HELP: Love the music, Hate the vocals.

[Beyond Black]

Damn, I miss the skullet sporting, psychotic, Mad Professor Devin…

 

[Juggernaut]

Damn, I miss the skullet sporting, psychotic, Mad Professor Devin…

You and me both...

 

[indespise]

Growls were an acquired taste for me (and probably a lot of other people)- if you can ease into them for the sake of the music you might find yourself liking them. Maybe try digging into some bands/songs that are a bit less gutteral (but still harsh) and super catchy to start.

Vader:




Narcotic Wasteland:


(got to love these riffs)

The Crown:
(closer to thrash than death metal here, but still more harsh vocals than most are used to- ultra catchy vocals)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDUNHDUIFAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9mRQZEcec

Cannibal Corpse (quintessential "cookie monster" vocals, but this song in particular is very catchy with great vocal patterns and is very legible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-i1EbYqiw

 

[Donnie B.]

You and me both...

Is that who your avatar is? ?

 

[Beyond Black]

Is that who your avatar is? ?

The one and only.

 

[controlled_voltage]

All of uli jon roths albums
The bob dylan of neo classical virtuosity

 

[stratjacket]

I haven't spent enough time to remember names, but the most recent would be Aborted.

Have you ever checked out All That Remains? They have a mixed bag of growls sometimes and clean melodic vocals at others, but I love the entire album “The Order of Things” wore it out. This is a pretty good one off there



I also think Bullet For My Valentine may be up your alley as well, good riffs, good hooks, melodic vocals and dual guitar harmonies all over. The whole Poison album is worth a listen if you’ve never checked them out.

 

[Juggernaut]

Is that who your avatar is? ?

Absolutely. I'm slightly obsessed with the dudes music. All of it. ?

 

[scottosan]

A lot of you guys share a similar super heavy chugging style which I hadn't paid a lot of
attention to until recently. Been checking out some of the bands mentioned in various
threads and I'll be digging something a lot until the growling vocals come in.

While I admire what goes into that singing style I don't enjoy listening to it at all.

Can anyone suggest some bands that play the super aggressive and brutal rhythms
without that style of singing?

Thanks.

Devin Townsend

 

[Donnie B.]

HUGE DT fan (some exceptions).
Ever seen this? She's ridiculously blown away by him.

 

[scottosan]

HUGE DT fan (some exceptions).
Ever seen this? She's ridiculously blown away by him.

Yes. I thing he impregnated her with a video, LoL. This one is good to. Just the reactions alone

 

[Donnie B.]

I thing he impregnated her with a video.

I swear on my kids, I'd typed "I think she has an orgasm towards the end"
but struck it at the last second. ?

She either did during the video, or maybe later when she watched it again alone.
I'll check out the one you posted.

EDIT:

"Whoa. Whoa. That was an amazing moment!"

 

[panhead]

Hard to believe that is the same voice on Vai`s Sex and Religion

 

[Texhex]

I'm just missing the 80s. Thrown together almost as a joke but still hits to this day. No Cookie Monster vocals need apply...