Deege
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Well, at least we have that in common. Trendkill is my favorite Pantera album too. So fucking dark and heavy. Though I actually didn't like it when it was new...it was one of the first CDs I ever ordered from the Columbia House record club when it was a teenager and I thought they just went heavy for the sake of heavy with no good songs...sold it used at a local record store a few years later like an idiot. A few days after I witnessed Dimebag get murdered at the Alrosa Villa, I made a trip to Circuit City and re-purchased the album (it was the only one I didn't own on CD anymore, aside from having a burned copy from bad quality mp3s) and realized I was a fucking idiot back then and it was flat out their best album.
As far as Metallica's black album, it's easy to rag on it because it wasn't thrash metal like the previous albums...but every fucking song is great, and the production is fantastic. Most people try to blame Bob Rock for the change of direction, but the fact is, the band wrote the songs...before they even hired Bob Rock as their producer. Just listen to the demos that they recorded on their own in the few years before the album was released...clearly the demos were not thrash metal. And if anything those demos were terrible - Bob Rock brought the best out of the songs that the band brought to the table.
As far as MY disappointments, album-wise...
Down - III: Over The Under. There was so much hype surrounding the return of Down...but I wasn't impressed at all. Both Crowbar and COC's last records blew it away and it's really made me resent Down for forcing the other two bands into so much downtime. I love their first two albums.
Brand New Sin - Tequila. I really loved their album "Recipe For Disaster" but thought the album after it called Tequila sucked. Mostly it was the production's fault probably but I can't listen to that album.
Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal. After Sonic Brew and Stronger Than Death it was a huge letdown. Sounds like a bad demo...some of the songs are cool and Zakk was at his creative peak but it all just sounds so unfinished to me. The Blessed Hellride was a step in the right direction, but then he made the same record OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN...progressively worse and worse. And a copy of a copy is not as good as the original.
Chris Cornell - Scream - this is the worst piece of garbage ever recorded by someone whose work I have regarded so highly. I didnt care too much for his previous so album Carry On either, but at least it wasn't a bunch of programmed hip-hop beats with virtually no guitars or real instruments. After this career blunder, the only card left to play was a Soundgarden reunion. I knew that the instant I heard the first single that a Soundgarden reunion would be imminent.
Megadeth - Risk. I was really conflicted with this one...and you know, I actually don't hate it nearly as much in retrospect, now that I know it's NOT the band's current direction. At least it was appropriately titled...a risk the band took.
Helmet - Monochrome. I personally really loved their album Size Matters (though I know some classic Helmet fans didn't like it because it wasn't as simple and to the point as old Helmet was...but I really loved the songwriting and vocal melodies - and John Tempesta is great on it). Then the album after it, Monochrome basically sucked all the way through.
Seemless - What Have We Become. I loved their first self-titled album. The 2nd one bores me.
"guys you gotta play that f****ng song 10 times faster and James you need a heavier guitar tone."
