User blog comment:Jrev/What singers/Bands do you hate?/@comment-4060828-20110807014934

Pretty much don't "hate" any singers/bands (heck, I can usually find a handful of songs in any genre that I like). I usually don't listen to that which I don't like. Although I think I'll kill somebody if I have to keep enduring that "Heart of Darkness" song *sigh* The vocals aren't bad but they go way too over the top in places and it drives me bonkers.

- Black Metal/Death Metal: Mainly for the reliance on the growls over actual singing and the laughable defense that the growls somehow are just as "musical" and inherently needed. If 1970's Black Sabbath, 1980's Metallica, and Iron Maiden could get by on 99% clean vocals than your band should too.

- Hip Hop: I'm usually pretty pro-Female (one of my favorite genres in music is the Riot Grrrl scene) so I'm not a big fan of the generic sexist/homophobic slant that most Hip Hop aims towards.

- Country: Kind of like Hip Hop, a large part of it is the general subject matter of which I don't really relate to although I do like several songs/groups within the genre.