I've never seen a bigger bunch of women in a prog metal forum before.
'oh no the screams'
'i hate the screams'
'it's just ruined it all!'
Can't you guys switch off for a few minutes and appreciate something different? Why on earth would you want another DT-sounding album from the frontman of the band? It wouldn't be much of a solo album if James did exactly what he did on DT's 9 previous albums, would it? It sounds good.
I like growls in metal. I also don't like growls in metal. I get the best of both. Try it sometime.
"Come on, guys. We've all had a laugh, but let's get serious. Stop disliking this. Start liking it."
With respect, if it were that simple I'd like
everything. There'd be no such thing as music tastes, everyone would hear a song and IMMEDIATELY begin dancing. The world would be like Saturday Night Fever on
eternal loop. Nobody'd be able to get anything done.
I'd love to love everything. Nobody dislikes something 'cause they're thinking "I really want to dislike this." I don't think being sneery's gonna help anything. Just gonna make you a little less popular.
For what it's worth, I'm giving it a bit of extra time. I'd like to like JLB so I'm gonna try and find something to love about it, and properly study it. I'm still gonna get the album, and I like that he's experimenting. I'm more or less ambivalent to the whole thing. Doesn't mean I have to go "oh goody it's my least favourite type of vocals, this is my favourite song in the universe" straight off the bat.