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ps4tw on 21 February 2016
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Baryonyx said:
ps4tw said:

The exact kind of hollow reply that is worth no more than "LOL U RONG!" 

How about you explain why OP is "wrong" instead of claiming he is as if it's some innate fact. Having listend to countless different genres, metal rarely has talented singers. No matter what people want to claim, screaming takes far less talent than skillful singing. 

I give you one: Dream theater. That band is pretty much the answer at everything, the entire group is basically out of this world when it comes to talent and they basically work on a new album every year and they have 20 min long songs, they have mainstream hits and they got a very loyal fanbase, which means this band have basically hit the gold mine. A lot of musicians hits popularity with the wrong crowd, that is the hitster's, which basically only care about your hit song for a certain short duration, when that group moves on, your band is heading for a cliff, Dream theater doesn't rely on that crowd, they have fans who are musician at heart themselves.

" they basically work on a new album every year and they have 20 min long songs" 

Neither of those things show talent, as talent is quality, not quantity. Same goes for the rest of your comment talking about "crowds" - absolutely unrelated to talent. You can have zero fans, or a million, but neither are indicative of talent.

I think the sign of a talented artist is when they show a healthy palate of variety and unquestionable skill in a genre that is challenging. Having listened quickly to some Dream Theater, it's nothing special and certainly a far cry from being special; it sounds like it could be used as backing music to Flash Gordon. Now if we look at someone who is unquestionably gifted at music composition, Hans Zimmer, then the mile wide chasm between him and Dream Theater is clear. That's not to say both can't be enjoyed, but lets not confuse talent and mediocrity.