I got into an interesting discussion with my older bro. He and a friend were sitting around and talking, my bro was playing System of a Down and some nu-metal crap. I played Dark Tranquility's "Punish My Heaven". His first reaction was, "get that crappy 80's rock out of here" before the vocals kicked in, then it was "How can you listen to this crap." I convinsed him to seriously listen before making judgements and he did.
He said the instrumentals are very good and creative, but the vocals ruin it. A valid and understandable judgement. The vocals seem to be the only thing that keeps them from liking melo-death. He seemed amazed that I loved the vocals so much.
That interests me because at first I hated death vocals and refused to listen to anything with them. Then I discovered Tristania, a group who's songs I appreciated every aspect except the vocals. I had to force myself to listen to the music clear headed and without bias to realize how silly it was that I hated the vocals so much that I'd let it ruin the music. I grew to appreciate the vocals, I considered them normal for a time, and now I actually prefer death vocals to regular singing. I went and downloaded some songs that I absolutely hated with my previous point-of-view, and now they're some of my favorite songs.
So basically, at one point I had my bro's same perspective. Can anyone relate to this? Did you go through a "transition" with death vocals like I did, or did you like them from the begining?
He said the instrumentals are very good and creative, but the vocals ruin it. A valid and understandable judgement. The vocals seem to be the only thing that keeps them from liking melo-death. He seemed amazed that I loved the vocals so much.
That interests me because at first I hated death vocals and refused to listen to anything with them. Then I discovered Tristania, a group who's songs I appreciated every aspect except the vocals. I had to force myself to listen to the music clear headed and without bias to realize how silly it was that I hated the vocals so much that I'd let it ruin the music. I grew to appreciate the vocals, I considered them normal for a time, and now I actually prefer death vocals to regular singing. I went and downloaded some songs that I absolutely hated with my previous point-of-view, and now they're some of my favorite songs.
So basically, at one point I had my bro's same perspective. Can anyone relate to this? Did you go through a "transition" with death vocals like I did, or did you like them from the begining?
(Well, I don't prefer death vocals, but I like them certainly as much as clean when done well.)
Those Amazonian's are so smart 
