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either you hate them or love them I guess! I saw them live a bit more than a month ago and it was great, they were having so much fun on stage and somehow the "rakka takka run dun dun" is more bearable live than on record.

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This isn't metal. This is A Capella. You need instruments to play metal. These choir rejects didn't even get that right. The fact that people call this metal is a sign that the world needs to end. These assholes probably laugh their way to the bank every time they sell an album or tickets to a show.

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This isn't metal. This is A Capella. You need instruments to play metal. These choir rejects didn't even get that right. The fact that people call this metal is a sign that the world needs to end. These assholes probably laugh their way to the bank every time they sell an album or tickets to a show.
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I had the pleasure to interview Stefan of Van Canto when I was still doing my radio show on HRRL. I love how they have the balls to do what they have done and made damn good compared to other acapella groups. From what he told me and from what he said in his behind the scene vids, most of their original music is written on the guitar first and then he goes back and rearranges it for voice. The process is pretty badass! Love the covers as well!

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They all have balls in their mouth if thats what you mean. They're a heavy pop music band for Fat Slovenian men to wiggle their man titties too, the entire subgenre of Europower metal is probably the worst thing to ever happen to heavy metal. I'd dare say even more of a scourge than deathcore, at least core bands even as watered down as they are have a modicum of intensity of in their sound. Unlike the homosexuals in Stratogayrius, Edgay, Rhapsody of Fail, and Hammerfuck.

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I think they're speaking tongue and cheek when they say they're metal. Furthermore, it seems phenomenally pretentious to think that their existence is a sign of the apocalypse. There has been much, much worse music in the world for years now.

I suppose I like some stuff' date=' but to be honest, they come off as somewhat of a gimmick. [/quote'] This is a better description, I think. They do sort of play off of their uniqueness in that regard, but I'm willing to enjoy their music for what it is. I won't be buying any soon though.
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