for me its kind of the otherwordly aspect. granted, a "growly" vocalist has to get it right for me, and I can be picky about those kinds of vocals (no distortion or effects; many of these vocalists really sound like that!), but when I do like the vocals, its almost like the voice can be a transmission from another world or something, which is something I like to get out of my music. I listen to a lot of punk and indie rock too, and actually didn't discover extreme metal until later in my musical development, and actually found the vocals to be a big drawing point as they were something different. personally, I tend to find the affected whine of a lot of indie rock vocalists to be a lot more grating than growly vocals, but as you said, its a taste thing.
hahaha...awesome. drudkh is a band that would lend itself toward looping songs like that I would think...at least you get to listen to that soaring riff at the end of the song twice!
right now its between this and Alcest for my album of the year so far. one question though..."the day will come" being 20 minutes long? is that an alternate version or something? the only one i've seen is a little over 9 minutes.
same here...I thought microcosmos was great, and their best since autumn aurora, which was always my favorite, but handful of stars is on a completely different level. hey, one more rec if you're not familiar with this yet...Clair Cassis. Project from those Velvet Cacoon folks. Its great; i actually like it better than any single VC album.
Nothing terribly shocking in that response...its easy to bag on black metallers for racism, etc (admittedly, rightfully so sometimes due to less sophisticated minds in the scene), but really Morrissey has made similar comments about valuing English culture and lamenting its loss that come off a lot worse than the quote above. Can't wait to hear it!
btw Brandon, have you heard the new Drodkh yet? Its AMAZING! Its getting some backlash on some metal boards i've seen for going in an Alcest-like direction (which they have, a bit), but I think its probably their best album and the culmination of their career so far. Incredible.
Oh man...I was just thinking a few weeks ago how I hadn't heard any good new metal in a while...then the last two Haunting the Chapels were published. Lantlos and especially Morne are kicking my ass lately...thanks Brandon! As usual, you remain my main source for new heavy shit.
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