MrKnickerbocker
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Listen here, ya'll, Sabotage is a far better and more impactful (and fun) song than Lorelei. But I simply cannot vote for Beastie Boys in this game.
Gangland is cute, and no doubt responsible for a ton of Maiden and Metallica songs we've heard (and it is certainly far better than the Maiden track of the same name), but At The Heart of Winter is a classic for a reason. Yes, the vocals are godawful, but the music is great (despite the aggressive blast beats).
Blind Guardian over Def Leppard any day.
I love The Who. Sol Invictus really needs better production, but it's still a nice slab of prog/classic metal.
Opeth. Always.
Some Porcupine Tree works for me, some I find too Floydian. This lives somewhere in-between. It's a great song, but there's certainly only one metal thing about it (that single note riff in the middle). Dark Moor certainly fits the bill more, but it's also a bit stock, a bit twee, and those vocals are lame. Dark Moor throw everything at the wall here but they could have done with even less.
Gangland is cute, and no doubt responsible for a ton of Maiden and Metallica songs we've heard (and it is certainly far better than the Maiden track of the same name), but At The Heart of Winter is a classic for a reason. Yes, the vocals are godawful, but the music is great (despite the aggressive blast beats).
Blind Guardian over Def Leppard any day.
I love The Who. Sol Invictus really needs better production, but it's still a nice slab of prog/classic metal.
Opeth. Always.
Some Porcupine Tree works for me, some I find too Floydian. This lives somewhere in-between. It's a great song, but there's certainly only one metal thing about it (that single note riff in the middle). Dark Moor certainly fits the bill more, but it's also a bit stock, a bit twee, and those vocals are lame. Dark Moor throw everything at the wall here but they could have done with even less.