screaming/gutteral vocals (metal, fan, show, artist, talent)

RhythmGod · 11-01-2006, 08:19 PM

What makes this music?
Personally I hate this type, I turn the radio to a different station as soon as I hear it.
But some people are REALLY into this.

What do you like about it? (no disrespect intended!)

enemyat_thesix · 11-01-2006, 08:23 PM

guttural?

RhythmGod · 11-01-2006, 08:26 PM

such as necrophagists vocals, I think.

tdoc210 · 11-01-2006, 08:26 PM

....
radio = bad

RhythmGod · 11-01-2006, 08:28 PM

That was a bad example. There are plenty of Death Metal bands that do it.
Really low vocals, with sounds like grunting and stuff.Sounds like an animal or something

Muzak · 11-01-2006, 08:29 PM

The agression, intensity I guess. I dispised it at first but it eventually grew on me. I see it as normal as any other way of singing. Most people think that it is rediculous and that Death Metal bands have no skill.

Random Person- "I could just bang a trash can and scream at the top of my lungs and it would be as good as (whatever death metal band we were talking about)".

Not true, it takes much skill and talent to do gutteral vocals and not sound like and idiot. I use to say said line all the time before I saw a metal show for the first time (Nile, Hypocrisy, Decapitated, ect), now I kick myself for saying it.Try it yourself. Record yourself singing death metal, then compare it to and actual artist. You will be able to tell the difference.
/rant

swim · 11-01-2006, 08:33 PM

I don't like low screams. They bother me. High screams are good though.

Merkaba · 11-01-2006, 08:54 PM

I don't mind some screams, but I'm fairly particular about them. I'm not a fan of low frequency waste-disposal vocals.

The biggest thing I dislike about them is if it's the way all of the songs are sung, which is where my dislike for Black/Death metal comes in, it's a preferances thing. I'd prefer 90% clean (includes "rough" vocals as well) vocals with a few screams.

But for sure. screams aren't all bad, they certainly can add some energy to a song. I mean I fuckin love Nick's screaming on QOTSA's "I feel like a millionaire..." song, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

riseagainstrocks · 11-01-2006, 08:54 PM

I love both styles. You can't appreciate it until you try to do it. I'd explain further but odds are unless you do alot of drugs, my logic will not make sense

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 11-01-2006, 08:55 PM

Screaming is just a more powerful (in my opinion) way of expressing what you are singing about. Although, it's really just a matter of what you want your music to sound like. You either like it or you don't.

11-01-2006, 08:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
RhythmGod Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	screaming/gutteral vocals What makes this music? Personally I hate this type, I turn the radio to a different station as soon as I hear it. But some people are REALLY into this. What do you like about it? (no disrespect intended!)

11-01-2006, 08:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	.... radio = bad __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

11-01-2006, 08:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	I don't like low screams. They bother me. High screams are good though. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

11-01-2006, 08:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	I don't mind some screams, but I'm fairly particular about them. I'm not a fan of low frequency waste-disposal vocals. The biggest thing I dislike about them is if it's the way all of the songs are sung, which is where my dislike for Black/Death metal comes in, it's a preferances thing. I'd prefer 90% clean (includes "rough" vocals as well) vocals with a few screams. But for sure. screams aren't all bad, they certainly can add some energy to a song. I mean I fuckin love Nick's screaming on QOTSA's "I feel like a millionaire..." song, and I wouldn't have it any other way. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

11-01-2006, 08:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	I love both styles. You can't appreciate it until you try to do it. I'd explain further but odds are unless you do alot of drugs, my logic will not make sense __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

11-01-2006, 08:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
RhythmGod Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	such as necrophagists vocals, I think.

11-01-2006, 08:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
RhythmGod Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	That was a bad example. There are plenty of Death Metal bands that do it. Really low vocals, with sounds like grunting and stuff.Sounds like an animal or something

11-01-2006, 08:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	The agression, intensity I guess. I dispised it at first but it eventually grew on me. I see it as normal as any other way of singing. Most people think that it is rediculous and that Death Metal bands have no skill. Random Person- "I could just bang a trash can and scream at the top of my lungs and it would be as good as (whatever death metal band we were talking about)". Not true, it takes much skill and talent to do gutteral vocals and not sound like and idiot. I use to say said line all the time before I saw a metal show for the first time (Nile, Hypocrisy, Decapitated, ect), now I kick myself for saying it.Try it yourself. Record yourself singing death metal, then compare it to and actual artist. You will be able to tell the difference. /rant