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Originally Posted by Tophat665
OK, I have checked Opeth out, and I must admit that their music rocks. Their singer, however, needs a hot steaming cup of STFU. It's pretty hard for me to listen to some really nifty arrangements when the singer is growling. (Not that I can do any better, mind you - I have a singing voice that can be very much like that.)
So I haven't figured out if I'm going to be listening to them on any sort of a regular basis yet.
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Believe me, you'll get past the growling, and even come to enjoy it. I started out listening to Damnation exclusively and avoiding any songs with growls. This was only two or three months ago, believe it or not. Since then, I've realized the necessity of growling in their music, and how it enchances a song. It started as being able to merely tolerate the growling so I could get to the great clean singing parts, but now there's times when the growl will send a shiver down my spine (see: dirge for november, the climax of blackwater park just after the long instrumental interlude) and I can't imagine Opeth without it.
Obviously, death vocals aren't for everyone. But not too long ago, I thought I was one of those people.