[zimbloth]

I'd buy a Hitler metal album. Just cuz. My friend actually had a joke grindcore band called "4th REICH" that pretended to be offensive. It's a shame that project never saw the light of day.

Drew: Yeah, I agree about the image thing. When I see bands, even ones I love (like Dimmu Borgir) dressed up that way, it's pretty funny. Regardless, I tend to focus on a bands music over their image, whether they look cool OR goofy.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Chris

Need to toss the fuckin' Shinedown guy into the worst pile. He oversings every single word.

IMMM AAAA SIMPPOOOOoOOOoOOoOOooOooOOoOOOooOooLLlLLll KiIIiiiIiIIinNNNnNNnDDDAAAAaaaAaAaAAa MaaAAa-aAaAaaA-AAaAaYYYUUUuuUUUnnnnNNNNN!!

A friend of mine went out and bought their new cd and overplayed the whole disc...Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd's version is the way the song should be) especially......listening to it over and over....drove me nuts!

[Oogadee Boogadee]

another oversinging ear sore is the Hootie and the Blowfish guy.

[Korbain]

worst singer = the offspring singer! i dunno his name! but fuck he's shit! he's like OHHH EEEE AIII OHH AII OHH OHH lol he's a fucking human effects machine

another good singer i forgot to add! Wes Borland. I am loving his voice!

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Korbain

worst singer = the offspring singer! i dunno his name! but fuck he's shit! he's like OHHH EEEE AIII OHH AII OHH OHH lol he's a fucking human effects machine

another good singer i forgot to add! Wes Borland. I am loving his voice!

Just shows difference in taste. I've always thought Dexter Holland (the Offspring singer) was a pretty good singer (not one of the best, but definitely not bad by any means) and I've always thought Wes Borland couldn't sing worth shit.

And, it's funny that you say "fuck, he's shit" about Dexter Holland when you're a Nirvana fan. I'm a Nirvana fan, as well, but I have to say that Dexter Holland has much more singing talent than Kurt Cobaine ever had. I prefer Nirvana's music over Offspring's and one of the main reasons I picked up the guitar in the first place was because I wanted to play Nirvana songs, but if I was talking about unskilled singers in rock, Kurt Cobaine would be near the top of the list.

[shadowgenesis]

hey. wait.

did Freddy Mercury only get mentioned in this thing once????

holy shit.

ok. well um. i think it's safe to say that he is one of the best vocalists to ever grace mainstream music.

if you disagree...
go fuck yourself. i will not stand for such blasphemy!!!

*raises war axe*

no really tho. The way he sang... omg. I know classical vocalists who would kill for that kinda talent. And that's having only heard Bohemian Rhapsody (those people not myself).

Ohhhhh, you gotta take me home tonight
Ohhhhh, right beside that red fire light
Ohhhhh, you gotta give it all you got
Fat bottom girls, you make the rockin' world go round!

oh yeah. and when i saw Symphony X at Gigantour in August i was blown away by the vocalists ability. Talk about power. Shame i've never listened to them..

And i love DT and LaBrie and the 3 albums they released before octavarium are my favorites, but I kinda do think he is the weakest link in the band. And he definitely sounds a lot more nasally live. He was pretty rough at Gigantour, but he sounded a lot better at the show at Radio City Music Hall.

I kinda think DT would do really well to record each album with a different vocalist, so it could really change up the character and they could find a guy who's voice is more suited to the individual themes of each album.

[abyssalservant]

Originally Posted by Shaman

Don't consider it as vocals, consider it as a new instrument.

It just fits to a certain type of music like Death and black etc. Music like death or black require a certain level of intensity vocalwise that clean vocals just can't deliver. Think about it, Cannibal Corpse with LaBrie

I like "real" singing more than growling personally, but I like my Death/black raw with intense vocals. I don't want it any other way

I see you don't like extreme metal, fine, but don't go around saying that growling etc. is pointless, mmkay. You don't see me saying that James LaBrie's singing is pointless, just because I don't like it. It takes balls to say this: "I don't personally like it." And just leave it there. That's the mature way of handling things. Peace and out

("The fact that you don't like something, doesen't mean that everybody else that think otherwise, are wrong")

Oh, and Euronymous never sang on MayheM. He was always just the guitar player.

Attila sang on De Mysteriis.., Maniac sang on all the other studio albums, and Dead sang on various bootlegs and stuff.

Excellent comment on growling.
Euronymous sang on early demo shit, when they didn't have a vocalist, and it sounds even worse than the rest of the band.

Originally Posted by Drew

I'm assuming that's a joke, right?

Actually, it really is awesome to listen to if you throw in the sound of Hitler speechery at a climactic moment over heavy as hell riffs - forget your petty American spaz-out-that-man-is-my-enemy moments and put the sound in your mind - actually, for a sample of something that has a similar feel, go listen to Die Eier von Satan by Tool.

P.S. - All hail NSBM.

[Samer]

Originally Posted by abyssalservant

P.S. - All hail NSBM.

NSBM has the worst vocalists, one word, Varg (pain to the ears)

[tehk]

I'm assuming that's a joke, right?

Yea it was heh

[forelander]

I love the anaal nathrakh screamer's...screams. Something about them is just insane. Also the singer for a band called mare. Insane vocals, clean and screaming.