CreepingDave wrote:I don't dislike any of his 'phases', and my personal preference is the famous Hetfield growl from 88-94. Although it didn't have the range, it had power, nice and raw.
Yeh gotta love that growl, expecially in 20 min seek and destroy on the roam tour in that interlude part, that rocked.
I really prefered his voice on the Black album tour, and indeed shows such as basel 93 where i think he sounds wicked awesome
Awesome, I agree with most of your points since he sure has had something good/ bad with all his voice eras. The reason to the timeframe here was because I think that it started to drastically change from the black album and onwards. Sure it changed a bit before that but the big change was during the Black recording to present ( and it STILL changes a lot ).
I prefer his voice now. He has so much more range and doesn't have to growl out some of the lyrics. I think the vocals flow smoother with his voice now.
I still like his old voice but the new one is IMO better.
christophe wrote:I prefer the ice-cold voice on the RTL album !!!
Very strange tough... when you listen to other bands the vocals are "always" the same....... James' voice changes every album... is there a reason?
I guess its probably just a natural progression, like he's never going to be able to sing the way he did in Justice or Black again just because his normal talking voice has changed
I didnt like his voice on KEA..he didnt have a voice..it was screamy shouty..and horrible IMO...then it got better on RTL...MOP it was Great...AJFA Perfect..then he had Vocal coaching for TBA..and thats when he learned how to use his voice properly..to maintain it...some say it made him a Pussy...i say this..if he didnt have the coaching..he wouldnt be singing in metallica 15 years later...his voice would have totally packed in
I actually liked his voice from AJFA till now...my Fav era would have to be 1999/2000...S+M i loved....I Disappear i thought the vocals were Quality
The shows i bought from Livemet...i thought were Awesome after hearing them a few times,his voice sounds cool nowadays..more range..more melodic..and he can carry the shows off better...thats My Opinion though
