current bands I cant get into would be Opeth, and most other fem fronted bands
Are you sure you're not thinking of
OTEP? They have a female vocalist who growls and, like
Arch Enemy, they are on of the few female fronted bands I just can't get into.
The Gathering is another, but I think they have more of a chance of winning me over eventually.
Last time I checked, Opeth still had a male vocalist.
Opeth is another band I don't get. I was unfortunate enough to have seen them live twice and both times they bored me to tears. Their stage presence was just awful - they just stood there. In fact, I thought they looked more bored then I felt.
p.s. For fem fronted bands, have you heard Triosphere?
Got one of their albums recently and really enjoyed it, but they haven't hooked me yet. Perhaps I should give that disc another spin.
I dunno.. I just can't get into Zero Hour.
I saw them last year at PP USA. Very talented guys. No denying that. Its that I just couldn't get into their music. I'm more of a power fan than prog, but some prog I get, some I like quite a bit, but this ZH just confuses me more than anything.
I agree 100%. They were amazing musicians, but their set made for a nice rest time for me. I could space out and listen and find them relatively enjoyable live, but I'll never buy one of their albums.
Other bands I "don't get":
Dave Matthews Band
Trivium
Kill Switch Engage
System of a Down - For the most part they just sounds like noise to me; Half their songs make decent political statements, but the other half just sound like their writing process consisted of pulling random topics, words and noises out of a hat.
Tool - way overrated IMO
Pink Cream 69 - I liked Thunderdome, but I think that was about it.
Pretty much anything that falls into the genres of Emo, Screamo, Hardcore, NuMetal and most new rock or "metal" that gets played on the radio. - I hate to put it that way, but every time I turn on the radio I hear the same thing, even if it's a band I've never heard before.
Most non-melodic Death Metal and Black Metal - Sorry, I need to understand a singer at least part of the time in order to appreciate a band.