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M@X
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Topic: Metallica in the archive ? Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:04 |
This week, I received a suggestion to add METALLICA in the ARCHIVE, personnaly I think it is a great idea, the 'AND JUSTICE FOR ALL' album is so intense and complex.
Why Not ?
Let me know what you think.
I also think about adding SYSTEM OF A DOWN, here is a sneak preview of what the critics are saying about the next 2 albums:
System of a Down wrote some thirty tracks for "Mezmerize/Hypnotize" and recorded them at producer Rick Rubin's Laurel Canyon studio between June and November of 2004. The album was produced by Rubin and Daron Malakian and mixed by Andy Wallace, who also mixed "Toxicity" and "Steal This Album!" The new songs are more complex, more progressive, more unorthodox, and more experimental than ever, while retaining the idiosyncratic, ironic and schizophrenic qualities that make System of a Down so distinctive.
source : http://www.sonymusic.com.sg/system-NewsAlbum.html
HAPPY APRIL'S FOOL !
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Dreamer
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:07 |
I think the Kill 'em All to Justice albums are great, and could be considered prog... Before knowing prog existed a freind told me, "Metallica are so cool, they constantly change their rythm and tempo". I find it quite funny thinking back.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:10 |
If you were to do that, it would only be for Master of Puppets and And Justice For All really.
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:12 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
If you were to do that, it would only be for Master of Puppets and And Justice For All really. |
He's got a point.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:16 |
It's true that only the first 4 Metallica albums are progressive - but I think it's a great idea. Metallica invented prog metal, from what I've heard of modern "prog metal" bands. Sure they didn't have keyboards - but those riffs are quite extraordinary, and what they did for metal as a genre should never be underestimated.
Shame about everything after the Black album tho'
As for System of a Down, I've only heard Toxicity, which sounds very progressive in nature - but compared with Metallica's first 4 albums doesn't really have the "prog" edge I would look for.
So a big thumbs up for Metallica - "...And Justice For All" and "Master of Puppets" are surely the epitome of prog metal. The riffs are still being used
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:19 |
Sorry, but I don't view Metallica as prog metal. Sure, they influenced
prog metal bands because they're the most influential metal band on the
planet. But, Watch Tower are clearly the inventors of what people
consider prog metal. Metallica is metal. If Metallica gets included
then ya might as well add a crap load of other metal bands on here too.
Hell, Megadeth with more "progressive" than Metallica!
No to Metallica on the Archives.
Peace & take care
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Captain Fudge
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:21 |
Orion is a great instrumental. They are quite prog, but the prestige of our archive would be affected. Any outsider would be shocked at first, when reading front-page reviews of Metallica alongside Pink Floyd... I don't see it happen
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:22 |
Watch Tower are in the archives. They didn't invent prog metal, their first album was released after "And Justice...".
Maybe Megadeth should be too.
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:24 |
I believe for a band to be included on the Archives, that it should be
pretty clear that they're prog, not some HUGE debate like this fiasco
is going to conjure. Metallica was a mixture of hard rock, metal, and
thrash, not prog. Christ, just because they have some technicality
people want to call them prog. I know a lot more technical metal bands
that could be on here besides Metallica.
More examples: Death, Nevermore (i.e. The Politics of Ecstasy)
Peace & take care
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Easy Livin
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:26 |
Max,
You need to re-create the poll, as it presently allows multiple votes!
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:26 |
The bulk of Genesis material is not prog. Genesis only released prog up to Duke - from 1970-1980 is only 10 years. From 1980 to now is 15 years.
Prog is a mixture of many genres and it's not about technicality.
Death were a Death metal band.
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philippe
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:26 |
ARE YOU CRAZY MAX!! SINCE WHEN METALLICA IS PROG???
why not Megadeth, exodus and others?
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:27 |
Certif1ed wrote:
Watch Tower are in the archives. They didn't invent prog metal, their first album was released after "And Justice...".
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Watch Tower's first album "Energetic Dissassembly" came out in 1985. WAY before "...And Justice...."
Check your facts mate
Peace & take care
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:29 |
You can not add a band because they have one prog-disc. The Who, Beatles, Queen and others have one or two progressive song or album too... They don't must be add here !!!
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Let the sunshine in
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:31 |
Certif1ed wrote:
The bulk of Genesis material is not prog. Genesis only released prog up to Duke - from 1970-1980 is only 10 years. From 1980 to now is 15 years.
Prog is a mixture of many genres and it's not about technicality.
Death were a Death metal band.
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Hi Cert. You're right prog is not only about technicality, but Chuck Schuldiner always denied Death's being a death metal band (he always described it as just a metal band), and having heard plenty of death metal I agree with him.
Just to split a hair or two.
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:31 |
Prog-Brazil wrote:
You can not add a band
because they have one prog-disc. The Who, Beatles, Queen and others
have one or two progressive song or album too... They don't must be add
here !!! |
As Marvin Gaye said, "Right On"
Peace & take care
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:36 |
billyshears'67 wrote:
Certif1ed wrote:
Watch Tower are in the archives. They didn't invent prog metal, their first album was released after "And Justice...".
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Watch Tower's first album "Energetic Dissassembly" came out in 1985. WAY before "...And Justice...."
Check your facts mate
Peace & take care |
Not a track over 5 and a half minutes though. I normally do check my facts very carefully, but really that's a moot point since Metallica already had two very progressive albums out before then, and "Master..." blew it away.
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:36 |
billyshears'67 wrote:
Metallica was a mixture of hard rock, metal, and
thrash, not prog. Christ, just because they have some technicality
people want to call them prog. I know a lot more technical metal bands
that could be on here besides Metallica.
More examples: Death, Nevermore (i.e. The Politics of Ecstasy)
Peace & take care
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I was NOT stating here that technicality = prog. What I was said was
misconstrued as that. What I was meant was that's all you can really
consider when calling Metallica prog.
This is crap, Metallica made progressions over each album, like most other bands do, that doesn't make them prog.
The inclusion of Metallica in the Archives would mean chaos. Everybody
would start to complain about this and that band because Metallica was
included.
Peace & take care
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:42 |
Loads of people STILL complain about Radiohead - but few seem to mind Uriah Heep.
You can please some of the people some of the time...
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 01 2005 at 14:47 |
True, Certif1ed.
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