Bands that drastically changed their style, for the better (or worse)

Clydefrog · 05-20-2007, 02:27 PM

Anyone who said Korn, please pick up your prize at the left side of the stage.

Korn, Life is Peachy, and half of Follow the Leader were brilliant. Most people don't like LiP, but it's my favorite album by them, followed by their debut self titled, and half of FtL (the half without rap).

Such imaginative, thoughtful riffing on those albums, it's a wonder how they can even be considered a band anymore.

Shaman · 05-20-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by zimbloth

Amorphis has changed drastically, more melody driven. I bought "Far From The Sun", was very disappointed. The problem is I don't think their melodies work at all, just not catchy or melodic to me. Everyone's ears are different I guess.

Yeah, I didn't even buy FFTS since it really didn't have those great melodies anymore. In my opinion, Tales From the Thousand Lakes had the best melodies. The new albums didn't have as much guitar melodies as Elegy or TFTTL and the singer had a bigger role in the songs.

I think the song Tuonela is a great example of the potential these guys had.

7 Strings of Hate · 05-20-2007, 02:58 PM

my kantele kicks ass, the acoustic reprise, i love that damn sitar

unfourtatly with my dying bride, the quit the violens, once they bring them back, i would say their music would turn for the better,
and personally, i think porcupine tree has put out their least inspiring album to date imo, but on the up side i do think rotting christ's latest albums have been rippin, morbid angel fell in the crapper too

Wiz · 05-20-2007, 03:02 PM

I love Amorphis. I think the variety of genres of metal/rock they've covered is very respectable.

AsIAm666 · 05-20-2007, 04:51 PM

Trvium. Personally I dig both styles (Ascendancy and The Crusade) because they both have something about them that appeals to me. I can look passed Matt's screaming on Ascendancy even though I like most of it.....and The Crusade is progressive as hell. So yea.....for the better.

telecaster90 · 05-20-2007, 06:13 PM

Rush, when they added keys in the 80's.

Jason · 05-20-2007, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Clydefrog

Anyone who said Korn, please pick up your prize at the left side of the stage.

Korn, Life is Peachy, and half of Follow the Leader were brilliant. Most people don't like LiP, but it's my favorite album by them, followed by their debut self titled, and half of FtL (the half without rap).

Such imaginative, thoughtful riffing on those albums, it's a wonder how they can even be considered a band anymore.

Well said..BUT i dont really mind the "rapping" on ftl..

eleven59 · 05-20-2007, 06:52 PM

Coheed and Cambria's an example most of you won't care anything about

Their first album had some great songs, but overall was a little typical sounding (or maybe it's that a lot of bands have started sounding like their first album?

) and overall gets old fast as it takes them a while for each song to get to the point (with a few exceptions).

Their second album was a huge step forward, with more focus on song-structure and killer catchy hooks.

Their third album took the song-structure of the second album, the complex guitar lines of the first album, and added some classic rock influence from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc. and some killer guitar solos.

I'm interested to hear how their next album will sound. The original bassist and drummer from the band quit a while back, but the bassist has since come back. They're working with the drummer from Dillinger Escape Plan for the album, which should be interesting.

WarriorOfMetal · 05-20-2007, 07:23 PM

Nocturnal Rites was originally a death metal band...then they went to a somewhat Maiden-ish "B Power metal" as my friends call it for the first two albums, the third album served as a sort of bridge between that and Afterlife....when Johnny Lindqvist joined the band, they got ridiculously heavy, and they kept that basic sound for the 2 albums after that, then on Grand Illusion they introduced some more poppy elements, and those have come out even more on The 8th Sin.

7 Dying Trees · 05-20-2007, 08:29 PM

Ulver. I think it's pretty much as drastic as you can get in a way, from black metal to movie score electronica.

The Gathering, pretty much the first female fronted goth rock band, once they got rid of the bloke they had on their first album i believe.

Katatonia, although this has been a steady evolution. From copying paradise lost, to brave murder day, and then into the behinnings of what they do today.

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Wiz ss.org Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Champaign, IL / Fairfax, VA Posts: 547 Main Seven: Carvin DC727C Rig: Cube 30 Thanked: 7	I love Amorphis. I think the variety of genres of metal/rock they've covered is very respectable.

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