 Moatilliatta wrote:
? There are melodies everywhere. Except for the bulk of "The Decade of Statues" and "Informal Gluttony," the tracks on Colors
are rife with melodies, or maybe I have a more broad definition of
melody. Certainly there is a lot going on at any given time, but it's
all distinguishable and memorable.
I also find it interesting that you have a Gojira avatar and are
saying that this is "a terrible mess," with no melody, that took you a
while to build some tolerance. To me Gojira is way more difficult to
swallow. They're heavier, and for longer periods of time, with way less
melody and less to connect to emotionally. |
The one of the best things about a great album is to be rewarding after repeated listens, so it was more of a compliment
I
meant exactly that there is so much going on in every song it's pretty
overwhelming at first, and takes a while to untangle the ends.
The
genius of BTBAM is that they create insanely complex music that
nonetheless makes sense and is memorable, unlike so many metalcore
bands these days who get it wrong. I mean melody in a more traditional sense, i'm not a musician but their riffs sound more abrasive and atonal, as opposed to the standard polished riffs metal bands use these days. They also switch riffs and whole genres so many times during a song it takes longet to get the whole picture. Kinda like with Meshuggah's Nothing where it took me about 5 listens to tell the difference between songs and 5 more to learn to like them.
As for Gojira, it's strange
that you find them harder... Their sound is more consistent and songs
are more conventionally structured, i.e. they're not nearly as
adventurous.
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