This is something that I have been noticing a lot with some bands, there are just some songs which sound far too similar to others to be a coincidence, here are a few examples that I can think of off the top of my head, if you have anything to add pleaase do.
Now there's something about Dream Theaters latest album Octavarium which makes me think that they actually did this on purpose, but here what I think:
The chord progression in the chorus for These Walls literally sounds like something Linkin Park would have written, this is not an attempt at bashing DT but im not exaggerating at all, thats the first thing I thought when I heard that song and my mind has not changed since.
I Walk Beside You reminds me a hell of a lot of modern U2.
Never Enough sounds like a combination of Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome by Muse, it sounds like DT have taken the best parts of each song and have done their own thing with it.
The Test That Stumped Them All from the 6 Degrees album Im almost certain has a riff in it that is a riff from 'Revolution Is My Name' by Pantera only its faster.
The bassline from Home on 'Scenes' sounds pretty close to that bass line from the song Forty Six and Two by Tool.
Arch Enemy are another band of having stuff that sounds a little too close to their Idols:
The verse riff from Seed Of Hate on Burning Bridges sounds like it was lifted straight from the chorus of Bark At The Moon by Ozzy Osbourne.
The solo section in Dark Of The Sun from the Stigmata album sounds exactly like the intro riff on Now Your Ships Are Burned by Yngwie Malmsteen.
The chord progression in Burning Angel from Wages Of Sin sounds like a modernised take on the progression from Hangar 18 by Megadeth.
Pantera's The Underground In America main riff is a sped up version of a Black Sabbath riff, I can't remember exactly what song it was taken from but it was on the Paranoid album, Electric Funeral maybe???
The power/prog band Majestic have a song called Black Moons Rising, the main intro riff and the verse of this song sounds almost exactly like Deja Vu by Yngwie Malmsteen, no joke, they changed it up a little byt doing something with the way its noted but compare the two songs and you will laugh just like I did.
Any agreements, disagreements or additions to the list are welcome.
Now there's something about Dream Theaters latest album Octavarium which makes me think that they actually did this on purpose, but here what I think:
The chord progression in the chorus for These Walls literally sounds like something Linkin Park would have written, this is not an attempt at bashing DT but im not exaggerating at all, thats the first thing I thought when I heard that song and my mind has not changed since.
I Walk Beside You reminds me a hell of a lot of modern U2.
Never Enough sounds like a combination of Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome by Muse, it sounds like DT have taken the best parts of each song and have done their own thing with it.
The Test That Stumped Them All from the 6 Degrees album Im almost certain has a riff in it that is a riff from 'Revolution Is My Name' by Pantera only its faster.
The bassline from Home on 'Scenes' sounds pretty close to that bass line from the song Forty Six and Two by Tool.
Arch Enemy are another band of having stuff that sounds a little too close to their Idols:
The verse riff from Seed Of Hate on Burning Bridges sounds like it was lifted straight from the chorus of Bark At The Moon by Ozzy Osbourne.
The solo section in Dark Of The Sun from the Stigmata album sounds exactly like the intro riff on Now Your Ships Are Burned by Yngwie Malmsteen.
The chord progression in Burning Angel from Wages Of Sin sounds like a modernised take on the progression from Hangar 18 by Megadeth.
Pantera's The Underground In America main riff is a sped up version of a Black Sabbath riff, I can't remember exactly what song it was taken from but it was on the Paranoid album, Electric Funeral maybe???
The power/prog band Majestic have a song called Black Moons Rising, the main intro riff and the verse of this song sounds almost exactly like Deja Vu by Yngwie Malmsteen, no joke, they changed it up a little byt doing something with the way its noted but compare the two songs and you will laugh just like I did.
Any agreements, disagreements or additions to the list are welcome.
