Unpopular Music Opinions

MoonlitSunshine · 05-10-2011, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by oojay

I am a fan of Creed and Linkin Park, both of which seem to be frowned upon in these parts :\

Nah, I happily listen to both... I sometimes get the feeling that it's cool to hate certain bands on this forum.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 05-10-2011, 08:23 AM

I like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden. Never really cared that much for Pearl Jam. Especially acoustic Pearl Jam.

However, I'm infinitely frustrated at their popularity. In an age where we had Boredoms, Mr.Bungle, Ruins, Melt Banana, Naked City, Melvins, Faith No More, Idiot Flesh, Negativland, etc. Bands that would later become favorites of mine, which I had 0% of actual exposure until over a decade later(with the exception of Faith No More, of course, and the Melvins to an extent). It's a little hard for me to swallow that a group of fairly rock oriented musicians who were doing straight forward rock music were really innovative.

I mean, cut down the solos, and rewrite the themes to be less sex oriented, and more suicide oriented, and they were barely a step out of the 80s.

I however, still enjoy Soundgarden, have a soft spot for Alice In Chains, and occasionally listen to Nirvana in the closet.

**Janszoon** · 05-10-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

Honestly I grew up on Alice In Chains and Ministry, so they'll still have a place in my heart. <3

That's okay, Ministry was an amazing band at one point it time.

Howard the Duck · 05-10-2011, 09:02 AM

Cradle of Filth suck donkey dick

worst. black. metal. band. ever

duga · 05-10-2011, 11:52 AM

Not to have a metalhead moment here, but Cradle of Filth are not black metal. If anything you can stretch and say they are blackened death metal...but mostly I consider them to be death metal. They call themselves something else, but it's bull****.

BastardofYoung · 05-10-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BTown

alright to be fair I do think Dirt is a pretty good album..everything else is bad though.

Jar of Flies is an incredible EP. "Nutshell", "I Stay Away", "No Excuses" and "Don't Follow" are great songs.

Their self-titled album is a bleak disc full of drug addiction and darkness as well, "Grind", "Sludge Factory", "Heaven Beside You" and "Over Now" are some of their best.

"Facelift" was decent, not my favorite though, as was "Sap".

Even the new album was good, not as good as the days with Layne, but not bad either. "Your Decision" is a good song, that I could have seen Layne singing.

BastardofYoung · 05-10-2011, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Not to have a metalhead moment here, but Cradle of Filth are not black metal. If anything you can stretch and say they are blackened death metal...but mostly I consider them to be death metal. They call themselves something else, but it's bull****.

They have elements of Black Metal. Their early stuff a lot more, "Dusk...and her Embrace" and "Cruelty and the Beast" were pretty close to being straight up.

I just refer to CoF with the generic "Extreme Metal" label.

I am not a huge fan, but I love the stuff they do with Doug Bradley. That comes from my love of horror movies more though. I think Doug is great.

Anteater · 05-10-2011, 01:09 PM

Personal unpopular opinion: Metal subgenres are awesome even if they annoy the fuck out of 99.9% of the music-savvy population.

TheBig3 · 05-10-2011, 01:15 PM

I don't know if they can annoy people though. First of all, no two metalheads agree on a bands classification. And secondly, 9 out of 10 subgenres are created on the spot by people saying things the band is wearing.

i.e. "They strike me as Nordic Viking Beard metal." Well they can't really be Nordic, since the bassist is Portuguese. "Well then their Pillage & Rape Metal with some Balsamic overtones."

I'll give it to you if we can call it "Beard & Scalp Metal with some Iberian undertones"

"deal"

BTown · 05-10-2011, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Jar of Flies is an incredible EP. "Nutshell", "I Stay Away", "No Excuses" and "Don't Follow" are great songs.

Their self-titled album is a bleak disc full of drug addiction and darkness as well, "Grind", "Sludge Factory", "Heaven Beside You" and "Over Now" are some of their best.

"Facelift" was decent, not my favorite though, as was "Sap".

Even the new album was good, not as good as the days with Layne, but not bad either. "Your Decision" is a good song, that I could have seen Layne singing.

Yeah dude I was really into them like 4 years ago. The self titled is pretty ok but honestly do I think the new album is awful.

05-10-2011, 11:52 AM	#5575 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Not to have a metalhead moment here, but Cradle of Filth are not black metal. If anything you can stretch and say they are blackened death metal...but mostly I consider them to be death metal. They call themselves something else, but it's bull****. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

05-10-2011, 01:15 PM	#5579 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I don't know if they can annoy people though. First of all, no two metalheads agree on a bands classification. And secondly, 9 out of 10 subgenres are created on the spot by people saying things the band is wearing. i.e. "They strike me as Nordic Viking Beard metal." Well they can't really be Nordic, since the bassist is Portuguese. "Well then their Pillage & Rape Metal with some Balsamic overtones." I'll give it to you if we can call it "Beard & Scalp Metal with some Iberian undertones" "deal" __________________ I've moved to a new address