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siLLy puPPy 
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 Posted: September 24 2019 at 22:51 |
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So is this
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 22:50 |
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This is a gawd awful album cover
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 21:22 |
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It's not my taste, and those mentioned are my ideas and grounds for my dislike. Should I add "IMO" while saying they lack integrity and such all the time? These are my views, simple as that.
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 21:20 |
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So why do you deem what they do as lacking integrity? A very subjective term. Just because you don't personally like them doesn't mean they killed a thousand people and drank their blood in order to come up with some new ideas. It's just not your taste. Simple as that.
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 20:55 |
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If a change or progression(?) is lacking integrity, it is better not to produce anything. That is my philosophy. I'm not generalizing all the avant-garde, experimental stuff. I was just talking about Leprous and Mastodon.
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 20:50 |
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All creativity is forced. That's what makes something new otherwise it's called "repeating what's been done." Personally i love Leprous but then again i dig avant-prog and other so-called forced creative efforts. I prefer to view it as explorative :)
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 20:35 |
My definition is related to their works, albeit not excluding how the majority sees them as "groundbreaking", "creative", "progressive" or even "the best and most sophisticated prog metal band of the 2000s". Edit: Or to be more clear, they perhaps "had to" force it, to make a difference in the genre; just like Mastodon. Otherwise they had had no chance of "breaking the majority's ground" with their theoretical musical (in)competence and dysfunctional ideas. Sorry but, without integrity, I refuse to be impressed. Edited by Odvin Draoi - September 24 2019 at 21:13 |
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 20:25 |
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^ personally i view the Leprous cover as playful. Forced creativity? How do you define such a thing?
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 20:10 |
A cover doesn't have to "make sense". Leprous cover is just like their music. Forced creativity, which is actually faking intellectuality. It can be seen as "surreal", like after consuming magic mushrooms haha. I respect your perception, yet as I said everything about Leprous seems pretentious to me. I think Death - Spiritual Healing is an impactful portrayal of extreme religiousness. Very American and very Stephen King-esque. |
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 19:47 |
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LOL. I made a whole list of bad album covers on Rate Your Music.
Anyone who wants to torture themselves can find it here Prog only, huh? That Brainstorm is definately on my list. I actually like the Leprous one. It's surreal!       If those didnt' scare you, check out my list above for more! |
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 19:19 |
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I'm going for another German band with two of the worst album covers ever, Missus Beastly...
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 18:49 |
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Laughs in transatlantic*
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 18:12 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 17:39 |
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I know exactly what you mean, Manuel. The album cover is both dreadful and funny at the same time.
 It makes Queen's cross-dressing video for "I Want To Break Free" look relatively tame by comparison.
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 17:19 |
This one is really bad, so much so it makes me laugh.
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 15:10 |
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It sounds like a bra storm in a D-cup.
If the Brainstorm album cover had featured women instead of men, I probably would have bought the album just on the strength of the album cover alone.
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 15:05 |
Hey I figured it out. The vehicle seems to be PROGRESSING. That should mean it is progressive haha. |
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 14:58 |
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If that Brainstorm had women in it instead of men nobody would think it was bad. Lol. Even though I won't suggest anyone is homophobic because they hate it I do think it would be better if the album was called bra storm(regardless if men or women were on it)since that would make more sense.
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 14:56 |
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Leprous thing? It should mean lots of things to lots of people. I prefer my plain lemon tea with melissa leaves.
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Posted: September 24 2019 at 14:51 |
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^ I'm just trying to figure out what the hell that's suppose to be?!
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