anyone listen to arch enemy?

hellarda · 25 Apr 2011 at 13:54

As above, any listen to them? thoughts?

ive been really getting into them recently, very unique style and some of their riffs are insane!

so yeh opinions?

EDIT: heres a taster for anyone who hasnt heard any of their stuff.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_yJclL8gko&feature=player_embedded

Grandmaster Fap! · 25 Apr 2011 at 14:13

They are ok but songs begin to all sound the same to me, Ammot is in one of my favourite bands ever: Carcass, but here he's very...middle of the road :/

drone · 25 Apr 2011 at 14:14

Prefer their early stuff to what they are doing now

hellarda · 25 Apr 2011 at 14:16

drone said:
Prefer their early stuff to what they are doing now

yeh so do i, however listening to their studio reports, for the next album, khaos legions, some of the songs sound very good

Kosmiche · 25 Apr 2011 at 14:56

I like everything up to and including WOS, that song you posted is decent I'll check out the album.

David_VI · 25 Apr 2011 at 15:26

Never cared much for Arch Enemy but used their Manowar cover of Kill With Power as inspiration for my bands own cover

To be fair i've never properly listened to them, I think i'm just scared off by the fact I feel they are popular because the vocalist is a female.. hmmm

David

joemo13 · 25 Apr 2011 at 15:26

Rise of the tyrant is the funniest song. Love Anthems of Rebellion.
Didn't know the vocalist was a female till I watched a video on the net.

hellarda · 25 Apr 2011 at 15:39

Eames said:
I like everything up to and including WOS, that song you posted is decent I'll check out the album.

It's off their new album, which is out on the 30th may i think? sounds very good

David_VI said:
I think i'm just scared off by the fact I feel they are popular because the vocalist is a female

ha, this is why most of mates dont listen to it tbh.....oh and the fact it has screaming in it, which 'isn't musical'

joemo13 said:
Didn't know the vocalist was a female till I watched a video on the net.

yep, same here, very shocked when i found out....ha

EDIT:

watching the tokyo tour back in 08 (tyrants of the rising sun) I love some of the solo stuff that they play, the guitar solos are insane IMO

David_VI · 25 Apr 2011 at 15:49

I listen to a few bands with female vocalists that do extreme vocals.. I suppose it is just because Arch Enemy are quite popular in the metal scene and people go on about how hot she is.. but thats to be expected.

Rubbish about extreme vox not being musical.. Music in itself is just noise.. I understand some people can't get into it but people who get up on their high horse claming its not musical really irritate me.

David

hellarda · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:11

David_VI said:
I listen to a few bands with female vocalists that do extreme vocals.. I suppose it is just because Arch Enemy are quite popular in the metal scene and people go on about how hot she is.. but thats to be expected.

Rubbish about extreme vox not being musical.. Music in itself is just noise.. I understand some people can't get into it but people who get up on their high horse claming its not musical really irritate me.

David

yeh exactly, that really ****es me off when they say that, and they go claiming that mainstream is 'real music' which I'm afraid I cannot agree with at all, even though I do appreciate *some* mainstream music yes everyone has their own taste, but people should learn to appreciate other music too IMO

David_VI · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:23

hellarda said:
yeh exactly, that really ****es me off when they say that, and they go claiming that mainstream is 'real music' which I'm afraid I cannot agree with at all, even though I do appreciate *some* mainstream music yes everyone has their own taste, but people should learn to appreciate other music too IMO

Yeah, real music is just about everything, I don't know what they think real music means. Metal seems real to me, not fake

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I enjoy a bit of pop, but to stop it annoying me so much I just consider it a totally different thing to everything else. So it can co-exist without miffing me off... its mostly the fans of music that annoy me the most.

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:29

Not a big fan to be honest. I saw them a few years ago on the black crusade tour and they put on a good performance, but I just don't really like 'extreme' vocals

hellarda · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:30

Judgeneo said:
Not a big fan to be honest. I saw them a few years ago on the black crusade tour and they put on a good performance, but I just don't really like 'extreme' vocals

hmm yes i spose it it is quite an err 'aquired' taste? :L

RIZZEE · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:42

Used to love them, more of a fan of the older stuff really

titaniumx3 · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:21

They sound a little too generic and boring.

It's just metal for the sake of metal.

PixelChef · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:36

titaniumx3 said:
They sound a little too generic and boring.

It's just metal for the sake of metal.

Agree with this really, I don't think they are good. But I'm very picky when it comes to music, especially metal. Check my last.fm profile (in sig) if you want to see my taste in metal.

David_VI · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:40

oL said:
Agree with this really, I don't think they are good. But I'm very picky when it comes to music, especially metal. Check my last.fm profile (in sig) if you want to see my taste in metal.

Music you have in common includes Porcupine Tree, Gojira, Opeth, Agalloch and Meshuggah.

Win. Although I don't really lsiten to Meshuggah and Gorjira a whole lot, just tried to get into Gorjira by listening to lots at once.. didn't work.

My lfm link is the image on my sig.

PixelChef · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:44

David_VI said:
Music you have in common includes Porcupine Tree, Gojira, Opeth, Agalloch and Meshuggah.

Win. Although I don't really lsiten to Meshuggah and Gorjira a whole lot, just tried to get into Gorjira by listening to lots at once.. didn't work.

My lfm link is the image on my sig.

Have to be in the right mood for Gojira personally, but they are a great band. Meshuggah on the other hand I can listen to any time, incredible music, one of a kind.

e : from your library, seems like you haven't discovered the djent side of metal yet

titaniumx3 · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:52

If you like female metal vocalists that sound like men, you may like **** The Facts. Also the music itself is a little more interesting from a technical standpoint.

David_VI · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:57

oL said:
Have to be in the right mood for Gojira personally, but they are a great band. Meshuggah on the other hand I can listen to any time, incredible music, one of a kind.

e : from your library, seems like you haven't discovered the djent side of metal yet

I have but choose not to bother, it appears to be the next 'trend' moving on from the 'core' types.. I don't see how you can label a whole genre after one guitar technique... But i'm sure some of the bands are good in their own right, just I get feaful when things become a bit 'scene'.