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Tyrannorabbit
Joined: 04 Oct 2000 Posts: 3985 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2001 11:04 pm Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Not a descent into crap or a rise into godly status, but overall change in style. What bands changed so much over the course of one disc that you scarcely recognized them? (other than Ulver) (Queensryche seems easy to include too, though it seems to me that each album relates fairly well to the one before and, even if it is a big deviation, shouldn't have been entirely unpredictible)
Einherjer: _Dragons Of The North_ (semi-melodic vikingish black metal) to _Odin Owns Ye All_ (polka-ish power metal, no grind vocals at all)
Arcturus: _Aspera Hiems Symfonia_ (crackling, keyboardy black metal) to _La Masquerade Infernale_ (weirdo carnival music...but I mean that in a good way)
Alice Cooper: _DaDa_ (semi-well-executed artsy-fartsy rock) to _Constrictor_ (extremely badly executed macho hard rock)
Dangerous Toys: _Pissed_ (infectious, intense GN'R-ish hard rock) to _The R-Tist 4-Merly Known As..._ (total grunge sellout - where the hell did this come from?)
Marty Friedman: _Dragon's Kiss_ (it's on Shrapnel - that pretty much says it all) to _Scenes_ (okay, so it's still on Shrapnel. It's also New Age this time!)
Helloween: _Chameleon_ (pomp-pop all over the map) to _Master Of The Rings_ (trad power metal) (not that shocking, I guess - "return to our roots" is never shocking)
Theatre Of Tragedy: _Aegis_ (poppy goth metal) to _Musique_ (what the hell is this?)
WASP: _Still Not Black Enough_ (basically _The Crimson Idol_ without the concept) to _KFD_ (an amusingly transparent attempt to con people who've never heard of WASP into thinking they're from the Trent generation) |
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SGR_32
Joined: 26 Mar 2001 Posts: 439 Location: Hoquiam, WA. USA
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2001 11:22 pm Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Danzig's first 3 albums were great, there fourth decent, but then he sacked,his totally awsome band John Christ is an amazing musician. and when tecno metal or whatever you call that 5th cd of crap.
Covanant- nexas polaras is a f**kin awsome cd
change the name to Kovanant and man im sorry but nagash messed up leaving Dimmu, cause Kovanant sucks now.
Well im my humble opinion anyway [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] |
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brianscriv
Joined: 04 Jun 2000 Posts: 435
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 12:11 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Black Sabbath from "Sabotage" to "Technical Ecstasy". THAT really changed. Then from "Never Say Die" to "Heaven & Hell".
Testament's "Souls of Black" to "The Ritual" then definitely from "The Ritual" to "Low".
I'd also say Sepultura "Chaos AD" to "Roots".
Megadeth "Risk" to "World Needs A Hero".
Mayhem's last album to "Grand Declaration of War" (now I dont know how a band could really change so much in just one album, definitely a risk) |
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Dutchrocker
Joined: 29 Jan 2001 Posts: 264 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 2:22 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Celtic Frost |
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Fatalcharm
Joined: 18 Dec 1998 Posts: 1973 Location: dayton,tx,usa
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 4:31 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Billy Idol.... Charmed life radio rock to Cyber Punks techno industrial. |
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Paul G
Joined: 05 Jan 1999 Posts: 860 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 5:41 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Metallica - And Justice to Black/Reloads
Kiss - Love Gun/Alive 2 studioside to Dynasty
Priest - Defenders to Turbo
Van Halen - Fair Warning to Diverdown
Amorphis - Tales 1000 to Elegy
Sabbath - Sabotage to Technical Ecs
Sepultura - Chaos AD to ROOTS |
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samsalt1
Joined: 27 May 1999 Posts: 478 Location: phoenix,az
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 6:22 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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heres a couple of easy ones that i`m surprised nobody has said:
judas priest-defenders of the faith to turbo(a great classic metal cd to a heaping pile of synthesized dog****)oops. i guess this was already mentioned and i overlooked it. i guess that shows we all agree on this one.
crimson glory-transcendence to strange and beautiful.(from a one of a kind power metal masterpiece to a soft,strange kind of rock n roll album only even slightly saved by the fact anything with midnight singing on it is worth having.) [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] |
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Butchman
Joined: 18 Nov 2000 Posts: 522 Location: Your Imagination
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 10:37 am Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Testament Low to Demonic was a huge musical shift. I didn't think from Practice... all the way up to Low was too much of a change.
Motley Crue S/T with Corabi to Generation Swine, Balls out metal to industrial style waannabe's.
Kiss Carnival of Souls to Psycho Circus, 90's style metal to 70's rehash.
AC/DC....just kidding!
David Lee Roth Crazy from the heat to Eat 'em and Smile. Vegas style cover songs without a guitar present to a supergroup that could outplay anyone of the era.
VH- 1984 to 5150 for obvious reasons.
Godsmack.....just kidding!
Judas Priest Ram it down to Painkiller. One sucked the other is a classic.
Lynch Mob S/T to Smoke This, What the F*ck was George thinking?!?
Zakk Wylde- Pride and Glory to Book of Shadows to Black Label Society. Southern fried Rock to Acoustic Poetic to Drunken slow grind metal. |
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Motorola
Joined: 21 Feb 2000 Posts: 587 Location: Planet Earth
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2001 1:31 pm Post subject: Most shocking one-album direction shift? |
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Motorhead - Iron Fist to Another Perfect Day.
Fast Eddie left and in came the talented Robbo, who added a much more melodic touch, played across what Lemmy was playing and often with a really weird guitar sound. It was a great album, but too different for most MH fans.
Saxon - Power & The Glory to Crusader.
From fine Heavy Metal (although it could not compare to Denim & Leather) to teen pop-rock. It got even worse with Rock The Nations and Destiny... Many may disagree with me here, but that's my opinion. |
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