History YMMV / Atheist

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic - While most of the band's output since ''Piece of Time'' qualifies, a few songs in particular stand out, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1egEETMZg Mineral]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhfl8zR-1w Enthralled in Essence]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQsxd2hDbg Your Life's Retribution]]
* BrokenBase - ''Jupiter''. Some people see it as a solid, no-frills comeback that does a good job at mixing in elements from all three of their studio albums, while others see it as a pile of [[LoudnessWar horribly produced]] garbage that relies solely on the name attached to it to get by. And [[TakeAThirdOption then]] there are people who think it's a solid album despite being horribly produced. (It helps to find one of the fan remasters [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes floating around the Internets]]. OrSoIHeard.)
* FandomRivalry - While very few people dislike either band, Atheist vs Music/{{Cynic}} wars are not unknown. They're pretty tame compared to most fights over metal, but they can get fairly heated at times.
%% * FridgeBrilliance - Atheist's second album is called ''Unquestionable Presence''. Think about it.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Music/{{Gojira|Band}}, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Origin}}, or ''Obscura''-era Music/{{Gorguts}}, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.
* TearJerker - Kelly's account of the night of Roger's death; it can be read in the remastered ''Unquestionable Presence'' album booklet.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Some people's reaction to ''Jupiter''. Although most of the complaints about it seem to be based in the horrible production - see LoudnessWar on the main page.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Music/{{Gojira}}, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Origin}}, or ''Obscura''-era Music/{{Gorguts}}, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs - Kelly confirmed that ''Unquestionable Presence'' was written while under the influence of copious quantities of weed.

* BetterThanCanon - The fan remasters of ''Jupiter'', a commonplace occurrence with albums that were [[LoudnessWar mastered this horribly]].

** This fan cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AoFbtWWx8M Mother Man]]" ''on piano'' is amazing.

* EpicRiff - ''All of them''.

* ReplacementScrappy - Decisively averted with Tony Choy. While most fans liked Roger Patterson better, Choy isn't disliked by many of them, since he happens to be a ''really'' good jazz fusion musician. Also subverted with Yoav Ruiz-Feingold, as the general consensus is that he does an excellent job and has the aggressive playing style that Tony simply didn't have.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kelly once auditioned for Music/DrowningPool and Velvet Revolver. No, really.

* ReplacementScrappy - Decisively averted with Tony Choy. While most fans liked Roger Patterson better, Choy isn't disliked by many of them, since he happens to be a ''really'' good jazz fusion musician.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs - Actually, Kelly confirmed that ''Unquestionable Presence'' was written while under the influence of copious quantities of weed.

* BrokenBase - ''Jupiter''. Some people see it as a solid, no-frills comeback that does a good job at mixing in elements from all three of their studio albums, while others see it as a pile of [[LoudnessWar horribly produced]] garbage that relies solely on the name attached to it to get by. And [[TakeAThirdOption then]] there are people who think it's a solid album despite being horribly produced.

* FandomRivalry - While very few people dislike either band, Atheist vs Cynic wars are not unknown. They're pretty tame compared to most fights over metal, but they can get fairly heated at times.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Gojira, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Origin}}, or ''Obscura''-era Music/{{Gorguts}}, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kelly once auditioned for Drowning Pool and Velvet Revolver. No, really.

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* BrokenBase: ''Jupiter''. Some people see it as a solid, no-frills comeback that does a good job at mixing in elements from all three of their studio albums, while others see it as a pile of [[LoudnessWar horribly produced]] garbage that relies solely on the name attached to it to get by. And [[TakeAThirdOption then]] there are people who think it's a solid album despite being horribly produced.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - While most of the band's output since ''Piece of Time'' qualifies, a few songs in particular stand out, such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1egEETMZg Mineral]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhfl8zR-1w Enthralled in Essence]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQsxd2hDbg Your Life's Retribution]]
* EpicRiff: ''All of them''.

* MagnumOpus: ''Unquestionable Presence'' is probably most frequently cited as this.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Actually, Kelly confirmed that ''Unquestionable Presence'' was written while under the influence of copious quantities of weed.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Gojira, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Origin}}, or ''Obscura''-era Gorguts, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.

* FridgeBrilliance - Atheist's second album is called ''Unquestionable Presence''. Think about it.

* ReplacementScrappy - Decisively averted with Tony Choy. While most fans liked Roger Patterson better, Choy isn't disliked by many of them, partially because he was just a session member, but also because he happens to be a ''really'' good jazz fusion musician.
** Not entirely; there are a LOT of people who see Choy as decidedly inferior to Patterson both in terms of songwriting and style. No one's going to debate that he's an excellent musician, just that Roger's far more aggressive and frantic playing style was both more interesting and lended itself to better songwriting.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Gojira, {{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Origin}}, or ''Obscura''-era Gorguts, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.

* BrokenBase: ''Jupiter''. Some people see it as a solid, no-frills comeback that does a good job at mixing in elements from all three of their studio albums, while others see it as a pile of [[LoudnessWar horribly produced]] garbage that relies solely on the name attached to it to get by.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny - Compared to Gojira, {{Meshuggah}}, or ''Obscura''-era Gorguts, it's hard to see just how innovative and unusual Atheist was at the time, though even in that context it's easy to like the band.
* {{Tear Jerker}} - Kelly's account of the night of Roger's death; it can be read in the remastered ''Unquestionable Presence'' album booklet.