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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Meh. It's apples and oranges. Slayer and Bad Religion are going for two completely different aesthetics. Reign in Blood succeeds at being an intense, vicious, pummeling album. The bit of Suffer that I just listened to succeeds at sounding... well... like a lot of other punk bands. It's weird that you're comparing the vocals here. Tom Araya's vocals, though certainly not the focus, work very well in the context of Slayer songs, while Greg Graffin's vocals are one of the main reasons I've never been able to get into Bad Religion.
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Agree, definitely apples and oranges--
expect in terms of the speed of playing. And, you're also right in that Araya's and Graffin's vocals are very different; however, one of my main complaints with "RIB" is Araya's vocals can't keep up with the music, where Graffin's easily do, which is why I posted the clip.
Bummer that Graffin's vocals don't resonate with you. Bad Religion are one of my favorite bands, and they have a huge catalog of excellent music-- but if his voice doesn't work for you, the band's output definitely won't work for you because their sound is somewhat built around, not only his voice, but their multi-part vocal harmonies.