Ugo
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Posted: Nov. 24 2010, 19:09 |
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@ Drealm: sorry about the wrong heading. I really thought I was addressing Lars, and that's where the Bathory reference comes from - he isn't fond of Hammerheart exactly because the singer sings instead of growling. Anyway, I do agree with you that balance is important: it sounds to me like there is little of that balance on Wintersun's album. Also, bits of it sound overcrowded, just like the King Crimson stuff I'm discussing in another topic, but I guess that having lots and lots of things all piled up on top of one another is another key feature of the genre. Anyway, I shall repeat here that my dislike for growling vocals comes the fact that most growling singers don't use pitches - they just do everything on a single "note", and that sounds an awful lot like rapping to me. As I never liked rap, I can't get to see what's the point of mixing it with very overladen guitars and keyboards and choirs and stuff, and this is basically why I'm not really into black/death metal.
I've heard lots of good things about Therion from my metalhead friends. If I happen to get one of those albums of theirs with clean vocals I shall let you know what I think about them.
Of course Mike did all the screaming - I call it screaming rather than growling - on "Five Miles Out" by himself; he also did on other songs, particularily from the Heaven's Open album, such as "No Dream" and "Make Make". That's supposed to be his angry voice, and it's also commonly known as the Caveman voice. It's not really a natural voice - it's a little bit processed.
-------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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