I think clean vocals in death metal, or death-ish metal, are almost always bad and don't fit well with the music. One of the things I like about death metal is the way it inverts the traditional hierarchy of a band by making everything else more important than the vocals and reducing the vocals to more of an atmospheric element. Also, I love the Cookie Monster and would much rather hear him singing in a metal band than other muppets like, say, Elmo (I'm looking at you King Diamond). I wouldn't mind if someone gave the Swedish Chef a chance at some point though.
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