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War From A Harlots Mouth Accuses Attila Of Stealing Song

posted Nov 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM by xFiruath.  (4 Comments)

The new Attila album "Chaos" is here, and War From A Harlots Mouth isn't too pleased about it, accusing the band of blatantly lifting a segment from the track "If You Want To Blame Us For Something Wrong, Please Abuse This Song."

War From A Harlots Mouth comments: "The undoubtedly most mentally challenged band on planet earth, Attila, blatantly ripped us off. Not that I'm surprised that these imbeciles can't write music of their own, but unfortunately for them, they picked one of our most widely known songs: 'If You Want to Blame Us...' Losers."

The two songs in question can be heard below, and while there are major differences, there is one segment in particular between the two songs that is intensely similar. What do you think - coincidence due to musical similarities, or blatant rip-off?

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4 Comments on "WFAHM Accuses Attila Of Stealing Song"

Blindgreed1's avatar

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1. Blindgreed1 writes:

Rip off.

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2. CorpusUpir writes:

Both awful , but a total rip off

# Nov 8, 2016 @ 1:50 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Rik writes:

They're basically both the same sections, but's it such an obvious thing to do with metal machine gun drumming that both bands are stoopid for doing it in the first place!

# Nov 8, 2016 @ 8:32 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Drum_Junkie writes:

Similar but not a ripoff. A couple things.
The machine guns: did WFAHM make the sample or is it fair use from public domain?
The rhythm: when there is no melody, just a coordinated syncopation, how close does it need to be to be considered a rip off? Plus it only lasted for about 10 seconds until the rhythm changed.
Compare BTBAM's Selkies at 3:08 to Meshuggah's Soul Burn intro. The riff is the same, so is that also a ripoff?

WFAHM is being pretty petty here. Plus it's tough to be different if you want to fit in to that highly specific genre. So many of these kind of bands sound the same... at least on record. Live, the drums often sound like total sh!t. Stop relying on triggers and sound samples and learn to TUNE your drums.

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