MasterOLightning
Optimator
I can think of some great BM songs that are very light on vocals from some bands we've been talking about:
Xasthur - Blood From the Roots of the Forest (new version)
Leviathan - Derision (the most romantic black metal song I've heard)
Twilight - Beyond Light
Velvet Cacoon - most songs are light on vox
I tend to agree that vocals often cover laziness. When writing songs, if we have riffs that make us say "we'll need vocals here to make this more interesting," then the riff or drums or something isn't good enough. We don't really write parts for vocals, so the songs don't seem to lose much without them.
Other times bands get too concerned with vocals, like Deathspell Omega on SMRC. They're so interested in their message that sometimes you wish they would shut up and let you hear the riffs. On Kenose however, the vocals are incredibly varied and add a ton to the music. Speaking of lots and variance and changes in BM, I have not heard a band do it better than on Kenose.
Xasthur - Blood From the Roots of the Forest (new version)
Leviathan - Derision (the most romantic black metal song I've heard)
Twilight - Beyond Light
Velvet Cacoon - most songs are light on vox
I tend to agree that vocals often cover laziness. When writing songs, if we have riffs that make us say "we'll need vocals here to make this more interesting," then the riff or drums or something isn't good enough. We don't really write parts for vocals, so the songs don't seem to lose much without them.
Other times bands get too concerned with vocals, like Deathspell Omega on SMRC. They're so interested in their message that sometimes you wish they would shut up and let you hear the riffs. On Kenose however, the vocals are incredibly varied and add a ton to the music. Speaking of lots and variance and changes in BM, I have not heard a band do it better than on Kenose.
