Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Discussion

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lestatdark said:

trunkswd said:

Pristine20 said:

See, I'm more of an "opera metal" (nightwish, within temptation, Kamelot, Epica, etc) than a regular Heavy metal listener. Only exception is for Avenged Sevenfold. I can't stand metallica who are supposed to be the poster-boys of the genre

Nothing wrong with not liking Metallica. They are my favorite band, but metal is the most diverse genre that some sub-genres sound completely different from each other. I am new to opera metal, Nightwish is the only one I am familiar with but I love their music. Deathcore is the only subgenre I can't stand. I like bands that you can actually understand what they are saying.

That's why I enjoy Cradle of Filth's new approach since Nymphetamine. Previously, I couldn't stand them since they were barely understandable (with the exception maybe with From Cradle to Enslave). Now, they're more Symphonic Metal oriented.

Eh, I find screamo vocals aren't much of an issue so long as the guitar, keyboards, etc. provide interesting rhythms and melodies.  Sometimes the overall harmonic structure makes up for it and then some.  When you have weak guitar that's nothing but fast playing in dropped tuning to back up those vocals, yeah, it sucks, and this is a problem with vanilla Death Metal, Metalcore, Grindcore, etc.

But Melodeath is awesome.  And sometimes the screamo vocals grow on you.  I can't help but yell out some of Amon Amarth's awesome battle cries lol.