DIS vs DAT - Stylistic Direction Edition

First Post November 29, 2020 12:51 PM

Inspired by my realization that Paradise Lost and Voivod have a uncannily similar stylistic direction album by album while they're obviously not in the same genres, I decided to continue the DIS vs DAT activity with an interesting twist; instead of voting on which album or genre has the greater edge, we instead do it with stylistic directions that are similar to one another. You don't have to exactly say which band is better, just which album era is better one by one in each band. Whichever band has the most album eras you like would be the band that you vote for. The first band to get 3 votes higher than the other or a total of 5 votes wins the match and one of their albums would move on their respective clan's original DIS or DAT thread. This should be a nice interesting challenge! Got two bands from a different year/clan/genre, but in the same stylistic direction but can't decide which one has greater albums and therefore the greater edge? Share them here!

Let's starts off with those two bands mentioned above, Paradise Lost and Voivod. I won't say which albums I think are better until the voting makes good progress. Which one of these band with a different year/clan/genre but similar stylistic direction has the greater edge based on each album era? Choose and explain the reason!

Deadliest debut:

Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise (pure death/doom) vs. Voivod - War and Pain (pure speed/thrash)

Promising sophomore:

Paradise Lost - Gothic (death/doom with slight gothic elements) vs. Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr (speed/thrash with slight progressive elements)

Transitional third:

Paradise Lost - Shades of God (doom with prominent gothic elements) vs. Voivod - Killing Technology (thrash with prominent progressive elements)

Finalizing fourth:

Paradise Lost - Icon (gothic with last traces of doom) vs. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss (progressive with last traces of thrash)

Famous fifth:

Paradise Lost - Draconian Times (pure gothic metal/rock) vs. Voivod - Nothingface (pure prog-metal/rock)

Psychedelic sixth:

Paradise Lost - One Second (gothic metal/rock with prominent electronic elements) vs. Voivod - Angel Rat (prog-metal/rock with prominent psychedelic elements)

Soft seventh:

Paradise Lost - Host (gothic/electronic rock with barely any metal) vs. Voivod - The Outer Limits (progressive/psychedelic rock with great amount of metal but not as much as others)

Alternative eighth:

Paradise Lost - Believe in Nothing (gothic metal/rock with a few traces of doom but prominent alternative elements) vs. Voivod - Negatron (prog-metal/rock with a few traces of thrash but prominent groove elements)

Industrial ninth:

Paradise Lost - Symbol of Life (gothic metal/rock with a few traces of doom but decent industrial elements) vs. Voivod - Phobos (prog-metal/rock with a few traces of thrash but decent industrial elements)

Self-titled tenth:

Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost (gothic metal with slight doom elements) vs. Voivod - Voivod (heavy metal with prominent progressive elements)

Heavy-metal eleventh:

Paradise Lost - In Requiem (gothic metal with decent doom elements) vs. Voivod - Katorz (heavy metal with decent progressive elements)

Tremoring twelfth:

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (gothic metal with prominent doom elements) vs. Voivod - Infini (heavy metal with slight progressive elements)

Returning thirteenth:

Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol (gothic doom with slight death elements) vs. Voivod - Target Earth (progressive with slight thrash elements)

Furious fourteenth:

Paradise Lost - The Plague Within (gothic doom with prominent death elements) vs. Voivod - The Wake (progressive with prominent thrash elements)

Paradise Lost have already released their 15th and 16th albums Medusa (gothic death/doom) and Obsidian (gothic with decent death-doom elements). Maybe if Voivod keep up the similar stylistic direction, their 15th album would be a progressive/thrash album and their 16th one would be progressive with decent thrash elements. Of course I won't expect too much. Whichever sound a band decides on would be their next album's fate. Anyway, remember to vote which album era is better one by one by the band and see which band would be the greater one you vote for. Enjoy!