Comments on: Report: Cookie Monsters of Death Metal

By: Ichiban

Ichiban — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

1) Bullen was never the vocalist for ND.
2) To say its dying is sheer ignorance. Plenty of bands, including all the popular metal bands of now, do it.
3) It was never a "tribute" to cookie monster and anybody with a brain can tell you those don't sound alike.

This article fails.

By: jnzombie

jnzombie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

yea, i bet death metal vocalists sit around saying "hey, i want to maximize the cookieness of my voice"

give me a fucking break

By: WTF

WTF — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

this doesnt deserve a comment, yet i am typing, my hands are possesed by COOKIE MONSTER

By: soilworkerben

soilworkerben — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

its angela GOSSOW you fuckin idiots…i'd rather listen to death metal than watch sesame street anyday…and to say its dying?? tell that shit to cryptopsy, nile, bolt thrower, decapitated and so on….fucking uninformed cookie monster-fucking idiot reporters

By: anti BUSH

anti BUSH — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"Trivium also blends almost-Cookie Monster guttural singing with melodic vocals", wow uhm..no Matt doens't even have a heavy vocal style, the best band that leads way to what that quote would actually represent is swedish band Scar Symmetry, its awsome beldn of early ff n soilwork style, very good, sample reborn on their site under i think audio or something like that, u won't be disapointed. http://www.scarsymmetry.com

By: Dmanx

Dmanx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Probably should have gone to an actual death metal show to do research for this. Now like there's really a shortage of NY death metal shows…

I always thought Bullen did like half the vocals on "Scum" and Lee Dorian did the rest. Could be wrong, but I swear they had 2 different lineups for that album.

By: Dmanx

Dmanx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

now = not

damn typos

By: LordOfTheStrings

LordOfTheStrings — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Scar Symmetry is pretty amazing. I'm surprised there are actually other people out there that know about them.

By: kornographer

kornographer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

GET SOME SINGING LESSONS.TAKE A PAGE FROM GEOFF TATE,CHRIS VOLZ,LAJONWITHERSPOO
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By: 7StringSlaughter

7StringSlaughter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, Scar Symmetry is badass…I found them during a search for new music, and they've stuck with me since. Kinda Soilwork-ish, but these guys do it better than Soilwork can now. As for the article, fuck that shit…Burton C. Bell dropped the Cookie Monster vocals right after "Soul of a New Machine", and even back then, he sang a bit…one can never do a death metal article without stepping on toes and missing some facts, but at least get someone who's into it and cares about it.

By: 7StringSlaughter

7StringSlaughter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"GET SOME SINGING LESSONS.TAKE A PAGE FROM GEOFF TATE,CHRIS VOLZ,LAJONWITHERSPOO
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First of all, telling death metal singers to take singing lessons on a board full of people who love traditional death metal is just asking for a flaming.

Second of all, as good as all those singers are, Chris and Lajon are in bands that most here hate, which is also asking for a flaming.

Just warnin' ya. :tongue:

By: SteveO

SteveO — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

it's "Fusilli Jerry"!

By: mudfan

mudfan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

that's awesome. I'm looking for some new bands to check out. Soilwork is one of my favorite bands so I'll definitely have to check out Scar Symmetry. Anybody else in the same genre you guys would recommend?

By: Machinist

Machinist — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

can anyone tell me why a newspaper know for its political and economic commentaries decides to venture into a half assed at best article on death metal? im at a loss on this one, research was weak, and done by someone with absolutely no background in extreme music but oh well death metal is far from being on the way out, if so why did i have to by my morbid angel tickets 4 months in advance, and ill be sure to tell nile and hypocrisy next week that they are on the way out according to the wallstreet journal

By: goneforever

goneforever — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

kinda cool its getting recognized but even thoguh i like arch enamy as well i trivium i dont see any "gutteral" vocals in their music.

By: mudfan

mudfan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

thanks bilbo I'll check out all these guys

By: kyokushinadam

kyokushinadam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The article was complete bullshit, but Ichiban, Bullen did some vocals, for about half the recording session for Scum. Obviously it didnt last as Barney IS the band.

By: WarGore

WarGore — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

GET SOME SINGING LESSONS.TAKE A PAGE FROM GEOFF TATE,CHRIS VOLZ,LAJONWITHERSPOO

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Be quiet sir.

By: Samothy

Samothy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes…. suffer and be crushed death metal under the power house of…The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke. yeah that's right, I said it. If it was made into an album it would be killer. lol.

By: DBMP

DBMP — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wait, are they insinuating that Trivium is deah metal…with Matt's screams? No fucking way, sorry

Also, Scar Symmetr is sweet. Its odd though, cause the singing vocals work well, and are complimented by the guitar wrk and kick ass 'cookie monster ocals' especially on Orchestrate The Infinite at the ends of the 2nd and 3rd chorus

By: anti BUSH

anti BUSH — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Most 'American Death Metal' is suppose to be from Florida right? is there like any specific area? like for melonic metal its usually Gothernberg, Sweden and i guess black metal is just diff places in Norway and other parts of EU

By: donkeypuncher

donkeypuncher — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey biltothebo!!! Awesome that you know about Insomnium! THey are one of my favorite bands. :smile:

By: anti BUSH

anti BUSH — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

if Tom Paine 'Common Sense' would be made into an album it would be brutal death metal too lol

I'd like to see DNC chair Howard Dean perform with Killwitch Engage, random thought... he can belt out some good hard vocals

ps; anyone ever woke up and had absolutly no idea where they were or what they were for a few seconds as if the mind was wiped dry? happened to me this morning i woke up in my room (i didnt look around) and was like what? then wondered what i was, like am i human? whats that? and it was weird, reminded me of that whale near the end of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it just was created inplace of some object and its flying though the sky going 'ahh whats this? who am i? whats going on?' lol, funny how a beer, a shot of jack and some weed can wipe the mind blank for few seconds upon waking up lol

By: Anus

Anus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Except Cookie Monster could probably make better death metal than most.

By: anti BUSH

anti BUSH — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I know! an awsome politcal band, everyones favorite growler on vocals, everyones fav douche kerry on guitar, thow in some sexy sax from the cigar fucker, and some other nice backup

The raging pussies:
Howard Dean - Vocals
Al Gore - melonic vocals
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)- backup vocals
John Kerry - lead guitar
Al Franken - Rhythm guitar
Sen. Barrack Obama - Bass
Bill Clinton - Sax
Hillary Clinton - Keyboards
and michael moore playing the other drums hitting his sticks on the skulls of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bush Sr, Jr n Jeb, and an open mouthed skull of Ann Coulter, with their debut album with special guest apperences by Bill Maher, James Carville, and a song featuring the ressurected ghosts of radicals Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Timothy Leary, and selected members from the weather underground