You forgot the 2 year period where Matt Heafy acted like bands with heavy vocals suck and got all high and mighty about it, and did his best James Hetfield impression on their old material
"If anyone is wondering why the screaming is gone it's because the four of us were never into bands that scream and we don't like any of the current bands that scream, so we asked ourselves why we're doing it. The only reason I started screaming in the first place is because I sucked at singing and wanted to be the frontman of a band. This time around I wanted to be a better singer because that's what we wanted to hear, so we dropped the screaming and did a lot of vocal training and vocal work. I think everyone will be really happy with it and those that aren't can go listen to any of those dime a dozen bands that are all doing the same thing. I have this quote that I've been randomly throwing out and that is ‘evolve or be eaten' and we evolved.
It just so happens that our band was coming up when a lot of those bands were coming up, along with the new wave of American Heavy Metal and we got lumped in. We're not really influenced by any of the current trendy bands out there right now. It just seems like everyone wants to write breakdowns so people can do spin kicks to this part, but we've never written to be part of any movement or trend. I think that's good because if you're writing timelessly, undefined and unrestricted by genre then it will have that timeless feel to it.
I hope it brings us closer and closer to world domination as we always hoped for ever since we started this band. I just hope that people recognize 'The Crusade' as a classic metal album or a classic rock album and they connect and have as good of a time with it as we did."
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Not buying tix until closer though. Fuck that noise.
I dont think y'all even really ever listened to them.
"If anyone is wondering why the screaming is gone it's because the four of us were never into bands that scream and we don't like any of the current bands that scream, so we asked ourselves why we're doing it. The only reason I started screaming in the first place is because I sucked at singing and wanted to be the frontman of a band. This time around I wanted to be a better singer because that's what we wanted to hear, so we dropped the screaming and did a lot of vocal training and vocal work. I think everyone will be really happy with it and those that aren't can go listen to any of those dime a dozen bands that are all doing the same thing. I have this quote that I've been randomly throwing out and that is ‘evolve or be eaten' and we evolved.
It just so happens that our band was coming up when a lot of those bands were coming up, along with the new wave of American Heavy Metal and we got lumped in. We're not really influenced by any of the current trendy bands out there right now. It just seems like everyone wants to write breakdowns so people can do spin kicks to this part, but we've never written to be part of any movement or trend. I think that's good because if you're writing timelessly, undefined and unrestricted by genre then it will have that timeless feel to it.