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I don't mind the members of Shihad deciding they're sick of metal and alternative rock, and wanting to put out saccharine pop music while they save for their retirement. We all choose our trade-offs. But I do object to them doing it under the name "Shihad". It's like buying a bottle of good quality local whisky, pouring a shot, and realizing that some enterprising f%&ker has put Ribena in the bottle : /

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Strypey 2y ago

I mean, have a listen to the Feel the Fire single from Old Gods, released in 2021. I turned it off after about 10 seconds. Way, way too sugary for me. Not what I expect to hear released under the band name that was on the cover of You Again. The epic single from their classic 1995 album Killjoy.

Not. At. All.

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Strypey 2y ago

Oh and in case anyone is thinking righto, the classic "I like your old stuff better than your new stuff", eh? No. I just listened to Churn, their first full album, and TBH I probably wouldn't again. The band were clearly pretty green when they were recording it, and it doesn't have anything like the riffage or vocal power of a tack like The Call from Killjoy, or My Mind's Sedate, from their 1999 album The General Electric.