Controversial Metal Opinions

[Paul keohane]

There always has and always will be an elitist element within the metal scene.

[blessed1]

There always has and always will be an elitist element within the metal scene.

yep i know plenty of them. retards.

[Gibonz]

There always has and always will be an elitist element within the metal scene.

Same in every music genre dude.

[hellfire]

In every community or subculture. Post something stupid on a Linux or BSD forum and face the wrath of very angry nerds.

[Juggz]

Jazz snobs... wow. A determined bunch.

The best Judas Priest album, by a very long way, since Painkiller is Jugulator.

Janick Gers shouldn't be fucked out of Iron Maiden. Steve Harris should. He's the problem.

Kreator were far more interesting when they tried to stop being a metal band than they ever have been since they decided to be one again.

[warhead]

Vixen are one of my fave bands. Ratt are better than Motley Crue.

[Don Gately]

Metal music never really recovered from it's death in the mid 90s. This endless barage of  touring bands form the 80s , Slayer, Overkill, DRI, Metallica is a joke and papers over the cracks.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Metal music never really recovered from it's death in the mid 90s. This endless barage of  touring bands form the 80s , Slayer, Overkill, DRI, Metallica is a joke and papers over the cracks.

Wow, I was just looking at some of the releases from new bands between 2013 and 2015 and thinking, "That was one helluva fucking come back for a genre!"

In other views, I also never, ever got the attraction with Anthrax.

[Pentagrimes]

A handful of songs aside, I think Primordial are quite boring.

I also don't care a whole heap about Thin Lizzy or Rory Gallagher.

And I'm also in the "traditional metal is bollox" camp. I got into metal through Thrash and the attraction for me was the speed and aggression. Never really cared about anything metallic before I heard "Battery" as a nipper.

While I'm getting this all off my chest - I think most "classic" black metal is utterly lightweight musically. Could never understand how that music was supposed to come across as "evil" with all those melodies.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

And I'm also in the "traditional metal is bollox" camp. I got into metal through Thrash and the attraction for me was the speed and aggression.

I was the same until my mid-twenties. Thought Maiden were a sissy joke that Iced Earth, etc., just retold in ever-worsening declinations. Two things changed that for me; seeing Maiden live at a festival and thinking the spectacle was so good I wanted to see them again but next time knowing the songs; and Death's cover of Painkiller, which made me check out Priest through a different lens.

Overall, still don't rate traditional metal as highly as thrash, death, or black, but every so often a band like Slough Feg or Eternal Champion come along and I just can't stop listening to them. Also, despite the amount of unmitigated cringe, Priest > Maiden.

[Mithrandir]

Jake E Lee Ozzy is better than Randy Rhoads Ozzy

[blessed1]

Dark Tranquility are a much superior band to At The Gates

[Ducky]

The only good thing about Led Zeppelin were the drums!

Bonham was a shite drummer and if he didn't choke on his own barf he wouldn't be regarded how he is.

Also, Led Zeppelin were a bag of wet shite anyway

[Ollkiller]

The only good thing about Led Zeppelin were the drums!

Bonham was a shite drummer and if he didn't choke on his own barf he wouldn't be regarded how he is.

Also, Led Zeppelin were a bag of wet shite anyway

Whatever your view on zepplin fair enough but Bonham a shite drummer. What ya on about. He's a fucking beast of a drummer. There's controversial opinions but that's just plain wrong.

[Bogmetaller]

Diabolus in Musica and undisputed attitude are both good albums.

And Justice for All and ride the lightning aren't( with the exception of a few classic tracks) .

Black Metal is absolute wank bar a few songs.

And finally - metal bands play too loud live- I regularly go to non metal gigs and the sound is always better. I appreciate metal is a far more intense/intricate genre than any other but should it require a set of ear plugs to hear things properly?