Comments on: Opeth

By: vonDread

vonDread — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:50:56 +0000

Opeth is your favorite band and you call Death boring? Really? Whatever, you go enjoy your shitty music and some of that amazing crack you’re smoking, I’ll be over hear listening to the good stuff.

By: Gunface01

Gunface01 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:28:53 +0000

@vonDread: I’d listen to Death if they weren’t boring.

Moar cool progressive bands include Blotted Science, Circus Maximus and Spiral Architect. But Opeth is my favorite band because they’re so versatile and explore many areas of music.

By: vonDread

vonDread — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:29:12 +0000

Seriously, you want to hear some awesome progressive extreme metal, list to Death. Schuldiner & Co. stomp all over these hippy douchebags.

By: vonDread

vonDread — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:23:15 +0000

Pretentious, self-indulgent fags, more like.

By: yawn

yawn — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:22:38 +0000

@WistfulD: To be fair, there is *one* look that has is largely uncharted territory in the realm of band photography: Constipation.

By: yawn

yawn — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:20:27 +0000

@Gunface01: I’d agree with you, but your statement kind of implies that the other guys WEREN’T geniuses. =/

Anyways, I was kind of just using Chopin’s macabre photograph to illustrate to AlecDalek that facial expressions in photos don’t matter all that much.

But, yes. Chopin sho is shupah. Fa sho.

By: Gunface01

Gunface01 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:57:34 +0000

@yawn: Hey now, Chopin was a genius, who cares if he’s emo? His Etude’s are musical masterpieces on their own.

By: WistfulD

WistfulD — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:35:11 +0000

@AlecDalek,
I get what you are plugging in to. Really. The first thing I thought when I saw this pic was, “and it’s another black & white band pic album cover or poster. Haven’t I seen this before?” That said,

However, After 50 years of album cover art and photo shoots of bands, there really isn’t an “original” way to promote a band. Even going surreal and not directly related is old hat (think Velvet Underground, or Fleetwood Mac’s Then Play On (what does that have to do with the album?). Bands that try to have an orinigal “hook” like Gwar or Slipknot end up looking like possiers etc. Really, genuinely you can’t win (except, y’know, by actually being good).

So give the guys a break.

By: yawn

yawn — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:22:33 +0000

@AlecDalek: Tell that to Brahms or Dostoevsky. And man, Chopin and Liszt - what emos!

By: AlecDalek

AlecDalek — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:43:56 +0000

@tiki god: Ok, forget creativity. How about variety?