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Thrillho:
That's the thing. My mum asks me this sometimes, what's the appeal of the screaming, screeching, roaring, shouting in so much of my music? And I just don't know. I guess it's just the rawness and emotion that can sometimes be construed.
And to onewheelwizzard - THANK YOU for agreeing with me indirectly.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 08 Jan 2008, 13:22 ---I suppose they have a tendency toward uniformity for the same reasons a lot of bands and other instruments end up sounding the same.
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I can't think of any other genre which has any sound element which is SO uniform across SO many bands, though.
And I've still never heard an explanation for it. I don't even know what emotion or mood it's supposed to convey, other than "I'm as stupid and angry as a Doberman", which is... a little limited. I've also never heard anyone explain why so many singers choose to sing in a way that renders their lyrics entirely unintelligable (and therefore, arguably, irrelevant).
onewheelwizzard:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 08 Jan 2008, 13:33 ---
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 08 Jan 2008, 13:22 ---I suppose they have a tendency toward uniformity for the same reasons a lot of bands and other instruments end up sounding the same.
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I can't think of any other genre which has any sound element which is SO uniform across SO many bands, though.
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Well, it's not like you've got a whole lot of room to experiment when you're singing like that. Your voice doesn't have much in the way of flexibility. What would variation in that vocal style sound like, anyway?
a pack of wolves:
It doesn't make them necessarily irrelevant, Stand for example used to give out lyric sheets at their gigs since it was next to impossible to work out what was being screamed. Los Crudos did the same thing, and anyway I often find it hard to pick out exactly what's being sung by somebody unless I have the lyric sheet to look regardless of style. However, I have known quite a few people who scream or do other unintelligible vocals in bands who don't bother with lyrics (Executive Distraction Tasks for example), they regard their voice as just another instrument. In the end vocal sounds don't have any kind of direct link to the concepts and objects they signify anyway.
Some bands use guttural vocals to convey a sense of something other worldly, some use it to express anger, others despair, others are just interested in the way it interplays with the music to create sounds.
As for why they're very similar onewheelwizard hit it on the head. You can often tell the difference between vocalists though, some are better than others.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 08 Jan 2008, 13:37 ---Well, it's not like you've got a whole lot of room to experiment when you're singing like that. Your voice doesn't have much in the way of flexibility. What would variation in that vocal style sound like, anyway?
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Exactly my point. To me it's like a guitar player saying "I will only play E minor from now on".
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