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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
Didn't they get a new vocalist for the newest release, though? The clean singing on Anthropocentric is done really well, sort of like a soulful Chris Cornell. Obviously the screams and harsh vocals are cool too but all in all I found the lyrical content to be the best part of the album.
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The lyrical content of The Ocean has always been one of their main selling points though. Definitely agree with you on the clean vocal parts too, they were really well done and I liked how they were spread out in each song. Actually I think the new singer's guttural vocals are alright, but his German accent rings through pretty well and it makes me think of Animal from The Muppets for some reason.
The grand ideas are probably one of the most attractive aspects of post-metal because they go for the lofty and complex ideas and will write an entire album about it. It does a lot to dispel the false beliefs that metalheads are nothing but violent meat heads who can't sit still long enough to form a cohesive thought. I know that same rumor is also dispelled if you read the lyrics to a lot of other subgenres, but I think post-metal is a great ambassador because they also reject the fashion, which as an anti-fashionist I can relate to.
08-21-2011, 10:32 AM
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