From: HanOfTheNekos | #052
I have never, ever understood the appeal of Stairway to Heaven. It meanders along for way longer than it needed to and it's not even anything special, further compounded by the fact that Robert Plant's voice annoys me, and much of the first half consists of just him whining over some mundane "pretty" music. It's not good enough to justify the amount of time it takes to get to any real developments in the song. It gets a bit better once the pace picks up, simply because Plant isn't as dominant in the mix. Guitar solo is decent, and then we're into the good part of the song because Plant is alright with this more energetic style of singing, it's only softer sections where he really gets on my nerves. Ironically for a song where my main complaint is that it goes on too long, the best part of the song feels over way too fast. So in conclusion, it's okay, with a decent climax that would have been a lot better had the build up not been dull.
5.5/10
From: Psycho_Kenshin | #054
Hammerfall - The Dragon Lies Bleeding
I should copy/paste a single write up for power metal songs, it will probably be applicable to most of them.
At least this one avoids the excessive abuse of high pitch vocals and feels like it really is trying to be kind of goofy cheerful, instead of ending up there despite trying to be something else. Or maybe they were trying to be epic and just failed at it so hard that they actually ended up better than had they been slightly more successful and fallen into the pseudo-epic range. I don't know. I do know that I don't like this much but it doesn't really infuriate me.
3.5/10
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