First off, there are plenty of metal bands with melody, so thats a weird statement.
I didn't say you had no taste in music... so theres no need to put words in my mouth. Nor did I say that metal = incomprehensible growling/screaming.
Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold are just not considered metal.
Metalcore is basically the 'emo' equivalent of metal.
Sorry, wasn't really directing that at you per se, but like you said, metalcore (whatever the hell that is, I took it to mean the more melodically driven type music, as opposed to the beat-you-over-the-head riffing type) is 'frowned upon', in other words in a lot of people's eyes sucks compared to whatever they listen to.
This one I just found funny, because on the one hand it isn't metal, yet it has the word metal right in the category title
Like I said, I just really make no distinction, and will listen to all of it depending on my mood. It just happens that more often than not I end up listening to the A7X and Atreyu type.
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ahaha, i can't believe you mentioned the all-mighty SLOUGH FEG! i've been a fan of theirs since the album Atavism, but their latest one Hardworlder was a knockout. one of the best albums of last year IMO
oh and if you like Slough Feg (particularly the vocals), then you really need to check out the Mike Scalzi's other band:
ahaha, i can't believe you mentioned the all-mighty SLOUGH FEG! i've been a fan of theirs since the album Atavism, but their latest one Hardworlder was a knockout. one of the best albums of last year IMO
oh and if you like Slough Feg (particularly the vocals), then you really need to check out the Mike Scalzi's other band:
blues/metal/rockabilly, they're pretty hard to classify. but they just plain ROCK, man i never get tired of that song. Denmark is churning out some quality music lately
two awesome new releases. first is the goth metal band Draconian - Turning Season Within. if you like the clean/rough vocal combo of Opeth, then definitely check this out (only it's clean female/rough male vocals)
Allright I checked out this album, and eventhough I am not exactly a fan of rough male vocals, I have to say I like this album. The music is awesome, female vocals are great and all the growling is tolerable. Good find.
Really dig that Volbeat stuff Hemi! Methinks I'm going to have to spend some serious time in this thread soon.
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