| disolitude said: If looking from an absolute 100% melodic death metal standpoint, inflames sucks I guess. But some stuff they did after Clayman was quite interesting and I liked a lot of it. Last few releases they are almost commercial radio sounding though. Not really down with that... COB is jsut bland these days. After are you dead yet their songs stopped standing out.. |
I agree with your previous post defining metal as diverse, but I gotta say I really dig InFlames; particularly Clayman, Reroute and Come Clarity. Truth is, I don't personally consider them Death Metal (melodic or otherwise) at all. I know people do label them that way though, which is odd to me. I define Death Metal as something like Cannibal Corpse, which I personally think is terrible music (just my opinion).
Then there's bands like Cynic, which was founded by former "Death" members Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert. I guess you could call the vocals Death Metal-like, but the music is so far beyond that incorporating so many different styles (even jazzy bass lines) that it makes lableling them almost impossible. If nobody here has ever heard their '93 debut album "Focus" I highly suggest you pick it up. It's one of the best albums of all time; truly amazing musicians. The band broke up and recently got back together with a new EP and an album called "Traced in Air", but I haven't heard it yet.
