[David]

Originally Posted by DSS3

Not to start flames here, but in defense of Opeth...

I put Mikael at the top of my list mainly because of his growl. He has a very, very unique growl, and it has some really good range as far as growls go, as well. I find every word perfectly enunciated and easy to understand, yet still brutal and guttural. His cleans aren't my favorite, but his clean melodies definitely are. There are some Opeth lines that give me goosebumps...

"Faint touch, writhing in the embers..."

"And you are just like them all, stained by the names of fathers..."

"Everything you believed is a lie, everyone you knew was a death burden..."

(Those who are fairly big fans of Opeth should be able to recall the melody from those lyrics)

As far as Opeth as a band being overrated - of course to each his own. I think they're so great because they transcend so many boundaries in metal, while still keeping a very distinct sound that is obviously Opeth even in just a few notes. The moments of extreme brutality and also of extreme beauty, often at the same time, the structured madness, the moving yet brutal air of it all... That's what keeps me comming back. That, and Mikael is an awesome concept writer.

[Mastodon]

How can you be socialist and Nazi at the same time?

Isn't Nazism the extreme form of socialism. Almost to the point where it is not socialism?

I'm pretty sure regular socialism dosn't incorporate racism.

[Metal Ken]

Nazi is short for Nat'l Socialist...
NSBM is a genre of music thats essentially white power/neo nazi propoganda, and deserves to be eradicated from the earth.

So yeah. Vocalists. John Arch \m/

[distressed_romeo]

Most music that falls under the NSBM is actually ridiculously amateurish and underproduced, even by 'raw black metal' standards. As Metal Ken said, it's little more than a mouth-piece for the band's political views, and doesn't usually have any discernible musical merit if viewed objectively.

How about Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos for great female vocalists?

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

Most music that falls under the NSBM is actually ridiculously amateurish and underproduced, even by 'raw black metal' standards. As Metal Ken said, it's little more than a mouth-piece for the band's political views, and doesn't usually have any discernible musical merit if viewed objectively.

How about Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos for great female vocalists?

I like Natalie Imbruglia. Especially her stuff that didn't catch on in the USA. I also like the lady from Leaves' Eyes/Theatre of Tragedy.

[Metal Ken]

Hmm.. fav. Female vocalist?
I like that Floor Jansen chick from After Forever/Star One.

[distressed_romeo]

Oh, forgot Julianne Regan from All About Eve. Amazing singer...

[zimbloth]

I like a lot of female singers in metal. Anyone that has a pleasant strong voice I like. I don't mind the growling ones either but it's nothing I care a ton about. No one listens to Arch Enemy for the vocals I really like the chick from Lacuna Coil, her bands not the best in the world but her voice is tremendous. The lady from "Draconian" is cool too, if you've even heard of that band.

Just my opinion, but I think the After Forever chick sounds beyond awful. She needs to study pitch and stuff like that, it's almost embarassing. Granted, the only album I have of theirs is "Invisible Circles", but it sounds so off and unmelodic. In some songs she sounds good, in others its just way off.

[DSS3]

Can't stand the lady in After Forever when she has her mouth open, either.

I love Kelly Clarkson, though, and that chick from Flyleaf can be pretty cool.

[bostjan]

Diana Krall!


Oh yeah and Eric LaRue is the best vocalist evar...He's like the Christian Counterpart to Marilyn Manson....When he sings, I really feel my worldly burdens lifing in the air...oh, wait, those aren't burdens, they are my fists, and they are merely lifing in the air so they can smash the speakers.