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Definition of "Heavy"
amok:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 08 Jan 2008, 13:33 ---I don't even know what emotion or mood it's supposed to convey
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"grr argh"
really, try not to overthink it. the point of the growling is more to sound as inhuman and "evil" (often cheesily so) than to convey any readily-identifiable emotion, or to properly enunciate the words. it's part of the aesthetic and a lot of the time it does sound retarded, but sometimes it just fits with the song and trying to picture the same track with clean vocals doesn't work.
it's not that far different than the fucker from neutral milk hotel's tuneless yelping, really. just marginally less intelligible. either way, it's more that the sound of the voice fits with the music than anything else.
onewheelwizzard:
I guess it seems more to me like a guitar player saying "I will only ever play with this precise amp/pedal setup from now on." The musical contribution the singer brings to the group (lyrics) are still as flexible as ever, but the vocalist has locked into a sound that the band likes.
Jackie Blue:
Don't bring Jeff Mangum into this. THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
"Tunless yelping" my ass. :x
amok:
aight, fine. tuneless squealing
:-D
Spluff:
I personally - and I know many other 'metalheads' do it too - rarely actually listen to the lyrics of a song (and that goes for all genres). As a musician, I either just listen to the melody of the vocals or tune them out completely. And a good death metal singer will definitely have melody in there (granted, you have to get used the style first - it's rather like a massively downtuned guitar through heavy distortion, it takes a bit of practice to hear but its there).It's an acquired taste, sure, but once you get it you realise how much better it is than the metal alternative (Nightwish anyone? blegh).
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