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02-01-2014, 11:18 AM | #1 |
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Wow. For someone who brags about supposedly great taste music, you don't really have great taste in music.
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I do like a handful of Pantera tracks (Cemetery Gates primarily.) I guess I can dig the whole Cowboys From Hell album, more or less. The others are just so boring. Like, their whole "groove metal" sound was always pretty tiresome even on an album I kinda like. I mean, compared to the riff quotient of a thrash or death metal band. Even black metal, with its emphasis on atmosphere, brings more riffs to the table than the average Pantera song does. For those reasons, Pantera are underwhelming to me. Dimebag is a great guitar player (though he is certainly overrated and is sadly influential), but an incredibly overrated songwriter. The Vulgar Display of Power album makes me want to throw up. Out of sheer boredom. Go listen to John Petrucci try and fail for the thirtieth time to write a decent song. Be sure to report back. |
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Sounds to me like you simply don't appreciate the sludgy nature of their sound, and use that to call them 'garbage'. I mean 'riff quotient'? Damn, I bet you HATE rock and roll... what with them not noodling fast enough nor matching your riff quotient requirement. |
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Noodling does not equal riffing. And I listen to a fair amount of rock. I don't expect metal when I listen to rock. When I listen to metal, well, I expect metal. In large part that means either great riffs, song structures, or atmosphere. Preferably all three. When it comes to thrash metal, that means bands like Heathen, Anacrusis, or Vektor. But you don't need all three. With thrash you just really need a good riff quotient. Listen to Dark Angel's album "Darkness Descends." It's got like 150+ riffs over the course of the album. That's an incredible riff quotient. The very opposite of what bores me. |
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Everything is garbage from a certain perspective.
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In this case, the perspective is one overlooking Pantera.
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If you've "overlooked" Pantera they shouldn't be a problem. I've seen that you're the house music critic, but I don't get how you could call Pantera "garbage".
Is it because their not as obscure as Caninus, Anal **** or Napalm Death? If Pantera were from Sweden would they get your approval? |
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02-01-2014, 01:26 PM | #9 |
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I don't know if he was loaded or not, but he deserves his ass kicked for making me listen to that shit. I seriously would have went out to my car for a half hour if they would have let me back in.
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02-01-2014, 01:29 PM | #10 |
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He was a well-known heroin user during that time. I'm honestly not surprised.
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In his defense, if I was an 80's or 90's rock/metal star, I probably would have been an addict as well. It just looks like so much fun.
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02-01-2014, 01:38 PM | #12 |
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Well to take this full circle, Dave Mustaine said he started doing heroin specifically for that reason. He wanted to be a rock star and rock stars did heroin.
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Just listened to "Peace Sells But Who's Buying"
....further evidence Mustaine go the the royal Metallica shaft
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I've said it before in this thread, when he wasn't thinking "Metallica" while writing, that's when Megadeth is better musically. Vocals are a whole other story.
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