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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 10369471)

He's not an especially talented vocalist, no. The vocals are the weakest part of the album (both instrumentally and conceptually), but they don't detract from anything for me, not really. They are competent black metal vocals, nothing more.

Anyway, I kind of talked about this already in this thread, but what makes the album stand out is not that it is post-rock with black metal vocals, but that it is black metal with a few tweaks (notably the prevalence of major scale), and those tweaks end up demonstrating the warmth and glow -- akin to post-rock -- that has always been so near to the coldness and harshness of black metal.

What's really going to suck is the next two year's worth of major scale black metal ripoff albums.

The instrumental is good. I supposed I'm just disappointed in that it could be SO MUCH BETTER (to me) with a vocalist that used melody and could also sing as well as scream.

I understand it's all about opinion, and I suppose I'm glad that people are satisfied when listening to this.... but I must reiterate that IMO just because it is new doesn't mean it's not crap. The Cher/Tpayne autotune effect was new at one point as well, and it was crap. What's next? Black Metal vocals over the top of a nice classical-acoustic piece? Has anyone done that before? Maybe I'm on to something! Let me go downstairs real quick and do some screaming!

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 10369495)

An interesting read for sure, though I could spend all day typing little disagreements with it.

One thing that article did for sure was really dampen my enthusiasm for the new Alcest album.

It's streaming (though I know you usually wait until you can find high quality copies). I've only heard one track, and it was certainly different. I'll probably like it, but I like that sort of thing.

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Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 10369639)

Ironically I just visited that last night.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/312-shelter/

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Originally Posted by Molitoth (Post 10369634)

I try to not let certain vocal styles turn me off, but I can't always follow my own advice. Most hardcore/post-hardcore/screamo/metalcore vocals sound awful to me and makes me far less interested in albums that use them.

Well I did just finish listening to Pitchfork's stream of the new Alcest. My first impression was that I quite enjoyed it. But I need to listen to it a lot more before deciding whether dropping the metal is a good thing or a bad thing for Alcest.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 10305531)

I'm about to travel to KC for the holidays, but remind me to tell the story about the time I made M. Shadows cry onstage.

Ok, let's hear it

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Originally Posted by Sofa King (Post 10663100)

Ok, let's hear it

Post #84 in this thread tells the tale.