Real Vocals!

[HoserHellspawn]

Ahh... so THAT's what Newfie sounds like!
I always just thought it sounded like Rick Mercer...
"...driving his Caaaar..."

 

[benny]

While we are on the topic of Dimmu I have a copy of Enthrone The Darkness Triumphant if anyone wants to trade for it. Also I have

The Crown-Hell is Here
Acid Bath-Pagan Terrorism Tactics
Acid Bath-When the Kite Strings Pop

if you want any of these respond to my thread in the trade forum with stuff you are willing to trade.

later

 

[HarmonyDies....]

i didnt think kataklysm was that band there new albums not bad.

 

[BillowOfZeal]

Originally posted by Satori
hahahah, funny stuff, ok, my turn now:

Once I was feeling rich and stupid and I went into a record store (after finally having gotten into the earth-shattering Morningrise and thinking all death metal is this cool) and I went to the metal section to take a look-see. I spotted at album that looked particularly cool/evil/deep, Katyklism's 'The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation'. I thought wow, with a name like that it's got to be totally progressive and totally cool (me being a mythical theology/fantasy buff), so I bought it ($30 cdn!) You can't imagine my horror, it's was fucking ridiculous! Unfortuanately I didn't laugh so hard that I got my 30 bucks worth from it. The 'vocals' are just some schlong talking into an effects box, major octaver effect which dropped the key very very very low (and subsequently out of key), so low that at times it just rumbled and didn't sound like a voice or anything for that matter. It was such a pathetic attempt to sound evil. I too tried following along with lyrics but it was just pointless, incoherent gibberish. It wasn't vocals, it was just noise, worse than I ever thought possible.

So I ignored the vocals and tried listening to the guitars, and it was pretty lame from that angle too. The songs really didn't go anywhere and were about as epic as little bow wow or some shit.

So I gave the CD to my nephew who put it on his wall as a decoration. Eventually he used it as a cat toy and had some fun pitching around the back yard like a ninja star, hehe. Then like a year later I was visiting them (my sister) and I had brought my new baby parrot cockatoo along and he spotted the still shiney CD amongst the cat toys and begged for it, so we gave it to him and he totally destroyed it into little bits. Ahh, the satisfaction. The terrible saga had come to an end and a wretched $30 mistake had been righted as the shiney platic bits fell to the floor.

This leads me to wonder, who the hell gives these guys record deals? Can they actually be making money off this garbage? I don't see how this is possible. I realize that there are bands out there that I don't like and they do their own thing and I respect that, but seriously, how this music ever made it to disc and then to a popular record store is quite beyond my comprehension. This, while acts like Soul Forlorn and Thales remain unsigned and countless other top-notch musicians work at mr. greek. I don't get it and I've stopped trying to understand it. Perhaps someone on this board can explain it to me.

root of all evil,

Satori

I have always wanted to use these faces and now i can..........I LOVE THAT ALBUM
jAY

 

[Demonspell]

Damn, this is a ancient thread, Kataklysm is another example of a band whom I would enjoy a lot more if not for the vocals...

 

[Misanthrope]

Hey Brotherelf how do you use such a big avatar? its 170x170 pixels i thought the maxium size where 70x70

 

[BillowOfZeal]

Originally posted by Misanthrope
Hey Brotherelf how do you use such a big avatar? its 170x170 pixels i thought the maxium size where 70x70

I was wondering the same thing

 

[MountainDweller]

Originally posted by HoserHellspawn
Heh, I still say the record is part parody.

It's complete parody, but still good.

 

[RogueSpirit]

I do look at vocals quite a bit to determine whether or not I like a band but for the most part if the MUSIC is very good I can usually overlook the vocals.

In Flames are probably the best example for that. I hate Anders but the music behind it is really good so I continue to listen to their stuff and buy their CDs.

Cannibal Corpse however I just plain don't like. Get any other singer in there and I probably still would complain that it's too simple for my tastes

 

[BillowOfZeal]

Cannibal Corpse however I just plain don't like. Get any other singer in there and I probably still would complain that it's too simple for my tastes

TOO SIMPLE.....Have you ever heard Cannibal Corpse......are you talking about the music??? and if so...what albums have you heard..if any?
jAY

 

[RogueSpirit]

I think I heard parts of Vile.

Mostly what I heard was a power-chord orgy...

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Vile is not a good album, try one of the others (Gallery of Suicide, The Bleeding, the latest one which I annoyingly have forgotten the name of ). They play some of the most complex, insanely fast riffs out there. I consider myself a good axe player, but I have major trouble getting through their songs

 

[RogueSpirit]

Besides, Cryptopsy blows them away!

 

[Misanthrope]

Indeed but Cryptopsy its a lot to handle to the untrained ear. Its not the easiest thing to digest, yet cc its...cc its just the kind of band you bang in the pit to nothing more.

 

[musicholic]

I agree that "the music" is what brings me to an album. Vocals and words are like icing on the cake if they are good. I still like Chuck Schuldiners vocals on the early Death albums. He is not a great singer but he conveys emotions thru his limited range very well to match the music. He was also doing this before it was an accepted way of singing. Mikael has a great range and also sings with emotion, making him my favorite of the moment.

 

[Till Fjalls]

Originally posted by Duvall

Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss - I could understand not a single word of this album. Anyone wanna buy this cd, really cheap?
..

Yes!!!

How much do you want for it???

I have a number of people who'll testify to my reliability in trades/sales if you wish! Let me know, tillfjalls@hotmail.com

I want this disc!! (though I need GDOW much more, in case you ahve that and are willing to trade or sell as well...)