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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
This was the point that I was making earlier on with you. For example, you've chosen not to review the really well known Motorhead albums but instead have gone with one of the lesser known ones. The simple fact is, you know the Motorhead discography and so you know how "Bastards" relates to the rest of it. Whereas with Sepultura you don't know and avoided the albums most representative of the band. It's ok veering left of field but it will hardly give you the true picture of the band, if you weren't already familiar with them.
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Yeah, but that's cos I know Motorhead reasonably well. If I knew Sepultura I could have chosen a better/more relevant album, but since I didn't, and time was after all pressing on me, I looked in most cases for something that just drew me to an album: I like bright shiny things! Sometimes it's a sleeve, sometimes a title, sometimes the subject matter. Then again I often go for debut or last album, or as I already said it could be that I need an album recorded in a time period different to the one for the album I've just reviewed, ie I don't like to review three albums from the 80s together, or whatever.
Also, I'm not trying to build up a picture of any band I don't know, just attempting to include as many diverse bands and subgenres as I can, so that nobody can say they were left out. Though of course some will --- "Why no pirate metal? Why no stoner doom? Why no ---" SHUT UP!!!
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Nice review and I normally call them Alternative Metal (that complicates stuff though as so types of modern metal can fall under this)
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Thanks! I pretty much hated that album I must say. Had no idea what to expect, which is an interesting position to be in when reviewing. I'm not sure what way you do it, but for new albums, generally, I tend to review on the first listen, so I get all my first impressions down from the word go. Probably not the best way to do it, but it works for me more often than it doesn't.
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I still wish you'd give a mark or quick indication of how good you think the album is, as you do on your bite size journal.
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Oh, okay okay! Watch this space...