Traditional Metal

[Einherjar86]

that was funny, go back 15 years and it's just dodens posting them in any thread even @Einherjar86 got tired of it when he listened to metal and contributed here

 

[rms]

forever and always


@no country for old wainds holy fuck is starscape serious with these vocals? This is too fucking bad

 

[Krow]

I kind of laughed at the Starscape vocals. Dude sounds like he has no clue what hes doing and hes hurting himself.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i’d probably hate them in a lot of contexts but they fit the mood of the album perfectly imo.

several albums i mentioned (not colony) have objectively awesome vocalists though, i was surprised by how many there were! tower in particular stand out in that respect for me.

 

[rms]

I'll give them another go, but man

 

[Vegard Pompey]

The Starscape vocals fucking own and I don't know why so many people struggle with them. Most soulful, distinctive performance of the year and the album would be worse with any other vocalist.

The Fortress guy might be my favorite "conventional" vocalist in that list and I'm surprised the album didn't make the list. The filler speed metal songs are a bit hackneyed ("Devil's Wheel" can fuck right off) but the moodier cuts are sooooo good.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i do get it ‘cause it’s a forced and kinda nasal tone and he doesn’t exactly always hit the notes, but yeah there’s an air of fragility and desperation to them that really works for such a doomed sci-fi quest. gives the album more personality and emotion than a conventional singer would for sure. re: my top 10 it’s actually the galaxy vocalist i had the most trouble with.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Actually just noticed the Fortress album *is* in your top 10, I was sure it was in the HMs for some reason. Oh well can't read.

 

[no country for old wainds]

haha yeah it’s there and i also highlighted the vocals, they’re great. agree ‘devil’s wheel’ is the weak point along with ‘red light runner’. i noticed you listening to the playlists, any other reactions/thoughts/feelings/musings/pontifications?

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I didn't get around to checking out everything yet. I was very impressed by the songwriting on Galaxy but the vocals were an immediate letdown. Conventional vocals with poor tonal control is so much more annoying to me than whatever the fuck the Starscape guy is doing.

 

[rms]

Feel like starscape is very conventional, just not a good voice and much more in the mix than Galaxy's release

 

[CiG]

That wail on the title track about 1 minute 15 seconds in was fucking hilarious. I think I like this guy lol. Definitely memorable.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Pretty cool 2022 trad metal from Germany. Reminds me a lot of Demon Bitch, to the point I think it might be a direct influence. But so far I'm digging this more than Hellfriends.

 

[Slayed Necros]

New Riot City

 

[CiG]

New Blizzard Hunter:

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Discovered this band recently, pretty neat. They have some real anthem level tracks here.

 

[rms]

Can't find the doom thread quick enough, but 40 watt sun snuck in another album under a new Bandcamp name so I didn't get the damn alert. Haven't listened yet

 

[Krow]

It’s not doom so there’s no point to post it there.

depressing as fuck. Listened to it twice since I bought the digibook but it’s pretty dismal. Think I’d rather listen to sad old country when I’m down than that.

 

[CiG]

It came out at the start of the year, but I haven't worked up the mental energy to listen to it yet.

 

[rms]

Yeah not metal lol