I was wondering if anybody could give my some more references of Opeth songs WITHOUT the yelling. Songs like credence and To bid you farewell. I love those songs and I want MORE!!!!!!
Opeth songs?
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Oh and Did I mention the voice this guy has? Its great as hell and should be ment to sing, not screetch!!!! I love it!!!!!
Lakestream
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Opeth songs with only clean vocals:
The Drapery Falls (some growls in the end.. you'll love it anyway
)
Still Day Beneath the Sun
Patterns in the Ivy 2
Face of Melinda
Benighted
Harvest
A Fair Judgement
The Drapery Falls (some growls in the end.. you'll love it anyway
)Still Day Beneath the Sun
Patterns in the Ivy 2
Face of Melinda
Benighted
Harvest
A Fair Judgement
golgotha85
Katatonic Opethoid
Argh... I wish all the people who just refuse to listen to music with harsh vocals would just DIE! Honestly, it's bullshit... can any of you think of another form of vocals that would convey as much aggression and pure emotion? Didn't think so! It's not "screeching" or "yelling" (I'd like to see if you sound like Akerfeldt when you're in pain or angry!), it's singing, plain and simple!
diospada
Katatonic Opethean
golgotha85 said:
The guy doesn't like harsh vocals. Accept it and move the fuck on. Christ, you're acting like he said he fucked your family and killed your dog.
That is not singing its growling! Its just my opinion and in it I hope people like you die! I hate jerks like you always acting like everyone elses opinion is shit. That "singing" sounds like they are takin a shit. Those growls that you here in opeth and some katatonia are the uglies sounds I have ever heard in my entire life and im ashamed to be a musician to know that people actually play good music along with that singing. You know goddamn well that if they were SINGING clearly and bueatifully the damn song would be 10x as good! But if you think that growling is better than thats fine its your opinion! Do what you like. Oh yea, ever see lighting and thunder when its snowing? I see that right now.
insidethefall
somewhere nowhere
"'growling" is a vocal effect that adds to the music, it gives it a more open and deeper sound. "Singing" can be done with or without emotion. With Mike (from Opeth) his clean vocals are beautiful and his growls are fierce and agonizing. he has a wide range of talent, But i agree in that he should do more singing (i'm anxiously awaiting "damnation" which will feature all clean singing) But seriously don't try and dismiss his growls as childish or less than serious, because, well, they are just the opposite.
insidethefall said:
Good post =-) Growling takes skill that many people do not take the time to develop.
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There is a spectrum known as emotion, in it, there's a diverse range; ranging from happiness, sadness, desperation, anger, and many others if you want to get into the technicalities of their definitions.
I started with Metallica about six years ago. I remember I didn't like his vocals (Ride the Lightning) because he was sorta screaming and I thought that was stupid. But I liked the music, especially the solo's, and second came the riffage (which is probably my favorite part of Metallica now). So with enough patience listening to the music, I grew acustomed to the musical style, and started singing along.
A few years later, when my musical diversity increased, and I listened to more thrash and misc. metal, I found In Flames. I was absolutely appauled by his vocals, I really couldn't grasp death metal vocals; but the music was good enough for me to keep listening to. I ended up getting every album, and by the end of it, once again I found myself singing (or screaming) along.
By the time I found Opeth, I was ready for it, and at one point it all clicked. I think it was when I read the lyrics to Still Life. If you follow it closely, clean vocals represent a sense of calm or hope, as opposed to growling vocals representing anger, desperatism, and other darker themes. And that's when it clicked, growling is not an immature form of some punk-wannabe assholes trying to be different in the name of idiot-teenage rebellion; it is as valid a form of art as Beethoven's 5th symphony. I mean, looking back in history, Beethoven's 5th is off the fucking wall; if you listen to the entire first movement (approx 15 min), you'll find it's one of the most moving pieces of music you've ever heard (despite the popularity of the first 40 seconds of it). People were appauled at his "crazy" style, in which it wasn't something you sat and had a cocktail party (which is what most the music was like at the time), it was music you had to sit and listen to, with your undivided attention to understand.
Back to metal, as a musician, you have to experience it first hand. I write music with growls, screams, and clean vocals, all the same, because I am trying to emulate the spectrum of emotion as I see fit. If you growl, you will feel the gut-wrenching beauty of hate, anger, desperatism, and depression. Anders hits a point close to a ghostly-gasp in some of his vocals, close to his voice cracking while screaming, and it makes chills run up my spine.
So I conclude that to think growls are the sounds of men taking shits while playing heavy music, is a very naive decision to make, and is coming from a close-minded and ignorant perspective; or at least it is to say that it's uncreative and false. I could understand saying "i don't like it", but I can't understand saying "it diminishes the music and would be better if it wasn't that way"; that's just arrogant.
I started with Metallica about six years ago. I remember I didn't like his vocals (Ride the Lightning) because he was sorta screaming and I thought that was stupid. But I liked the music, especially the solo's, and second came the riffage (which is probably my favorite part of Metallica now). So with enough patience listening to the music, I grew acustomed to the musical style, and started singing along.
A few years later, when my musical diversity increased, and I listened to more thrash and misc. metal, I found In Flames. I was absolutely appauled by his vocals, I really couldn't grasp death metal vocals; but the music was good enough for me to keep listening to. I ended up getting every album, and by the end of it, once again I found myself singing (or screaming) along.
By the time I found Opeth, I was ready for it, and at one point it all clicked. I think it was when I read the lyrics to Still Life. If you follow it closely, clean vocals represent a sense of calm or hope, as opposed to growling vocals representing anger, desperatism, and other darker themes. And that's when it clicked, growling is not an immature form of some punk-wannabe assholes trying to be different in the name of idiot-teenage rebellion; it is as valid a form of art as Beethoven's 5th symphony. I mean, looking back in history, Beethoven's 5th is off the fucking wall; if you listen to the entire first movement (approx 15 min), you'll find it's one of the most moving pieces of music you've ever heard (despite the popularity of the first 40 seconds of it). People were appauled at his "crazy" style, in which it wasn't something you sat and had a cocktail party (which is what most the music was like at the time), it was music you had to sit and listen to, with your undivided attention to understand.
Back to metal, as a musician, you have to experience it first hand. I write music with growls, screams, and clean vocals, all the same, because I am trying to emulate the spectrum of emotion as I see fit. If you growl, you will feel the gut-wrenching beauty of hate, anger, desperatism, and depression. Anders hits a point close to a ghostly-gasp in some of his vocals, close to his voice cracking while screaming, and it makes chills run up my spine.
So I conclude that to think growls are the sounds of men taking shits while playing heavy music, is a very naive decision to make, and is coming from a close-minded and ignorant perspective; or at least it is to say that it's uncreative and false. I could understand saying "i don't like it", but I can't understand saying "it diminishes the music and would be better if it wasn't that way"; that's just arrogant.
Well said well said!!!! Good opinions and well spoken. Yea you guyz are right! I hate growling! And whats this NEW Opeth album comming out with all clean vocals? That will be the shit!~
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Orca_Bracer said:
The new album, "Damnation" is to be released in April, either the 14th or 15th, depending upon where you live.
It features 8 or 9 songs, ALL with clean vocals, and none featuring anything "heavy" as with their other records. Well, that's not true. Reviewers are calling it "heavy", but heavy in a melancholic "King Crimson" sense.
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