Originally posted by Luis
I hate black metal. The vocal parts are noisy, awful and exasperating.
I cant stand people who share tastes about power-progressive and black metal, for me that is not logic
...And i'm sure people who like Death or Black metal can't stand people who like Prog too.
It's ironic that you people are the kind who whinge about how eletist black metal fans are, and yet you give the same treatment back to them. Pure hypocricy!
Lets get things straight. Death Metal and Black Metal are nothing alike, they are not similar in any way. It pains me that they are always put in the same catagory.
I'm not a fan of True Black metal, like i said, mainly psuedo-black like Dimmu Borgir and Emperor. BUT I am a fan of Death Metal.
Why? Because Death Metal houses some of the most brilliant guitarwork to ever grace my ears. I don't personally like Prog vox 80% of the time, but that doesn't mean i don't appreciate the music. If you are real metalheads, and you are real musicians, you would get past your pretentious hate for unusual vocals, and you would understand that Death Metal and Progressive Metal share some things in Common.
Secondly, Death Metal is not necessarily about gore and immature lyrics. The band "Death" has some of the most brilliant lyrics ever written, if you don't beleive me, check out "Destiny" it will put most prog lyrics to shame. Or even better, "Perrenial Quest".
Thirdly, about guitarists. I'm sure that alot of you listen to prog because of the sheer amazing guitarwork, just like i do. I cannot understand how you can then go and shun a band like "Death" and an awesome guitarist like Chuck Schuldiner, when simply he was one of the greatest of our era.
And what about technical Death? Bands like CYNIC, ATHEIST, later DEATH, MARTYR... if you have passed up the opportunity to hear their guitarists, and their awesome music, simply because you can't see past the vocals, then you are missing an AWFUL lot of good music.
What's the worst that could happen if you check these bands out? You don't like them, and fair enough. I'm gathering that alot of you haven't even heard the bands i've mentioned, so why not check this stuff out and see?:
Cynic -
Textures ****** MUST HAVE FOR PROGSTERS!!!
Uroboric Forms
Death -
Perrenial Quest
Flesh and the Power it holds
Trapped in a corner
Martyr -
Warp Zone
Virtual Emotions
Prototype
Hopeless Hopes
Atheist -
Brains
Mineral
Unquestionable Presence
Although now I wanna hear an aggro song with Prog vox...
Nevermore - 42147
Nevermore - Lost
Nevermore - The Learning
Nevermore were once a prog metal band. The Politics of Ecstasy is a brilliant album, you guys should also check that out. 42147 is one of the most brilliant peices of music I have ever heard!
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-Trapped (sick of eletist metalheads bickering about genres)
