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Old 07-01-2017, 03:24 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MicShazam View Post
No probably not, but it really does annoy me how the nuances of the music can become really hard to appreciate on so many albums where they are obscured behind a layer of constant abrasive screeching. Many bands have really one dimensional growls combined with interesting guitar playing. Seems like such a shame to give so much priority to the least interesting aspect of your music.
The problem is that when you're dealing with music as extreme as brutal death metal and Norwegian black metal there's often no room for non-extreme metal vocals unless it's some kind of experimental metal. At what point would you include melodic vocals in Cryptopsy and Darkthrone?
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