Im curious and I need everyone's participation. So Ill just start you off on what Im doing exactly. Well, everyone has an opinion on what the "perfect" metal band is. I want to know this opinion and I want you to write out your opinions in the following format if you can, por favor! Everyone is going to have different answers and thats good!! I dont want anyone to feel they have to have the same answers as somebody else. This is based on individuality, Im sure some answers will be the same, and some wont. Thanks a lot! Im getting another board involved with this opinion post too. :Smokedev::hotjump:Qualities of a "Perfect Band": :hotjump:
1. Must have a likable style of playing that is easily adaptable to the ears.
2. Must have a singer with a smooth voice and is able to switch vocal ranges from high to low with great timing and accuracy. I personally dont like grundgey voices, but if they do it right, it can be appealing for certain songs. The singer must also have a wide range of vocal ability and great energy on stage. I want to feel the song, not just hear it.
3. All instruments in the group must have some form of sound harmony and not make me feel an instrument is always being left out or set aside for a very breif moment in the song.
4. Must have a strong beat that carries the song well. Aka, a damn good drummer!
5. Some form of technicality and interesting shifts in the song that keep you enjoying it over and over again. And hopefully they have SOME FORM OF DAMN SKILL!
6. Able to put as much emotion and flavor into hard songs as well as soft songs.
7. Songs and albums don't always sound quite the same each time they create them.
8. They improve on their style and performance each time.
9. Their good albums far out-weigh their bad albums. Lets face it, you are not going to make a perfect album each time.
10. Have great knowledge in music theory and it shows through their music.
11. The band must have personality in their music. Which basically means something that really gets into the song and makes me want to move a little to it.
12. The band must have good personalities on and off the set and be interactive with their fans. If they are cold to their fans or talk shit towards other bands or band members for no reason. They are not noted very high in my book.
13. The band must NOT ever try to ride on a certain album success for years on end. What I basically mean is, to not keep playing the same damn tune that spawned their success in the first place.
14. The music must have some effect of emotion on me...excitement..sadness..fear...(whatever the case is).
15. High Technicality is a big Plus, but is not always necessary to make good music though.
16. Originality is a major Plus!!
Its hard to be original, but when a band is original or pulls of something very unique, its great! AKA: ARK's Torn is one of my favorite examples. The middle part where his voice is mixed up....is amazing.17. If they can blow me away, that is a huge plus!
Not many bands have blown me away. But some have really left me speechless with amazement at how good they were. Of course that task is always easier said than done, so I dont always expect it. It doesnt mean they have to be hardcore or super fast. It can be something very beautiful and soft too...I know "You are My Heart" from Artension sounds very, very nice.18. If the band can make you drift away in their song into another world within the created universe of the cd...then that is defintly an awesome band.
This is a slightly different explanation from 17. I know it sounds the same, but its not. 17 is more of the "wow" factor. 18 is more of a "dreamy" factor. Which is also very hard to do, but it does happen. Very few band's have also put me there too....I love a lot of bands, but every band has its good and bad points.Favorite type of Metal: Progressive Metal
Reason: I love the technicality that is involved with progressive metal. The bands in these categories are amazing and they produce really interesting music from their own individual styles. I just really enjoy how they handle music, its hard to get tired of a progressive song. I especially love it with prog metal is very symphony like or dramatic. There is so much to pay attention to! The more complicated, the better!
