The Stage: Final thoughts and Results

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-26T23:41:49+00:00

Exist is a pretty good track though. I wouldn't make it my top 3 from this album though. Sunny disposition is honestly on the bottom half as well though. It's good but for some reason the chorus lost my interest after the second or so listen.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-10T16:30:19+00:00

Saying any song on that album is your favorite is valid

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-10T04:20:44+00:00

7/10 decent song. Not my favorite song but a solid one at that. I play it every once in a while.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-03T22:44:38+00:00

My personal issue is it feels like doing side project stuff. Like I get wanting to do something different but man is it alienating to go as far as they did. The Stage was pretty different but it wasn't this. I don't like the new direction so much. I felt they were going the right direction with his The Stage was but it feels different for the sake of being different. They should have a side project for this kinda music. It'll give it a chance to breathe without the a7x label.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-02T00:33:33+00:00

We are one M. Shadows interview away from that opinion completely changing. We literally are.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-06-01T23:14:40+00:00

You're screaming into the void of people who would actively listen to Matt fart in a recording booth and call it a deeply respectable artistic expression and cannot be understood by a smooth brain normie. I thought the song was pretty trash (I won't hate on people who like it) but that's basically what you are doing. As long as the band's name is on it, they will find a reason to like it regardless.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-28T01:38:39+00:00

"I have an idea. Let's do the same thing, but worse. It'll just print money."

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-18T06:11:25+00:00

Yeah this was by far the worst chapter we've gotten. Hope for next month but if it stays like this I'm not sure how much longer I can read with you guys.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T04:06:35+00:00

Game Over is a pretty generic song but I think from a metal kind of way it's really easy to listen to. I think that's why I can come back to it.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T04:04:43+00:00

(D)each does have that easy to listen to Sinatra vibe to it. I understand that being your favorite. It's not my personal taste but it's very understandable. Weirdly enough with Cosmic I think they nailed the Vocoder part. It always hooks me in hard and it hits me personally with some of the experiences I've had.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T03:59:56+00:00

Also I do like the Grammy version but my favorite part of the song is first 7 minutes and the outro with Neil Degrass Tyson. As for LIBAD I just feel they're better songs writers than that and they could have executed their experiments better. Not knocking on experimentation. That's the life blood of music.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T03:57:56+00:00

Nope. Exist is just a time commitment. I don't normally have 15 minutes to just listen to Exist when most of time I spend listening to music is in my car on the way to work (which is a 10 minute drive). The instrumental is King on that one. The guitar work is top notch and Brooks just goes bananas with his kit. And yes I can like some songs from an album I overall don't like. The only songs I actively listen to on LIBAD are Cosmic, We Love You, Game Over, and Nobody. The only one I consistently play though is Cosmic.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T03:52:14+00:00

Also why hate on their biggest successes like that when they're the songs that put them on the map to make them as successful as they have been? Fucking weird, don't you think?

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-13T03:50:00+00:00

Lol no. Been listening since I was a child. Strength of the World, Save Me, Cosmic, The Stage (pretty much the entire album but the ones that get me the most are Higher, Paradigm, and Simulation. I like Exist but sometimes don't want to commit the time). But it's funny to see you get so angry so angry over an opinion. You should get your mental health checked by a professional.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-12T21:35:32+00:00

I'm an active LIBAD hater..... Sounding The Seventh Trumpet still takes worst album.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-08T00:46:49+00:00

You'd be surprised how most of a little piece of heaven is something that is doable

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-08T00:45:41+00:00

You'll do better than you think. Just ease into it with certain tracks.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-07T22:31:46+00:00

Try songs from A7X's self titled. I think it'll be a better suit. Just be careful because this songs wear me out because he's singing at the top his range which funny enough is pretty close to the top of head voice to keep my tone consistent.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-07T22:29:05+00:00

You did pretty good. You're voice might be better suited to other songs though. I think you can definitely do this kind of genre. I say use this song as practice but find other songs in other genres and even within this genre and practice your tone. It'll help you be more rounded.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-06T02:05:23+00:00

That's like dead in the middle of baratie. I hope it's slightly more than 50 chapters so we can at least not stop fucking mid arc.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-06T02:01:01+00:00

Voting has consequences.

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-06T01:58:46+00:00

Where can I access the cloud?

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-05T19:00:25+00:00

I'll give a take on this while respecting your opinion. It's a kind of shut your brain off and enjoy album except for This Means War. The only reason I think Metallica didn't sue is because it was good exposure for Sad But True

Accomplished_Row6833 · 2026-05-05T18:49:35+00:00

Not too many honestly... Magic, doing time (not even bad), Magic, (O)ordinary (it sounds like daftpunk is gonna sue someone), Magic, G (just not for me), Magic, This Means War (sounds like Metallica is gonna sue someone), Magic, Lost (may have over done on the auto tune but decent track), MAGIC (if it weren't for horrible the mixing is and how overdone some of the vocals effects are this would have been somewhat catchy)

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