The Ultimate Battle

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Which is the best?

Stratovarius - Polaris
41
64%
Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful
15
23%
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
8
13%
 
Total votes: 64

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AAAAAAAAAA
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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by AAAAAAAAAA » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:58 am

I was pleasantly surprised with all three albums.
The Days of AAAAAAAAAA's was probably my least favorite, actually. It was still pretty good but sounded like a bunch of unconnected ideas thrown together; it lacked structure and was very difficult to follow.

:roll: :roll: :roll:

cAAAAAAAAAAin's offering was on the other end of the spectrum. Very formulaic, all the songs sounded the same, but at the same time well structured and well executed. The vocals were very good and the guitars had a crunch rivaling that of a granola bar. :lol:

PolAAAAAAAAAAris was my personal favorite. There were a few songs that I didn't like very much, but there were also some songs that I liked a lot. It was a little more ambitious than the other two albums, a little more creative and dynamic; a mix between the structure of Cain's Offering and the experimentation of The Days of Grays.

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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by icecab21 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:16 am

all the songs sounded the same
What is your logic behind saying this?

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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by AAAAAAAAAA » Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:33 pm

icecab21 wrote:
all the songs sounded the same
What is your logic behind saying this?
Why do you think I have to defend my review like its some kind of Phd Thesis? :lol: :lol:

I mean, if you ask me "could you elaborate on that" or "what did you mean by this", that's one thing. But to ask "what is your logic behind saying this" is pretty much telling me my personal opinion is....wrong.

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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by NeonVomit » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:36 pm

Polaris, easy.

Winter Skies is one of my favourite new songs of 2009.
"Beneath the freezing sky arrives Winter's Verge..."

http://www.wintersverge.com


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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by Intiaani » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:40 pm

Well, Dusk & Dawn is/are my song(s) of the year, by far, closely followed by, say, King of Nothing, Forever Is Today and Winter Skies... :D
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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by icecab21 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:48 am

I mean, if you ask me "could you elaborate on that" or "what did you mean by this",
Ok

How can that even be used like it's an opinion though? Seems to me like saying "a circle looks like a square" or "1+2=3 and 1+1=2 “are the same equations".

What can I say? "You are right, the A note does sound like a B note and the piano does sound like a string section"? "I disagree; I think the A note sounds different than the B note"?

I’m not thinking someone has to write a PHD thesis, I just think it's the most basic ability to tell the songs apart and it seems like an insult when people say the songs sound the same when by any sense, they don't.

I’m not saying that you are wrong for not being able to tell the songs apart, if that is the case, just that the review of someone who can't differentiate between songs is less informative to a discussion than the review of someone who can discriminate between the sounds and songs. Of course you are free to speak as you will, but you have drilled others on some of their thoughts and asked him how a person of reason could say such things.

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Re: The Ultimate Battle

Post by AAAAAAAAAA » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:27 am

icecab21 wrote: How can that even are used like it's an opinion though?
It can has are used as opinion and!

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