(05-16-2011, 08:20 PM)Azrael Wrote: Aha Yes, I encounter a lot of people who don't like doom metal for the same reasons. I love the sheer weight of it, it has an immensity I get from few other types of music.
Pat Walker has amazing vocals, and their first album was a little more up-beat, but I don't think another kind of music would capture his raw emotion in the way the simplicity of Warning does it. Although his newer band 40 Watt Sun is supposed to be comparably heavy. That whole album, Watching From A Distance, is pretty much the same sort of tempo, it's relentless! I couldn't even complete it the first time I listened to it, it floored me and triggered such deep emotions I had to stop halfway through and take a break.
I will definitely be checking him out. I love discovering good vocalists. That is precisely why I don't care for growly vocals - I really love good, intensely emotional singing.
Man, I'm supposed to be working. I need to take the headphones off and get on the phone! I'll check out yours later tonight, Nyu.
Oh, but before I go, I just have to offer you guys this:
http://bring4th.org/forums/showthread.ph...0#pid40240
It's not metal, but prog. But in terms of emotional intensity, it doesn't get any more intense than this. You have to listen to it all the way thru, uninterrupted, to get the full feel of it. Keep in the mind it's poor quality audio, but you can still grasp the emotional intensity of the performance.
Please let me know what you think! Music is always a taste thing, as well as a mood thing, of course.
I look forward to continuing this conversation later!