Metal!!!

[CrushedHope]

Originally Posted by TravestyHelp

Ah, gotcha. I thought you meant overwhelming in the writing and musical content. I would call it boring rather than overwhelming.

You like Opeth, right? I've been trying to get into them, but I haven't heard anything really that impressive. I'm trying to see whats great about them. Could you suggest anything that exemplifies what you find to be great about Opeth? (This is to anyone who happens to like them.)

I am not really a big fan of the band because I find that they are incredibly flawed on a songwriting level (specifically in their transitions which lack any fluidity what so ever) but I would suggest checking out Orchid. It is their first album and as a result it is their least convoluted album - more 'pure' if you will.

I like it a good bit - far better than the rest of their discography.

[TravestyHelp]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[sea]

Originally Posted by CrushedHope

I am not really a big fan of the band because I find that they are incredibly flawed on a songwriting level (specifically in their transitions which lack any fluidity what so ever) but I would suggest checking out Orchid. It is their first album and as a result it is their least convoluted album - more 'pure' if you will.

I like it a good bit - far better than the rest of their discography.

You might actually like their newest album. It's far less repetitive and droning, far more progressive, and overall better than anything else they've done.

[Malevolti]

Originally Posted by CrushedHope

I am not really a big fan of the band because I find that they are incredibly flawed on a songwriting level (specifically in their transitions which lack any fluidity what so ever) but I would suggest checking out Orchid. It is their first album and as a result it is their least convoluted album - more 'pure' if you will.

I like it a good bit - far better than the rest of their discography.

I disagree whith everything you just said.

[TravestyHelp]

Originally Posted by Dom

I disagree whith everything you just said.

Well if you disagree with CrushedHope (whom I have come to trust when it comes to metal), what would you suggest? I plan on getting Orchid, but what else?

[CrushedHope]

Originally Posted by Dom

I disagree whith everything you just said.

That's fine but even most Opeth fans will agree that they have very abrupt transitions lacking any fluidity. They might disagree with it ruining the music like it does for me but ...

For the record guys the new Demiurg leaked and it is sounding pretty badass so far! Rogga is clearly one of the best DM musicians to surface since the glory days of Swedish DM.

[TravestyHelp]

Originally Posted by CrushedHope

That's fine but even most Opeth fans will agree that they have very abrupt transitions lacking any fluidity. They might disagree with it ruining the music like it does for me but ...

For the record guys the new Demiurg leaked and it is sounding pretty badass so far! Rogga is clearly one of the best DM musicians to surface since the glory days of Swedish DM.

Actually, a lot of Opeth fans are ravenous fanboys who will defend the band to the death. When you're an Opeth fan, Mikael Akerfeldt's **** doesn't stink.

[It is Me]

Hey, its been a while since I was in this thread. Now this is a metal thread so I want to show you something and ask for your opinion. My friends have a band called Children of the night and this is their homepage Children of the Night - home If you have time check them out and listen to some of their songs and tell me what you think of them. They are realising an album (their first)next week. Ha ha the dude with blue Jackson RR3 is playing my guitar. XD I didn't mean this post to be some kind of advertising, I just wanna know what you think of them as a band that has taken the first serious steps to world of metal music.

[Aldhissla]

Originally Posted by It is Me

Hey, its been a while since I was in this thread. Now this is a metal thread so I want to show you something and ask for your opinion. My friends have a band called Children of the night and this is their homepage Children of the Night - home If you have time check them out and listen to some of their songs and tell me what you think of them. They are realising an album (their first)next week. Ha ha the dude with blue Jackson RR3 is playing my guitar. XD I didn't mean this post to be some kind of advertising, I just wanna know what you think of them as a band that has taken the first serious steps to world of metal music.

Sounds pretty decent for a first effort. Although it sounds like there are lots of things for them to work on.

[It is Me]

Well I like them preety much. But all the songs on their page are still waiting for the mastering in the studio. Like I said the album is coming out next week.

[CrushedHope]

Originally Posted by sea

You might actually like their newest album. It's far less repetitive and droning, far more progressive, and overall better than anything else they've done.

I actually do like it! It isn't the greatest thing in the world but it is certainly very enjoyable.

[ImReallyLink]

I just listened to Opeth's "The Grand Conjuration" and Symphony X's "Set the World on Fire." Symphony X sounded pretty cool, but Opeth didn't really leave me with a good first impression. For something that's supposed to be prog, it didn't sound very...proggy. Then again, neither did Symphony X, but I like their sound much better than Opeth's.

[CrushedHope]

There is no 'progressive sound'

[ImReallyLink]

What I mean to say is I don't really see how either of those bands could be called "prog." They both seemed to be pretty straightforward metal bands to me.

[Malevolti]

Originally Posted by TravestyHelp

Well if you disagree with CrushedHope (whom I have come to trust when it comes to metal), what would you suggest? I plan on getting Orchid, but what else?

You talk about CrushedHope as if he is some kind of metal god. Pitiful. You shouldn't listen to music depending on someone else's oppinion.

[TravestyHelp]

Originally Posted by Dom

You talk about CrushedHope as if he is some kind of metal god. Pitiful. You shouldn't listen to music depending on someone else's oppinion.

I just trust his opinion as it happens to be right most of the time. I'm not gonna worship some random guy on an internet forum.

It doesn't even answer the question of what Opeth I should get.

[Malevolti]

Depends, all their albums are different. My personal favourite is My arms, Your Hearse.

[Nox]

I like Blackwater Park. Its pretty mush the album that got me into Opeth.

[Solink]

YouTube - Eluveitie - Calling The Rain
Listen. Now.
THIS is the ultimate Folk Metal song.

[DocStellar]

Originally Posted by Solink

YouTube - Eluveitie - Calling The Rain
Listen. Now.
THIS is the ultimate Folk Metal song.

lol, that sounds like homosexual metal to me, but eh...

[CrushedHope]

I'm not really a fan of Eluveitie. They're okay though I guess.

[master K]

Eluveitie are alright. I quite like the way the incorporate a lot of folk-ish instruments into their music, but their guitar sound is a bit too generic for my liking.

There are definitely better folk metal bands out there.

[Solink]

Well, I just found this song, and it's the only song I know of them.

[master K]

Inis Mona is probably the best song I've heard by Eluveitie, so you might want to check that one out too.

Anyway, I'd heard about Helloween ages ago, but I'd never properly listened to them until today when I heard Heavy Metal Is The Law. And wow. I don't think I've ever heard a bass solo in a metal song before. I don't really like the vocals, but I'll definitely have to listen to some more of their stuff.

[The Poison]

YouTube - Creeping Death-Metallica

best song ever.

[TravestyHelp]

Originally Posted by OmegaDeathGod

YouTube - Creeping Death-Metallica

best song ever.

No, this is the best Metallica song ever.

YouTube - Metallica - Orion

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