Everyone would benefit from not being able to understand metal lyrics. They're ****ing metal lyrics. Read a song, any song, they're dumb as shit, so who cares if they're legible. I get not liking gutteral vocals, but they're just another sound for effect. No ones trying to articulate some profound point with that style. And Corey Taylor wore a ****ing gay ass mask for christs sake.

Of course. The most played out, overused cliche in all of music.

When someone uses that well over-used line, it tells me one thing: This person doesn't ACTUALLY listen to Metallica, and they probably have never even listened to Master of Puppets.

It's the same ****ing line that every ignant pleb uses and it's a dead giveaway that said person has no ****ing idea wtf they're talking about.

anytime I hear that, lack of a better term here, gutteral death metal sound, I think of that animated video. ....I can't remember the name of it, but it's something to do with Batman and Murder....or like a Mermaid and Murder.

so whenever I hear metal....I think of that awesome animated vid and laugh. so it's hard to take seriously for me lol.

Who gives a shit what Corey Taylor wears....we're talking about rock musicians....Metal guys that wear black mascara and their sister's black skinny jeans....

And if that guttural aids sound is just another sound, then these bands are far better served omitting that sound. They completely ruin the song.

That was Metalocalypse. The shows pretty much pokes fun at metal and how seriously a lot of bands in the genre take themselves.

Also, Devin Townsend is pretty much the best thing going in metal music. It has the riffs and atmosphere of metal music but also great for people who hate growling vocals.

Here's him performing one of my favorite songs. It isn't just him, he has a band but I don't know where they are.

He just ****ing rules so much.

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Because it gays up the actual musicians in the band.

Again, I get not liking them, but that style of vocal has been around since the 80s and has outlasted butt rock, outlasted grunge, and will be around after Metallica. Not everyone in metal is trying to be a rock star and make beautiful music.

In my search for something new to listen to i came up on these guys.

Probably not new to you guys, but this shit is pretty dope.

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Apparently it's a new band and this is their first album?

I agree.
For me, it's like this. I played guitar for hours and hours a day for many years, and mostly just played along with Metallica albums. after probably, say 5 years....I sort of grew tired of playing that style, and then developed a interest in Hendrix, SRV, Tedeschi, finger style guitar, and overall more blues / groove type stuff.

So, when people say Metallica sucks, they haven't done anything since "X" album....I'm thinking...dude, I played that style of music exclusively for 5 years and got sick of it/bored. Metallica has been doing it since, what, 1981? By the time Black came out, they were probably a little bored with it too and wanted to branch out a bit and explore new sounds. By Load and Re Load - and after that HUGE Black album tour - they were probably even more bored/tired of it. I just can't imagine playing music like Blackened, Metal Militia, , Dyers Eve, Damage Inc....for 30 + years lol.

So from my POV, although I REALLY liked Kille Em All through Black; I enjoyed everything post black too. Maybe not as much as I did the earlier stuff, but I didn't classify it as "suck". If St. Anger was mixed/produced better, I'd probably like it alot more than I do. I just can't get over the tingy snare drum sound that seems to be at the very forefront of the mix. It's like he changed snare drums for that album (i don't know alot about drums). ...so not sure if it was the drum, or the mix...but that album made my ears hurt from a sonic perspective.

yep, that rings a bell.

it was glorious.

A friend of mine on FB turned me onto Sumerlands like 6 months ago. The singer sounds a lot like Ozzy and the music has a real 80's vibe to it.

It's not something I'll listen to a lot, but I like their music and wish them a bunch of success.

Guess this means we can't be friends? Mikael Akerfeldt growls are a thing of beauty man! Some of his vocals give me chills. I get it though. Growling is an acquired taste. It's difficult to do too and if done incorrectly it can severely damage vocal cords so I respect those that can. I can actually understand most of the lyrics too. You kind of develop an ear for it the more you listen to that type of stuff. There's plenty of "clean" vocal music out there that you can't understand either.

You enjoy your Metallica. I'll enjoy my growls.

Blind Guardian is awesome.

We can be friends....until those mother****ers start growling...then we can't be friends anymore. LMAO

It just irritated the ever living shit out of me. Im always looking for new music.

I'll come across a band...."Hey the cover art looks sick. These guys certainly look the part. **Pushes play. The guitar, drum & bass kick in, nodding my head** yeah this is dope"

Then all of a sudden here comes the singer....

"BLAAAAH UUUUUUUHHHHH BLLLLAAAAAAH"

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"Godamnit! ****! They had to RUIN it AGAIN!"

/click