Guest J0bber Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 List softer songs you enjoy done by bands who usually have a heavier edge. "Floods" by Pantera "The End" by Various Roadrunner Records artists (Matt Heafy sings on it, I think it was from Tean Dino) "Tyler's Song" by Coal Chamber "Supernova" by Fear Factory "Ether" by Nothingface "Unretrofied" by The Dillinger Escape Plan "The Nameless King" by Candiria "Message in a Bottle" by Machine Head (Sting Cover) "1916" by Motorhead "Nowhere to Go" by Mushroomhead
Corey_Lazarus Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 I'm not even going to mention how listing Nothingface and Coal Chamber in the same breath as Motörhead is blasphemy at its finest...oh, wait, I just did. Softer metal songs...hrmmmm... Uhhhh...the obvious Metallica choices ("Fade to Black," "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)," and "The Unforgiven")... Megadeth's "A Tout le Monde" is great. Definitely one of my favorite Megadeth tunes. Gwar's "Gonna Kill U" and "The Master Has a BUTT" are both good country-ish songs from a band that is the basis of most punk/metal crossover acts following 1988. Pantera's cover of "Planet Caravan," and definitely the Black Sabbath original, are fucking mint. And my favorite "soft" song from a heavy band... "Tale Told by a Dead Man" by Zombie Apocalypse Sure, they're hardcore. But hey, J0bber essentially listed a bunch of radio-friendly trite from Roadrunner (the biggest joke of a hard rock label ever, fuck off Ross Robinson) and got away with it, so I can too.
Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Ballad style songs by Heavy Metal bands, even if they are done to create the impression of atmospherics or mood, are almost exclusively there to help give the band higher commercial appeal. Very few bands and albums I've ever heard have been able to cross the gap logically and effectively. That said: Burzum - Dunkelheit Uhhhh...the obvious Metallica choices ("Fade to Black," "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)," and "The Unforgiven")... For purposes of this thread and what gets me off as far as the topic goes, I'd actually say that Metallica's "Orion" gets the nod in this case. Let's not degenerate further into the muck of suggesting bands that simply have done a softer song in a gimmicky way, or to have a goofy single that will be popular.
CheesalaIsGood Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 Train of consequences by Megadeth Are you mistaking that for "A Tout Le Monde"?
The Amazing Rando Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 "Nothing Else Matters" - Metallica
haws bah gawd Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 Ghost Love Score - Nightwish Overcome - Live Bleed for Me - Saliva A Different Kind of Pain - Cold Angel's Son and Skeleton Song - Sevendust
Renegade Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 Train of consequences by Megadeth Are you mistaking that for "A Tout Le Monde"? ToC is way softer than tout, it's almost pop rock.
Sideburnious Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 All of Opeth's Damnation album. And any of their other softer stuff.
Sideburnious Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 All of Opeth's Damnation album. And any of their other softer stuff.
PLAGIARISM! Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 I guess it would come under hair metal, but I still think the ballads on Andrew WK's The Wolf kick ass. I reminded myself in NHB earlier. Killing Joke's 'You'll Never Get To Me' is good too.
Corey_Lazarus Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 I think Mastodon's "Seabeast" could qualify here, since it's softer than the majority of their work and is still a good song. Then again, I can't think of a bad Mastodon song, so hey. Also...I knew "Nothing Else Matters" was going to be mentioned by somebody...but dammit, what is the fucking allure to that song? Even back when I swore to Hell and high water that The Black Album was Metallica's best work (from when I was 11 until I was 14), I STILL didn't care for that song. It's the same two verses over and over and over again for 3 minutes, a decent-at-best solo that only stands out due to how lame the rest of the song is, and then closing off on the first verse again. GAH...
Sideburnious Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 Yeah, I never really got the love for that song. I always just found it boring.
Corey_Lazarus Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 Especially when there's so many better songs on the album. "My Friend of Misery" is still a fucking good song, best song on the album IMO, and should've been a single, but alas...they pick the lamest song on the record.
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