These are not great examples JD. Take On The World and United are two of the weakest songs Priest have ever released in my opinion. I hate those songs. I also find Breaking The Law boring as hell as well. Love Bites is ok but not one of DOTFs best songs. I actually kind of agree with both Brian and yourself on this one. I think a true metal song should have some kind of shredding guitar solo in it somewhere but like you say, lots of bands do fine without them, especially in some of the sub-genres of metal. Bands who have made their name with deadly soloing and shredding should always continue in that vein, then we would never have albums like St Anger thrust upon us. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:22:16 AM)
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Brian Evans wrote: "What every good metal track should have is an excellent guitar solo".
I "disagree" fully. What every good "heavy metal" track should have is an excellent guitar solo. As you don't know the black metal thrash metal or death metal genre/scene,you don't understand these styles of metal so you need to type "heavy" before typing "metal" when you talk about having these needed guitar solos. Guitar solos do not fit in every song of every style of "metal" at all no matter what rubbish you can come up with here Brian.
The fact is that they don't belong in every song of every style of "metal".This is the area where your extremely weak at understanding.Its like asking why isn't there any guitar solos in most punk?
What about Breaking The Law and what about "Take On The World" by JP...they do not have a guitar solo in them,are they not good? What about United? No guitar solo in it.
Or how about Love Bites Brian? Love Bites does NOT have a guitar solo in it,only harmony bends that couldn't come close to be considered a "guitar solo"...so is Love Bites lame becaise of your philosophy?
(Quoting Message by Brian_Evans from Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:12:03 PM)
Brian_Evans wrote:
Long?? Plodding?? Predictable?? Whatever. You just don't know good metal when you hear it. Ha!
Nice Rainmaker video, I listened to the part between 2:05 and 2:28 about 50 times! What every good metal track should have is an excellent guitar solo. Murray is sick!
guidogodoy wrote:
Bleah. Long, plodding, predictable.
I try. I really do. Just wasted 7+ minutes of my life, though. I am all for Nosta against anything Maiden has done of late save for one....with the goofy video.
Brian_Evans wrote:
Yeah that song is excellent.
Here's a good live version
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
The Longest Day,an excellent Iron maiden song.
Brian_Evans wrote:
Out of the Shadows from the 2006 "A Matter Of Life and Death" album. This sounds just as good as older Maiden and if you ask me it could have easily come from 1982's "The Number Of the Beast" album. Same quality vocals, drums, guitars, songwriting, ect.
