Dark Tranquillity We Are the Void
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ninjuice
February 19th 2010


6760 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Dangittttttt

I thought I'd have more time to do #50 and then this since I wanna do the whole discography.

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


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Thanks styles though, I'm a little confused as to what you are saying. I was always under the impression that bands like Carcass really put melodic death metal into motion. The gothenberg kind is just a different style.

Crysis
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Carcass didn't put out a melodic death album until 1993's Heartwork, by which time numerous bands had been around for years in the Gothenburg scene.

FadeToBlack
February 19th 2010


11043 Comments


the Gothenburg style and melodic death metal are basically the same thing, it's just named after the town where it was 'made famous'

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


9479 Comments


Alright, thanks. i was always a little confused about that.

AggravatedYeti
February 19th 2010


7683 Comments


METULZ! D:

jingledeath
February 19th 2010


7100 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

good stuff man, album is Zzzzzzz

Metalstyles
February 19th 2010


8576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.4

what I'm saying is that at the moment, it reads like you're stating Gothenburg riffs are something else but not melodeath riffs, while in truth, thats exactly what they are. When you say that "While the band have always delivered in the way of giving listeners phenomenal, Gothenburg-style riff" and then follow it with "there has always been a strong melodic aspect to their music", it doesn't make sense because Gothenburg riffs = melodic riffs used in melodeath. And when the riffs are originally already melodic, there's no point of stating again that Dark Tranquillity's riffs are melodic. Does that make sense to you?

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


9479 Comments


I understand the melodic riff/gothenberg thing, but I was referiing to Stanne's vocal melodies in that passage. There's almost always a strong verse/chorus layout that's really catchy.

Thank you for going into detail though ;)

Edit: I added a few more words to clarify that in the review.

Metalstyles
February 19th 2010


8576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.4

well idk, maybe add a bit to that sentence then to make it sound better. Maybe add that Stanne part; something like this: there has always been a strong melodic aspect to their music in the face of Stanne's vocal melodies

Metalstyles
February 19th 2010


8576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.4

EDIT: didn't see your edit haha

Crysis
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I think it's a bit misleading to so suddenly switch from talking about melodic riffing to melodic singing, I know you mention choruses and "sing-a-longs" but when I first read the review I thought you were still talking about the riffs, only during the choruses.



nvm saw you fixed it haha

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


9479 Comments


Yeah, that was a good point though; I'm glad you pointed that out.

Metalstyles
February 19th 2010


8576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.4

so yeah guys I was going to listen to this, but now I'm spinning Fiction instead and I don't want to stop

Crysis
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I did the exact same thing, check my last.fm.... haha I listened to "Iridium" and then was just like fuck it and went to Fiction

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


9479 Comments


Well I went to Character... just saying.

Crysis
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Character is just as boring as this IMO, a few good tracks lost in a sea of boring.

FadeToBlack
February 19th 2010


11043 Comments


noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Observer
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


9479 Comments


...

I still like you, Crysis ...just not as much now.

Crysis
Emeritus
February 19th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Hahaha that's been my stance for quite a while now, Character is a grossly overrated album.



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