Genesis vs. The Dillinger Escape Plan

Haha, well that was an entertaining reply.  Though it still seems that everyone is falling back on the whole "growling" defense.  Get original, folks!

In response, yes, I can tell the difference between different people growling.  I could discern Mikael Akerfeldt's growls from Greg Puciato's roars from Tommy Rogers's screams from Brent Hinds's bellows.  They make sense to me, and to some people they don't.  Probably the same way you could be able to tell the difference between a warbly keyboard solo from Bill Bruford and one from Kerry Minnear when I couldn't.  That's fine bud, I get that they aren't for everyone, we've done this whole thing before.  Knocking the whole genre because of the singing is a pretty stupid thing to do, especially when the focus is on the rest of the music.

 

*Bows*

 

Thank you for a civil reply to my snarky commentary. At least you have a sense of humor. In regards to the "falling back on the whole 'growling' defense', it is an insurmountable wedge that drives me from these bands. I cannot listen to it. I find it campy and ridiculously over-the-top. It does nothing for the composition; in fact, it detracts from the music altogether. In addition, It is done by so many bands of so many "metal" genres as to utterly lack in originality (hence my questioning the entire "progressive" title of these bands).

 

A progression can be defined as moving away from accepted modes of operation, but the inane growling has been done for decades now; ergo, it is not original. And when you say, quite rightfully, that "the focus is on the rest of the music", I would say the stupid thing is that growling like Linda Blair possessed occurs so often in the compositions of these bands as to constitute an anchor that each of these performers drags around with them. It is an unnecessary impediment in what possibly might be a much larger group of fans listening to the music. Unfortunately, until this lunacy is ended and someone actually has the balls to break the mold and actually "progresses", then there will always be a gulf between us.