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Triceratopsoil 
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 Posted: 02 May 2022 at 2:42am |
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^ this is one of the reasons that the only death metal I listen to is Death and Bolt Thrower
 My unpopular opinion is that death metal & grindcore growls are awful. Black metal style harsh vocals are so much better. Same with whatever Aaron Turner's singing style is called.
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 01 May 2022 at 1:39pm |
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One I just thought of this morning:
Modern death metal is unlistenable bollocks. I was listening to an old Pungent Stench song this morning, and it had an infectious groove (yeah, pun intended) running through it. In modern death metal however, that groove is missing. Instead, all the focus is on brutality and technicality, and it's just a fucking chore to listen to. OK, you can play 11/4 polyrhythmic scales or whatever, I'm impressed, but please write a fucking SONG! I simply can't get into bands like Ulcerate because of this. Bring the fucking music back to death metal! (And no, not by going "melodic". That's another whine for another day!)
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Tupan
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Posted: 28 Apr 2022 at 11:08am |
Yes yes YES. Derek Green (and even other brazilian vocalists, like Claustrofobia's Marcus D'angelo) are way better than Max. Derek only got better over the years! And Roots is the most overrated metal album EVER! My unpopular metal opinion: Pantera is another ultra overrated band. Phil Anselmo is a great vocalist, Dimebag was a great guitar player but Pantera never really excited me. Guns'N'Roses, good band but not great, too much pretentiousness that didn't deliver. And finally, Dream Theater is NOT, but any stretch, the best prog metal out there.
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adg211288
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 2:31pm |
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For me, I guess I have a few:
Most people here know my feelings on Slayer, but that's probably my most unpopular opinion regarding metal: Slayer really isn't all that great. Granted, my experience with Slayer stretches to only a few albums and I have some small appreciation for certain songs, but that's just my point: the really great, memorable songs are few and far between. Reign in Blood only has two of them. Max Cavalera is one of metal's most overrated figures. I mentioned this recently in another thread, but I'll reiterate it here. His shadow has hung over Sepultura for years even when Igor was still in the band, causing everything they released to just be written off as 'not Max. Meh' for years. Max Cavalera, whose last album with them was fucking Roots, which as a secondary part of this unpopular opinion, is a pretty terrible record. One I'm not as strong about having only just started to form it, but: Megadeth plats heavy metal better than they do thrash metal. Going through their discography at the moment, trying to properly get some experience with the band at last, and after listening to Countdown to Extinction and Youthanasia I feel pretty strong than these are stronger albums than the earlier ones. Eluveitie's best album (that I've heard) isn't one of their metal ones. They were quite prominent for a folk metal act in the late 2000s/early 2010s, but I never really felt the hype. Then they made Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion, a pure folk album, and it was really good. They always did need to let Anna Murphy sing more and I also can't bring myself to give a toss about that band now's she's left them. |
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adg211288
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 2:18pm |
I may have said the same once, with the caveat that I still really liked it all the same. Over time though, I've come to regard it fully up to its hype.
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 2:05pm |
Not unpopular with me, but definitely is in the wider world. Hmm... Let's go with: The Number of The Beast is way overrated and is one of Iron Maiden's weaker albums.
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666sharon666
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 1:41pm |
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Like r/unpopularopinion on Reddit, but specific to metal. What's something to do with metal that you have an unpopular opinion over?
Mine: Burzum's Filosofem is one of the worst albums ever made (in black metal or otherwise) and the rest of Varg's work is not much better.
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