Some bad metal moments

GrandNational wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

one word: Korn

two words: not metal

AGREED - SlipKnot are metal, though not good metal. KoRn fall nowhere in that category.

Slayer - releasing "Seasons in the Abyss" and albums after.
Black Sabbath - "Forbidden"
Exodus - "Force of Habit"
Pantera forming

Not sure if metal would be the term for them but Life Of Agony-Soul Searching Sun was a crapfest.

I'd also put Dio-Angry Machines up there (I will give it another chance but upon first listen I hated over half the album).

Also:

Metallica-St. Anger
Pain Of Salvation-Be (my first and only PoS album)
Queensrych-anything after Hear In The Now Frontier
Theatre Of Tragedy-anything after Aegis
Galactic Cowboys calling it quits

DallasBlack wrote:

Queensrych-anything after Hear In The Now Frontier

Forgot to say this. Icky icky musics.

GrandNational wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

one word: Korn

two words: not metal

haha I know they aren't metal but to the outside world they are for some ungodly reason grouped into the metal category. Even though I did like them at one point I still think it is one of the worst metal moments.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

one word: Korn

two words: not metal

haha I know they aren't metal but to the outside world they are for some ungodly reason grouped into the metal category. Even though I did like them at one point I still think it is one of the worst metal moments.

I agree Korn is not true metal. They are nu metal though. But some don't consider that to be metal (myself included).

The lawsuits filed against metal bands I think would fall into this category.

Required Fields wrote:

The lawsuits filed against metal bands I think would fall into this category.

and even those filed by metal bands...

exact33 wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

The lawsuits filed against metal bands I think would fall into this category.

and even those filed by metal bands...

You mean like Ozzy suing Tony about the Sabbath name?

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

thejokeriv wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

The lawsuits filed against metal bands I think would fall into this category.

and even those filed by metal bands...

You mean like Ozzy suing Tony about the Sabbath name?

and metallica suing their fans....

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

aww.. but those black metallers are so darn cute with their ofcourpse paint and spikes!!

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

You should get banned for that

I love that album and the follow up "Vanity / Nemesis" of course the Old fans raged about it, but it has quality within it, if you wanted to choose a CF album I'd have chosen the last one.


I'll agree with Ult over Lynch Mob's "Smoke this"

but also I'd add

Lynch / Pilson's "Wicked Underground"
Digger - Stronger than Ever (that did suffer similar to Cold Lake) as Grave Digger wanted ti try and become more commerical.
Annihilator - Metal (too many contributors, it's a feckin' joke)

Deliverance's "As Above/So Below".


I'm a huge fan of early Deliverance and had heard that this album was a return to that early sound. This is one of the blandest and boring albums I've ever heard.

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

have you prayed that jesus eliminates this form of music, then hold your breath until he comes through? try it, i'm sure it will work.

mc666 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

have you prayed that jesus eliminates this form of music, then hold your breath until he comes through? try it, i'm sure it will work.

I look at black metal nowadays as a sound rather than image/ideology/sound when it originally came out, although I guess the hardcore believers will not agree. I don't mind bands that have the black metal sound because many of the lyrics and themes has progressed and changed much since its anti-God and anti-Christian beginnings. To each his own, I do en enjoy a really well executed BM band.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Deliverance's "As Above/So Below".


I'm a huge fan of early Deliverance and had heard that this album was a return to that early sound. This is one of the blandest and boring albums I've ever heard.

Totally agree 100%!!!

mc666 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

have you prayed that jesus eliminates this form of music, then hold your breath until he comes through? try it, i'm sure it will work.

The crux of my post wasn't the hating God thing. I couldn't care less what their beliefs are to be honest, but how many more tinny, garbled, albums recorded in parents' basements must the world endure? There are a few really great black metal bands, but those bands seem to have evolved since 1994. I suspect the least talented musicians are the ones who embrace the primitive black metal sound as their means expression because it sounds great coming out of their single speaker cassette players, because we all know the Troo Kvlt way to go is cassettes.

- post-The Triumph of Steel Manowar
- most black metal (not all, mind you)
- Cold Lake (I can't see why anyone likes this pile of steaming horse manure...)
- post-Operation Mindcrime Queensrÿche
- Master's Hammer - Slagry (although it is brilliant in a rather retarded way)
- post-Heavy Demons Death SS
- most Mortification albums after Post Momentary Affliction

And the list goes on and on.

SpectreFate wrote:

mc666 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

have you prayed that jesus eliminates this form of music, then hold your breath until he comes through? try it, i'm sure it will work.

The crux of my post wasn't the hating God thing. I couldn't care less what their beliefs are to be honest, but how many more tinny, garbled, albums recorded in parents' basements must the world endure? There are a few really great black metal bands, but those bands seem to have evolved since 1994. I suspect the least talented musicians are the ones who embrace the primitive black metal sound as their means expression because it sounds great coming out of their single speaker cassette players, because we all know the Troo Kvlt way to go is cassettes.

and have somehow released a cd recorded on the fisher price home recorder

I agree with the Lo-Fi Black Metal stuff to a point. There are SOME good bands though.

Anyways, to add to the list of bad metal moments a little more:

Dio - Magica
KNAC shutting down on FM Radio
The oversaturation of thrash bands by trendhopping kids.
Metal Maniacs going out of print
Nu-Metal

Have none of you heard Belladonna - Spells of Fear? It's easily one of the worst metal moments.

I still cant get that pat boone lip synching up to halford out of my head... the only thing worse might be a Backstreet boys thrash album....

ultmetal wrote:

Have none of you heard Belladonna - Spells of Fear? It's easily one of the worst metal moments.

No, I have his first album though - and it's pretty decent.

SpectreFate wrote:

mc666 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

The fact that there are bands still playing black metal. We get it...you're scary....you hate God...yadda,yadda,yadda....

have you prayed that jesus eliminates this form of music, then hold your breath until he comes through? try it, i'm sure it will work.

The crux of my post wasn't the hating God thing. I couldn't care less what their beliefs are to be honest, but how many more tinny, garbled, albums recorded in parents' basements must the world endure? There are a few really great black metal bands, but those bands seem to have evolved since 1994. I suspect the least talented musicians are the ones who embrace the primitive black metal sound as their means expression because it sounds great coming out of their single speaker cassette players, because we all know the Troo Kvlt way to go is cassettes.

I agree. I hate 99.999% of the crappy kvlt stuff. I do however really enjoy some of the black metal bands of the more 'melodic' or 'symphonic' variety. Then again, they have talent, hooks and a professional musical career. Ancient, Cradle of Filth and Absu are all bands that I consider faves from this genre.

I don't necessarily agree with or even like their lyrics, but I can get beyond that.