Quote Originally Posted by Shoden View Post
Quote Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg View Post
Music is all about taste. You don't appreciate or even see how others appreciate aggressive vocals. No one says you have to, and even if they did, you don't. You're your own person. I don't think it's fair to claim they have no talent, though. They pour their hearts into those lyrics every night on the road. I can think of many passionless singers who just phone it in for the paycheck.
You can sing aggressively and angrily to convey the same emotions without resorting to growling though, its been done in Thrash Metal bands for the last 30 years. Shouting! If you can't sing decently at all, just shout, much easier than growling and better on the years. That's how I go about it. (SPOILER) YouTube - Culloden: The Void (Take 9000!!!) <- putting my money where my mouth is here and linking to some old rehearsal footage of my band, this is a song written by me, sang by me and I honestly do think this is a step in a better direction than being a core metaller. =\ it is all down to opinions but I do think there are steps in the wrong as well as right directions I suppose. Metal wont return to the glory days but if it all goes headstrong forward to a sort of core direction then all hope of the genre, for me, fades.
Shoden, you're vocal delivery is just fine with me, but I imagine many on here would not agree and lump you in with all the other screamers, growlers, shouters, etc. I also think the drummer should explore those vocals he tried out in the first minute.

You seem to be viewing a genre or genres of metal you don't enjoy as the downfall of metal in general. Sorry, but wrong. If you don't like a certain style of metal do your own, and that's what you're doing. It may seem to you that the "core" scene is getting the most publicity, and maybe that's true, but the other areas of metal are alive and well. They won't die, mainly because people like you keep them alive.

I also can't see a band like Arsis, or Nile using your style vocals. It just wouldn't work to me. Their style is dark and sinister. You're vocals are nasty, and coarse. Good for metal, but not that style of metal. Someone else might totally disagree. I also couldn't see you singing for Melo-death like Skyfire, or power metal like Iron Savior. I absolutely think deathgrowls and the like are valid forms of vocals. Apparently not many others do. Shrug.