lifetheory: Albums that would be (even) better without vocals

parksungjoon 04.30.22
sonictheplumber 04.30.22	as soon as this guy writes a review im negging it
Josh D. 04.30.22
lifetheory 04.30.22	No Sonic, dooon't :´(
goblinilbog 05.01.22	Nah dude, Frontierer vocalist kicks ass. He adds that spark that makes the songs explode even more.
JKing92 05.01.22	I can't agree at all with 1. Simply put, songs like "Bombtrack," "Bullet in the Head," and "Freedom" would not be as effective without Zack's rapping. Maybe not as technically accomplished of a rapper as, say, Chuck D, but a hell of a vocalist regardless. I also understand your gripes with Mustaine, despite my enjoyment of early '90s Megadeth, though I still love Rust in Peace, and consider it one of the finest metal albums of the '90s (certainly my favorite metal album of the first two years of the decade, maybe even my favorite thrash metal album of the entire '90s). The other three I either haven't heard (Frontierer) or don't care about (Mayhem, At the Drive-In), but as far as my own picks, I'd go with Judas Priest's Painkiller. Certainly not bad musically, but Jesus H. -- Rob Halford's vocals on that album are flat out grating. I wouldn't call them adenoidal because I'm not sure that's a completely accurate description, but it's like he's using every muscle in his body to sing at the highest volume and pitch he possibly can, to the point where it's absolutely painful to listen to.
porcupinetheater 05.01.22	Attila’s one of the best parts of De Mysteriis tbh
Lord(e)Po)))ts 05.01.22	Good list
Colton 05.01.22	this is fundamentally true for literally any metal/metalcore album
Colton 05.01.22	except maybe Oceanic by ISIS
JohnnyoftheWell 05.01.22
SteakByrnes 05.01.22	baby ears
Colton 05.01.22	what is more childish than literally screaming and yelling because you're upset about something
SteakByrnes 05.01.22	Probably your constant whining about it
Kompys2000 05.01.22	Reject vocals, embrace diverseness
Colton 05.01.22	you bring up a fair point. but be honest, so did I
JohnnyoftheWell 05.01.22	you did not and you should probably not be typing anymore on this thread or anywhere further comments will be purged take the L goodbye
budgie 05.01.22	god i hate this website
Emim 05.01.22	I'm applying for a moderator position just so I can delete this list. I will resign immediately afterwards.
sonictheplumber 05.01.22	isis dont have songs bro. i prefer the terrorist organization
JeetJeet 05.01.22	ngl I completely agree with 2 and 4
Lord(e)Po)))ts 05.01.22	add mars volta if you got rid of their vocals theyd go from being a 1/5 band to at least a 1.5/5 band
z00sh 05.01.22	5 just sucks in general tbh
goblinilbog 05.01.22	Orange Mathematics is a classic, both instrumentally and vocally. Reenergized the math core genre.
deathofasalesman 05.01.22	you dropped this king 👑
RogueNine 05.01.22	Pelagial, but that already has an instrumental version so we're good.
IsisScript80 05.01.22	"what is more childish than literally screaming and yelling because you're upset about something" Complaining about it on an Internet forum with a bunch of strangers.
neekafat 05.01.22	any iron maiden album
teamster 05.01.22	Haken’s entire discography.
ReturnToRock 05.01.22	Every Muse album. Every The Darkness album. Every Limp Bizkit album. A lot of black metal and metalcore albums. The first Mastodon demo.
alkostach 05.01.22	>A lot of black metal go see doctor please
SharkTooth 05.01.22	Oh my god another contrarian. Why do these guys keep popping up?
JKing92 05.01.22	Because they know that if they present themselves as iconoclasts, they're going to get a reaction -- this has been proven all over the internet.
Demon of the Fall 05.01.22	Relationship of Command would be so pointless as an instrumental 😂 and I really dig it, just wouldn’t be the same without Cedric’s vox, like at all
JohnnyoftheWell 05.01.22	conclusive proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caEYU9_hAlo yes this is the campaign
JohnnyoftheWell 05.01.22	oh fuck sorry wrong link https://youtu.be/6JpzZLcm6_s?t=79
rockarollacola 05.01.22	Agree hard with 1. Faux anti-establishment lyrics are always cringeworthy. Funk-metal in general is usually always ruined by the vocalist, unless the vocalist is Mike Patton
Casavir 05.01.22	I don't agree with Rust in Peace. Mustaine's vocals weren't even bad at that point. On top of that, he put a lot of work into the vocal lines. Also, if anything's pathetic, it's getting filtered by Attila on De Mysteriis. That's an all-time best for extreme metal of any type.
Koris 05.01.22	Funny enough, I think Cedric's vocals are way more tolerable in ATDI than they are on Mars Volta. Maybe it's the more hardcore edge he puts in his voice with ATDI, but I think he suits the music perfectly on Relationship of Command
Casavir 05.01.22	I think Cedric's vocals are great a lot of the time but yeah, this is the first I've ever seen people complain about him on an ATDI album.
Koris 05.01.22	And yeah, 2 is pretty funny as well. Of allllllll the Megadeth albums he could have chosen, it's Rust in Peace? Dave's vocals were perfectly serviceable there, and any rough parts are drowned out by the kickass riffs anyway Even the remaster, which I know gets some flack for the vox, is still not nearly as bad as Dave has sounded elsewhere
ArsMoriendi 05.02.22	Pretty sure Rage would have 0 fans without vocals And with sung vocals, they'd be as lame as Audioslave maybe
evilford 05.02.22	baby ears [2]
Koris 05.02.22	"Pretty sure Rage would have 0 fans without vocals" Well yeah, Prophets of Rage is proof of how important Zack was to RATM
JKing92 05.02.22	Prophets of Rage is proof of how important Zack was to RATM [2]