The most disappointing albums of 2007 so far.

[cookiecutter]

He also told me that their won't be any other full-lenght for Leviathan yet....the only "material" from Leviathan not released yet is the split with Natchmystium.... so Massive Conspiracy Against All Life might just be a rumor by Moribund Records.

I was looking forward to that

 

[Evil Dead]

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

I REALLY hate this album and I've liked everything they've done previously. All the tracks sound like the rejects from the Character album, nothing memorable, boring, boring, boring.

DT has sucked since The Gallery

 

[The Ozzman]

DT has sucked since The Gallery

Kill yourself.

 

[Jreg]

Framing Armageddon -Iced Earth.. but I'm stupid for not expecting it to be disappointingly egregious.

I still don't know how I feel about this one. Considering That Glorious Burden was fairly lackluster and how Owens completely butchered the redone version of the Something Wicked trilogy on the single that came out a few months ago, it's a definite improvement. Ripper's a great singer and I think John Schaffer still has some juice left in him riff-wise. If they just tweaked things between the two of them a little more they could come up with something fantastic.

 

[Zephyrus]

DT has sucked since The Gallery

The Mind's I wasn't much different than The Gallery, so I wouldn't call it a complete plunge into suckiness.

 

[The Ozzman]

No.

 

[Zephyrus]

They haven't sucked, they just took it down a notch in terms of quality. They are still by far the best Gothenburg band making music today.

 

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

Wall Of Sleep - ...And Hell Followed With Him

 

[Harrison]

I still don't know how I feel about this one. Considering That Glorious Burden was fairly lackluster and how Owens completely butchered the redone version of the Something Wicked trilogy on the single that came out a few months ago, it's a definite improvement. Ripper's a great singer and I think John Schaffer still has some juice left in him riff-wise. If they just tweaked things between the two of them a little more they could come up with something fantastic.

I just can't seem to get into Owens' voice. After being used to Barlow for how many years, then hearing Owens'.. meh. In some of the songs, they have this nice groove going, but Owens always kills it for me.

 

[Mort Divine]

Wall Of Sleep - ...And Hell Followed With Him

Yeah, the first track is amazing but after that it just isn't up to standards they've set in the past. It is still v. good though.

 

[Jreg]

I just can't seem to get into Owens' voice. After being used to Barlow for how many years, then hearing Owens'.. meh. In some of the songs, they have this nice groove going, but Owens always kills it for me.

Well, as long as Owens is on the mic, they'll never put out anything similar to the Barlow era simply because they're styles are quite different. That doesn't mean they can't create anything good, it's just up to Schaffer and company to adapt the music to work with Owen's best assets, which is what they haven't always accomplished since he joined. One thing I really don't like about Owens, though, is his performance on ballads and mellower tunes, something that Barlow was always good at, and I can see that being a significant liability for the band in the future.

 

[Harrison]

Well, as long as Owens is on the mic, they'll never put out anything similar to the Barlow era simply because they're styles are quite different. That doesn't mean they can't create anything good, it's just up to Schaffer and company to adapt the music to work with Owen's best assets, which is what they haven't always accomplished since he joined. One thing I really don't like about Owens, though, is his performance on ballads and mellower tunes, something that Barlow was always good at, and I can see that being a significant liability for the band in the future.

My thoughts exactly

Well put

 

[The Ozzman]

Owens really is a good fit for IE. I saw them live with Ripper on vox and he nailed everything from the Barlow era that they did. He was great.

 

[hibernal_dream]

They haven't sucked, they just took it down a notch in terms of quality. They are still by far the best Gothenburg band making music today.

+1. Why do people have to throw bands into 'good' or 'suck'?

 

[Socrates]

Why do people have to throw bands into 'good' or 'suck'?

Because goodsuck sounds a tad gay.

Ba dum bum tsssscccch.

 

[Belligerent]

They haven't sucked, they just took it down a notch in terms of quality. They are still by far the best Gothenburg band making music today.

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