When rap and opera collide...

You get this:



I dig the chick, although I have to admit I liked her much more in her old band CITADEL, now sadly defunct...

Cute chick, and bonus points for the Ramones t-shirt on one dude.... but otherwise...

Yikes. That's awful.

Yet another unlistenable Russian band.

Speaking of unlistenable Russian bands...

TheGreatDuck wrote:

Speaking of unlistenable Russian bands...

mmm, well, it was entertaining. I wouldn't say unlisteneable.
More like , Why would you?
The singer looks like Chris Jericho from 2001 and the chick is hot.

I couldn't make it past the first 50 seconds. As soon as that cheesy ass riff and "Star Trek vocals" kicked in I was done.

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

yikes.

Not my thing is an understatement.

Yeah, Xe-NONE are quite annoying.

Here's the rest of Citadel, calling themselves ALTRA now with yet another hot chick on the helm:

mc666 wrote:

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

That's an interesting statement. Who's "thing" would this be exactly? What audience are they going for here? The band and the girl by themselves is ok I suppose, but then Balki comes in outta nowhere and starts dropping some dope rhymes. Who wants this?

That was horrible...IMO.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

mc666 wrote:

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

That's an interesting statement. Who's "thing" would this be exactly? What audience are they going for here? The band and the girl by themselves is ok I suppose, but then Balki comes in outta nowhere and starts dropping some dope rhymes. Who wants this?

the simple fact that someone created it says that there are people whom this appeals to. i would assume they are "going for" people who like odd musical pairings.

which would be me, normally. this just doesn't blend well to my ears.

mc666 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

mc666 wrote:

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

That's an interesting statement. Who's "thing" would this be exactly? What audience are they going for here? The band and the girl by themselves is ok I suppose, but then Balki comes in outta nowhere and starts dropping some dope rhymes. Who wants this?

the simple fact that someone created it says that there are people whom this appeals to. i would assume they are "going for" people who like odd musical pairings.

which would be me, normally. this just doesn't blend well to my ears.

Americans are the most close-minded fans in the world. A band like Mucky Pup can go over to Germany today and play in front of 20,000 people. In the US, they'd be lucky to get 20 people in any club outside of New Jersey.

This band would flop in the US, but I imagine there's a market for them in countries where people are still open-minded about music.

They can have it. Peeeee-yew!!

Yeah, it's not very good.

Eyesore wrote:

mc666 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

mc666 wrote:

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

That's an interesting statement. Who's "thing" would this be exactly? What audience are they going for here? The band and the girl by themselves is ok I suppose, but then Balki comes in outta nowhere and starts dropping some dope rhymes. Who wants this?

the simple fact that someone created it says that there are people whom this appeals to. i would assume they are "going for" people who like odd musical pairings.

which would be me, normally. this just doesn't blend well to my ears.

Americans are the most close-minded fans in the world. A band like Mucky Pup can go over to Germany today and play in front of 20,000 people. In the US, they'd be lucky to get 20 people in any club outside of New Jersey.

This band would flop in the US, but I imagine there's a market for them in countries where people are still open-minded about music.

Probably has to do with the way the music is marketed and promoted by the powers-that-be that control a large portion of the airwaves in the US (something most of here could care less about). You also have to consider the cultural background of Europeans and the surrounding areas. Lot more open-minded about music in general, even if it sucks like just about all the videos posted on this thread. But that's just my opinion, not some factual statement of course.

American's can't even understand their own art-forms, jazz for example. Europeans have always been more open-minded, which is why many of the prominent jazz players emigrated to Europe in the 60s. They were ignored completely in the states, but they were treated like royalty overseas.

I can't get into any of these metal bands with female opera vocals.

Eyesore wrote:

mc666 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

mc666 wrote:

not the worst thing i've ever heard, but not really my thing.

That's an interesting statement. Who's "thing" would this be exactly? What audience are they going for here? The band and the girl by themselves is ok I suppose, but then Balki comes in outta nowhere and starts dropping some dope rhymes. Who wants this?

the simple fact that someone created it says that there are people whom this appeals to. i would assume they are "going for" people who like odd musical pairings.

which would be me, normally. this just doesn't blend well to my ears.

Americans are the most close-minded fans in the world. A band like Mucky Pup can go over to Germany today and play in front of 20,000 people. In the US, they'd be lucky to get 20 people in any club outside of New Jersey.

This band would flop in the US, but I imagine there's a market for them in countries where people are still open-minded about music.

Germany also worships David Hasselhoff, so we can't really go by Germany....

S.D. wrote:

American's can't even understand their own art-forms, jazz for example. Europeans have always been more open-minded, which is why many of the prominent jazz players emigrated to Europe in the 60s. They were ignored completely in the states, but they were treated like royalty overseas.

Same with many of the Blues artists. Thankfully European countries helped many of the masters continue their recording and playing careers for our benefit.

This band is pretty good musically, not big on the vocals though, and i normally like metal band with operatic female vocalists like Within Temptation, Theatre Of Tragedy and Lacuna Coil.

Nothin' like a turned up collar and a hook nose.

ultmetal wrote:

I can't get into any of these metal bands with female opera vocals.

Same here.

S.D. wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I can't get into any of these metal bands with female opera vocals.

Same here.

me neither. I just dont get it.