orcslayr23

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Back in 2007 I saw Divine Heresy open for 3 Inches of Blood. I hated DH when I first saw them but my interest was piqued and I actually gave their stuff a serious listen and I loved it. Unfortunately they are inactive right now. Kamelot was another one. Granted, all I heard of their stuff were the radio edits of The Haunting and March of Mephisto (which are kind of lackluster when you cut out the more interesting instrumental parts). I didn't like it because I thought they were one of those bands that didn't have much in terms of instrumental talent thanks to those radio edits.. On a whim I checked out a live performance of either Center of the Universe or Forever (can't remember which) and I was very impressed. Shortly after I gave them a serious listen and now they are one of my favorite bands!

Elvenking Soilwork Kamelot Mnemic Sonic Syndicate

Sonic Syndicate - Enhance My Nightmare

I posted this in a different topic, but I think you might find this helpful too: I wouldn't consider myself an expert at all, but I have been screaming for 7 years. When you are doing vocals of any kind, it is extremely important that you do the kind of vocals that are 'comfortable' for you. Trying to sound like a certain vocalist is great if you are starting out and finding your way around your own voice, but if you try to do what isn't natural for you, you're going to hurt yourself. It sounds like you're trying to force yourself to do something your voice isn't comfortable with. An important part of vocalizing is also getting comfortable with your own voice. Example: me. I've put out 3 releases with ORCumentary. My first album was high screams mostly, the next EP was leaning more towards lows, and my most recent album is mostly lows. Over the years i've learned that my strength is low screams and only do highs every now and then.

While I am a huge fan of both Sonic Syndicate and The Unguided, I wouldn't call him a legend. I guess my definition of legend is different than yours (but I honestly don't really care about or listen to any 'legendary' rock or metal bands. All of them are grossly overrated in my opinion) but I do think he's a great vocalist. I can't wait to hear more from The Unguided.

Meshuggah is FANTASTIC live. Definitely one of the best concerts i've ever been to.

This is so typical. Somebody dies and suddenly they are 'legends' and 'the best at whatever they do'. Slipknot is awful and I can't imagine it took much talent to play bass for such a shit band. It's sad that he died but it's his own damn fault for being a junkie.

Roy's voice was fuckin' phenomenal.

This band sucks so hard.

dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb

The singer's trashy. Music blows.

Really generic boring toughguy crap.

I don't get the hype.

Not bad, kinda generic though.

This band is fuckin dumb

CDs by far. I never buy albums digitally unless I can't physically get it on CD. I mostly listen to music on my iTouch but I am proud of my cd collection plus the CD audio quality is the highest. I enjoy listening to albums on CD every now and then to get the full listening experience as well.

I love all the releases by this band (Only Inhuman was only ok though) but after losing 2 members I wasn't sure how they were going to do a new album. The song clip in this new video sounds beast though, my faith in the band is fully restored. Can't wait! Hopefully they will tour the USA with this release.

Kamelot - Center of the Universe

I used to be a big Firewind fan. Their first 5 albums are great and i've seen them live twice, but their two newest releases are pretty shitty.

I love the Lord of the Rings soundtracks.

Bow tie, because they're stupid looking lol bird or lizard

Elvenking is my favorite band. The vocals are my favorite part. I love Damna's voice (except on Era, their latest. His voice must be fucked because he's adapted a kind of raspy-ish 'classic rock' style singing. There are definitely some good tracks on that album but I feel like half the songs are filler).

Mnemic is one of my all time favorite bands and my favorite industrial metal band. I'd definitely check them out. Kind of like fear factory but with better vocals and more groove oriented. Heavier too.