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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Nightwish is a terrible example. Almost everyone here (bar Ki, who's gone now) hate Nightwish, and mostly, they're right to. I think I listened to Dark Passion Play and it was ok, but the others are just terrible in general. Quite laughable. The problem being mainly that they take themselves way too seriously for what Batty would call, and has called, correctly, goofy metal.
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If you're gonna be silly, melodic metal that isn't just self-consciously cheesy then you best come the **** correct. Blind Guardian is the perfect example. They make LOTR concept albums but can actually pull it off while sounding like they actually should be taken seriously, but they still know that they're goofy and aren't too pretentious about it. Perfect balance of seriousness and fun I suppose, and there are far too few who can strike that balance which is what makes Blind Guardian so special.
And they're even symphonic.
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Trollheart dad joke in three, two, one...
Who calls their child Floor? Jesus! She's going to be walked all over for the rest of her life!
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