I've been reading the "Metal and acual singing" thread with interest.
Up front, I'll admit I am not greatly familiar with metal. I'm an indy boy at heart, but I'd like to listen through a bit more of this stuff.
Went to Myspace and had a listen to clips of most of the bands that were suggested in the thread, and some of the singing was great.
There's a big BUT coming here though. But .... the guitar sounds to my ears with bands like Nevermore and Periphery sound like a can of bees. Just the worst Marshall MG-like tones I can imagine. DO people actually like guitars to sound like this ? Now I know metal guitarists like a mid-scooped tone, but I thought they liked a lot of bottom end. The songs I listened to didn't seem to have any bottom end either. it was just all harsh, fizzy treble. Tight - yes, but any amp is tight when you take away all the bass. The bass guitar also seemed almost mixed out of the song.
I was expecting to hear guitar tones more like this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKxJG0p45Ek .
Can any folks suggest some metal bands who actually have some great singing (don't mind some shouting/grunting etc), but also have earth-moving guitar tones too. Or am I just expecting too much.
