[noodles]

Originally Posted by bostjan

Whoever said Geoff Tate sucks now, I saw him a couple years ago, and he totally blew me away, so he must have gone downhill fast if he sucks now.

I saw him a couple years back when QR opened for Priest, and he most certainly still had it.

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by Drew

What I like about Mikal's singing isn't his growling (which is quite good) as much as the fact that when he's not growling, he's got a voice like an angel. The contrast just blows me away.

Overrated? Give the title track off "Blackwater Park" another spin. I can't decide what the best metal riff I've ever heard is, the first variation of the main riff after the intro, or the second.

Yeah, his clean vocals are definitely nice, for that kind of music. But to put it in "the best vocalists ever" list is kind of silly to me. He has a pleasasnt voice, but he's no Freddy Mercury or anything.

As for Opeth, they have some cool parts, I just feel they suffer from the Meshuggah pretentious musician syndrome (I like Meshuggah btw). They have some cool tunes, but I can't understand why they're so worshipped by all the Berklee douches everywhere. They're definitely good, I have some of their albums, including Blackwater Park...I just think they're a bit overrated.

[Chris]

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

IMMM AAAA SIMPPOOOOoOOOoOOoOOooOooOOoOOOooOooLLlLLll KiIIiiiIiIIinNNNnNNnDDDAAAAaaaAaAaAAa MaaAAa-aAaAaaA-AAaAaYYYUUUuuUUUnnnnNNNNN!!

[Drew]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

Yeah, his clean vocals are definitely nice, for that kind of music. But to put it in "the best vocalists ever" list is kind of silly to me. He has a pleasasnt voice, but he's no Freddy Mercury or anything.

As for Opeth, they have some cool parts, I just feel they suffer from the Meshuggah pretentious musician syndrome (I like Meshuggah btw). They have some cool tunes, but I can't understand why they're so worshipped by all the Berklee douches everywhere. They're definitely good, I have some of their albums, including Blackwater Park...I just think they're a bit overrated.

I suspect it's a little easier to appreciate them if you don't have Berklee douches telling you how amazing they are all the time.

Part of what I like about the guys is they don't do the black metal/death metal "look how evil we are, with all our spikes" posturing. Most of the band pics I've seen, they look like they could be doubles for early Sabbath. That's cool.

[bostjan]

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!!

Yeah, but I still like "Fly from the Inside."

You know, I really think that guy from the Chilli Peppers, Anthony Colitis ( ) is horibly over rated. He just doesn't sound smooth to me at all. I saw them live, a band I liked was opening up for them, and their live show was horrible. The guitar player kept fucking up and playing in the wrong key, and the singer kept meandering around the notes he seemed to be trying to hit. Flea really didn't do anything special, but the drummer seemed at the top of his game. I liked these guys back when Blood Sugar Sex Magic came out.

[Chris]

Fruisciante (I probably butchered that spelling) is horrible. He has a solo album from his heroin days, it sounds like he shot up a bundle in the studio.

[tehk]

One of the best vocalists? This guy!


You put some heavy riffs behind his speeches and he's the most metalest mofo ever!

Kinda like Rammstein but in the 40's

[bostjan]

[Ripptyde]

Originally Posted by tehk

One of the best vocalists? This guy!


You put some heavy riffs behind his speeches and he's the most metalest mofo ever!

Kinda like Rammstein but in the 40's

No.

[Drew]

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