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Originally Posted by Doobiedoo
To quote the great Will Ferrell "Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"
does NO ONE notice the difference between the growling in Varangian Way and in Battle Metal? The growling present in Battle Metal can be seen in the Varangian Way on 'Holmagard and Beyond' and a tiny bit of 'Fields of Gold' I think it is. The rest of the growling has been replaced by a much more Black / Death metal style of growl, which is the equivilant to someone screaming instead of singing (battle metal harnessed the growl more so through rythm and natural singing in a deep tone) and it sounds totally not-turisas.
Nygard's normal singing is good and much improved upon, though a little cheesy in some places.
And yeah, everyone does keep saying 'but the guitar solo's were done on a violin' ...so what? That doesn't give it the right to sound cheesy and relativly bland in comparison to authentic guitar solo's. If I said the guitars in Burzum's old albums were played by an elephant.. would it make you cringe less and want to listen to the album more? probably not.
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Don't worry, I can hear it too. As I mentioned, I find he sounds a lot like Ihsahn now with his harsh vocals, it's almost like he's trying to stop making them sound so harsh and add a bit of melody in it.