Metal Reviews

I can't possibly write something that I can not associate with music. The moment I started this an ancient Turkish war march started playing in my head with all the wardrums and trumpets. I'm hoping to write a song later with this.

Eyesore.

The typos really turned me off Kathaarian. All you had to do was run a spellcheck and you wouldn't have had the problem. That aside, your work had highlights but also some tedious passages. It's just not varied enough.

I think I may try and figure something out, too. Not sure what kind of song it would be? The lyrical flow would be fast.

Eyesore-Kathy, I liked yours, but Eyesore's just appealed to me more.

(I didn't vote for Ken because of your trpos BTW )

Everyone, you better have a better reason than "spell check" to vote against Kathaarian. I said take it as it is, and I meant it. Who gives a shit about errors? Find the meaning. MEANING. A few errors don't hide that. :evil:

Most of you guys didn't even see the faulty version, I edited it as fast as I could. I think this is unfair. We're allowed to make small changes. If you didn't like it just say so or don't give any explanation at all, I don't need it.

I don't think anyone should be voting for me because of spelling errors. I'd like to know I won because people thought mine was actually better, not because I can spell better. Haha.

Yea, too bad you already got 2 votes for that. I don't really mind losing, after all you have books of this shit but still this isn't fair.

Eyesore for me... flows better, and I found first verse of Kathaarian

weak. I don't like rhyme in a first verse that doesn't continue in the rest of verses. The rest of the lyrics/poem is good, but this first verse...

So my vote goes to Eyesore.

I feel bad now. But I disagree with you, Neffy (I'm going to call you that now because I refuse to keep up with your damn name changes), in that the meaning should take precedence over the delivery. Technically, "the sky is blue," "an azure eye above me unblinking," "t3h 5ky 15 bl00, d00d" and "teh blue ksy is cleer" all have the same meaning, but the delivery clearly has an impact. Craft has to enter into it somewhere, and in Kathaarian's case, it wasn't an accidental mistake, it was a case of actually not knowing the correct word to use ("sawed" for the past tense of "sow"). I can forgive typos, it happens to everyone, but in this case...I think it should count for something.

Sorry to pick on you, Kathaarian. I really do like quite a bit of your poem, especially in the latter half.

Well, Carnifex elaborated. I ask whoever else voted for me because of grammatical/spelling errors re-vote and vote on content only.

I was just about ready to agree with you until I read this part.



As you know I like poems to rhyme, but Eyesore kind of overdoses on it. It has too much. On the other hand I found Kathaarian's rally cry for his country a bit more meaningful.

Kat gets my vote.

You can't pull a passage from an entire piece and suggest it implies the overall meaning. That's quite silly. As for the concept of "emo," a line such as what you quoted is not emo.

Oh Eyesore, I didn't say it suggested the whole meaning now did I? However, I have no doubt that you are more of an authority on what is Emo than I am, so please do post an example, because I agree with Zad on that particular passage. I'm not saying your poem is bad, not by any means, but in my humble opinion the focus was more on rhyming then on expressing an idea, hence my vote.

I don't question your vote. I knew this one was different.

Emo is whiny, emo is borderline girly, it's a bunch "oh, please feel sorry for me" wankery. As for my poem, don't take the words so literally.

Spelling ist krieg, eh? Where's your voodoo now, Turkey-boy? :shock:

Theres a Belgian conspiracy going on here. :shock:

Eyesore

.:crast:.

well i WAS thinking of voting for you but now.. :evil:

Eyesore.. Sorry Kathy, your other stuff was much greater.