"I Like the Music, But Do They Have to Scream?"

**Frownland** · 08-16-2016, 06:22 PM

A lot of people seem to have trouble getting into one of the staples of metal: screaming/growling/shrieking and it's cutting them off from a lot of great music. I used to have this opinion when I was growing up with metal but something just happened along the way and I was cool with it.

I was wondering if you guys had any entry level screaming tracks or any methods to get used to the style. I was also interested if anyone is able to share their personal experience of how they stopped worrying and learned to love the growl.

Tristan_Geoff · 08-16-2016, 06:29 PM

I liked thrash. I like progressive metal. I liked Deftones.

My buddy liked Meshuggah but I just couldn't quite get around the heavier vocals on songs like Bleed, but then he showed me New Millenium Cyanide Christ and I loved it, since the vocals were quite close to thrash and it was a little easier to digest. From there I just got more and more tolerant to it. I only really enjoy it with a couple groups though, and only tolerate some of it cause it is kinda annoying at times, but never really grating or too much to handle like it used to be.

The Batlord · 08-16-2016, 06:36 PM

Slayer > Bathory > Morbid Angel > etc

kibbeh · 08-16-2016, 06:37 PM

when i was in my early teens i thought my chemical romance were metal... i was NOT used to hearing screaming/shrieking in music i guess just cause i was never exposed to it. it made absolutely no sense to me why anybody would enjoy listening to the screaming but yeah... after getting more and more into metal it started to sound okay to me but honestly, some of it still sounds annoying.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 08-16-2016, 06:44 PM

I just woke up one morning and decided to stop being a ****ing pussy.

kibbeh · 08-16-2016, 06:46 PM

qwertyy you're so manly and tough <3

Key · 08-16-2016, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I just woke up one morning and decided to stop being a ****ing pussy.

Basically this.

kibbeh · 08-16-2016, 07:01 PM

^ says the guy who's afraid of clowns.

**Janszoon** · 08-16-2016, 07:01 PM

Death metal growls used to be something I just couldn't take seriously, then at some point I realized that I didn't actually have take music seriously to enjoy it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 08-16-2016, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ki

Basically this.

You listen to ****ing Nightwish and Dragonforce, you still ARE a pussy.

08-16-2016, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	"I Like the Music, But Do They Have to Scream?" A lot of people seem to have trouble getting into one of the staples of metal: screaming/growling/shrieking and it's cutting them off from a lot of great music. I used to have this opinion when I was growing up with metal but something just happened along the way and I was cool with it. I was wondering if you guys had any entry level screaming tracks or any methods to get used to the style. I was also interested if anyone is able to share their personal experience of how they stopped worrying and learned to love the growl. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Death metal growls used to be something I just couldn't take seriously, then at some point I realized that I didn't actually have take music seriously to enjoy it. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

08-16-2016, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
kibbeh kibbeh Join Date: May 2016 Location: nowhere Posts: 648	when i was in my early teens i thought my chemical romance were metal... i was NOT used to hearing screaming/shrieking in music i guess just cause i was never exposed to it. it made absolutely no sense to me why anybody would enjoy listening to the screaming but yeah... after getting more and more into metal it started to sound okay to me but honestly, some of it still sounds annoying.

08-16-2016, 06:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
kibbeh kibbeh Join Date: May 2016 Location: nowhere Posts: 648	qwertyy you're so manly and tough <3

08-16-2016, 07:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
kibbeh kibbeh Join Date: May 2016 Location: nowhere Posts: 648	^ says the guy who's afraid of clowns.