Jaakko wrote:I'm not a big fan of HF, but I think Joacim has very nice voice when he doesn't try to scream too much but keeps it soft. And on the other hand, Kotipelto sounds very loud and metallic when he tries to sing softly... That's what I meant.
this is true. Joacim is a really good singer when he sings in a "low" and calm register, not when he is screaming too high which makes him sound like a sheep.
But i disagree about the metallic thing about Kotipelto. For example, he did an amazing job with that ballad for Karhuveljeni Koda, which almost made me cry when I hear it. His singing was perfect in it.
Still, I think Joacim is a really "limited" singer. Except in the ballads, most of the times, his singing is always the same. Thus, his singing is too "sweet" in my opinion (or perhaps the sweet thing is just Hammerfall). Kotipelto can sing in different ways, and can sound quite agressive sometimes.
Personally, I don't hate Hammerfall, but I don't like them that much, at least not their recent recordings. F*ck, they have Anders Johansson, he is an in-cre-di-ble jazz/fusion drummer which can play fast and different stuffs. Why just ask him to do only "bim bam bim bam bim bam" all the time ?