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Old 10-18-2017, 05:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The music is often cut-rate power metal or at least tepid ****e for 14-year-old girls who cut themselves, the vocals are gimmicky and cringey, and it's all artlessly jumbled together in one of the most tedious forms of pop metal on earth.
Other than that, it's fantastic.

I personally have no problem with SM; the one thing I get weary with is operatic over the top vocals, usually female. And the idea of pairing "unclean" vocals with clean ones. Two things. The two things I get weary with are operatic over the top vocals, usually female. And the idea of pairing "unclean" vocals with clean ones. And overly long epics. Three things. The three things I get weary with are operatic over the top vocals, usually female. And the idea of pairing "unclean" vocals with clean ones. And overly long epics. And overused ideas. Four things. Among the things I get weary about symphonic metal are ...

Bands I like:
Within Temptation
Epica
Edenbridge
Leaves' Eyes
Lacuna Coi
l (more Gothic Metal but still...)
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