Definitely agree with you on Muse, I can't say I've enjoyed anything since Absolution.someonehairy-ish said:No mentions of MUSE? They've been a bit shit on the last two or three albums, depending who you ask. Everything is still composed well, but the overall albums are tonally and musically all over the place, and the lyrics are getting worse, and there's no heavier edge at all.
Also I thought the last lamb of god album was a bit duller than their usual output. Not a massive decline, but it's certainly there. They sound like they're just coasting along without really doing anything new with the music.
You're right, they have become more pop-escue. While I do think that Wessel's voice has gotten better over time, April Rain is still their best album by a mile.sanquin said:Delain, I'd say. It's maybe not a well known band though. It's a metal band from the Netherlands. (though they sing in English.) Their style went from symphonic rock/symphonic metal to...I don't know, a softer kind of metal/rock that...just doesn't sound as good as their first two ablums to me. More commercialized I guess? It's like they suddenly changed their music style for the worse with their third.
According to Rivers Cuomo, the idea completely was to sell out. He lost all of the angst and...je ne sais quoi that started with Pinkerton and decided to make the band a money making venture. If I find the interview I'll post it. Definitely a good example here, though.War Penguin said:Weezer. That's not to say that their music was all that good until they went to complete crap [small](Make Believe, anybody?)[/small], but they still were able to crank out a few good songs now and then. Then Raditude happened. Just... the hell, guys... The hell...
I knew something felt off after the Pinkerton! No, Rivers! Noooooo! D:DrunkOnEstus said:According to Rivers Cuomo, the idea completely was to sell out. He lost all of the angst and...je ne sais quoi that started with Pinkerton and decided to make the band a money making venture. If I find the interview I'll post it. Definitely a good example here, though.War Penguin said:Weezer. That's not to say that their music was all that good until they went to complete crap [small](Make Believe, anybody?)[/small], but they still were able to crank out a few good songs now and then. Then Raditude happened. Just... the hell, guys... The hell...
I don't know dude, Backspacer was a pretty awesome album. I'd say both Backspacer and Vs. were better than Ten but ya know differnt Strokes for differnt folks.Seth Carter said:Pearl Jam's never come near Ten again, for my two cents worth.
Seth Carter said:Weezer's been pretty spotty ever since Rivers ran out of stuff to write about (Circa the Green Album or so), it seems like they're struggling to put out quality albums (also possibly because of a rapid release schedule), though they get an occasional decent song through.
Alice Cooper's solo career hit a rough nosedive after Welcome to my Nightmare, though he eventually got better (and sober), with some of his post-2000 being among his best solo work.
Pearl Jam's never come near Ten again, for my two cents worth.
The Killer's just seem like an okayish Springsteen tribute band nowadays.
You know I was never a big fan of Cooper. I always had respect for what he did and everything, but I just didn't care for it, as I liked stuff more metal than his style of rock. That is, until I saw him open for Iron Maiden last summer. It was a great show, heavy as hell, and really enjoyable.Seth Carter said:Alice Cooper's solo career hit a rough nosedive after Welcome to my Nightmare, though he eventually got better (and sober), with some of his post-2000 being among his best solo work.
I have to disagree with this- their first two albums are miles above anything else they've made, though they definitely haven't had any big dropoff. One By One was pretty bad, but the rest of their albums have been remarkably consistent in their solidness.MichiganMuscle77 said:Then you have Foo Fighters who seem to get BETTER with each album.
They seem to be focusing too much on the articulation of their songs, if that makes sense. Like, back with their older albums the guitar riffs were fast and energetic to the point of almost bordering on speed metal. It also sounded rougher than their recent albums. I wouldn't say their quality has dropped, they're still excellent musicians, but their style has definitely changed.I Stomp on Kittens said:Well, not really sudden but the quality of Metallica's music has changed over the course of their long career. You can notice a slip with 'Load' and then two albums later 'St Anger' is stinking up the music store. After that is 'Death Magnetic' which isn't too bad but it still has nothing on their first few.
Sometimes it's just better to stop then to ram the quality into the ground.
I get what you're saying completely. You're totally right on it sounding rougher and that they are excellent musicians, but to me a lot of the later stuff feels uninspired and just a bore. They had tons of slower riffage on Master of Puppets and the self-titled and it was great.bug_of_war said:They seem to be focusing too much on the articulation of their songs, if that makes sense. Like, back with their older albums the guitar riffs were fast and energetic to the point of almost bordering on speed metal. It also sounded rougher than their recent albums. I wouldn't say their quality has dropped, they're still excellent musicians, but their style has definitely changed.I Stomp on Kittens said:Well, not really sudden but the quality of Metallica's music has changed over the course of their long career. You can notice a slip with 'Load' and then two albums later 'St Anger' is stinking up the music store. After that is 'Death Magnetic' which isn't too bad but it still has nothing on their first few.
Sometimes it's just better to stop then to ram the quality into the ground.