- Jun 18, 2019
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I certainly live on a very steady diet of Black metal in it's various forms, so growling/screaming is the good stuff.
For me it's pretty much the opposite with regards to clean vocals, just a short section of it makes me think "Aaaand the backstreet boys have entered the song", and it's ruined. It's mostly American metal that's the sinner though, something about how they go about it is just wrong. I think it's the strong pop music influences in the singing style.
I blame The Ramones. They took cheesy bubblegum pop and dressed it in a punk rock skin-suit.
Lots of European bands do metal with mixed and even only clean vocals and I'm totally fine with it.
For me it's pretty much the opposite with regards to clean vocals, just a short section of it makes me think "Aaaand the backstreet boys have entered the song", and it's ruined. It's mostly American metal that's the sinner though, something about how they go about it is just wrong. I think it's the strong pop music influences in the singing style.
I blame The Ramones. They took cheesy bubblegum pop and dressed it in a punk rock skin-suit.
Lots of European bands do metal with mixed and even only clean vocals and I'm totally fine with it.