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Storm Rider:
I wouldn't call Nevermore thrash, really. Honestly, I can't define them. They're like Watchtower with a power vocalist and incredibly better sound quality.
And Killswitch, Trivium, and Poison the Well all suck. A lot. Like, one-step-up-from-Korn bad.
El Opium:
I recently got hold of Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky and I like it a lot. Has a nice raw sound that's somewhat akin to the overdriven thud rock I tend to like.
KharBevNor:
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Actually. I haven't heard anything from their later albums, for all I know they could be an MCR tribute band.
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If I'm thinking of the right band, emo like a crazy thing.
There's such a thing as 'nu-thrash' or 'future thrash' (if you're being generous. If you're being REALLY generous it's sometimes called 'Groove Metal') that covers stuff like the above mentioned, Raunchy (who win the genre just for their videos), Chimaira, Pantera etc. I quite like a few songs off of 'Cowboys From Hell', but that may just be the nostalgia talking, I haven't got anything later than that.
If you dislike all the vocals in every metal band ever, there's something wrong with ye. The genre encompasses everything from classically trained opera vocals, through to screams, grunts and growls, and every shade in-between. Including just good ol' fashioned rock 'n roll.
nescience:
Not to throw myself into non-joking discussion of metal, but I would guess that if someone says they tend not to like metal vocals on a large scale, it's probably due to the level of theatricality used in metal vocals (a rather general artifact of metal's roots in glam) rather than technical considerations. It's not a sentiment I share, I'm just sayin'. Whether screamy, trilly, shouty, grunty, sludgy, or otherwisey, this "over-the-topness" is an element that pretty much all vocal metal has to share, and I can see that being off-putting to some.
As counterpoint, I'd take as an example Jeff Mangum, a vocalist whose style (and songwriting) I dislike, but whose voice lacks the theatricality of metal in favor of rather simple emotions. I could see someone preferring a style of voice with less, shall we say, decorum.
Rizzo:
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Actually. I haven't heard anything from their later albums, for all I know they could be an MCR tribute band.
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If I'm thinking of the right band, emo like a crazy thing.
There's such a thing as 'nu-thrash' or 'future thrash' (if you're being generous. If you're being REALLY generous it's sometimes called 'Groove Metal') that covers stuff like the above mentioned,
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Like I said, haven't heard anything since... 99? I don't think I'd ever call KSE thrash. Maybe pop metal or metalcore at a stretch but never thrash.
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