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Petrovsk Mizinski 
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Points: 25210
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 Posted: December 22 2008 at 03:50 |
I'm honestly not much of a fan of the band at all (I know I know, I'm a member of the Progressive Metal Team that doesn't really like PoS all that much  ) But at least I could listen to Entropia and Be and not think it was completely crappy( they were more uninspiring sounding than actually being particularly bad). Maybe one days those 2 albums will go on me and I may become more of a fan of the band, but Scarsick does not help the cause there.
Edited by HughesJB4 - December 22 2008 at 03:51
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~Rael~
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Joined: April 11 2006
Location: United States
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 08:11 |
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A while back I made a thread where I discussed on how a love performance made me change my mind about Dream Theater, that it made me like them less, and I was raked over the coals. Now I am seeing a lot of people saying because of Scarsick, they don't like PoS at all anymore, not even the albums they enjoyed before Scarsick. To me, this goes along the same lines. And, I don't really get why this album would make you hate what you previously enjoyed. . . it seems like you are punishing yourself more than anything. When Metallica put out Saint Anger, I thought it sucked big time, but I didn't go and throw out Master of Puppets.
So, if there next album is a progressive rock masterpiece, will you go back to liking them?
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JLocke
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Joined: November 18 2007
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 10:41 |
 James wrote:
I don't mind a band changing things around and sounding different...
But Scarsick was a bad decision. I think I now know why Kristoffer left the band... he didn't want to be on such a bad album.
I dislike Disco music; so PoS making a track that is disco is not my thing at all. Then you have that weird Musical sound of America. It just reminds me of Bernstein and well, I don't like him either.
Kingdom of Loss is better and one of the better tracks on the album but it's all just too late...
I've listened to about 3 times... and I've never listened to any Pain of Salvation since. The lyrics are terrible and Daniel's attitude is harsh.
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When did PoS ever make a disco song?
"Disco Queen" is Nu-Metal in style and insperation.
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Moatilliatta
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Joined: December 01 2005
Location: United States
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Points: 3083
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 10:53 |
p0mt3 wrote:
James wrote:
I don't mind a band changing things around and sounding different...
But Scarsick was a bad decision. I think I now know why Kristoffer left the band... he didn't want to be on such a bad album.
I dislike Disco music; so PoS making a track that is disco is not my thing at all. Then you have that weird Musical sound of America. It just reminds me of Bernstein and well, I don't like him either.
Kingdom of Loss is better and one of the better tracks on the album but it's all just too late...
I've listened to about 3 times... and I've never listened to any Pain of Salvation since. The lyrics are terrible and Daniel's attitude is harsh.
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When did PoS ever make a disco song?
"Disco Queen" is Nu-Metal in style and insperation. |
It might not be entirely a disco song, but it's got a clear disco influence and main riff.
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Moatilliatta
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Joined: December 01 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 10:58 |
~Rael~ wrote:
A while back I made a thread where I discussed on how a love performance made me change my mind about Dream Theater, that it made me like them less, and I was raked over the coals. Now I am seeing a lot of people saying because of Scarsick, they don't like PoS at all anymore, not even the albums they enjoyed before Scarsick. To me, this goes along the same lines. And, I don't really get why this album would make you hate what you previously enjoyed. . . it seems like you are punishing yourself more than anything. When Metallica put out Saint Anger, I thought it sucked big time, but I didn't go and throw out Master of Puppets.
So, if there next album is a progressive rock masterpiece, will you go back to liking them?
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I think it's a little different because your case was a live performance, and this is a new studio album, and therefore the reasons are different, but there is a similarity, yes. It is funny how after a band puts out a weak album we don't feel like listening to any of their material, even the good stuff. It happens to me subconsciously. After a few months go by I start listening again, though. So I'm still listening to my Pain of Salvation CDs. If their next album is great I'll more than likely be increasing their plays too.
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Kestrel
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Joined: June 18 2008
Location: Minnesota
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Points: 512
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 13:15 |
Ever since Scarsick came out, I haven't really listened to Pain of Salvation at all. I'm not sure why, I think it coincides with my increasing dislike for metal, a genre I used to love. I'll still listen to TPE or BE, but I don't find myself even thinking about listening to Entropia or Concrete Lake now. I would just rather listen to Genesis or some other band now.
I still think Pain of Salvation is the best metal band though.
Edited by Kestrel - December 22 2008 at 13:15
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JLocke
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 21:47 |
Kestrel wrote:
. . . I still think Pain of Salvation is the best metal band though. |
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