Name That Album!

[The Midnight Walker]

There are 2 genres I dislike: Metal (Screamo) and Rap. (Im not a big fan of Classical Music either, but it's tolerable)

Metal is just screaming into a microphone, playing random things on the guitar, with the amps turned up all the way...

Rap is just a bunch of people talking, with a bit of beat added...

Everything else I like, ranging from Country Rock to Hard Rock.
So, I don't know these metal albums

But the same effort isn't put into it... there is no meaning to the music.
Nothing to inspire you... which is what music is for.

Nothing to connect or relate to, nothing that actually MEANS anything to a person.

All I hear em talk about is sex, drugs, and money. You can get nothing from that... no meaning. It's just pointless music, screaming or not.

Well, THAT actually isn't a bad song... I've heard a lot of songs by SOAD, and this is one of the mellower ones. So, I'll get em credit for that (Although, I might argue that the song wasn't metal at all, but it did have that metalish sound to it)

Your right, drugs, sex, and money was rap. Metal is more about death, loneliness, and darkness... it just kinda makes you feel down, instead of inspired.

I'm sorry to be the one to ask this...... But do you know anything?

1) The analogy of random screaming and playing of the guitar.

Metal on guitar is one of the hardest things to play by far, try playing a chromatic sweep at 270bpm. Not random in the slightest, it all follows strict musical theory, advanced chord and scale patterns. Couple this with the technique needed for such things and you'll find it to be far less random than you may think. Also, the 'screaming' is in fact not screaming. It is harsh vocals. A very difficult technique to learn, the difference here is;
Screaming - Extremely loud, do serious damage to your vocal chords, probably never talk again after recording a single album.
Harsh vocals - Sound emanating from the guttural region, much quieter than a scream. Hardly any damage to yourself, and extremely hard to do.

2) Pointless, without meaning, death, loneliness and darkness.

A very select few metal songs are about the aforementioned subjects. Do a little research before making a statement like this. As every person on these forums with an open mind will tell you, you have no clue. If you'd like to talk about pointless music, I shall give you one example. A song by Rihanna about a sodding umbrella. Compare this against Virgin Steele's song 'The Final Days' an in depth song about the decay of western youth. Now tell me which is pointless?

3) Nothing to connect or relate to, nothing that actually MEANS anything to a person.#

Have some examples, free of charge

A song about a guy whose woman is cheating on him, and him not being able to let go.
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/sonataarctica/silence.html#7

A song about wanting someone you cannot have.
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/norther/n.html#12

A song about trying to come to terms with the loss of your father.
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/testament/theformationofdamnation.html#9

I guess no-one can relate to any of these things huh? I guess none of these can offer any inspirational thoughts.


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