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05-26-2011, 08:21 AM | #201 (permalink) | |
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Overall I find metalcore like most other metal genres, you have the great bands the rank up their with some of the finest in metal. Then you got the boat load of imitators that are signed by record companies to cash in. Unfortunately, the clones ending up defining the genres, because that's what most people hear. |
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05-26-2011, 12:04 PM | #202 (permalink) |
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Musically speaking, Unearth's sound appealed to me, well produced, air tight along with those solos you mentioned. I cannot stand the vocals however, they sound forced and just awful. I admittedly haven't listened to them extensively, maybe they're different beyond their most hit youtube video
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05-26-2011, 12:18 PM | #203 (permalink) | |
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05-26-2011, 01:59 PM | #205 (permalink) | |
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05-26-2011, 02:18 PM | #206 (permalink) | |
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Its strange how you are comparing a strained growl with a scream and then inferring that screaming is better, especially considering that metal is a macho music genre. Remember animals growl and women scream! I don`t like metalcore but like any other genre it does have some good singers. |
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05-26-2011, 03:18 PM | #207 (permalink) |
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Opeth yes, but the Slipnot and In Flames, are no where near the same league. The only vocalist that comes close to the harsh/clean vocals of Mikael Åkerfeldt was Scar Symmetry's former frontman, Christian Älvestam. This style of singing is virtually impossible to pull off and ends up sounding pretty forced and lame and is why I prefer screaming/growling in metalcore. TDEP is another band that I think pulls if off very well.
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05-26-2011, 03:36 PM | #208 (permalink) | |
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05-26-2011, 04:06 PM | #209 (permalink) |
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Well, normally I'd recommend "Calculating Infinity", which is their hardcore mathcore masterpiece. Their original singer did very little clean singing on it. Nevertheless toward the end of the album on the tunes "4th Grade Dropout", and "Weekend Sex Change" they started to get a wee more melodic. I'd start with those two. After that album, the got a new vocalist who did a lot more clean singing and with him at the helm, all of their albums have gotten slightly more accessible, ie 'Black Bubble Gum" and "Milk Lizard'. TDEP is all good.
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05-26-2011, 05:17 PM | #210 (permalink) | |
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