONGS WITH NORMAL RIFFS. FACT.

 

[Chromatose]

a couple o people over on that board say they miss you, Azal....Tee and someone else, can't remember.

it was meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee