it isn't the use of harmonics. the music is superb. its the vocals. the same with Iced EArths ballads. The vocalists sing in a breathy, soc alled "emotional" style that is also common to Ronan Keeting (FUCK HIM UP

) where as if you compare that to Hetfield's vocals on "Fade to Black" Hetfield just sings softly but straiight, with no fancyshmancy shit going on. Since i last posted on Cemetary Gates i have become paritally addicted to it. Especially the first heavy riff that comes in, but the vocals at the beginning piss me off endlessly.

np: Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge over troubled water.