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Lambo, I'm sorry, but guys who sing as high as girls just doesn't cut it and can be pretty annoying. I mix things up every once in awhile with Secret and Whisper, but generally, it just doesn't work IMO.
LOL, I now feel obliged to post thanks to you.
I listen to a pretty wide range of metal, but yes I do enjoy power metal, and a varied mix of vocals too.
On the growling/screaming end, I listen to stuff like Between the Buried and Me, Killswitch Engage, Five Finger Death Punch, As I Lay Dying, Becoming the Archetype, Demon Hunter, Earlier Avenged Sevenfold (new stuff is good, but the screaming is pretty much gone) Scar Symmetry (Christian Älvestam's dual singing styles was incredible), etc. Also, I don't listen to much of the stuff he is in, but Mikael Åkerfeldt is probably the KING of growling vocals. In general, I've grown to enjoy this style as much as I enjoy clean vocals. Both have a lot of "emotional power" so to speak. I will say that NOTHING But screaming or growling can get tiresome after a while (BTBAM is the exception), but when used for extreme emphasis it can be VERY powerful, like the end of the song Lost by RED. Another great example is on The Human Equation by Ayreon. Day 12: Trauma... the growling fits perfectly with the lyrics. Skip to 5:16 to hear a great example of this, the segment starts off with Åkerfeldt's clean vocals.
Ayreon - Day Twelve: TraumaOh and, this discussion of screaming would NOT be complete without the obligatory Crabcore video:
Attack Attack! - Stick Stickly (Video)
