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I was listening to this yesterday, and it really made me think about how well-written English love songs are universally relatable.
For me, Lilian conveys feelings of love we've all felt. The vocalist describes the unique physical traits of this woman, but most of us have shared the emotion he expresses, for many different kinds of women.
What I'm trying to say is that you can basically ad lib the traits describing the woman, including her name, and still relate to the overall meaning of the lyrics.
It's a balancing act, however. Too much specific information about the subject's personality, or events that occurred in their lives, causes a rift between the singer and the listener. The listener becomes more of a third-person observer, or cuckold.
Without even getting into the excellent composition of this song, Lilian is the Goldilocks of melodeath love ballads. It does not go into detail about their personal lives, and remains purposely vague enough for the listener to self-insert.
The video is kino, and it even adds some ambiguity to the lyrics toward the end as far as the outcome of the relationship.
No.2874
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Death Metal all sounds the same with very few exceptions.
No.2878
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>>2874Pure death metal really peaked in its early years if you ask me. Even then I don't think most of it was that great. I'd rather listen to a more melodic album like Burning Bridges over something like Altars of Madness or Human. Atheist I can get into though. I used to like Cannibal Corpse too.
I've noticed as I lost interest in keeping up with metal that I generally don't come back to the more extreme stuff anymore other than certain black metal or thrash albums. When I was in high school I would look for more and more intense music, but nowadays Kill 'Em All has become a personal benchmark (and it's the only Metallica album I return to much anymore).
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>>2878Shit just has no rhythm to be enjoyable in the least and due to growling everything sounds the fucking same.
You listen to stuff like Mayhem and older bands and it has rhythm, it's cohesive, it's not just hitting cords at random trying to be edgy and screaming into the mic with a low growl.