Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
If anybody expected a continuous string of records along that level of quality, then Metallica aren't being fairly judged.Like people who say Michael Jackson got "worse" after Thriller. How could you possibly get better after an album like Master of Puppets, if you are a thrash metal band? You've just defined a genre with such bands in it as Slayer, Megadeth, Testament etc.
-AC
I don't pit Metallica and Slayer in the same group. If that were the case, "Reign In Blood" is Slayer's "MoP", and it came only months after. Not discounting Metallica, but Slayer defined thrash metal. It can be argued that Anthrax and maybe Testament were moreso part of the movement, not so much the innovators.
Metallica are legends among metal.Saying Metallica is the worst metal band ever is ridiculous even if you dont like them.To the indie people who think all metal sounds the same, listen to this list of bands, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Slayer, Black Sabbath, and Twisted Sister
Whoever said Anthrax werent innovators is horribly wrong.I'm the Man and Bring Da Noize were the first songs of their kind.
Worst Metal band?....Anything Grindcore....
Originally posted by ~Bun Bun~
I can't stand anything death metal.I don't like Korn. Not sure why they just never clicked for me.
But I did like the verson of Freak On A Lesh they did with Amy Lee.
Even death metal fans don't like Korn... Mostly because Korn play a bastardized version of Trve Metalz™.
Originally posted by Bardiel13The most ignorant phenomenon in metal these days is the idea of true metal. Korn is metal most of the time with a few songs being more rock oriented. A vast majority of the people that argue against that don't understand the theory behind the music that makes them so.
Trve Metalz.
I love the first two albums from Korn. The music is visceral, and the lyrics are primal and genuine.
Every album after Life is Peachy is a joke, if you ask me. Okay, I admit that Follow the Leader, Issues, and Untouchables had one or two good songs, but the majority of the music, and the lyrics, are a joke. I bought Take a Look in the Mirrow Now and returned it to the store I bought it from after one listening session. I haven't even bothered to listen or buy any album since then.
The Amy Lee duet of Freak on a Leash hurts my ears every time I hear it.
Korn are one those bands that belong to that particular time. They had a massive impact (for better or for worse) in the mid 90's, but I get the impression that the vast majority of their fans (aka teens from that period) kinda grow out of them. I used to worship them, between the ages of 11 to about 17, and although they changed the way I think about music, they only really hold nostalgic value to me these days. They certainly weren't a bad band though.
I saw 3 Inches of Blood mentioned, they are pretty awful, but I'm sure they don't take themselves seriously. If you want bad metal, 90% of death metal/grindcore/black metal bands that churn out indecipherable noise and cookie monster vocals about satanic rituals...it's mostly all garbage, in my opinion. Metal at its very best (i.e., Opeth) mixes its heavy extremes with melody and innovation.
Originally posted by Nellinator
The most ignorant phenomenon in metal these days is the idea of true metal. Korn is metal most of the time with a few songs being more rock oriented. A vast majority of the people that argue against that don't understand the theory behind the music that makes them so.
Yes it's sad how judgemental the fandom is, but what can ya do, right?
Anyway, Korn hasn't been metal for a looooong time. Do they play heavy music? Sure. Do they play heavy metal? Nope. They're the epitome of nu-metal.
Metal is the least inventive genre out there right now.
And no, it doesn't count that the fans of metal want to claim a million subgenres that don't exist. The music itself is very uninventive.
Emperor, Opeth, Mastodon, Gojira, Norma Jean, Dillinger, Metallica.
That's about all the metal I really need. It spans enough of metal to give me variation.
Originally posted by Bardiel13
Anyway, Korn hasn't been metal for a looooong time.
Originally posted by Bardiel13
They're the epitome of nu-metal.
Explain how this works, unless you're about to claim nu-metal, despite being a metal "subgenre", isn't metal purely because it's not heavy metal. That'd be dumb, so don't do it.
Originally posted by Deathblow
Metal at its very best (i.e., Opeth) mixes its heavy extremes with melody and innovation.
In that case, Opeth can be considered as much a hard rock band than a metal band, though.
Emperor are a band who, despite experimentation, remain very much a metal band.
-AC