For the metal fans out there

[Arcanetrance]

Necronomicon Resurrected

[olddots]

1. i'm gonna listen that at dentist visit next week

very intense stuff .

[Throd]

2. I was diggin' it until 0:44 when Cookie Monster hit the mic.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Ruins it for me too. Why do so many bands do this?

I love riffy distorted guitar power chord rock but it's really frustrating listening to the Liquid Metal station on XM radio because they'res lots of good metal ( instrumentally ) but way too many "cookie monster" vocals.

[OriginalGeek]

6. THat's my favorite kind of vox

Death metal started doing it lower and growlier to distance themselves from plain, shouted thrash vocals and that was about when I started really getting into metal (back in the mid to late 80s). EVERYthing before that was clean singing like Rob Halford and Dio and Bruce Dickinson (All of whom I love btw, without them there would be no death metal) or it was just shouted thrash like Metallica and Slayer etc...Death metal has evolved into some pretty brutal, technical sub-genres but one thing is always constant - cookie monster. And that's fine with me.

It helps if you think of the vocals as another percussive instrument. They aren't even attempting to "sing"..just enhance the music with another instrument.

[Throd]

7. I prefer more the GWAR approach

Or Strapping Young Lad, where I at least have an idea of what the lyrics may be.

I come from a classic rock and punk background, so the tracheotomy treatment never worked for me.

[Populist_Prole]

8. I see your points and your last sentence is quite plausible

The sound is just not for me.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Nice - I been meaning to check them out

My favorite part was when Cookie Monster kicked in.

[Arcanetrance]

5. Lol the Vox aren't bad the drumming is phenomenal

They remind me of morbid angel

[AsahinaKimi]

9. My favorite Jrock Metal Band broke up...

[Arcanetrance]

10. It sucks when ones favorite band breaks up but better they call it quits than continue half hearted