- Oct 5, 2009
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Pretty much every person I've ever introduced Nevermore to absolutely loved the band. Most commented on how awesome the vocals were too (some saying it's the best part of the overall sound). Yet I have one friend who keeps making these extremely odd comparisons that I can't fucking figure out for the life of me. Either I'm just tone deaf, or his hearing is pretty off.
First he says that Warrel makes him think of the two old men on the Muppets. Uh because he sings low quite often and in a vocal harmony?
Then he says that on most of the songs it sounds like he's yawning and gives the chorus of Poison God Machine as an example. All I'm hearing is a midrange harmony with reverb and some vibrato for an emotive effect. What technique is actually being used here?
His final comparison is of Peter Steele, which I can kind of understand at some points, but it's not like Warrel sings Type O vocals every song, or even through an entire song for that matter. The closest he comes to that would be on some parts of DNB (the song--but that song always made me think more of Silent Lucidity than anything) and Lucretia My Reflection.
So, is my friend simply batshit-crazy, or is he simply not correctly expressing what he's hearing? Because I can't figure it out, and pretty much everyone else that I've introduced to the band in more recent times thinks he's kind of insane.
First he says that Warrel makes him think of the two old men on the Muppets. Uh because he sings low quite often and in a vocal harmony?
Then he says that on most of the songs it sounds like he's yawning and gives the chorus of Poison God Machine as an example. All I'm hearing is a midrange harmony with reverb and some vibrato for an emotive effect. What technique is actually being used here?
His final comparison is of Peter Steele, which I can kind of understand at some points, but it's not like Warrel sings Type O vocals every song, or even through an entire song for that matter. The closest he comes to that would be on some parts of DNB (the song--but that song always made me think more of Silent Lucidity than anything) and Lucretia My Reflection.
So, is my friend simply batshit-crazy, or is he simply not correctly expressing what he's hearing? Because I can't figure it out, and pretty much everyone else that I've introduced to the band in more recent times thinks he's kind of insane.
