Matshovden

Good review. Kinda disagree on the "only for the money" part though. They made the songs like that to please James' and Kirk's egos. I also agree with The Batlord that it's kinda underrated. Still not the best work they've done.

Isbjørn

I assume you're referring to Load? Anyway, thanks.

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I actually really like both Load and St.Anger but then again I'm not a hardcore Metallica fan, meaning that I don't spend all day like some people comparing them to Metallica's well known classic albums and moaning how the band went downhill after Master of Puppets

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Power Metal

Pounding Decibels- A Hard and Heavy History

Isbjørn

I declare the rest of the week, starting today, is Nickelback Week! It's just like Justin Bieber Week, where I proposed the challenge of listening to Justin Bieber's Believe album and reviewing it. This time it's Nickelback, and their Silver Side Up album.

I decided to put the album up against Iowa by Slipknot, because of the discussion sparked in this thread. It makes a little bit of sense to compare those two albums, since both were released in 2001.


Artist: Slipknot
Album: Iowa
Year: 2001
Genre: Nu metal

I can make out a few words sung by that horrible screaming voice, and they're mostly “**** people”, “**** you”, “**** my life” and the like. The music isn't anything special either, it's all just noise to my ears. The drummer isn't all that bad, but the way he plays does not appeal to me in any way. Did I say that this album is over an hour long? Because that's too long, especially when the album is bad.

2/5


Artist: Nickelback
Album: Silver Side Up
Year: 2001
Genre: Post-grunge/hard rock

This is bad. Real bad. Not the funny kind of bad, but the bad kind of bad. The singer sounds like he's struggling to take a sh*t, the guitar riffs are downright lazy, and the whole thing is excessively polished and shiny. Luckily, the album is at a reasonable length of 39 minutes, though that's an awfully long time to listen to Nickelback. Has anyone noticed that it was released the same day as the 9/11 attacks occurred?

Here's a RYM review that I liked:
1/5

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Unknown Soldier

Even if you add the score up of these two albums together, they still only get 3/5 and that just goes to show how crap they are. But I guess Slipknot could complain that Nickelback are bringing their average down.

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Power Metal

Pounding Decibels- A Hard and Heavy History

Isbjørn

Artist: Kaizers Orchestra
Album: Violeta Violeta Vol. I
Year: 2010
Chronological position: Sixth album
Genre: Alternative rock

You know what? Since I know these albums, and have known them for quite some time now, I think I'll do this in the track-by-track format, instead of my “trademark” mini-review format (which I'm so fond of because I'm lazy). Here we go...

The album starts with the song Philemon Arthur & the Dung. It is relatively simple, and doesn't really have anything all that interesting going on instrumentally, but the energy with which it's played makes it into a good opening track. The following song, Diamant til Kull, received quite a lot of airplay when it came out, and stayed relevant for some time. It's also a very catchy song. Femtakt Filosofi has traces of the band's old sound, but it's a bit chaotic, in my opinion. A filler track, although with a little bit of potential. The next one, Din Kjole Lukter Bensin, Mor, also has some resemblance with the band's early work, but does it better than the preceding track, since it's not as messy. En For Orgelet, En For Meg was pretty amazing when I heard it live, but the recorded version is not as fun. Decent, though. Tumor i Ditt Hjerte is very different from the classic Kaizers, and it is a great example of the grandiose sound that sets this album apart. I'm not really decided on whether I should call this song a filler, or let it pass as good, but I guess it's somewhere between those two. Hjerteknuser is unarguably the most popular song from the whole album. It was a huge hit here when it came out, and it still comes on the radio from time to time. It's also my favourite song from the album. The title translates to “heartbreaker”, which sounds like the title of a love song, but it's actually just a part of the album's storyline. Did I mention this is a concept album? All three Violeta Violeta albums are connected lyrically and thematically. Anyway, the song is followed by Psycho Under Min Hatt, which is, aptly, a chaotic and fast song, but not in the same way as “Femtakt Filosofi”. I tend to just skip Svarte Katter & Flosshatter because I think it's a filler. But the closer, Sju Bøtter Tårer Er Nok, Beatrice is a decent song with a kind of catchy chorus.


Conclusion:
This album is pompous and pretentious and all that, but I like it, even though it has some fillers. That means

3.5/5

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Isbjørn

Artist: Sabaton
Album: Carolus Rex
Year: 2012
Genre: Power metal
Chronological position: Sixth album
Expectations before listening: Glory

Don't worry, I've NOT stopped doing this! Please stop crying, it's all right!

Yeah, it's been a while. Anyway, the trouble with this album is that there were two versions released at the same time: an English one, and a Swedish one. I chose to listen to the English one, but the Swedish one may be a thousand times better, without me knowing it.

This was an alright power metal album, but there are a couple of things that bug me. First is the general sound of the album: the production is too clean. Second, those goddamn synthesizers are WAY too prominent and annoy the hell out of me. Those are the two things that stop me from truly enjoying this album and considering giving it a higher rating.

3/5

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Black Francis

I had Iowa from slipknot as well and the only song that stood out for me was 'disaster piece' i don't remember the rest of the album.

LOL did you really listen to a whole Nickelback album?
i commend your bravery.

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Don't forget that Chad taught Corey everything he know ---- um. Yeah.

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Wpnfire

Why have I not posted in this thread more?? Heck why haven't I posted at all??

Lol.
2.5/5 for rocka Rolla. I now understand my love for that album actually, I'm considerably more a hard rock/blues rock guy. Still love that album to death though sad wings is not far behind.

Agree with your load review, and your and justice review as well.
Did you make the review for load yourself? If you did it's hilarious! Totally agree with the cover art description. XD I'd even say the cover art is more interesting than the music.

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