I don't like rip offs

[jdm4321]

i don't like musicians ripping off material, but i am new to the site and loving the music and as i had tunes playing i had one in particular catch my ear...i don't know where to post this sort of thing, but my desire to make this known forced me to register....a song in particular "Iamevil - diablo wetgrass" bears a striking resemblance to a song by one of my favorite metal bands....(

) here is a youtube link to the song by BLIND GUARDIAN. I don't know if the semblance is intentional or coincidental...i just heard it....and felt compelled to post...i hope this message gets to the right people because credit should be given where credit is due.... listen to both...and decide... thank you

[Bleck]

blind guardian sucks anyways

[Torzelan]

I suggest reading the song description and the reviews section.

[Liontamer]

This technically qualifies as a ReMix, but incorporates bits and pieces from other sources than Diablo, according to veteran contributor AmIEvil

Thanks to zircon for obtaining a copy of "Blood Tears" for us. I checked this out regarding the Blind Guardian riffs, and 1) they're sequenced (and subsequently arranged) by Stefan, not directly sampled from "Blood Tears", 2) they're used tastefully, i.e. don't dominate the mix in any way, 3) they merely decorate and supplement an otherwise viable arrangement of the Diablo source material. For example, at :58 AmIEviL's guitar segues from the Blood Tears riff into original stuff, then at 1:23 into arrangement of the supporting acoustic guitar work from 1:10 of Diablo's Tristam/town theme.

From a standards/guidelines perspective, everything checks out here. For the person a few years ago that said AmIEviL was trying to take credit for those riffs (Andross), he wasn't. djpretzel's writeup doesn't explicitly mention the other homages/borrowed ideas by name, but djp says upfront that AmIEviL told him he used other sources beyond Diablo to help make this arrangement. There was nothing shady going on.

In other words, it's fine, and there was no plagiarizing going on.