MrWunderful said:
IllumInaTIma said:
shrekfan246 said:
Waking the Fallen was such a good album. "Chapter Four" is still one of my favorite A7X songs.
For me it's City of Evil and Blinded in Chains in particular. Thanks to NFS: Most Wanted for leading me to A7X. Also, now I finally know where your wacky profile pics come from.
How can you guys forget about
Sidewinder? A 2 minute long acoustic solo? <3
Well, and "Desecrate Through Reverence", "M.I.A.", "Trashed and Scattered", "And All Things Will End"... they've got a lot of really good songs, to be honest.
Edguy said:
shrekfan246 said:
I think City of Evil is a better album from a technical standpoint, but I like the compositions on Waking the Fallen more. I haven't listened to Nightmare but I didn't really like their eponymous album all that much... felt like they were taking too many steps backwards while simultaneously trying to extend their reach further beyond City of Evil.
Walking the Fallen is great, probably my favorite hardcore album of all time, but City of Evil is the uncontested king. Top 5 favorite albums of all time. The long songs on the second half; Sidewinder; MIA; Strength of the World; The Wicked End, those just hit the right spot for me. Nightmare is a step more towards City of Evil than self-titled, btw. Buried Alive, So Far Away and Save Me are recommended listening!
First of all, dat avatar.
There's something about how much simpler
Waking the Fallen feels compared to
City of Evil that makes me like it a little bit more.
If I had to get really analytical about it, I'd say that I put "Chapter Four", "Remenissions", and "Desecrate Through Reverence" at the top of their songs that I've listened to, then
City of Evil sans "Seize the Day", then the rest of
Waking the Fallen, "Seize the Day", then
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (mostly because I don't particularly like the actual final production quality on the album), and
Avenged Sevenfold.
Also, I'll give those a listen.
shrekfan246 said:
It's too bad that Temper Temper is so utterly forgettable...
Yeah, Temper Temper seems like compilation of songs that didn't make it to their last albums.. The Poison and Scream Aim Fire were great and Fever was pretty good, but Temper Temper don't have a single interesting song, except the Tears Don't Fall-rehash.. Riot, for example, sounds like Godsmack, only less catchy..
I think the "Tears Don't Fall" rehash actually highlights what the biggest problem with
Temper Temper was in the first place -- Like you say, there weren't any catchy or interesting songs. None of them had interesting or hard-hitting riffs, none of the solos sounded inspired, even "Tears" just dragged on far longer than it really needed to. Those guitarists have a lot of talent, but it just seems completely squandered on that album.
Total LOLige said:
And one I never like to admit is Nickelback, come on don't look at me like that, they've got at least five songs that aren't total shit.
The thing with Nickelback, is that all their songs are super clean and catchy, while still having some (by mainstream standards) aggressive riffing. You like it, all whilst getting an unresistable urge to hate it. Also, while been pretty creepy, their vocalist
does have a pretty decent voice.
I know that part wasn't aimed at me, but I'm egocentric enough to chime in anyway. Personally my only real issue with Nickelback is the actual lyrical content of most of their songs... well, most of their songs, actually. All of the ones that make it big on the radio seem to just be talking about sex in some manner, and I'm not generally a fan of songs with that as a lyrical focus. I genuinely think "How You Remind Me" and "Too Bad" are great songs, but they were also made over a decade ago...
