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Commandaunt
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:02 am 
 

I'm looking for some new (new to me, anyway) black and/or death metal bands that have a trait that is unique to them that really sets them apart from others. I'd very much prefer this unique aspect to be in the vocals, but anything is fine, as long as it's a defining trait.
Some examples:
Borknagar - With their blending of cleans and screams that works so damn well (Not sure if this is true for all of their albums, I've only listened to Empiricism so far)
Inquisition - The frog vocals and ritualistic instrumentals create an atmosphere no other band can touch
Early Psycroptic - Not that new Psycroptic is bad, but Chalky's vocals had so much variance that made each song feel super fresh.
Ragnarok - Blackdoor Miracle - The unique thing here is the mixture of really frosty black metal with death metal production. The vocals are arguably not that unique, but they're probably the best screams I've heard in black metal, and I don't think Hoest has ever topped his vocals on this album, they're so shrieky and evil - the contrast with the production is fantastic.
М8Л8ТХ - By the Wing of Black - The manic screams here are just awesome, especially in the song Scent of Blood. The only other band I've heard that's comparable in the vocal aspect is !T.O.O.H.! though I prefer it done in М8Л8ТХ's style because they have more traditional instrumentals. Again, the death metal production is sort of there. I think I just like really bass double kick in black metal....
Bal Sagoth - Obviously, these guys play some of the most unique metal that there is, but for the intent of this thread, I'll just mention the clean spoken vocals that are a constant throughout their work. I love how it's almost literal narration of a story - it helps them accomplish their intended sound perfectly.
Arkha Sva - Every so often I find myself in the mood to listen to those weird high pitched vocals. An incredibly average black metal band, but the vocals make them worth listening to if you can dig that sort of stuff.

And then there's the obvious Cryptopsy with Lord Worm and Anaal Nathrakh, but everybody knows those so I won't go into detail or anything.

I hope I got my point across and this isn't too ambiguous a thread. I eagerly await some suggestions!

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Commandaunt
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:05 am 
 

Ahhh fuck, this was supposed to go in recommendation central ... My bad


Last edited by Zodijackyl on Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Wish granted.

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HeySharpshooter
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Joined: Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:12 am
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:25 am 
 

I'll try to avoid some of the obvious ones, but you should be checking out Mitochondrion, Antediluvian and the like...

Anyway, for the non-obvious ones:

Gyibaaw- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6reNv9mkyo
Black/Death with lyrics and a theme inspired by Inuit tradition. All the members of the band were Inuit. No longer together I believe.

Knelt Rote- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmIlbyS3Prk
Blackened Death Metal meets Grindcore. Not really another band with the same sound, though Plague Widow would be another close one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AceI1jDGMq8

Bolzer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDDJ0Xp7qz8
This one takes a few listens to sink in, but boy is it satisfying. And it has some different vocals.

Iconoclast Contra- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9IadODEcdc
Blackened Death Metal meets Powerviolence.

Nuclear Magick- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjVxWrtkd68
Bestial Black/Death crossed with Sludge Metal

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Nochielo
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:08 am 
 

The obvious Akercocke mention, just in case.

Cultes Des Ghoules has a vocalist that uses many styles and the music sounds very ritualistic.
Kekal has some unusual vocals, worth a mention.
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MutantClannfear
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:56 am 
 

Catasexual Urge Motivation are a goregrind/DM band with vaguely Inquisition-like frog vocals mixed with taunting impy chants: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmy29ToJbAs
Fleurety are a BM band with soaring eagle vocals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7xYDk_sE2k
Flourishing play Gorguts-styled tech-death but use throaty growls mixed with these weird, confused-sounding post-hardcore yells/wails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVg1_cz9Cw
兀突骨 (Gotsu Totsu Kotsu) are DM with a vocalist who has a really bassy and throaty voice that ends up sounding like a pissed-off grizzly bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mRfGtWsaw
Jenovavirus are a slam death metal band whose vocals sound like a bunch of deranged door-creaking noises: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_zDGx6p7M
Kestrel play weird, primal BM where the primary mode of vocals is downright bizarre operatic warbling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DCdTGJ-f8
A Million Dead Birds Laughing are a tech-death/grind band that use Tibetan throat singing instead of growls and their screams sound like noises from a mental hospital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3EBVTTKOA
Nahash mix their black metal shrieks with some downright strange retarded moan-singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxjKnN6UOs
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joppek
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:07 am 
 

for my obvious answer (since that seems to have become a trend here) i'm gonna go with lykathea aflame

as for non-obvious, how about the throat singing and mongolian melodies of tengger cavalry?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:06 am 
 

Battlemaster - varied and rather unique D&D themed death metal. Not only do their compositions and style have a unique vibe but the main vocal style sounds like a goblin's maniacal ranting... which is then complimented by some nice gutturals. Killer band.
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DreamOfDarkness
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:09 pm 
 

I'd recommend Demilich - Nesphite. A technical/weirdo death metal classic from Finland. The ultra-deep frog-growls are legendary just as the strange and atonal melodies, the nihilistic lyrics and the ridiculously long songtitles (ex: "The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)").
Then Infester - To the Depths... to Degradation. Many consider it one of the most evil and twisted death metal albums. It surely shares some similarities with Demilich, but it's more disgusting and gory.
Dark Millennium - Diana Read Peace - This is just between (or beyond) any existing genre. Death metal blended with jazz, prog rock, thrash... again a very unique vocalist that hasn't a 'good' voice by typical measures but goes from whispers and clean parts to a gnarly shout/growl. The layered guitars and the variated songwriting also make this an exceptionally unique and great album, although it takes some time to get into it.

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