krofius
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When did I say that he always sounds good live? I don't recall saying that. And I certainly don't think that either. I was just asking cause I watched the live clips yesterday and there was only low quality audio so far. There's no problem hating his vocals, and there's no problem people loving his vocals either. It's all subjective anyways. I think you're both right and wrong. Since he uses backing vocals for some choruses he does some screams or other things instead, to create another dynamic. And I personally love when vocalists switch it up. Doing longer screams for example, growls or screams in intros or outrous that aren't in the studio version. Maybe you are one of the guys who think covers suck unless the band are literally copying the song instead of having their own touch. You're also using A LOT of hyperbole when describing him. I don't know what ''average low ability singer on a really bad day'' entails though, and I don't know which ''singers'' you are talking about. Compared to who? Which bands are you listening to? Anders ain't a singer though, and has never claimed to be one either, moreso the opposite. I like his vocals cause they're unique, I've yet to hear anyone sounding similar to him, cleans or growl/screams in any era of their music. Probably why people either love it or hate it instead of finding his vocals okay. There's definitely better singers in metal than Anders. Depends what you like though. Power Metal has a lot of singing with falsetto, I personally hate Power Metal just because of the vocals, there's almost always no versatility to the vocals when I've heard songs.
As for "He just walks around the stage, bent over, doing funny moves, trying to get hold of some air, while singing goes in the background."
That's just bashing for the sake of bashing. At least that is what it looks like. What kind of special retarded moves is he doing? Walking around the stage, which is probably the most common thing to do while performing live is somehow weird? He only bends over while doing growls or screams, which is very logical when you think about it. Most metal vocalists do that unless they play an instrument at the same time. Best way to perform live according to you is to stand still with an upright posture? Holy shit that's boring. It's metal, it's supposed to show some energy. Nothing more boring than uber-technical metal bands just standing still cause the riffs are to hard to perform while moving. Never heard you say that ever before about Anders, especially not about the early years where he literally was moving everywhere (Which I personally think is great). Nothing worse than a Tom Araya, although he has a good excuse because of his neck surgery. Same goes for Niclas then I guess? Moving around more than Anders doing ''weird'' moves?
Who's your favorite live singer from a metal band? Just curious.
