The underrated/overrated thread - The Fallen Edition

Tell us which Fallen-related bands & releases you regard as either heavily overrated or cruelly underrated.

Pig Destroyer - "Natasha" E.P. (2008)

One of the most underrated releases I've ever come across. It's an absolutely classic of ambient sludge/doom metal in my opinion.

Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway

Cult of Luna became one of my favorite bands with A Dawn To Fear in 2019 plus hearing songs here and there from Vertikal and Mariner, so I thought it was about time I went back in their discography to their popular 2006 release Somewhere Along the Highway and man was I disappointed. For me, this was an extremely boring and repetitive Post-Metal album that was a lot softer than I thought Cult of Luna would be. Not that soft automatically equates to bad, but there was almost no impact in this album for me whatsoever, I can't believe how overrated I think this album is. This doesn't even come close to A Dawn to Fear for my tastes.

It's been several years since I've heard "Somewhere Along The Highway" but I've always found it to be a solid release. I've never regarded it as a genuinely classic album though & I agree that Cult Of Luna have better records. I'm happy with a 4/5 rating.

I've given "Somewhere Along The Highway" a few revisits over the last two days & I'm subsequently going to retract my above statements. I think it's a genuinely classic post-metal release that possesses enormous dynamics & genuine beauty. It doesn't really belong here in The Fallen if I'm honest though. In fact, it's a prime example of why the atmospheric sludge metal label is completely redundant as there's very little doubt that this has a lot more to do with post-rock than it does with sludge metal.

Black Cobra's 2011 album "Invernal" is a massively underrated sludge metal release in my opinion. In fact it's quickly becoming somewhat of a minor classic for me. personally.

Isis' "The Mosquito Control" E.P. is one of the most underrated metal releases I've ever heard & is actually my favourite Isis record which is really saying something.