Classic albums and famous bands you don't like

Detective Beauregard said:
Judas Priest is really hit or miss for me. I absolutely love Painkiller and Firepower, but outside of a few classic tunes here or there most of their other stuff is in one ear and out the other. How they are always compared to Iron Maiden is beyond me, since the songs are far more pedestrian and the vocals are nowhere near the same level (come at me bros).
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Sad Wings of Destiny, Stained Class, Sin After Sin, Killing Machine, British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith are "pedestrian"?? All the songs in those albums have great solos by Glenn Tipton and KK Downing and they're all certified classics.
They have influenced countless of metal musicians including the guys in Maiden.

Rob's vocals back in the 70s and 80s were insane, so I don't know how you can think his vocals are not on the same level as Bruce.
He's always considered a top 3 metal vocalist along Dio and Bruce.
 
PieceofMind89 said:
Rob's vocals back in the 70s and 80s were insane, so I don't know how you can think his vocals are not on the same level as Bruce.
He's always considered a top 3 metal vocalist along Dio and Bruce.
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It’s not his range or abilities that I dislike, but the quality of his voice. Compared to Bruce and Dio, his voice is thin-sounding.
 
PieceofMind89 said:
Sad Wings of Destiny, Stained Class, Sin After Sin, Killing Machine, British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith are "pedestrian"?? All the songs in those albums have great solos by Glenn Tipton and KK Downing and they're all certified classics.
They have influenced countless of metal musicians including the guys in Maiden.

Rob's vocals back in the 70s and 80s were insane, so I don't know how you can think his vocals are not on the same level as Bruce.
He's always considered a top 3 metal vocalist along Dio and Bruce.
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Stained Class gets a pass thanks to BTROD, but the rest of the 70s Priest albums are flat out boring.
 
Abas said:
Some people have wanted to fight me after I've said that I didn't feel anything click at all after listening to Blackwater Park by Opeth
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Opeth is insanely overrated, no matter what era we are talking about.
They do have some cool songs on My Arms Your Hearse and Blackwater Park, but not remotely enough to justify their status.
 
PieceofMind89 said:
All the songs in those albums have great solos by Glenn Tipton and KK Downing and they're all certified classics.
They have influenced countless of metal musicians including the guys in Maiden.
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Don't get me wrong, I definitely acknowledge the importance of these albums, but your reasoning here is beyond me.
They are "certified classics" so they must be good... This is exactly why bands like Beatles and Led Zep are so overblown. They are certified, so they MUST be good/special/genius, and thus people repeat it over and over. It's the same with record sales: "oh they sold 30 million albums, so they are awesome". No, it just proves they appeal to lowest common denominator.

And Solos... Well, I don't listen to music for solos. I sure can enjoy some great leads, but if a song sucks, it sucks. No brilliant solo can turn it into a good song.
 
Eddie's Uncle said:
Opeth is insanely overrated, no matter what era we are talking about.
They do have some cool songs on My Arms Your Hearse and Blackwater Park, but not remotely enough to justify their status.
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MAYH is in my bottom 3-4 Opeth albums. They have at least 10 better albums.

I actually think they are perfectly rated. They built their own sound out of death metal and prog and inspired hundreds of other bands. They’re the most important band in all of progressive death metal.
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
MAYH is in my bottom 3-4 Opeth albums. They have at least 10 better albums.

I actually think they are perfectly rated. They built their own sound out of death metal and prog and inspired hundreds of other bands. They’re the most important band in all of progressive death metal.
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Did I already have that controversial hot take that Opeth are not that much death-related at all or did I never even try?

I mean, their first two albums are much closer to black, mood- and sound-wise (including the vocals) and in their golden era, the riffs are more of a mixture of prog and groove than anything exactly death related (then again, the type of growl is enough to classify the subgenre of death/doom as such, so I guess that's a moot point anyway)...
 
JudasMyGuide said:
Did I already have that controversial hot take that Opeth are not that much death-related at all or did I never even try?

I mean, their first two albums are much closer to black, mood- and sound-wise (including the vocals) and in their golden era, the riffs are more of a mixture of prog and groove than anything exactly death related (then again, the type of growl is enough to classify the subgenre of death/doom as such, so I guess that's a moot point anyway)...
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Which is why it’s progressive. It’s all more to the point that they completely invented their own sound. I don’t think any one is claiming they are straight death metal.

I do agree that the first two albums are more black metal, though.
 
DJMayes said:
Stained Class gets a pass thanks to BTROD, but the rest of the 70s Priest albums are flat out boring.
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I agree with you about 70s Priest, Sad Wings and Stained Class are incredibly overrated. I think it’s mostly because Rob’s voice sounds thinner in that era. However, I do enjoy Hell Bent and Sin After Sin much more than I used to.

80s Priest is my Priest. The metallic sounding Priest.
 
JudasMyGuide said:
Did I already have that controversial hot take that Opeth are not that much death-related at all or did I never even try?
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This was my takeaway throughout their discography. “Blackwater Park” is heavy as shit but beyond that it really feels like people throw them in as a ‘death metal’ act because of the vocals.
 
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