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Good recommendations thanks I'll check them out. Didn't know Pallbearer had a new album this year. Hyped for that. Hopefully its as epic as foundations of burden.
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I've never been able to wrap my head around Pallbearer. What is it that so many people seem to like about them? I've seen them live twice, incidentally to other bands they opened for, and both times they were the most excruciatingly boring metal performance I've ever experienced.
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Apr 13, 2017 23:22
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They are essentially doing the whole trad doom thing in a modern package. It generally works. The riffs are good, vocals are solid. Songwriting usually goes enough places. I haven't been able to really get into them but I understand why they're popular. The secret though is that they're just a poor mans version of Warning - Watching From A Distance aka the greatest most dramatic most emotional doom record ever made. I have the strongest abstract memories tied to it.
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Apr 14, 2017 01:52
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Kilometers Davis posted:They are essentially doing the whole trad doom thing in a modern package. It generally works. The riffs are good, vocals are solid. Songwriting usually goes enough places. I haven't been able to really get into them but I understand why they're popular. They have a lot more variation than Warning but that's the main vibe I've always gotten as well. They also have insanely catchy leads for a doom band and really crisp, clean production that has larger appeal.
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Apr 14, 2017 02:16
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I always figured I'd like Pallbearer once I finally listened to them since I like a lot of stuff like Windhand and Electric Wizard. Just listened to the Fear and Fury ep, I don't know how representative of their work it is, but man that was pretty corny, especially the cheesy lyrics. Kind of reminded me of a 80s hair metal ballads played really slow.
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Apr 14, 2017 02:39
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I much prefer Magic Circle to Pallbearer. Pallbearer is just kind of boring.
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Apr 14, 2017 04:03
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Snowy posted:Just listened to the Fear and Fury ep, I don't know how representative of their work it is, but man that was pretty corny, especially the cheesy lyrics. Kind of reminded me of a 80s hair metal ballads played really slow. the first track was a [re-recorded?] demo and the other two tracks are covers. i unapologetically love pallbearer. don't ask me why.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:39
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Misandry Cannon posted:I much prefer Magic Circle to Pallbearer. Pallbearer is just kind of boring. Magic Circle rules.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:59
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new dragonforce single is, unsurprisingly, poo poo
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Apr 14, 2017 15:42
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Do they battle accross the plains over mountains towards a distant sun? Victory, triumphant?
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Apr 14, 2017 16:09
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kumba posted:[...] dragonforce [...] is, [...], poo poo
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Apr 14, 2017 16:31
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The Ferret King posted:Do they battle accross the plains over mountains towards a distant sun? Victory, triumphant? I'm more interested if they smash any boundaries
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Apr 14, 2017 18:20
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I need to know how much force the dragon produces
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Apr 14, 2017 18:31
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Cure for Optimism posted:I've never been able to wrap my head around Pallbearer. What is it that so many people seem to like about them? I've seen them live twice, incidentally to other bands they opened for, and both times they were the most excruciatingly boring metal performance I've ever experienced. Maybe you just don't like doom metal or that style of doom metal which is really slow and epic. The songs are almost always kinda too long but thats true for most modern doom metal songs. Black Sabbath is one who had much faster songs but they weren't doom because the sub genre didn't even exist back then. Also there is a reason its called "stoner" metal and being in that state it definitely makes the experience even better imo.
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Apr 14, 2017 18:55
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kumba posted:new dragonforce single is, unsurprisingly, poo poo It's been over ten years since Dragonforce blew my mind in high school and made me practice the gently caress out of guitar so I'm going to give this song an honest chance and embrace it. I haven't heard a DF song in a long time.
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Apr 15, 2017 01:02
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Kilometers Davis posted:It's been over ten years since Dragonforce blew my mind in high school and made me practice the gently caress out of guitar so I'm going to give this song an honest chance and embrace it. I haven't heard a DF song in a long time.
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Apr 15, 2017 01:10
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Incoherence posted:They've made, what, four albums now since everyone collectively decided to stop caring about them? As far as I can tell, they're all basically the same except they changed vocalists at some point. What no way. What was wrong with Asian guy
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Apr 15, 2017 01:12
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skasion posted:What no way. What was wrong with Asian guy Thinking of the guitarist maybe? Incoherence posted:They've made, what, four albums now since everyone collectively decided to stop caring about them? As far as I can tell, they're all basically the same except they changed vocalists at some point. Something like that yeah. I haven't listened since the 2008 album I think. That sucks they lost ZP Theart but Herman Li was why I loved them anyway. Lose him and no thanks.
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Apr 15, 2017 01:22
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Ulio posted:Maybe you just don't like doom metal or that style of doom metal which is really slow and epic. The songs are almost always kinda too long but thats true for most modern doom metal songs. Black Sabbath is one who had much faster songs but they weren't doom because the sub genre didn't even exist back then. Sure they're doom, they were the first doom band and the first metal band. There's other doom bands with faster songs too, Pentagram for instance.
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Apr 15, 2017 01:24
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skasion posted:What no way. What was wrong with Asian guy The asian guy is Herman Li and that's one of their guitarists The former vocalist was ZP Theart and got kicked out for being too drunk iirc, but they replaced him with a guy that tries really hard to sound exactly like him so it didn't matter much. Oddly enough, ZP Theart is now the vocalist for Skid Row.
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Apr 15, 2017 01:56
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Years ago I read an interview in Guitar World where Herman Li said ZP was refusing to sing a bonus track because it was too cheesy. A Dragonforce song. Too cheesy for their singer. Also that band was never good but goddamn did I love Fury of the Storm in 8th grade.
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Apr 15, 2017 04:29
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Yeaaaah this new DF album isn't going to do anything for me based on the two tracks out so far. Some cool guitar work but that's it. I'm definitely going to dig up the first few albums this weekend though. Opposite end of the spectrum, the new Svart Crown sounds like it genuinely hates me. gently caress that's some vicious metal.
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Apr 15, 2017 05:15
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Undergang is one of the best underrated death metal bands out there and I can't stop listening to this record since it came out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNz_QfFdhpQ
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Apr 15, 2017 13:55
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You can safely stop listening to DragonForce after album number Ultra Beatdown. That is, of course, if you make it that far. My love for DragonForce correlates directly with the 2005-2008 time period, which was when I was in high school. Makes a lot of sense that I stopped listening to them after Ultra Beatdown was released. gently caress you guys, now I'm listening to Fury of the Storm now.
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Apr 17, 2017 14:08
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From review aggregate sites and user ratings it seems they got better for a while after Ultra Beatdown, but gently caress me if I'll ever find out for myself. First 2 albums rule hard though.
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Apr 17, 2017 15:35
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Vargatron posted:You can safely stop listening to DragonForce
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Apr 17, 2017 15:53
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I have precisely one DragonForce song in my library, it's an mp3 I ripped from my copy of Brutal Legend. I hang on to it because by itself it's a pretty amazing track, it's so relentless in its speed and energy you gotta hang on to it for the spectacle. But I see no reason to buy more.
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Apr 17, 2017 16:06
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xzzy posted:I have precisely one DragonForce song in my library, it's an mp3 I ripped from my copy of Brutal Legend. I hang on to it because by itself it's a pretty amazing track, it's so relentless in its speed and energy you gotta hang on to it for the spectacle. They are all exactly the same so this is the right approach. Time to revisit a classic: https://youtu.be/SQSGVGTepSg
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Apr 17, 2017 16:15
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I remember randomly finding the original version of Valley of the Damned on mp3.com when they were still called Dragonheart. The solo in that song still cracks me up. Also the fact that the dude pronounces "sword" phonetically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va522E8A_D8
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Nazzadan posted:From review aggregate sites and user ratings it seems they got better for a while after Ultra Beatdown, but gently caress me if I'll ever find out for myself. They are the AC/DC of metal in that they have played the same song for 6 albums (with the required saccharine ballad thrown in there).
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Apr 17, 2017 18:07
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Vargatron posted:They are the AC/DC of metal in that they have played the same song for 6 albums (with the required saccharine ballad thrown in there). I thought that was Amon Amarth
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Apr 17, 2017 21:24
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While the latter albums may be a bit samey you can't tell me Twilight of the Thunder God is very similar to Versus the World. That one and Once Sent are a bit similar though so I guess maybe there's two at least.
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Opal posted:While the latter albums may be a bit samey you can't tell me Twilight of the Thunder God is very similar to Versus the World. That one and Once Sent are a bit similar though so I guess maybe there's two at least.
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Apr 17, 2017 21:37
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Speaking of Lopez, what ever happened to him after Opeth?
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Apr 17, 2017 23:21
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Vargatron posted:Speaking of Lopez, what ever happened to him after Opeth? He's with Soen now aka one of my absolute favorite bands at the moment.
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Apr 17, 2017 23:59
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I've never listened to a Dragonforce song and things are going pretty well.
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Apr 18, 2017 01:16
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:I've never listened to a Dragonforce song and things are going pretty well. I only ever heard their one song on guitar hero. but stop talking about dragonforce and hail satan already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWk0fcGiFQs
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Apr 18, 2017 01:33
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New Dying Fetus album later this year "Wrong one to gently caress with". Oh boy!
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Apr 18, 2017 02:10
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New Dying Fetus is something to look forward to.
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Kilometers Davis posted:He's with Soen now aka one of my absolute favorite bands at the moment.
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