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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:02 am 
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I can't believe people are actually considering for one second that this album is worth listening to. For fuck sake metalreviews, stop being camp and review the new Akercocke or something. Last thing we need is the nu metal revival you seem to be promoting.

Akercocke? Blèrg, what do we need fake BM for? I wouldn't make trouble about an Akercocke review, but this is actually better than them.



Wow, you're a dumb kid. Akercocke aren't even black metal. Shows you haven't even heard them, or that you just are plain retarded. Disturbed better than Akercocke :lol:


Wow. Coming on to the forums and tossing childish insults to one of the more knowlegable posters in these forums is not a good idea. That's not even considering the fact that he didn't personally attack you in any way. Lighten up; and that's not to be taken as advice.


Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:20 am 
How many people have you insulted in this thread alone? We all disagree here, as you can see....We tend to do it as adults, though.


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Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.


"When I hear someone badmouth Akercocke... I just can't take it, I have to immediately begin insulting them with baseless statements that are shocking in their banal unoriginality and act like a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy weighing me down... I call it 'hulking out.'


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Garand wrote:
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I never liked Priest, (...), Maiden


what you were listening to before giving Priest and Maiden 'a try'? :o


Mostly classic rock along the lines of The Who, Foreigner, Journey, Styx, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, etc. and to this day I still do! 8)


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Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.


"When I hear someone badmouth Akercocke... I just can't take it, I have to immediately begin insulting them with baseless statements that are shocking in their banal unoriginality and act like a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy weighing me down... I call it 'hulking out.'


I wouldn't mind having 10,000 pounds of pussy weighing me down so as long as it's from 1,000 girls :D


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Ok I know that I said this was not my cup of tea but I decided to check them out anyway because I'm an open minded kind of guy and from the stuff I heard from this album I really like it.

The sound reminds me a little bit of Nevermore not saying they are a like but I can tell there is a little bit of crunchiness and vocal melodies ala Nevermore.

So I might just pick this album up.


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...a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy...

Goddamn! Fags are a different breed where you're from, huh?


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Some people here are just plain retarded or blind (deaf)...geez, I'm a metal lover, I can listen to a Darkthrone, Dark Tranquillity, Dimmu Borgir, Nightwish, Rhapsody, Moonspell, etc..., album with same pleasure I listen to a Disturbed one (and I think they don't sound like any other band out there).
This record is good (and I agree with the 'too many songs' point of view), Land Of Confusion is a good cover, well inserted on the record. I've always classified them as alternative/melodic metal but with a rock feeling. They are mainstream, but they have a nice sound, Draimans vocals are weird and or you love them or you hate them and I personally love them.
The guitars are not awesome, not even great, they are fair with a good melodic sense, and the drums are great, those tribal rythms are what defines Disturbed (along with the vocals) music and I like them very much. Oh, and I prefer the last Akercocke album to Chronozon, prog death with Black metal influences like it was said. And yes, I'm a melodeath fan also.... :twisted:

PS - Todd McFarlane drawings are always worth the buying... SPAWN POWA!!!! \m/


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:40 am 
I have the feeling thaf if people listened to this album not knowing it was Disturbed, might not lash out so angrily at it. They may not love it, but I think the name of the band alone is causing more anger than anything.

Still, it is too modern for my tastes, and I can honestly say that I probably won't pick up this album again. However, it's not the total garbage that some make it out to be. I can see why some would like it, but I totally buy the "too modern" and "too many songs" argument as well. The guitars didn't capture my interest so much, and the vocals are a bit suspect for my tastes. Still, it's not unlistenable crap as some imply. Average album in my opinion, but keep in mind that my tastes don't favor the modern sound all that much. Those who do will obviously have a place for this album.


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Elnimio wrote:
Mike @ MetalReviews wrote:
Elnimio wrote:
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xyxyxma wrote:
I can't believe people are actually considering for one second that this album is worth listening to. For fuck sake metalreviews, stop being camp and review the new Akercocke or something. Last thing we need is the nu metal revival you seem to be promoting.

Akercocke? Blèrg, what do we need fake BM for? I wouldn't make trouble about an Akercocke review, but this is actually better than them.



Wow, you're a dumb kid. Akercocke aren't even black metal. Shows you haven't even heard them, or that you just are plain retarded. Disturbed better than Akercocke :lol:


Wow. Coming on to the forums and tossing childish insults to one of the more knowlegable posters in these forums is not a good idea. That's not even considering the fact that he didn't personally attack you in any way. Lighten up; and that's not to be taken as advice.


Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.

Quality music eh? Ripping off riffs from around the death metal scene (Nile and Cryptopsy on Scapegoat for example) while trying to make it sound blackish here and there, while there is actually zero emotion to their music doesn't give it quality. Nor do the random songstructures provide in that. The only thing I will admit is that they are not so blackish as I remembered them. Still a strongly present norsecore element in their music though.


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Eyesore wrote:
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...a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy...

Goddamn! Fags are a different breed where you're from, huh?


In this case, '1000 pounds of pussy' is either an underhanded reference, especially combined with 'fag,' that the person in question is a literal fag who has sex with extremely fat women so as to not get ostracized by society.

Or it could just mean that he's a pussy, in the traditional sense. Your choice.


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Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.


"When I hear someone badmouth Akercocke... I just can't take it, I have to immediately begin insulting them with baseless statements that are shocking in their banal unoriginality and act like a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy weighing me down... I call it 'hulking out.'


I wouldn't mind having 10,000 pounds of pussy weighing me down so as long as it's from 1,000 girls :D

"Girls" with an average of 10 pounds per pussy? No thanks.


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I just finished listening to this album from the link provided (cool thing to legally be able to listen to the whole album before buying it). I prefer this to countless nu-metal acts, but this is not for me and I will not give it a chance to grow on me (I'm not that open-minded). The right situation to listen to this album is while vacuum cleaning :D. It has a lot of energy and can see why some people with different preferences than I might like it.

I can't seem to understand why people have objections to it being reviewed. Personally I come to this site primarily to learn so diversity in the material is a good thing in my opinion.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:33 pm 
This album has been flogged to death by my Static X loving mates, and i must admit that for a nu metal band it is alright. When i say alright i mean nothing new or innovative IMO, but nothing atrocious. For the most part anyway. However, the singing style of Draiman (which I've never liked) and the self-pitying lyrics are the worst parts of the album. The solos are actually okay considering that this is a band who repeats their riffs ad nauseum


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what's 'norsecore'?


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Garand wrote:
what's 'norsecore'?

Black metal without the black metal part, emotionless black metal without a soul. Usually with loads of blast, good production and other issues that do not belong to black metal. Examples are Marduk, Dark Funeral, later Immortal and a gazillion more.


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Hey Gast, i think that old Marduk like Those of The Unlight has a lot of emotion, ever listened to it?


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Dago wrote:
Hey Gast, i think that old Marduk like Those of The Unlight has a lot of emotion, ever listened to it?

Yes, maybe that one is an exception, the early stuff differs on Dark Funeral as well.


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Knowledgeable? Please. He called Akercocke norsecore. The guy has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe he's an expert in crappy kvlt black metal, but most likely not any quality music.


"When I hear someone badmouth Akercocke... I just can't take it, I have to immediately begin insulting them with baseless statements that are shocking in their banal unoriginality and act like a fag with 10000 pounds of pussy weighing me down... I call it 'hulking out.'


I wouldn't mind having 10,000 pounds of pussy weighing me down so as long as it's from 1,000 girls :D

"Girls" with an average of 10 pounds per pussy? No thanks.


LMAO actually I miscaculated it should have been 100 girls not 1000 lol :lol:


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Gast1 wrote:
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what's 'norsecore'?

Black metal without the black metal part, emotionless black metal without a soul. Usually with loads of blast, good production and other issues that do not belong to black metal. Examples are Marduk, Dark Funeral, later Immortal and a gazillion more.


blasts don't belong to black metal?


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