uke:
I could not agree more with imaskinbeater...Opeth is THEE exception! Mikael does not growl, I think he actually conjures the actual voice of evil, LOL. I've seen Opeth live, When you actually see and hear him live it's hard to believe it's real, LOLOL, and then he immediately goes into the most melodic vocals in the same frikkin' verse....it's mindblowing.
Don't sweat it SavaDude, the "cooking monsters" get their panties in wads when you don't like their noise.
i guess I will record some heavy riffs, and then record the sound of my garbage disposal grinding up a steak bone. Hey! Its just another instrument. And making noise takes skill! I will be the first to perfect the Grabage Masher Melody! OOOH! And I could record the harmonies with a leaf blower! Oh this is GOOD! I am a TRUE innovator!
Look guys, it really is all about personal taste! If we all liked the same stuff, the world would be a dull place indeed! S'all good! I for one am very glad there is such diversity in art!
uke: Try and telling Melissa Cross that there is no talent in extreme vocals. I would suggest you google her. "Zen of Screaming" is the title of her work.
Personal opinion is fine, but when you open up a can of worms with comments like that, it pisses people off. What are you like 60? If so i apoligize, if not i just think your and ignorant prick
Alright, I wasnt going to bring this up, but seeing as how you can appreciate this story, I will post it.
I was a DJ on an internet radio station for about 2 years. I DID record a song of heavy riffing at about 180 BPM and DID add the sounds of my garbage disposal grinding up several different things. Ice cubes, chicken bones, regular food shit from dinner plates, etc. I changed speeds and added reverb and doubled the tracks, then had a contest on the station.
The contest was simple, whomever could tell me what the 'lyrics' were, would win a guitar.
It was the funniest fuckin contest I had ever done. I got about 40 emails from people identifying the 'lyrics' and the night I broadcast the 'song' live on the air, I had about 30 people in my chatroom throwing out words and lines that they were SOOO sure were in the song.
Needless to say when I revealed the punchline of my joke contest, there were some pretty pissed off people.
It was actually the day I decided that I would stop flaming the growlies fans. I learned a little humility on the subject because I realized that whether I appreciated that style of music or not, it was important to some people and it wasnt RIGHT of me to bash something that people hold as important to them.
As you can see by my posts here, it has been hard for me to maintain this, but I am trying.
"Say, Frankenstein, whatcha cookin' tonight?"
"Steaks, but I'll make some extra-rare for ya, Werewolf. Dracula, too, if he's coming over. Should I save the blood for him?"
"Nahh, he's got a gig tonight with his black-metal band."
"Oh, shit. You know how that gets Mummy's panties in a wad."
"Yeah, well, he IS the Mummy. Besides, no-one cares about him or his opinions any more. He's just an old stick in the mud."
...your sense of humor is priceless my man! 
Kudos to DT for trying to keep things fresh and doing a good job of it.
