Thread: Digging the newest Baroness?

I agree about "great vocals" being subjective. There are singers who can't carry a tune in a bucket that I still like/respect for various reasons like Lars Goran Petrov (powerful voice, tons of conviction in it...one of the few cats to come from the death metal side of things that I really like), Tom Warrior, Lemmy, Tom Araya, Lee Dorrian....Rob Zombie (not so much his vocal quality tonally but what he can do with it...

Relistening and, yea, the music definitely KILLER and more hooks than a tacklebox. They have always been one of them bands while listening Id laugh out loud, jaw dropped, and wonder "did I just hear that?!" I'll get myself used to the vocal delivery.

But the riffs,the riffs. Love'm. To each his own though. Quote: Originally Posted by g_r_p No. Leaves me completely cold and the vocals put me off.

What constitutes "great" and "shitty" vocals is entirely subjective. I couldn't imagine "clean" vocals on this album. I think it would ruin the chaos and power of the music. I think it's a perfect fit. I generally prefer clean vocals, but sometimes gruffer vocal styles are the perfect fit. This works here. I'm a firm believer in the strength of the vocals. I cannot stand a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Butch Riffs alone don't a great album make. Comes from the singer in a metal band. Anyways, I was just poking fun, but the seed of truth is that a metal album with out great riffs is bland, but an album can be great without great vocals. Against Nature anyone?

I saw they band for the very first time last year after Pete gave me an invite to come out to see them in Columbus, Ohio. At this point i wasn't a big fan at Pete had just joined. I'd heard the "Red" album, liked the music, but as mentioned did care for the vocals. They band is very impressive Live and very similar to Valkyrie Live in certain ways. Mostly the dual guitar work and dual vocal work. The rthythm...

Quote: Originally Posted by swizzlenuts Isn't metal about the riffs? Metal is about the songs.

I agree that Valkyrie is better, and that some of the drum beats are whack, particularly the "disco" ones.

Quote: Originally Posted by Heavy Rituals But is it REALLY a thread ender? The circle of true thread-enders would disagree that this thread contains the proper elements to be considered a true thread end. Poser. Go back to www.thread-ender.com ! I've ended more threads than you can count, this one was over a page ago. Baroness is okay. The vocals are kind of hardcore, but that doesn't bother me. The problem for me is that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by g_r_p Metal is about the songs. Metal is worrying about what Metal is.