Quote Originally Posted by FrankenFretter View Post
High On Fire is one of the vocalist gripes for me. I don't hate the vocals, but much like Opeth, I think it would be so much better to let go of the Sesame Street muppet vocals. Also, bands like Alter Bridge, where the vocals and musicianship is great, but it's just a little too poppy for me.
I'm with you on some of these, FF. High On Fire's vocals are very Lemmy-ish, which is OK, but we only need one Lemmy! They still make some great stoner-ish metal. The latest Alter Bridge album got a bit heavier than the past ones, but some of the songs are a still bit mainstream at times. At least they aren't Creed!

I love Opeth, but I sometimes wish for less monster in my cookie vocals. Mikael Åkerfeldt is an excellent song writer and musician, to say the least. The acoustic guitar passages are enough to make you put aside the electric and attempt similar beauty.