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I think Slayer is a bit overrated.....don't get me wrong, I love Slayer's music, but I don't really like the vocals. Not just with Slayer, but if I can't understand alot of the words the singer is saying, I just don't like them.
That pretty much goes for any band you can't understand, or any vocalist who does nothing but scream through 90% of the song.

Example of a good band that screams. (In my opinion, anyway.)

Pantera

Phil Anselmo could always be understood, no matter how hard he screamed.

Example of a bad band that screams. (In my opinion, also.)

Atreyu

I've only listened to 30 seconds of 2 of their songs, so maybe I'm being a bit unfair to them. But probably...not. All I heard was a nice sounding guitar, with very crappy screaming. I just don't like how it seems alot of vocalists can go out and scream, and then get a record deal. Alot of the bands probably had to work for years, but I'm seeing a high number of new, "screamo/black metal",
bands that just seem to appear overnight.

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