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KharBevNor:
I really loved IF when I saw them in December, but the last time (with Motorhead) something had just...gone. The songs seemed to have all become very homogenized and to have lost their emotional impact. (And I will agree with you, In Flames can have a very good emotional impact.)
They really did buy into the whole Gothenburg scene explosion in the early-ish naughties though. I don't particularly mind the electronic influence, but the way they're playing it is very much drawing influences from the modern metalcore and even nu-metal scenes, giving them a vastly expanded fanbase: another thing I've been beginning to notice is a change in their fanbase. As recently as a year or so ago In Flames fans tended to be metalheads. Now they're getting very popular among mallcore-type kids of a much younger age. Their sound just seems to have softened and become less appealing, in terms of integrity as much as musicality. There's a less visceral quality about it. I won't deny though, that, at the same time, my musical taste has moved away from Modern Metal. Nuclear Blast catalogues will never again hold the same shine for me.
Octillus:
That's really disheartening, considering I'm seeing them in January.
In general though yeah, as one gets older, like myself, I've drifted away from metal. I'm actually rocker first, metal fan second.
KharBevNor:
When I was 16, I was so 'TRUE BLACK METAL FOREVER!'
Ironic as at that time I was mainly listening to crap like Dimmu Borgir and Thou Art Lord. Thank goodness you only have to be 16 once.
Octillus:
Eh, I was never too into the metal scene to begin with I guess. Too heavy to hang out with the cool kids, too much of a puss to hang out with the "tru kvlt necro shenanigan bunch"
How dare I be medium :P
surgerydrugsnrocknroll:
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--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I've heard Crawl Through Knives.
...meh.
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Meh to you bro.
It's Come Clarity, and it kicks ass. Better than the last two albums combined. The song Vacuum cannot be denied.
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sorry, but they went from decent swedish melo-death to more generic swedish influenced metalcore.
not a good change.
go listen to clayman or whoracle.
muchmuch better stuff.
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Before I start, be warned that most of my response is due to the fact that I "have to defend" my tastes all the freaking time. It's like people tell me they've sold out, when 98% of the western world has no idea who the fuck they are. So really, I find it all silly. Don't take it personally, I don't.
Heh. I own every album dude. Don't tell me what i have to listen to, as Clayman is still my favorite album, ever. I can still find that I like the new album anyway. What's sad is that most people, after the previous album fail to give this one a shot. You'd be surprised, how many old school influences you can find. I understand it's still all a matter of taste, but to call them generic is a bit ridiculous considering the amount of experimentation they've made with their sound.
I of course expect you to respond with a list of bands that you find better. Fine, I've heard most of them: Ominum Gatherum, At the Gates, Dissection (blech!), Kalmah, Dark Tranquillity (way rad but can be boring), Nightrage, it doesn't really matter. Point being is that I find a lot of these bands to be generic (At the Gates aside, i mean they and IF started the genre) and I think it's the direct punch of IF's sound and emotion in the vocals that seperates them for me. So, maybe you disagree, but don't try and tell me I'm wrong because, just like you, I have my opinions
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i in no way was trying to say that you have bad taste for liking their newer stuff.
i was just saying i like all their older stuff better. hah, i still enjoy the new album, i just think it is weak compared to their older work.
i guess i came of as more of an elitist prick than i intended though.
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