Look I am may be a bit old school metal. I would like to think that since I have been around long enough, I can say I helped all of us
True Metal heads in forging our lifestyle. Lets face it,
Metal IS a lifestyle. Back when it
Truly started, like in say 1980 not many of us were really turned on to it.Many of the radio stations did not play any bands associated with this new form of music soon to be known as Heavy Metal. But it was still big enough to make bands like IRON MAIDEN bigger than the world in a short period of time without any radio airplay.
yeah the music was a bit different then as it is today. And a key part of the difference is the vocals. I do have my fav's of today,
Lamb Of God being one of them.. but honestly, I am about tired of the dulling low dronal effect of this harsh growl. I would like to hear more bands show off vocal talent, and bring back the super sonic screams, the awesome sounding vocalization us old farts grew up with from bands like
Judas Priest, Iron Maiden,
Dio, etc. I remember there was a time when it seemed every singer
Wanted to sound just like
Halford, he was the
Metal GOD( still is). Or even compete on a level with
Dio for greatest
Metal Vocalist ever.
But over the last almost 30 years it
HAS changed so much that the normalcy of singers thinking is that they need to sound like a buzzsaw, and to me..they suck. The musicianship of the band playing behind most of these singers
HAS been pushed backwards in any form of talent. They play according to how the singer sounds, rather than produce memorable time lasting songs.
I am not saying these bands do not have talent, I am saying that they seem to be holding back musically just to make sure that the vocals come across. I say, bring back the guitar solos, the talented singers step up and show us your vocal ranges, it is time for a change in how Heavy
Metal sounds, and we need to bring back the
Power of what a vocalist
HAS to say, instead of downing in a growl of obscure sounds.
"the world is full of Kings and Queens,who Blind your Eyes and steal your Dreams,it's Heaven and Hell"..R.I.P. RONNIE JAMES 
