What Are You listening To V.III Metal!

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I'm not going to complain further about them since this isn't the "unpopular music opinions" thread, but I think the first time they managed to write a single song that I thought was fun to listen to was on The Formation of Damnation from 2009 or something.

I thought that one was pretty good as well. That said, I think that Testament's first two albums have better guitar work than Metallica ever did or will have.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-20-2017, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought that one was pretty good as well. That said, I think that Testament's first two albums have better guitar work than Metallica ever did or will have.

That's what's the most frustrating thing about Testament. Overall, I find their songs boring, but Alex Skolnick is a hell of a guitar player. I don't want to listen to a full Testament album, but I could easily listen to a compilation of all of the band's guitar solos. They're even better these days, while Hammett has lost any and all ability to play an appealing solo.

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 12:30 PM

Lost?

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-20-2017, 12:32 PM

I liked his solos in the 80's and 90's. Most of all though, he was great on Ride the Lightning. All of the lead guitar playing has an amazing vibe on that album.

BastardofYoung · 11-20-2017, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

I can hear the distant sounds of System of A Down's first album in some of the songs on Seasons. It may have to do with Seasons and Toxicity using eerily similar production, but I can still hear it. I've also heard of songs from Toxicity appearing on mixtapes featuring songs like "War Ensemble". Again it might just be the production, but I can't un-hear it. I definitely don't get that vibe from any of Slayer's other albums--although I've never heard Divine Intervention.

You hear the sounds of songs that came out 8 years later on Seasons? Wouldnt it be the other way around?

But saying because people who like SPAD also like Slayer, doesn't mean much to me. Influence is influence.

It's just a weird nitpick.

The Batlord · 11-20-2017, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I can see some similarities in the way he ends his phrases with a longer note, but otherwise: no not at all.

He has seriously become a boring singer now that he doesn't have the same range and relies too much on his hella boring growl. At least before he was an alright heavy metal singer.

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 02:32 PM

Singing is for plebs anyway.

Mondo Bungle · 11-20-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't want to listen to a full Testament album,

well that won't get you anywhere will it

as if this isn't the best song

Mondo Bungle · 11-20-2017, 06:46 PM

like the most guitar ass death metal ever

The Batlord · 11-20-2017, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

like the most guitar ass death metal ever

Oh **** I remember that being awesome.

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11-20-2017, 02:32 PM	#5607 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Singing is for plebs anyway. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I liked his solos in the 80's and 90's. Most of all though, he was great on Ride the Lightning. All of the lead guitar playing has an amazing vibe on that album.