What bits of the vocals do you perceive as "goofy"? The clean-sung vocals or the little spoken-word breakdown. I'm kind of tempted to say that metal is inherently goofy and that these parts are kidn of what makes it cool. That said, I should really go back to Nightside more
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
Well the clean vocals are mainly bad, the spoken word stuff is mostly goofy, but there's considerable overlap :)
― Siegbran, Friday, 10 September 2021 10:36 (two years ago) link
That said I have less tolerance for the Cradle Of Filth/Arcturus school of community theatre than most.
― Siegbran, Friday, 10 September 2021 10:39 (two years ago) link
I love Arcturus but some of their albums (Masquerade Infernale) had objectively terrible vocals on them
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
Setherial Nord is like the lost album between Nightside and Anthems.
― Siegbran, Monday, February 20, 2017 1:48 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Does sound like it, but I wish it was true of the songwriting.
― Nabozo, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
I'm kind of tempted to say that metal is inherently goofy and that these parts are kidn of what makes it cool.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, September 10, 2021 10:50 AM
Yeah the silliest and most embarrassing stuff in music is often what you end up loving most. It's like musicals being inherently embarrassing for me but that's what ends up making them feel freeing and a joy. FREEDOM!
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
Listening to Anthems always feels like a special occasion for me. Makes me feel like I could fly across the universe.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
It was my intro to the genre so it's very hard for me to think of it in any critical way
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
Does sound like it, but I wish it was true of the songwriting.― NabozoMost of those songs are three minutes too long yes but I have to say the repetition works and they bring some great riffs to the table, I’m still very fond of that record. I’m usually annoyed by such blatant copying of one specific band’s sound in literally every aspect, but for some reason it doesn’t bother me there.
― Siegbran, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link