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Polymorphia
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Topic: Death vs. Cynic vs. Atheist Posted: June 05 2016 at 16:29 |
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Pastmaster
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Posted: June 05 2016 at 16:42 |
Death!
Atheist's great too though.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 05 2016 at 16:55 |
Not a huge fan of any, but: Cynic Atheist Death
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sleeper
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Posted: June 05 2016 at 17:50 |
Cynic for me, ahead of Death. I like Atheist but not as much as the other two.
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 00:48 |
Atheist >>>> Death >>>>>>>>>>>>> Cynic
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 02:38 |
Pastmaster wrote:
Death!
Atheist's great too though. |
I have not heard a note by any of these, but this must change in the near future.
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CPicard
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 04:01 |
Having discovered Cynic on stage, but not being impressed (I had the feeling to hear a metal version of Pat Metheny) and never having been hooked by the various tracks from Atheist I may have heard throughout my exploration of back-catalogues, I keep sticking to Chuck Schuldiner's works (even if The Sound of Perseverance was a bit too much technical).
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 05:15 |
Death is my favorite metal band so yeah.
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b_olariu
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 05:23 |
Death for sure
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 05:23 |
^^ Meshuggah is mine.....
Edited by Tom Ozric - June 06 2016 at 05:23
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 11:08 |
Going with Atheist on the strength of their early 90's stuff.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 12:35 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Pastmaster wrote:
Death!
Atheist's great too though. | I have not heard a note by any of these, but this must change in the near future. |
Listen to Symbolic, Unquestionable Answer, and Focus, in that order.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 06 2016 at 14:32 |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 07 2016 at 05:08 |
Well, I flipped through these with my result being DEATH - Symbolic sounded pretty awesome. I'd like this on vinyl. ATHEIST - Unquestionable Prescence sounds decent and not too blown away with CYNIC. But as I said, just sampled the albums. And I still find Meshuggah and Gorguts heavier still.
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: June 07 2016 at 11:19 |
^ It's not that easy finding listenable stuff that is heavier than Gorguts.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 07 2016 at 14:26 |
^ 'Listenable' indeed Gorguts have some crushing melodies, but they are melodies !! And Lemay's growl is more like a ROAR !! I never realised (until a couple years ago) just how technical the music of this genre is. It's always the vocal that is hardest for me to take. I'm getting used to it though.
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Pastmaster
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Posted: June 07 2016 at 14:54 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Well, I flipped through these with my result being DEATH - Symbolic sounded pretty awesome. I'd like this on vinyl.
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Human and The Sound of Perseverance are a couple of my other favorite Death albums that are well-wroth checking out if you enjoyed Symbolic. Leprosy is a great album too, as long as you're into old school death metal.
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: June 07 2016 at 15:57 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
^ 'Listenable' indeed Gorguts have some crushing melodies, but they are melodies !! And Lemay's growl is more like a ROAR !! I never realised (until a couple years ago) just how technical the music of this genre is. It's always the vocal that is hardest for me to take. I'm getting used to it though. |
I chose that word carefully
Yeah man, a big chunk of death metal falls under the technical category, especially the newer stuff. Once you're passed the harsh vocals, you can find some pretty incredible music underneath... Oh and I'm glad you enjoyed Symbolic btw . It's one of my absolute favs.
Edited by Imperial Zeppelin - June 07 2016 at 15:58
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 08 2016 at 11:17 |
I've often thought that these guys, in general, are just coke'd up dudes with anger issues, but they are, most likely, the cleanest, most focussed musicians on the planet. You just can't play this style out of your head. This is like the Prog-fusion of Metal. Metallica, though pioneers, are pretty basic.....
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zravkapt
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Posted: June 08 2016 at 11:44 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
This is like the Prog-fusion of Metal. Metallica, though pioneers, are pretty basic..... |
But the bands in this poll were more influenced by '80s Megadeth. I voted Cynic and consider the other two about equal but not quite as good as Cynic.
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