Everyone is wrong!!!

corplhicks wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Every Pink Floyd albums is great. Not a single lull. I'd dare to call them critic-proof.

One lull, but not a whole album, just one song. Another Brick in the Wall, I really, really HATE that song!!

Because of the Radio's Curse or because it just is? I used to love that song but now I get mad whenever I hear it.

Bit of both I think, I can't put my finger on it but there's something about that song that's like fingernails down a chalkboard for me.

corplhicks wrote:

Every Pink Floyd albums is great. Not a single lull. I'd dare to call them critic-proof.

I agree with you completely. Except some songs are overplayed on the radio a bit...

I love those two Nitro albums. And time has only increased that. Just big, dumb, loud, and fun.

I'm also a huge fan of Coroner's Grin and Voivod's Angel Rat.

My favorite Ratt is Reach For The Sky. But I'll admit that is most likely out of nostalgia.

AutumnShantel wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Every Pink Floyd albums is great. Not a single lull. I'd dare to call them critic-proof.

I agree with you completely. Except some songs are overplayed on the radio a bit...

Exactly.

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

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Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

corplhicks wrote:

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

Quote :

Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

I read allrovi just for laughs.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

Quote :

Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

I read allrovi just for laughs.

It's funny stuff. If you read a review for, say, a Rhianna album, it's twelve paragraphs long and written like a grad school dissertation. But when it comes to a metal album (pick any one, really), it's three sentences and has little to nothing to say about the nuances of the music, just whether or not the riffing was OK. Kind of like Rolling Stone. Ok, not that bad.

corplhicks wrote:

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

Quote :

Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

I read allrovi just for laughs.

It's funny stuff. If you read a review for, say, a Rhianna album, it's twelve paragraphs long and written like a grad school dissertation. But when it comes to a metal album (pick any one, really), it's three sentences and has little to nothing to say about the nuances of the music, just whether or not the riffing was OK. Kind of like Rolling Stone. Ok, not that bad.

There's probably less drug use at allrovi than rolling stone.

jstate wrote:

I'm also a huge fan of Coroner's Grin and Voivod's Angel Rat.

Both killer records almost universally misunderstood by lunkheads...er....metalheads.

 

corplhicks wrote:

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

Quote :

Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

I read allrovi just for laughs.

It's funny stuff. If you read a review for, say, a Rhianna album, it's twelve paragraphs long and written like a grad school dissertation. But when it comes to a metal album (pick any one, really), it's three sentences and has little to nothing to say about the nuances of the music, just whether or not the riffing was OK. Kind of like Rolling Stone. Ok, not that bad.

Basically  

Also 'Blazon Stone' rules. I feel like the forgotten RW album is 'Masquerade', since there's a lot of talk about how 'Black Hand Inn' was the last great record, but it's probably a top 3 for me.

I've just bought Angel Rat and would like to get my hands on Grin. For the prices that you have to pay to get the vinyl on these records, I wouldn't say that they are THAT unloved!!

Masquerade was epic.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Just read this review on Blazon Stone from Allmusic.com:

Quote :

Blazon Stone solidified Running Wild's cult following with another heavy dose of pirate imagery and enough strong riffs to put the record over, although some songs can be a bit repetitive or unmemorable.

Wtf, that whole album was brilliant from start to finish. I say F*ck off, Rovi.

I read allrovi just for laughs.

It's funny stuff. If you read a review for, say, a Rhianna album, it's twelve paragraphs long and written like a grad school dissertation. But when it comes to a metal album (pick any one, really), it's three sentences and has little to nothing to say about the nuances of the music, just whether or not the riffing was OK. Kind of like Rolling Stone. Ok, not that bad.

Basically  

Also 'Blazon Stone' rules. I feel like the forgotten RW album is 'Masquerade', since there's a lot of talk about how 'Black Hand Inn' was the last great record, but it's probably a top 3 for me.

Masquerade was pretty intense. Here's what Rovi has to say about Black Hand Inn:

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It's no surprise that Running Wild hasn't bothered to update their sound, but Black Hand Inn is a new low. Black Hand Inn doesn't contain any catchy riffs at all, and the songs are just replicas of each other. Usually Running Wild has compensated for this by including one or two stand-out tracks (usually one of them is the title track itself), but, unfortunately, Black Hand Inn is a complete failure. Fans of Running Wild might find it amusing, but it seems that Running Wild doesn't have anything to offer to the heavy metal audience anymore.

Now that just pisses me off.

corplhicks wrote:

Masquerade was pretty intense. Here's what Rovi has to say about Black Hand Inn:

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It's no surprise that Running Wild hasn't bothered to update their sound, but Black Hand Inn is a new low. Black Hand Inn doesn't contain any catchy riffs at all, and the songs are just replicas of each other. Usually Running Wild has compensated for this by including one or two stand-out tracks (usually one of them is the title track itself), but, unfortunately, Black Hand Inn is a complete failure. Fans of Running Wild might find it amusing, but it seems that Running Wild doesn't have anything to offer to the heavy metal audience anymore.

Now that just pisses me off.

i too disagree with the above. I think BHI is one of the most memorable of their albums and has a lot of catchy music.

exact33 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Masquerade was pretty intense. Here's what Rovi has to say about Black Hand Inn:

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It's no surprise that Running Wild hasn't bothered to update their sound, but Black Hand Inn is a new low. Black Hand Inn doesn't contain any catchy riffs at all, and the songs are just replicas of each other. Usually Running Wild has compensated for this by including one or two stand-out tracks (usually one of them is the title track itself), but, unfortunately, Black Hand Inn is a complete failure. Fans of Running Wild might find it amusing, but it seems that Running Wild doesn't have anything to offer to the heavy metal audience anymore.

Now that just pisses me off.

i too disagree with the above. I think BHI is one of the most memorable of their albums and has a lot of catchy music.

Exactly. And to call it a complete failure?? The hell? That album in its entirety stayed in my hands for weeks after the first time I heard it.

corplhicks wrote:

exact33 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Masquerade was pretty intense. Here's what Rovi has to say about Black Hand Inn:

Quote :

It's no surprise that Running Wild hasn't bothered to update their sound, but Black Hand Inn is a new low. Black Hand Inn doesn't contain any catchy riffs at all, and the songs are just replicas of each other. Usually Running Wild has compensated for this by including one or two stand-out tracks (usually one of them is the title track itself), but, unfortunately, Black Hand Inn is a complete failure. Fans of Running Wild might find it amusing, but it seems that Running Wild doesn't have anything to offer to the heavy metal audience anymore.

Now that just pisses me off.

i too disagree with the above. I think BHI is one of the most memorable of their albums and has a lot of catchy music.

Exactly. And to call it a complete failure?? The hell? That album in its entirety stayed in my hands for weeks after the first time I heard it.

It's ok. They claimed the riff writing was occasionally lacking on the black album and yet they still gave it 4 1/2 out of 5. Then they praise "countdown to extinction" and had nothing bad to say and yet gave it 4 out of 5.

I tend to take most Amazon reviews with a grain of salt.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

I love all demon hunter to some extent, with "the triptych" and "the world is a thorn" being the standouts.

I like Demon Hunter a lot as well. The Triptych is my favorite album of theirs.

A lot of people still rate Iron Maiden's No Prayer for The Dying as a weak effort. I enjoy all the tracks on it - especially Assassin.  

Grimmo wrote:

A lot of people still rate Iron Maiden's No Prayer for The Dying as a weak effort. I enjoy all the tracks on it - especially Assassin.  

It's weak for a Maiden release....... still better that a lot of band's best album

Here's a couple I can think of off the top of my head:

Rainbow:
I am very much in the minority here but I really like the Joe Lynn Turner (JLT) era best. For me the best Rainbow album is Straight Between the Eyes. Yes, it is a completely different sounding band to the Dio-fronted albums and even the Graham Bonnet one-off 'Down to Earth'.

Queen:
I am a huge Queen fan. I hold Freddie Mercury in very high regard and he is bar none one of my favorite singers of all-time, at least outside of heavy metal. Now, everyone seems to foam at the mouth over the first 5 Queen albums and I will not argue they are good... and not just that they are classics. But when it comes to the late 70s and 80s Queen albums there is a general discontent for the synth-pop direction the band took.

Well this is where I think 'everyone is wrong' - I love Hot Space, The Works, Kind of Magic, and The Miracle. For me all those albums are still very much Queen. The songwriting is consistent and as experimental as it was on the 70s albums. There is just a different flavour, at times very removed from hard rock. I like the more funky / groove / dancey sound they were experimenting with. It has the right balance between something like Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones and Queen's hard rock signature.

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

Here's a couple I can think of off the top of my head:

Rainbow:
I am very much in the minority here but I really like the Joe Lynn Turner (JLT) era best. For me the best Rainbow album is Straight Between the Eyes. Yes, it is a completely different sounding band to the Dio-fronted albums and even the Graham Bonnet one-off 'Down to Earth'.

Queen:
I am a huge Queen fan. I hold Freddie Mercury in very high regard and he is bar none one of my favorite singers of all-time, at least outside of heavy metal. Now, everyone seems to foam at the mouth over the first 5 Queen albums and I will not argue they are good... and not just that they are classics. But when it comes to the late 70s and 80s Queen albums there is a general discontent for the synth-pop direction the band took.

Well this is where I think 'everyone is wrong' - I love Hot Space, The Works, Kind of Magic, and The Miracle. For me all those albums are still very much Queen. The songwriting is consistent and as experimental as it was on the 70s albums. There is just a different flavour, at times very removed from hard rock. I like the more funky / groove / dancey sound they were experimenting with. It has the right balance between something like Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones and Queen's hard rock signature.

Agreed on Rainbow, love the Turner albums, also a fan of A Kind Of Magic and Works.

One I like that I know many don't or didn't is Kreator - Endorama. I put it on in the car today and I really enjoyed it from start to finish.

nevermore wrote:

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

I love all demon hunter to some extent, with "the triptych" and "the world is a thorn" being the standouts.

I like Demon Hunter a lot as well. The Triptych is my favorite album of theirs.

I am also a DH fan, but I must say that Storm the Gates of Hell gets the most plays from me. The World is a Thorn has been hard to listen to, it is just not clicking with me.