The Real Reason Metal Vocalists Cup The Mic + The Bands That Made These 3 South African Metal Vocalists

About this episode

The episode discusses mic techniques and the influential bands behind three South African metal vocalists.

Reegan (Facing The Gallows), Myke (Your Cynical Sanity) and Dwayne (Sunken State) open with mic technique, then dive into bands and albums that inspired them to become metal vocalists. The boys cite bands like Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Infant Annihilator, and more. Later in the episode: Defending Nickelback, listing underrated bands, calling out overrated bands and vocalists, (Ronnie Radke, 90s vocalists, Cradle Of Filth), picking which South African ba...

People in this episode

Guests: Reegan, Myke, Dwayne

Topics covered

• metal vocalists
• mic technique
• influential bands
• South African metal
• underrated bands
• overrated bands

Keywords

• metal
• vocalists
• mic technique
• South African metal
• influences
• underrated bands
• overrated bands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facing The Gallows, Your Cynical Sanity, Sunken State, Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Infant Annihilator, Nickelback, Cradle Of Filth

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