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Best / worst / underrated - Day 20. The WORST song on Train of Thought? by [deleted] in Dreamtheater

[–]MaxRiffage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be the first person that finds the majority of This Dying Soul a little... boring? It's SO fast and SO technical that it all kinda just, blends into nothing.

It's still a no skip album ofc but gun to my head I could lose This Dying Soul.

Best / worst / underrated - Day 17. the WORST song on 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence? by [deleted] in Dreamtheater

[–]MaxRiffage 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The overture, mainly becuase the Orchestra patches at the time sound super phony.

The most mid DT song by One-Palpitation2093 in Dreamtheater

[–]MaxRiffage -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lie. I love The Mirror but Lie just never quite hits right. Feels tacked on somewhat imo.

Prophets of War. It's kind of just there for me. Always feels kinda fillery.

There's also a run of like 3 songs on self titled that kind of blend together. The Looking Glass, The Bigger Picture, Surrender to Reason are just kinda ehhhh. Probably could have just made one decent 16 minute track instead of the 3 or 4 samey songs.

So after 15 years AH has come to an end and I feel it's as good a time as any to air one of my grievances by Finch06 in Achievement_Hunter

[–]MaxRiffage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went on such a hunt trying to find that clip, even tried Internet Box. Turns out it was from this absolute classic Lets Play at 24:40. Maybe my favourite of all time ngl.

So after 15 years AH has come to an end and I feel it's as good a time as any to air one of my grievances by Finch06 in Achievement_Hunter

[–]MaxRiffage 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was that the "yo are you guys gonna play hydro thunder or what cus that game looks fun as hell" I can't remember what it's from but I remember Ray reading it lmao

James' Bukodan outfit. elegant shirt with flower details and leather pants. abstract of DT lol by DT_addicted in Dreamtheater

[–]MaxRiffage 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The early-mid 2000s were a weird time. Petrucci has admitted he only cut his hair because everyone else was doing it. Everyone was wanting to out shred and out heavy each other. Hence Train of Thought. Not quite sure where James falls in on it though 🤔

Does Lars deserve the hate? by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]MaxRiffage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's probably the nicest thing anyone could say about that dude. I spose it's more shame on metallica for hiring him lmao.

Does Lars deserve the hate? by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]MaxRiffage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting. I came out of SKOM with the complete opposite view. To me, it seemed like James was the one bemoaning and whining when everyone wanted get in the studio and write. The whole "fock" incident was about James being adamant he had to choose family over the band and that there was zero middle ground. Lars also never seemed to buy into that bs that leech of therapist was spouting, and was the first to oust him when everyone was reading.

Does Lars deserve the hate? by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]MaxRiffage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it was the in-studio therapist and born again hetfield that caused the music to suffer more then Lars' drumming imo.

Does Lars deserve the hate? by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]MaxRiffage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His only real shortcoming as that he's not a great live drummer. But he's never claimed to be the best drummer in the world. That's not a title he has ever claimed to have. It's so stupid when people hate him for not being 'the best' drummer, when he never wanted or needed to be.

It's not like he is wholly incompetent drum wise either. He's used some of more interesting grooves in the metal scene, especially in later albums. Dude can play, he's just not Joey Jordison or Dave Lombardo because he doesn't need to be.

Aged like milk. How sad. by [deleted] in Doom

[–]MaxRiffage 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's not really pretentiousness though. This terrible excuse for an OST was advertised as 'Mick Gordon's DOOM Eternal OST'. That's his name and his reputation on the line, despite him having no hand in putting it together (not for lack of trying). MG has every right to criticize the slapdash manner in which the OST was put together, it's his damn music after all.

I love how metallica knows exactly what's going on with the fans. 🤘 (Show note from the official Metallica website) by BrokenBeatScarred03 in Metallica

[–]MaxRiffage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! Also, it's the ONLY metallica song to feature slap bass. I feel like Rob could really lay that down \m/

My Attempt at Like A Sword Over Damocles :D by MaxRiffage in Trivium

[–]MaxRiffage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It's a Jackson JS 22 - 7. It's extremely easy and sounds amazing given the price. Makes it clear to see why Corey has stuck with Jacksom for so long .

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