Metal Wars!!!!!!!!!!!

Alfred · 09-28-2011, 02:50 PM

Both of these albums are among the best of their kind, but this is not a hard decision for me. Ire Works is one of my all-time favorite albums.

BTBAM - 2
DEP - 1

ripdbd6604 · 10-01-2011, 09:10 AM

Maiden!

The Batlord · 10-01-2011, 09:18 AM

Good job, dumbass.

Howard the Duck · 10-01-2011, 09:21 AM

^^i suppose he/she thinks there is only one battle here for the entire thread

Unknown Soldier · 10-01-2011, 02:16 PM

Between the Buried and Me take that battle 3-1. Next up are these choices by Mondo Bungle with these two extreme progressive metal albums with a heavy jazz influence.

Atheist Unquestionable Presence 1991

Versus

Cynic Focus 1993

Howard the Duck · 10-02-2011, 02:29 AM

i have that Atheist but haven't heard it yet

lemme do so and i'll get back to you

ok heard it:-

i have to say i love both albums completely and initially, jazz-fusion metal doesn't make much sense to me but i've grown to like it

Atheist

the more "conventional" of the two, the guitars are still pretty much in the death metal tradition, with the rhythm section showing traces of jazz and even funk, the vocals are a bit too clean for my liking, and i don't really like the scales of the solos, which are often Lydian and Mixolydian in the death metal tradition

Cynic

this one is love at first listen, the vocals generally creepy, and the jazz elements stronger, sounding they've been listening a lot to Mahavishnu Orchestra, a lot of stuff here done which I thought was never possible in metal

so:-

Cynic - 1
Atheist - 0

Mondo Bungle · 10-02-2011, 01:56 PM

Atheist - 1
Cynic - 1

I've given Focus a few more listens, and I can greatly appreciate the music, but the vocoder ruins it. Early Cynic demos are great, though.
UP is just brilliant, and basically no effects outside the backing soundscapes(which make the atmosphere that much greater.)

Unknown Soldier · 10-04-2011, 09:59 AM

This was my first listen of the Cynic album and despite it being accomplished and highly regarded, it left me feeling somewhat deflated whereas the Atheist album is an album I`ve always liked and its their second best as only Elements is better.

Atheist 2
Cynic 1

Howard the Duck · 10-04-2011, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

This was my first listen of the Cynic album and despite it being accomplished and highly regarded, it left me feeling somewhat deflated whereas the Atheist album is an album I`ve always liked and its their second best as only Elements is better.

Atheist 2
Cynic 1

yeah, if Elements was nominated, it'd be a harder choice for me to make

Unknown Soldier · 10-06-2011, 02:43 AM

This battle stands at 2-2, if you haven`t voted and know both albums then somebody break the deadlock so I can put the next battle up.

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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Both of these albums are among the best of their kind, but this is not a hard decision for me. Ire Works is one of my all-time favorite albums. BTBAM - 2 DEP - 1 __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

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ripdbd6604 Groupie Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 16	Maiden!

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Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Between the Buried and Me take that battle 3-1. Next up are these choices by Mondo Bungle with these two extreme progressive metal albums with a heavy jazz influence. Atheist Unquestionable Presence 1991 Versus Cynic Focus 1993

10-04-2011, 09:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	This was my first listen of the Cynic album and despite it being accomplished and highly regarded, it left me feeling somewhat deflated whereas the Atheist album is an album I`ve always liked and its their second best as only Elements is better. Atheist 2 Cynic 1

10-06-2011, 02:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	This battle stands at 2-2, if you haven`t voted and know both albums then somebody break the deadlock so I can put the next battle up.