Nightwish

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Been listening to these lately on Youtube & the fusion between the different styles is pretty awesome.

Seems to have been a bit of a split between the fans due to the lead female vocalist getting the golden handshake a few years back.

I`ll post a clip of both then you can make your own mind up.

Defo a band to have playing in the background on iron days.

Original singer:



Replacement

[samurai69]

1 had stronger voice, both looked pretty hot

[Scott]

1st singer for me is the hottest and therefore the more talented of the two singers
not my type of music though, too sophisticated sounding for me. Brody Dalle with the distillers is more my level.

[Melas Zomos]

I liked the first one. Much more distinctive and talented.
The second sounded pretty cookie cutter.

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Ah so if the lead singer looks "hot" then its good to listen to

not my type of music though, too sophisticated sounding for me. Brody Dalle with the distillers is more my level.

Very surprised its not up your street. I would have had you down as a sophisticated metal head.

To me its very much a move to the next level after Metallica did their orchestra collaboration. They missed a trick there I think.

[Melas Zomos]

To me its very much a move to the next level after Metallica did their orchestra collaboration. They missed a trick there I think.

They really had no choice, the fan base would not allow it. They were under tremendous pressure to go back to old school sound.

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They really had no choice, the fan base would not allow it. They were under tremendous pressure to go back to old school sound.

They had a choice with Loaded & Reloaded, old school sound my foot

With St Anger they again broke the mould & once more that got panned. For me its one of their best all round albums.

[Scott]

St Anger was good but I didnt like the decsion not to have guitar solos, fair enough if a song didnt need one but it was predetermined beforehand and Hammet didnt have a say in the matter, I think more than a few songs on that album would be better if they had a solo rather than just repeating verse / chorus. Also Lars drum sound on that album is a tad biscuit tin like.
Death Magnetic is my favorite Metallica album since the Black album. Its just awesome.

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St Anger was good but I didnt like the decsion not to have guitar solos, fair enough if a song didnt need one but it was predetermined beforehand and Hammet didnt have a say in the matter, I think more than a few songs on that album would be better if they had a solo rather than just repeating verse / chorus. Also Lars drum sound on that album is a tad biscuit tin like.
Death Magnetic is my favorite Metallica album since the Black album. Its just awesome.

Agree Death Magnetic is a good album.

You could say Metallica not having any guitar solo`s is like Iron Maiden not having a heavy bass sound

I liked the drum affect, made the whole thing sound raw & stripped right down to basics.

[Melas Zomos]

I agree Death Magnetic was good. While I liked the Nightwish I am glad they went back to the old school sound. Of course I am impartial having first been exposed
to Metallica live in a local bar that held maybe 500 people tops standing. Imagine seeing them perform this set list...without ear plugs.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/1989/stone-balloon-newark-de-3bd6d4f4.html

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I agree Death Magnetic was good. While I liked the Nightwish I am glad they went back to the old school sound. Of course I am impartial having first been exposed
to Metallica live in a local bar that held maybe 500 people tops standing. Imagine seeing them perform this set list...without ear plugs.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/1989/stone-balloon-newark-de-3bd6d4f4.html

Good play list.

I remember a guy I used to know who went to see Motorhead but they weren`t on the main stage, no they stuck them down in the cellar area

Poor guy was deaf for nearly two weeks

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