Music Banter - What Are You listening To V.III Metal!

I don't like music where the singer screams, so I think I don't like heavy metal. However, I like the little bit of Metallica my darling introduced me to--Fade to Black and Master of Puppets.

Here's some pretty listener-friendly metal with great vocalists who don't scream, maybe you'll dig it:

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The Batlord

11-20-2014 08:14 AM

Not to mention...

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Clean vocals are just as much a part of metal as screaming.

Carpe Mortem

11-20-2014 11:02 AM

Old school heavy metal is almost completely devoid of screams and growls. I don't mean old music, I mean just the good old fashioned heavy metal thing. Stick around, we'll make a genre nerd out of you in no time. Maybe make a thread with songs you dig, you'll get plenty of personalized recommendations. MusicBanter regulars thrive on sharing our collections with others.

Wpnfire

11-20-2014 07:13 PM

Alright, this is pretty good, I'll admit. God someone needs to go back in time and give Dark Angel a proper extreme metal vocalist.

The Batlord

11-20-2014 07:24 PM

**** that. I love their second singer. If Dark Angel had gone full death thrash they would have just been another extreme thrash band. Ron Rinehart's voice just made their last two albums so dark and nihilistic. Wouldn't trade him for a thousand Chris Barnes clones.

Wpnfire

11-20-2014 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1510657)

This might be the first thing you said I want no part of. I don't have a list of thrash singers I dislike, but if I did, Ron Rinehart would be at or near the top.
Doty >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rinehart.
Rinehart is a good singer, he just does not blend well in a thrash band, and I totally disagree that a different (better) vocalist would do in Dark Angel. Well, maybe it would. DD gets repetitive, though that's less of an issue on Time Does Not Heal.

The Batlord

11-20-2014 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire (Post 1510670)

Early Dark Angel were great, but they were still an Exodus clone. But with Rinehart they were one of the most unique and brilliant thrash bands of all time, and the fact that they were basically an extreme thrash band with a clean singer is definitely one of the reasons for that.

Wpnfire

11-20-2014 11:06 PM

I'm not sure I understand the Exodus clone description for Dark Angel. DD sounds nothing like Bonded in Blood. They came out at the same time.

The Batlord

11-20-2014 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire (Post 1510747)

I'm not sure I understand the Exodus clone description for Dark Angel. DD sounds nothing like Bonded in Blood. They came out at the same time.

They sounded plenty like Exodus, especially with their original singer. And Exodus may have only released their debut album in '85, but that's just cause of label issues, as the album had been ready for a year beforehand. They were actually playing the Bay Area even before Metallica, and pretty much influenced every band in the scene.

Isbjørn

11-21-2014 05:23 AM