Decibel's Top 40 LP's of 2012

[BloodoftheKings]

Originally Posted by DethMaiden

Opened this thread in 2012 and it opened a wormhole to 1980 wtf

lel

Originally Posted by JRA

I know, especially since Killing Joke and Swans are on that list. and Converge are #1! Is it 2001 again?

While I like the new Van Halen for what it is, there is a clear difference between them and the bands you listed. Swans and Converge are still relevant because they change their sound and make records that sound new. A Different Kind of Truth is just a throwback album so it's not really relevant when you're discussing modern music. If The Seer and All We Love We Leave Behind were nothing but remakes of Children of God and Jane Doe your argument would be valid but that is not the case.

[slapguitarer]

I'm not surprised by the Top 2, but still disappointed. At least last year it was sort of a surprise with Tombs.

[JRA]

Originally Posted by BloodoftheKings

lel


While I like the new Van Halen for what it is, there is a clear difference between them and the bands you listed. Swans and Converge are still relevant because they change their sound and make records that sound new. A Different Kind of Truth is just a throwback album so it's not really relevant when you're discussing modern music. If The Seer and All We Love We Leave Behind were nothing but remakes of Children of God and Jane Doe your argument would be valid but that is not the case.

Relevance is a completely horseshit term made up by critics to slander a band that they never liked anyway. Hey, I always thought this band sucked, but now that the young people, who have shit taste anyway, don't like them anymore, I can just say they're irrelevant. I don't want bands to sound new. "Modern" sounds are what have been ruining music for the past however many years.

[treghet]

Originally Posted by JRA

"Modern" sounds are what have been ruining music for the past however many years.

Are you trying to tell me this doesn't kick gargantuan amounts of ass?

[JRA]

[daimonos]

Absolute pile of shit list.

[BloodoftheKings]

Originally Posted by JRA

I don't want bands to sound new. "Modern" sounds are what have been ruining music for the past however many years.

Well fine if that's the way you feel but my point still stands.

[moobys37]

Originally Posted by JRA

I know, especially since Killing Joke and Swans are on that list. and Converge are #1! Is it 2001 again?

That Killing Joke record is ace.

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by JRA

Relevance is a completely horseshit term made up by critics to slander a band that they never liked anyway. Hey, I always thought this band sucked, but now that the young people, who have shit taste anyway, don't like them anymore, I can just say they're irrelevant. I don't want bands to sound new. "Modern" sounds are what have been ruining music for the past however many years.

[Dextrimental]

Bigger surprise is Converge winning no. 2 best song of 2012 from Kerrang!. I thought they were definitely off the beating track for Kerrang!.