Album Of The Week #2

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:01 pm

Taliwakker wrote:... Melodic Death metal ...

Is that possible? :shock:

by **Mr.Rock** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:14 pm

Out of my 3 recent purchases, 'Dio'-Master of the moon, 'Magnum'-Brand new morning and 'From the Inside'-S/T, I'll have to go for Danny Vaughn's From the Inside. It may not be all his own material but it is a good, solid rock album.

by **Kenny** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:38 pm

Bobbi Flekman wrote:
Taliwakker wrote:... Melodic Death metal ...
Is that possible?

I wouldn't have thought so......
My AOTW is Threshold - 'Extinct Instinct'.....

by **Penny** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:27 am

Melodic death is sometimes great music, it's just a shame about the vocals. Children of Bodom are very melodic musically.

My AOTW is Poisonblack-Escapexstacy. They have a new album coming out in October with Laihiala doing vocals, so that should be interesting.

Jonny, I like Lullacry too. Be My God is a good album as well, it has the original singer. They don't sound a lot different to each other.

by **Kenny** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:45 am

'Melodic death' is a contradiction in (music) terms to me.

by **Jonny B** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:30 am

Penny wrote:Jonny, I like Lullacry too. Be My God is a good album as well, it has the original singer. They don't sound a lot different to each other.

I contemplated ordering that one. I would also like to get ahold of "Sweet Desire," but it's not available here in the states. The US release of the new EP, "The Fire Within" was delayed like Nightwish "Once" and won't be released until October.

As soon as I can afford it, I'm completing my Lullacry collection. :wink:

I payed for an import of Nightwish "Once." My wallet wasn't very happy about that. :evil:

IMO, I think the people who are forced to wait should be rewarded with the bonus tracks, not the people who are willing to pay the extra bucks for an import.

by **Taliwakker** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:38 pm

Melodic Death metal is a genre that has been growing in the past few years. Most of the melody is musical rather than vocal :wink:

But there are some bands that are vocally exceptional in both depts.
Good examples of bands are Into Eternity and Mercenary that combine Death metal vocals and amazing clean/power metal vocals.

by **Kenny** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:47 pm

Cookie monster vox SUCK ASS!!!!!!!

by **Jonny B** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:51 pm

Taliwakker wrote:Melodic Death metal is a genre that has been growing in the past few years. Most of the melody is musical rather than vocal
But there are some bands that are vocally exceptional in both depts.
Good examples of bands are Into Eternity and Mercenary that combine Death metal vocals and amazing clean/power metal vocals.

I would also like to add Epica and After Forever as candidates for the best groups that use both vocal styles.

by **Kenny** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:36 pm

Well if they can sing properly, why the fuck do they bother with the cookie monster bullshit?
It's a crock of shit. :evil:

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:06 pm

Kenny wrote:Well if they can sing properly, why the fuck do they bother with the cookie monster bullshit?
It's a crock of shit.

I think they do that out of a 'Beauty And The BEast' notion. Music soothes the savage beast, and all that :shock:

Whoah! That almost makes sense!

by **Jonny B** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:37 am

I think growlers are also used to express the emotional anger of a song, something you can't get out of clean vocals. I don't think I can come up with an exception to this rule at the moment.

by **Penny** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:48 pm

I don't like death vocals either, and it's annoying, because some of the music they are accompanied by is really good.

by **Jonny B** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:50 am

I used to hate growlers with a passion as well. But I've grown used to them. As long as their accompanied with a clean vocal female singer (and goes double if she's hot & sexy :wink:

), I got nothing wrong with the growlers anymore.

by **Kenny** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:20 am

Jonny B wrote:I used to hate growlers with a passion as well. But I've grown used to them.

I refuse to grow used to them. I don't call it singing.
Give me Jorn, Coverdale, Dio, Gillan, and any number of people who can actually sing.

by **Serendipity** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:22 am

I prefer actual singers as well. Singers like the ones Kenny mentions are perfectly capable of expressing emotional anger through singing. I don't mind a few grunts on an album, but I wouldn't miss them either. I have never found myself listening and thinking that a song would be better if there had been grunts on it.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:24 am

No growlers, cookie monsters or whatever the hell they're called these days!!!

I can belch the alphabet as well!

Not even if there is a hot chick accompanying Captain Caveman!

N.P.: Ronnie Dio - Master Of The Moon <- a dude who can sing!

by **Serendipity** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:53 am

Bobbi Flekman wrote:I can belch the alphabet as well!

Indeed you can... unfortunately... :lol:

by **SnakeLady** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:55 am

No growlers for me :shock:

Indeed give me somebody who can sing!

by **Kenny** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:08 pm

Serendipity wrote:
Bobbi Flekman wrote:I can belch the alphabet as well!

Indeed you can... unfortunately...

In Dutch.....or English?? Which is harder? :lol:

by **SnakeLady** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:13 pm

Dutch would be harder I think :lol:

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:22 pm

Serendipity wrote:
Bobbi Flekman wrote:I can belch the alphabet as well!

Indeed you can... unfortunately...

Ahhhh.... you're just jealous! :mrgreen:

@Kenny, Snake: I don't think it matters in which language! Somehow I don't think I'll be given the opportunity to try... :lol:

by **Kenny** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:06 pm

I can fart the Latvian national anthem after a good curry......

by **Serendipity** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:39 pm

Kenny wrote:I can fart the Latvian national anthem after a good curry......

Thanks for sharing that... :lol:

I know someone who will be wanting to give this a try now.

by **Kenny** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:13 am

Serendipity wrote:
Kenny wrote:I can fart the Latvian national anthem after a good curry......

Thanks for sharing that... I know someone who will be wanting to give this a try now.

Of course I was only kidding.......I can't get any further than about half way! :lol:

by **Serendipity** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:30 am

Kenny wrote:Of course I was only kidding.......I can't get any further than about half way!

I actually felt reassured... until I got to the second part of your post... :lol:

Long anthem, huh? :lol:

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:55 am

Serendipity wrote:
Kenny wrote:I can fart the Latvian national anthem after a good curry......

Thanks for sharing that... I know someone who will be wanting to give this a try now.

I never knew that about you!!! :lol:

I trust that you'll practice when I'm not around... :mrgreen:

by **Taliwakker** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:25 am

Kenny wrote

Of course I was only kidding.......I can't get any further than about half way!

its a hard task.......there are some big notes near the end and you do run the risk of shitting your pants

As for the cookie monster.....seems i (and JB) am in the minority here :lol:

I like them....not all the time of course....and there are guys (and girls ie Angela from Arch Enemy) that do it well and some that don't. Mainly the death bands i like have amazing musical abilities as well that are my primary focus.....and i don't particularly like extreme death metal bands like Nile that are just ridiculous.

S-Dip wrote

Singers like the ones Kenny mentions are perfectly capable of expressing emotional anger through singing.

To a certain degree.....but take the lyrics and delivery of an album like Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power and put Dio or Jorn in place of Phil Anselmo and it isn't going to work. They are of course much better singers than Anselmo but its not going to have the same impact....it wouldn't be a vulgar display :twisted:

Oh...you are all a bunch of pusises

by **Kenny** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:32 am

And Anselmo is not a singer's bootlace. His 'singing' is the one and only thing that ever stopped me from liking Pantera.

by **Taliwakker** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:13 am

Anselmo used to actually sing in Pantera....when they used to sound like Def Leppard/Motley Crue...still had a voice in some songs on Cowboys from Hell too (Cemetary Gates).....but these dyas its all agro.

MR

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