How can people say Disturbed is bad?

[Avalus]

Originally Posted by Raptorg

Hey, you're that draenei paladin/death knight from DK.info.

Wow, I didn't know your music taste was that terrible.

YouTube - Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

YouTube - Finntroll Trollhammeren

Here you go, some good music, now redeem yourself.

Finntroll FTW, love these guys, always give me some positive energy to pwn some arses

[welshmouse]

music conversations always turn in to flames, but heres my view:

disturbed are a very good example of modern metal, they are (from a technical standpoint) very talented. they create interesting pieces, without the need for overly complex riffs or time changes and often display excellent technical proficeincy for both writing and playing 'simple' metal.
but due to the genre they play, their music is often repetetive and lacks any direction. and while its cohesive and easy to listen to, it can be downright boring. they fail to experiment, and often over produce their music so that it loses much of the metal 'vibe' that would have run through the original performances.

i like the band, but thet aren't brilliant and they certainly dont do anything for the genre. and without even trying to move into a sub genre, they oftentimes just seem boring and repetetive.

[Frein]

Originally Posted by welshmouse

disturbed are a very good example of modern metal, they are (from a technical standpoint) very talented. they create interesting pieces, without the need for overly complex riffs or time changes and often display excellent technical proficeincy for both writing and playing 'simple' metal.
but due to the genre they play, their music is often repetetive and lacks any direction. and while its cohesive and easy to listen to, it can be downright boring. they fail to experiment, and often over produce their music so that it loses much of the metal 'vibe' that would have run through the original performances.

QFT

I couldn't have said it any better.

[Skco]

I'll stick to my ****** music.

[Asaina]

Originally Posted by Emasym

I hereby condemn you to the sixth circle of hell. Do you just listen to today's new thing, or actually have any preference whatsoever?

Since when have Dope, Rise Against or Disturbed been 'Today's New Thing?'

They're more 'Yesterdays Old Thing'


But on a serious note, anything Scandinavian will do for me, especially Amon Amarth and Fintroll

[Raptorg]

Originally Posted by Caput Mortuum

Lol you knock on Disturbed, even though Disturbed is pretty good for its genre.

THEN you come back with Finntroll...that is not music there is no form or function to it its simply undiscernable growling coupled with droning power chords and some celtic instruments thrown in I guess to make it "unique"

It as much if not even MORESO in the realm of garbage music as Distrubed.

You are not a unique snowflake because you listen to crap music that sounds different than what you hear on the radio...if radio played music is a low bar to measure the greatness of music, than the fringe $3 garage band music of Finntroll and the like are equally bad.

Bad music is bad music.

Since when is humppa celtic?
Since when is yoiking celtic?

These are both forms of scandinavian folk, one being norse, the other being finnish. Fail more.

The growling is supposed to represent a troll doing vocals. And even then, growling vocals like this are just awesome.


Disturbed sucks, they're nu metal --> auto fail.

Sorry, but Finntroll's black/folk/humppa metal shits on Disturbed, and they're by far not the best folk metal band around.
Bands like Korpiklaani or Eluveitie(the truly talented folk metal bands) would utterly destroy Disturbed and leave them crying because they finally realize their music sucks and is no more than talentless slop.


Disturbed is no more than talentless guitar, with gay vocals and terribly boring drums.


Grow a pair, and listen to good music.

[Satanist Hobo]

Originally Posted by Raptorg

Since when is humppa celtic?
Since when is yoiking celtic?

These are both forms of scandinavian folk, one being norse, the other being finnish. Fail more.

The growling is supposed to represent a troll doing vocals. And even then, growling vocals like this are just awesome.


Disturbed sucks, they're nu metal --> auto fail.

Sorry, but Finntroll's black/folk/humppa metal shits on Disturbed, and they're by far not the best folk metal band around.
Bands like Korpiklaani or Eluveitie(the truly talented folk metal bands) would utterly destroy Disturbed and leave them crying because they finally realize their music sucks and is no more than talentless slop.


Disturbed is no more than talentless guitar, with gay vocals and terribly boring drums.


Grow a pair, and listen to good music.

Oh look it's the kid that says 9/10 metal bands in the metal thread are bad.

[Raptorg]

Originally Posted by Satanist Hobo

Oh look it's the man that says 9/10 rock bands pretending to be metal in the metal thread are bad.

Fixed .

[Satanist Hobo]

Originally Posted by Raptorg

Fixed .

Lamb of God is rock?

[Raptorg]

No, they just suck.

[Frein]

I really like the melodies in folk metal, but as someone who absolutely cannot stand death metal I'm curious why almost all folk metal/viking metal bands have adopted screaming vocals. There are a few exceptions like some songs by Ensiferum:

YouTube - Ensiferum - Wanderer

YouTube - Ensiferum - Wanderer

[Kinney]

Disturbed were one of the few decent nu-metal bands (which is probably why they're one of the very few left that still have anything remotely resembling a career). Unfortunately, being a decent nu-metal band is like being the world's strongest infant. The riffs and lyrics are and always have been trite and cliche, with pretty much only David Draiman's singing to distinguish them from the rest of the pack - which is a good thing, since he has arguably the most unique vocal style in mainstream hard rock since Mike Patton disbanded Faith No More. Add overproduction and overprocessing into the mix and it's easy to see why people, including myself, dislike them.

That being said, though, they do surprisingly good covers.

I'm not a huge metal fan in general, though I know an overwhelming number of gamers are.

[Raptorg]

Originally Posted by Frein

I really like the melodies in folk metal, but as someone who absolutely cannot stand death metal I'm curious why almost all folk metal/viking metal bands have adopted screaming vocals. There are a few exceptions like some songs by Ensiferum:

YouTube - Ensiferum - Wanderer

The reason is because most folk metal bands use melodic black metal as their base for their music.
Or in many other cases such as Eluveitie and Ensiferum, melodic death metal.


Thankfully for you, there are also folk power metal bands, like Elvenking and Spellblast. However, these are rarely nordic folk metal bands.

YouTube - Elvenking - Pathfinders

YouTube - Elvenking - Pathfinders

YouTube - Spellblast - Goblin's Song

YouTube - Spellblast - Goblin's Song

[Direlord]

Each to their own. I like Disturbed for the most part.

One of my favorite songs from anyone is from Disturbed even if its a change from their normal stuff

Can't get a clip but Disturbed - Darkness

[welshmouse]

sorry, but i just have to point out the 'nu-metal' is not a genre. its stupid tag that people give to pop-metal crossover trash like papa roach. while i see where you are coming from with disturbed, i think thats pretty unfair since their sound is only so clean due to overproduction, which is probably down do their record label, not the band themselves.

like i said earlier though, i dont think the band are anything special. im not trying to stick up for them as the oppinion is mostly justified, but i hat the use of 'nu-metal' to describe a sound.