Senjutsu - 3rd September 2021

Oca said:
Was thinking exactly the same. If a non fan/not dedicated fan gives it a 6/10 it’s a killer album.
And, complaining about keys and minor/major? All of Maiden’s albums have been standard tuning and E/A/D minor with the occasional major thrown in. YouTube heroes go nuts when it’s in C# minor, but they haven’t realized that it’s only downtuned and actually played as in E-minor all along. God give me strength….
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I get your point, but downtuning is a perfectly valid way to change key. It's an easy way to create variety in a record if you're like 99% of all metal bands and primarily write in E minor (like Maiden does). Plus, speaking in real world terms, most of those metal bands aren't playing or writing in E since their guitars are always downtuned to begin with, in chasing some notion of heaviness while failing to grasp that you can be heavy as fuck in E standard if you know how to write heavy riffs that sound good.
 
Ruflux said:
I get your point, but downtuning is a perfectly valid way to change key. It's an easy way to create variety in a record if you're like 99% of all metal bands and primarily write in E minor (like Maiden does). Plus, speaking in real world terms, most of those metal bands aren't playing or writing in E since their guitars are always downtuned to begin with, in chasing some notion of heaviness while failing to grasp that you can be heavy as fuck in E standard if you know how to write heavy riffs that sound good.
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Don’t disagree with you at all. In fact, Maiden might benefit dropping down to D#, but what bugs me is that YouTube-reactions often make a big thing about bands playing in “special keys” when they actually are playing the same thing as Maiden does, only a couple of steps down. I myself have been playing both standard, D# and D (and the occasion C# and drop A seven string and even eight string) and the same songs sound really different depending on what key you’ve tuned your instrument in. The perfect balance for me usually lands on D#. Both heavy and clarity.
 
IntoTheValley said:
This is nonsense. No, with music streaming platforms, piracy is not a problem anymore (whether these platforms are paying fair share to the musicians is another thing).
And you can't compare stuff like that. Not everything is that simple.
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Streaming legally (albeit paying peanuts to the creators) is one thing; downloading an illegal link is completely different and as morally justifiable as grabbing the apples from the greengrocers and not paying for them.

Which side are you on?
 
blindg3 said:
TBOS minus that part minus first 2 minutes of EOTC minus extended solo of that song minus annoying chorus of When the River Runs Deep = a perfect album.
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Minus the first half of BOS, most of DOG as well. WTRRD is the worst song on BOS easily. Overall a great album.
Both WOTW and Stratego would improve BOS.
 
GhostofCain said:
Streaming legally (albeit paying peanuts to the creators) is one thing; downloading an illegal link is completely different and as morally justifiable as grabbing the apples from the greengrocers and not paying for them.

Which side are you on?
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Except the point of many here that simply want to hear the songs as soon as possible is that we’ve already paid for 8 different versions of the apples.
 
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