Post albums you don't like that everyone else says rules
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Ten bucks says I made this post earlier in this thread, but everytime someone talks about how great Slaughter of the Soul is and how it's somehow a defining moment for Swedish Death Metal, I die a little inside. SotS was the album where At the Gates, previously a weird and original band, decided to go completely vanilla and just do a watered-down version of what Entombed and Dismember had already been doing for years. I very clearly remember the day I went to the store all excited to pick up the new album from this band I liked that had decided to come back for another one, but I listened to it first and didn't even bother buying it. I'll never understand what people like about this thing.
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The only album of theirs I really like is Cleptocracy
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I'm not saying I beat off to it like it's some kind of religious experience, but saying you don't understand the popularity of something with more traditional song writing, shiny production, and hook-y riffs is kind of silly.spacehamster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:33 am Ten bucks says I made this post earlier in this thread, but everytime someone talks about how great Slaughter of the Soul is and how it's somehow a defining moment for Swedish Death Metal, I die a little inside. I'll never understand what people like about this thing.
I also refuse to defend this album because it needs 0% help from me.
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never been able to get into Gorguts - Obscura
it doesnt work as death metal
doesnt really work as proggy skronky shit either
its not bad but it aint that good either
the production is cool though so its pleasing to scrutinize ?
it doesnt work as death metal
doesnt really work as proggy skronky shit either
its not bad but it aint that good either
the production is cool though so its pleasing to scrutinize ?
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I don't understand why people who claim to like 90s Death Metal don't notice how painfully derivative SotS is. It's not like early the first two Entombed and Dismember albums are some sort of obscure prog shit that was impossible to get into.hipster holocaust wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:24 amsaying you don't understand the popularity of something with more traditional song writing, shiny production, and hook-y riffs is kind of silly.
But if you're saying that SotS is the castrated, vanilla, sanitized-for-your-protection version of early 90s Swedish Death Metal and therefore popular, hey, I can get behind that observation.
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spacehamster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:40 amI don't understand why people who claim to like 90s Death Metal don't notice how painfully derivative SotS is. It's not like early the first two Entombed and Dismember albums are some sort of obscure prog shit that was impossible to get into.hipster holocaust wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:24 amsaying you don't understand the popularity of something with more traditional song writing, shiny production, and hook-y riffs is kind of silly.
But if you're saying that SotS is the castrated, vanilla, sanitized-for-your-protection version of early 90s Swedish Death Metal and therefore popular, hey, I can get behind that observation.
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SotS is what brought the more thrashy and melodic(incessant syncopation) Gothenburg sound to the forefront vs. the heavier more traditional style death metal sound of Stockholm. I actually kind of hate SotS because of all the bands that came to be because of it but when I first heard it I was obsessed. So, I still have a certain amount of respect for what they were doing there even if I never want to hear that album again.spacehamster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:40 amI don't understand why people who claim to like 90s Death Metal don't notice how painfully derivative SotS is. It's not like early the first two Entombed and Dismember albums are some sort of obscure prog shit that was impossible to get into.hipster holocaust wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:24 amsaying you don't understand the popularity of something with more traditional song writing, shiny production, and hook-y riffs is kind of silly.
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buenoallthetime wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:25 am SotS is what brought the more thrashy and melodic(incessant syncopation) Gothenburg sound to the forefront vs. the heavier more traditional style death metal sound of Stockholm.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. I guess it was also one of the first main albums that opened the door to more extreme music so I'll always have a soft spot for it.buenoallthetime wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:25 am So, I still have a certain amount of respect for what they were doing there even if I never want to hear that album again.
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I too can't listen to Obscura
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I think FWTH and Coloured Sands are much better albums because they still sound like songs and have great riffs. I get why Obscura is influential or whatever, but I don't think it's a great album to listen to.
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sots and obscura are both the best
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I instantly loved Obscura.
My mom likes SOtS.
My mom likes SOtS.
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Even though some people think your mom is a poser she should still post here.
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I rest my case.
I can't really get all hot and bothered about people not liking Obscura. It clicked for me instantly as well, but the appeal is very... specific. So I can see how it's not for everyone.
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I listen to SOtS all the time
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I love SOTS but I also find my self defending the early albums from people who are only fans of that one album as well. Its funny because ATG had already turned the corner when they put out Terminal Spirit Disease. SOTS just has way better song writing and better guitar riffs which ultimately is the only thing I personally care about in the realm of rock music. The early albums were fun but the we must be different gimmick didn't translate to better songs.
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when my gf puts on californication by the red hot chilli peppers i listen very carefully for the parts that everyone thinks destabilized the western canon of popular music forever and i don't see it tbqh
livid dealer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:31 am DIO NEVER JUMPED ON WHAT WAS POPULAR (THE PROVERBIAL BANDWAGON)
AND DIO DIDNT FUCK GUYS
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the haunted sucks though
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Agreed 100% the Haunted were so middle of the road and way to aggro/grove oriented. I get why the twin who wrote all of At The Gates music tried to distance himself from that style but it still bugs me how generic his song writing was in that band. I think there are 2 haunted songs I would consider as good songs.
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Uh, who thinks that? Sure, it was a huge album and really reignited their career, but is that album considered some classic in pantheon of rock albums? It's probably their best album but that's not saying much.Eight Bit Alien wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:57 pm when my gf puts on californication by the red hot chilli peppers i listen very carefully for the parts that everyone thinks destabilized the western canon of popular music forever and i don't see it tbqh
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i misunderstood this thread
livid dealer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:31 am DIO NEVER JUMPED ON WHAT WAS POPULAR (THE PROVERBIAL BANDWAGON)
AND DIO DIDNT FUCK GUYS
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Erosion of Sanity was the only album i could ever get down with.obscura is just a bunch of nonsense.