blakscorpion21 said:
if i were a castrated farie i could shreik like those dm fags but fortunatley i have testicles and can not sing that high. and anyone can sit ther and grunt lyrics, its not hard. why even write lyrics if all you hear is gruuuuhhhggrruuhh.
because if the lyrics were understandable people would realize how stupid they are. corey taylor can sing, something none of theese dm people can do. its easy to keep up endurance when all you spew is incoherrent babble. i have yet to hear dm with any kind of rythym or melody, just noise.
I'm biting because I'm bored and have nothing better to do tonight then sit at the computer and argue with a person who has bad musical tastes on an internet forum:
Black Metal vocals arn't "high" at least most that I've heard arn't, I don't know who you're using for your referance point. Also, "grunting" lyrics is a little bit harder then you think. Try growling coherently for an hour then let me know how "easy" it is. If you think you have it in you get a computer microphone and record something for us. Also, has it occured to you that some of us can understand what the person is saying? I can understand many of the Death Metal bands I listen to. Oh, and just for clarification, Cannibal Corpse does have shitty and uninspired lyrics, not a good example of "intelligence" in Death Metal.
As far as Corey Taylor, from what I've heard, even with their large studio budget, he cannot sing very well, his voice is very flat. It doesn't take that much experience or "training" to sing good enough for many popular rock bands out today. The only Death Metal type band I can think of with singing is Opeth off the top of my head. Not real Death Metal but Mikael Arkefelt can sing far better then Corey Taylor and does some pretty mean sounding growls as well.
Some other bands with Death/Black Metal vocals (not neccasarily Death or Black Metal) where the singers or other vocalists in the band would kick the shit out of Corey Taylor with their clean vocals:
-Emperor (Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk or Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise for the most clean vocals)
-Borknager
-Vintersorg
-Ensiferum
-Dimmu Borgir (they suck, but ICS Vortex can sing pretty well)
-Into Eternity
-Orphaned Land
-Arcturus
-My Dying Bride
-Nevermore (They had some Death Metal sound vocals on their new album)
-Turisas
-Ulver
If you want some Death Metal that doesn't sound like "noise" I'd suggest the following:
-In Flames (Lunar Strain album)
-Nightrage
-At the Gates
-Death (Late)
-Hypocrisy
-The Crown
After that go listen to Morbid Angel and tell me the guys in Slipknot are superior musicians.