I love talking about the latter periods of certain bands controversial for genre experimentation and/or shifts towards pop commercialism.
How long did you stick with your favorite bands? (eg: Did Iron Maiden lose you at NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING or THE X FACTOR? Did you ever return to BATHORY after REQUIEM/OCTAGON?)
Which albums went "too far" for you?
Which much-critiqued albums are you a staunch defender of? (eg: CF's Cold Lake, JP's Turbo, ELP's Love Beach, any 70's prog band who went pop in the 80's.)
Decibel rarely posts new entries in their "Justify Your Shitty Taste" column. I'd love to hear where you stand on bands' careers & their "letdown albums."
(More random examples: Did you follow Tangerine Dream into the 80's, MINISTRY into the 2000's? PARADISE LOST after HOST? Septic Flesh after Revolution DNA? My Dying Bride after 34.78888% complete? YES after Tormato? GENESIS after Duke? Trevor Rabin-era YES or Moraz-era MOODY BLUES? Do you think DAUDI BALDRS is Burzum's peak artistic expression? Anyone remember back when IN FLAMES released folk-inflicted melodic death metal before the nu-metal aughts? Did you reopen your arms to CELTIC FROST with Vanity/Nemesis? How long did you stick with ULVER? etc etc... Be as mainstream or obscure as you like.)
How long did you stick with your favorite bands? (eg: Did Iron Maiden lose you at NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING or THE X FACTOR? Did you ever return to BATHORY after REQUIEM/OCTAGON?)
Which albums went "too far" for you?
Which much-critiqued albums are you a staunch defender of? (eg: CF's Cold Lake, JP's Turbo, ELP's Love Beach, any 70's prog band who went pop in the 80's.)
Decibel rarely posts new entries in their "Justify Your Shitty Taste" column. I'd love to hear where you stand on bands' careers & their "letdown albums."
(More random examples: Did you follow Tangerine Dream into the 80's, MINISTRY into the 2000's? PARADISE LOST after HOST? Septic Flesh after Revolution DNA? My Dying Bride after 34.78888% complete? YES after Tormato? GENESIS after Duke? Trevor Rabin-era YES or Moraz-era MOODY BLUES? Do you think DAUDI BALDRS is Burzum's peak artistic expression? Anyone remember back when IN FLAMES released folk-inflicted melodic death metal before the nu-metal aughts? Did you reopen your arms to CELTIC FROST with Vanity/Nemesis? How long did you stick with ULVER? etc etc... Be as mainstream or obscure as you like.)
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