Comments on: Septicflesh – The Great Mass

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:16:32 +0000

lol I finally got around to hearing this, and not realizing a review had been posted, I took notes on about half of it before checking the site. oh well.

this does sound hugely impressive, and I love the monstrous, keening, Hans Zimmer meets God of War meets Rosemary’s Baby sound of it all.

However, ultimately I also agree that if you strip away the orchestration, many of the actual metal parts are more fragments than compelling, propulsive experiences.

So in terms of melding symphonics with black or death metal, I still gotta give the crown to Dimmu Borgir, who always entertain (yes even In Sorte Diaboli), though I’m eagerly awaiting to see what Stormlord does next as well.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:11:01 +0000

Speaking for myself only, Im not putting it down because of it’s popularity…I was putting it down because I genuinely think it was a terrible movie. I’ve always loved all of Nolan’s work since Memento (with “The Presitige” being my favorite), and went into this film very , very excited. I LOVE mind fuck movies…but this movie didn’t even fondle my brain ! Like I said, the acting was terrible,which may have been the scripts fault. It made ever line of dialogue a forced explanation of the (extremely simple) plot directly to the audience. It’s like Nolan though his audience was too stupid to get the movie!? Maybe they are, judging by the million people online that have called the movie too confusing or whatever.
Again, I LOVE movies that don’t reveal everything and make me think..those are the best of all, but this did none of that. And, on top of it all, I thought that for a movie with shit blowing up every 2 minutes that it was extremely boring, and a complete chore to sit through. When I saw it in the theater, a guy in the row in front of me was snoring loudly during many of the loudest, action packed parts. I basically think it was a shallow Michael Bay style popcorn flick dressed up as ‘deep’ and ‘intellectual’, when in reality, it was just a bloated ego stroking piece from Nolan. Im kinda nervous about his future. It seems like there is a bit of a cult forming around him that worships everything he does without question…

…sorry, rant over ! heh

By: Clauricaune

Clauricaune — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:25:45 +0000

I thought Inception’s plot was rather nice: self-discovery and the function deception can play in it. And yeah, it’s an analitical script, but that’s just Nolan’s style: all his movies are like that, it’s just a mixture of telling and showing, instead of pure showing. Nothing wrong with that. On the other side, the action and mind-bending scenes were very nicely done and entertaining. And as for ripping other movies: everyone does that, it’s not a bad thing in itself as long as you can come out with something coherent and good. And yeah, the hype is annoying, but you shouldn’t put something down just because it’s popular.

See what you have done, Ian? :p

By: Ian Grey

Ian Grey — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:43:12 +0000

An hey!

If you guys get a chance, maybe drop by my blog to check out this re-write
of an article I wrote called “Screaming Mimis”

It’s about women in metal.

http://thegreyindexes.blogspot.com/2011/04/for-me-it-started-with-blond.html

Of course, after you read it, become a life time follower of the blog (which is now updated with articles going back 10 years!)

You must immediately return to Teeth of the Divine!

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:51:40 +0000

Inception ripped off many films, including Psycho Diver. Also: Total Recall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dark City , The Matrix….. and topped it all off with a terribly boring script that required the actors to basically recite the plot directly to the audience, in the place of actual dialogue.

By: Ian Grey

Ian Grey — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:42:11 +0000

As for why my US iPhone does this weird formatting–I got nothin’.

By: Ian Grey

Ian Grey — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:40:45 +0000

Hey, Ian here, glad this has gotten so much feedback.

Again, the deal is, I really like Septic Flesh. And I really try to
avoid writing negative reviews unless there’s something
to it beyond me proving I can be a douche.

In this case, it was me feeling the band had really strayed
off the reservation. I used the Inception thing as a way to
get across a sense of something bloated, pretentious, over-done–plus,
the orchestra bits DO sound like Hans Zimmer!

Anyway, I hope the band get this out of their system and get
back to being the creepy goth-METAL band they were.

By: shaden

shaden — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:29:43 +0000

ive never replied on here after ive made one post but i have to say yea todd solandz,who doesnt know his movies.doesnt even touch miike but cmon,give me something to work with.would have been better if you used aronofsky instead as a comparison,lol.but yea,whatever.once again inception sucked,the writer director sucked,it was made in the usa which amde it suck and it even tarnished the career of an outstanding canadian’s(where i am from)career.from trailer park boys to this weakness?lol! im gonna watch re-cycle again…metal forever!(not power metal)

By: noe,lvis txdm

noe,lvis txdm — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:42:54 +0000

lmfao@Hans Zimmer metal!!

wow great review, this was great to read after work… thanks Ian.
and inception,(i’ve never seen it) seemed to have ripped off an anime from the 80s called psycho diver…

By: Apollyon

Apollyon — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:01:32 +0000

I for one, thought that the new album is actually quite worthwhile.

By: Clauricaune

Clauricaune — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:43:48 +0000

That’s just Ian the Rambler, but he did manage to give a somewhat clear idea of what the album sounds like (in like 3 of the 20 paragraphs he wrote there).

I’m a big Septic Flesh fan, so I’m still gonna buy this album even if I find it boring and keep facepalming through it’s entirety (and, if that single is any indication, that’s probably gonna happen).

By: O

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:14:53 +0000

Gotta laugh at this guys review. Even if the album doesnt live up to expectatations He has no idea of Septic Flesh’s music. And ultimately fails to express whats on this album.
Zimmercore? Get a fukkin grip! Hopefully this is album is better than communion Ive heard samples from all the tracks on amazon and i gotta say its lookin good, Septic Flesh’s best albums are their first two so far< Theyll have to go a long way to top them But im heariing good stuff on this one. "there’s also none of the cheesy pleasure of Cradle of Filth, the enjoyably, hyper-goth symphonic melodrama of Within Temptation" To this i say thank fuck for that!…And.. Grow some fukkin balls! Review is an epic fail on all accounts!

By: faust

faust — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:22:23 +0000

Idk what to make of this review. I did like a few parts but it really does seem like Ian got lost along the way and ended up rambling, spouting out extraneous, superfluous arrangements of words not unlike the arrangement of orchestral overkill he pans.
This is one of my most anticipated releases of 2011. I’m hoping the “rambler” wasn’t too accurate.

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:51:05 +0000

EDIT: can be quite good too, Shaden.

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:50:31 +0000

I thought Inception was quite good. And some American movies can be quite good, Shaden. Have a look at Todd Solondz’s resumé. Besides, the director/writer is a Brit, so it’s not exactly an American movie. By the way, I never pay attention to what anyone has to say about Septic Flesh, I will always buy their new one no matter what. This is hardly a review anyway.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:20:45 +0000

Shaden- YES, finally, a voice of reason. Inception was terrible.

By: BreedingtheSpawn

BreedingtheSpawn — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:08:18 +0000

I thought sooner or later you would get done with all that rambling in this review.

By: shaden

shaden — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:05:31 +0000

perfect band name,always was(moron),inception sucked ass,don’t watch american movies! and this cd is not bad at all.better than losers like dino burger..t .didnt they just tour together?the better bands almost always open shows…

By: Ian Grey

Ian Grey — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:21:09 +0000

I liked parts of INCEPTION. There really isn’t one song here that isn’t orchestra’ed to death.

Hey! New verb: “orchestra”. As is “to destroy a metal band with extraneus string and woodwinds”. As in, “Hey, Joe, that new Septic Flesh record sure was orchestra’ed to death, wasn’t it?”

By: Clauricaune

Clauricaune — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:15:11 +0000

I’ve only heard the single, “The Vampire from Nazareth” and it’s kinda meh. Christos Antoniou’s love for cheap pretentious gothic symphonies strikes again, just when I thought he had purged them all with that crappy Chaostar side project.

By: Clauricaune

Clauricaune — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:58:09 +0000

Inception’s good.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:10:48 +0000

So, this is terrible , like Inception ?