Didn't like the link, LOVE the headline!


Madbassist1: We'd have had more fun if we would have done the troll the other way, Admin.

Because it's been a while, SHMHC salutes Judas Priest with the self-descriptive 'Metal Gods', Thank god we don't have to listen to any more sesame street characters this week

Of course that would require going after clicks and not you acting like the rest of these morons and overcompensating for some other physical trait you may be lacking. I can't believe how juvenile you all are.


As usual, your post reeks of hypocrisy.
Yeah we need MORE greenlights of shiat everybody has heard before. There's a reason 'traditional' Metal greenlights tend to average far lower in post count.

This is where you say 'I was just kidding, I thought that it was obvious!'

Saborlas: Cookie Monster vocals are a coverup for not being able to carry a tune in a bucket.

Which explains all of the singers who both sing amazingly well and scream with the best of them, amirite?

They passed on "Ashen Existence" for this???

Oh was expecting Cynic's Veil of Maya.

VoM is alright.
I like Primoridal... way to go BigSnatch
@crypticsattelite, come check out The Number Of The Blog If you dig the site we'd love to hear your stuff!

I much prefer this Veil of Maya (new window), thanks.

This sucks.

Gratch: I much prefer this Veil of Maya (new window), thanks.

Agreed.

Speaking of growly vocals and double bass drums, I heard this for the first time the other day, after watching Metal: A Headbanger's Journey's extra disc feature about Norwegian black metal:


Holy crap. I really hope they didn't end up doing power ballads or, well, changing their sound at all.

i always wondered - how does one get their voice to do that? seriously.
I'm not being condescending, i like whiny british punk - just as annoying.

Henry Holland: Speaking of growly vocals and double bass drums, I heard this for the first time the other day, after watching Metal: A Headbanger's Journey's extra disc feature about Norwegian black metal:


Holy crap. I really hope they didn't end up doing power ballads or, well, changing their sound at all.

That is an awesome metal documentary. The interviews are especially good.

Ah, yet another steaming bucket of shiat.

A different picture is appropriate:

roflmaonow: Oh was expecting Cynic's Veil of Maya.

Me too, I almost did not bother with the link until I reread it... what is this about swimming?

Deathcore type stuff doesn't do much for me, but I enjoyed the trollbait headline!

Henry Holland: Speaking of growly vocals and double bass drums, I heard this for the first time the other day, after watching Metal: A Headbanger's Journey's extra disc feature about Norwegian black metal:


Holy crap. I really hope they didn't end up doing power ballads or, well, changing their sound at all.

That album is AWESOME. By far their best IMO.

HighZoolander: The cookie monster-ness of the vocals was the best part of that link for me... the music was not good.


I guess I was also expecting something more like Cynic.

Tough to beat Cynic...

Is the new album nearly as good as Focus?

Patterson:
Is the new album nearly as good as Focus?

I personally don't think it's as good, but I know a lot of hardcore Cynic fans who swear by the new album being just as good if not better than the first.

I like it quite a bit but I find that it's not as engaging as the first one overall. There are brilliant moments for sure on Traced In Air but overall I don't feel it's as good.

I got to about 30 seconds in and closed the window. That was not heavy metal. That was crap. The myspace age of metal sucks.

/I love Primordial.
// Few weeks away from Finntroll, Moonsorrow and Swallow the Sun!!

This is SHMHC, not Air Supply Sunday

The sap of Air Supply has gotten a billion people laid. Respect.

Thin Lizzy was a decent '70s rock band

These argh argh argh bands in SHMHC aren't fit to sweep the stage after the mighty Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy played on it.

Patterson: HighZoolander: The cookie monster-ness of the vocals was the best part of that link for me... the music was not good.


I guess I was also expecting something more like Cynic.

Tough to beat Cynic...

Is the new album nearly as good as Focus?

It's good, but it isn't near Focus in its brilliance.

Henry Holland: Holy crap. I really hope they didn't end up doing power ballads or, well, changing their sound at all.

After Anthems, Emperor's kind of sucked.

Man On A Mission: BigSnatch: You passed on Thin Lizzy for this?

This is the Sunday Heavy Metal House Call. Thin Lizzy was a decent '70s rock band, but it's a looooooooooooooong stretch to even try to group them in with metal.

Emerald is fu*king metal. This shiat is barely metal.

All the people complaing about gutteral vocals: Man up ya pussies. They've been in metal forever, and they ain't going anywhere soon.

/Veil of Maya sucks.
//All deathcore sucks baaaaaalls.
///Read The Number of the Blog, or Satan will cut the nuts off of the few of you here who have them.

Saborlas: Cookie Monster vocals are a coverup for not being able to carry a tune in a bucket.

Sweeping generalizations are a coverup for not knowing what you're talking about :)

I saw these guys play a few months back with BTBAM and Animals as Leaders. Talk all the trash you want, but those bands are all extremely talented musicians and really cool guys to boot. After the show Veil of Maya and Animals as Leaders came out drinking with my friends and I. I even got to play around on Tosin's Ibanez RG2228. If you want to complain about vocals go listen to something else, it's metal, not top-40 radio rock.

/ I know, cool story, bro.

Ladies and Gentlemen! GroverXIII is on vacation this week, as he and his wife are looking for retirement homes out in Florida and he has kind of placed me in charge of the site while he's gone.

So what happened this week?

We reviewed White Wizzard,Kalmah, Evergrey's A Night To Remember, Burzum, Demon Hunter, and Carach Angren (damned fark filter).

FSF consisted of Dusks Embrace, Demilich, Silent Lapse, and Timeghoul

GroverXiii listened to Forever The Sickest Kids before leaving for Florida, hopefully to wash that garbage out of his brain.

I want you to listen to Chthonic's Mirror Of Retribution, damnit!

and I commit more heresy and libel, and try to see how far I can push PR reps without getting sued on my satire page

Oh, and we have a chatroom now, for you metal fans to b*tch endlessly in over at the main site. It's on that bottom bar, just remember to pop the window out (where the maximize button usually is) so you can scroll the rest of the site without it booting you.

Welp, that's my best Grover impression, how'd I do?

DemiGodRaven: Welp, that's my best Grover impression, how'd I do?
6/10 You captured most of his overall character but not quite enough nerdiness & pandering.

People who discount the so-called Cookie Monster vocals are depriving themselves of a LOT of good metal...sucks for them!

APatterson: People who discount the so-called Cookie Monster vocals are depriving themselves of a LOT of good metal...sucks for them!

They're also Communists.

shadowself:

The guy from Opeth can certainly sing, but I really wish he would do so instead of demanding cookies 99% of the time.

That's right he can really sing. If you listen to their last 2 albums they've really cut down on the cookie monster factor esp in Watershed.

I'm sure you have the all acoustic clean vocals album Damnation.

crypticsatellite: I'm curious as to how many SHMHCers are musicians themselves.

I'm an amateur musician; played guitar (classical and electric) for 25+ years now. I've done rock, metal, and electronic music over the years and am now working on a doom metal project. Once I have something in near final form, I may post samples here to get some feedback. Might be cool if others do the same.

I'm an amatuer musician and I know MadBassist has played in his share of bands too. If i ever get a project going that I'm pleased with, I'll post some samples.

This weeks SHMHC is just another gimicky deathcore band. Breakdowns, melodic "killswitch-esqe" sections with lots of blast beats arranged in no order with no purpose. Boring.

"I listen to death metal"

"Oh, you mean like Suicide Silence, Bring Me the Horizon, The Black Dahlia Murder? and Veil of Maya?"



p.s There is nothing wrong with a little Air Supply once in a while. It's a guilty pleasure of mine.

SPna15: APatterson: People who discount the so-called Cookie Monster vocals are depriving themselves of a LOT of good metal...sucks for them!

They're also Communists.

Fascists as well.

SerpentWithin: I saw these guys play a few months back with BTBAM and Animals as Leaders. Talk all the trash you want, but those bands are all extremely talented musicians and really cool guys to boot. After the show Veil of Maya and Animals as Leaders came out drinking with my friends and I. I even got to play around on Tosin's Ibanez RG2228. If you want to complain about vocals go listen to something else, it's metal, not top-40 radio rock.

/ I know, cool story, bro.

BTBAM and Animals As Leaders are way out of this band's league, based only on this video it seems like another generic deathcore band to add to the scrapheap

Cookie Monster vocals = Stop button immediately. You're too lazy to learn how to sing...or too stupid. Take some lessons from Matt Barlow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4l26XO7o2Sc&feature=related

TonySoprano: Cookie Monster vocals = Stop button immediately. You're too lazy to learn how to sing...or too stupid. Take some lessons from Matt Barlow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4l26XO7o2Sc&feature=related

Or maybe it's an actual stylistic choice, go figure. If it's not for you, then it's not for you.. but to determine that a singer sucks because that is how he chooses to deliver vocals is rather silly.

cabritosaurio: "I listen to death metal"

"Oh, you mean like Suicide Silence, Bring Me the Horizon, The Black Dahlia Murder? and Veil of Maya?"


Wait.. if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of the pointless genre arguement alarm.

/I'd call them all death metal. Actually, I'd call them all metal.
//I really don't care what you'd call it.

TonySoprano: Cookie Monster vocals = Stop button immediately. You're too lazy to learn how to sing...or too stupid. Take some lessons from Matt Barlow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4l26XO7o2Sc&feature=related

Barlow is a good singer and all, but Iced Earth is boooooorrrring. They haven't been interesting since Night Of The Stormrider. You're really limiting your choices with the whole "will not listen to growling vocals" thing. It's a shame.

I just realized the problem. It's people who expect an underground style of music to apeeal to them personally. If only the underground were more mainstream, then it would be awesome.

/bunch of wankers.

SPna15: I just realized the problem. It's people who expect an underground style of music to apeeal to them personally. If only the underground were more mainstream, then it would be awesome.

/bunch of wankers.

If only Suddocation had clean guitars, slower drumming and singing vocals!

Patterson: SPna15: I just realized the problem. It's people who expect an underground style of music to apeeal to them personally. If only the underground were more mainstream, then it would be awesome.

/bunch of wankers.

If only Suddocation had clean guitars, slower drumming and singing vocals!

Suffocation...

Shouldn't type while lying down...or drunk...