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Patricio Swayze

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On 3/5/2023 at 9:17 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Been listening to a lot of Enforeced lately and have the new album pre-ordered.  My favorite from the last album...

 

this was my first show back from the pandemic and of the bands that played that night, they stood out the most. Exhumed was the headliner and they straight sucked. 

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I like the first 1:02 a lot. Just can’t deal with vocals like that. 
That music with more “traditional” vocals — Dickinson, Tate, Bon Scott, (early) Brian Johnson, Marc Storace, Dio, Halford, Mustaine, even Till Lindemann or Dirkschneider  — or the like would be in heavy, cranked-up rotation. 

It’s interesting how particular we can all be. I like most of the bands/singers you mentioned, but for me the music and vocals of bands like Enforced, Power Trip, Spiritworld, High Command, etc are perfect for me. Often times when I hear more traditional singing over heavy music, I find it cheesy (not always though). I also find the black metal vocals on the other end of the spectrum lame and cheesy.
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12 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:


It’s interesting how particular we can all be. I like most of the bands/singers you mentioned, but for me the music and vocals of bands like Enforced, Power Trip, Spiritworld, High Command, etc are perfect for me. Often times when I hear more traditional singing over heavy music, I find it cheesy (not always though). I also find the black metal vocals on the other end of the spectrum lame and cheesy.

I mean, it doesn’t necessarily need to be something like Dickinson in Hallowed Be Thy Name or anything, but that growly stuff just isn’t something I want to listen to. Just can’t stand it. Something like he does in The Reincarnation of a Benjamin Breeg, once it gets rolling past the intro, I don’t think would sound cheesy with any kind of heavy music, imo  YMMV.

Now, Lindemann can sing, but he can also sound pretty rough. I’m fine with that. Whatever you think about Five Finger Death Punch, Moody’s vocals on You are on the OK side of growling. That style is also fine.  I think Parkway Drive is an example of a band/vocals that straddle the line for me. I like a lot of their stuff, really like the sound, but some of the vocals just go too far, imo  

 

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is there any genre of music that has more subgenres than metal? we might as well be talking about our favorite color. most people don't like what I'm into and I find most of what other people like to be pretty wimpy for my tastes. but metal is a community and it's a huge fucking tent, and that's what I love about it

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I have really specific vocal tastes in metal.  I like more of a scream than "cookie-monster" vocals, as I call them.  Unearth, Lamb of God, Pantera is my sweet spot.  I do enjoy As I Lay Dying as well, but that pushes the boundaries for me.

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6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

I have really specific vocal tastes in metal.  I like more of a scream than "cookie-monster" vocals, as I call them.  Unearth, Lamb of God, Pantera is my sweet spot.  I do enjoy As I Lay Dying as well, but that pushes the boundaries for me.

Oh also Arch Enemy and The Haunted. Don’t want to leave out my Euro peeps. 

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is there any genre of music that has more subgenres than metal? we might as well be talking about our favorite color. most people don't like what I'm into and I find most of what other people like to be pretty wimpy for my tastes. but metal is a community and it's a huge fucking tent, and that's what I love about it

Techno got pretty bad for awhile with sub genres.
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3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:


Techno got pretty bad for awhile with sub genres.

Weird difference I noticed between the genre splits in techno vs metal, I would hear all sorts of techno then get told the genre, in metal I never heard some of the music till I heard the genre.  Don't know if it's the same experience for all.

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