Do Metal Bands really need to include a sentimental ballad song on their albums?  

Yeah even Metallica have slow songs, I think its a way for Metal bands to get sales from the casual listeners.I think a certain point of any Metal band's career they do a slow track. It works for rockers but I do admit I feel a little weird about it at 1st then love the song in the end.

I think it's good for them to show a bit of range in their music as when you're listening to an album you want a bit of variety.

yeah I think its for the sake of variety so fans wont have the same thing in one album. Its to avoid redundancy I think.

It would be nice if the soundtrack was more a part of the whole package and was mentioned in the adverts and not just for the huge games.

LOL wrong thread...

mostly the Metal bands with female vocals are the ones who were fond of including some ballads in their album.

Lol, bum, I got confused. Now onto the right thread lol. I really like the ballads from Nightwish and Evanescence.

I cant imagine Korn doing a Ballad though, I want them to stay loud as they can be.

Yeah It would be interested what Jonathan Davis came up with if Korn ever did do a Ballad. It would certainly be different to their normal stuff.

I had heard them singing in acoustic before and it kinda doesn't work for them, they were meant to sing louad angry song, I also dont know if they can pull of a happy song. metallica was able to pull it of somehow.

Yeah I agree about Metallica. I suppose it can sound too different when a song you know is suddenly performed acoustically that it does not sound right.

Its a big risk of metal bands to try adding a ballad track in their albums but if they can pull it off the risk was wirth it. the only Metal i dont like was rap metal.

It's hard to get the fusion between Rap & Metal right so it does seem to sound not right and is too much one style.

I get to like Linkin park in their 1st album, after that they get old to me because all of their songs sound the same.

Yeah, I agree they do sound pretty similar when they do that kind of thing.

Plus their too old to rely too much on teen angst with their lyrics. Their starting to turn into a noisy version of Emo.

Yeah they do have a different audience to when they started becoming big.

Reinventing is really important to many artist, its practically needed for to maintain their fame and to further their careers. Linkin Park cant reinvent though, they should stop singing teen angst because they were not teens anymore.

Yeah you need to evolve over the course of a career to reflect your life as you get older.

On the other Hand, Nothing Else matters is actually ahit for Metallica.

I love Nothing Else Matters. A fabulous track and an example of Metallica's range.

The 1st time I heard it I thought its not metallica. Its really surprising for me.

I knew it was them but I can understand why some people might not have as it is quite different to their other stuff.

I love how they were able to mix metal with a symphonic orchestra, I think its the root of symphonic metal and its just evolved.

Yeah it works really beautifully on S&M

Its easier for rockbands to get softer than Metal bands but you are right, There are Metal bands who can really pull it off. As long as the album wont be bombarded with ballads, it would be okay for me, They must have a balance of upbeat tracks,Very loud tracks that gives an adrenaline rush and some ballads as a breather.

They're just showing there soft and sentimental side. Well they are human after all. They do have emotions like us.

Even the most toughest badass have a sensitive side, I agree about that.

I think having some ballads on the album is a good way of greeting the attention of the casual listeners, it makes them open minded about metal, Its like teaching a child on how to eat spicy food.

I don't have any children. But if I did I would take your advice and put habanero peppers in their milk bottle while they simultaneously wear headphones playing a hot and heavy track! Just kidding (sort of), I wouldn't want to warp their fragile little minds out of shape. Didn't realize you were supposed to teach kids to eat spicy food though. Guess I don't know much about that subject.

mexican,Indians and Koreans were able to adapt to spicy foods easily. Its not about kids though, I just compared casual audience to children.LOL

Too late. I've got my nephews rocking out to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Wow, kids sure dance funny!

Red Hot Chili peppers is Punk not Metal, they were two different genres.

Yeah, just trying to be funny (my classic downfall). Wouldn't it be funny though, if they "tried" to go metal?

WHen I was a kid I was hooked up with Punk and grunge, I was able to like Metal on my early teens. So you see its like a process of me learning to eat spicy food.

Symphonic metal is metal sub-genre with no screaming actually. I think the they can earn needed funds and the addition of soft songs help them somehow. Plus it change the perception of the people who were not into metal.

You are right about that. I'm not into metal like my husband is and my brothers. Thats there area of music I'm more of a rocker myself. I hope your doing well this month in mylot and your making good money here. Have a good day my friend.

Yeah its a good way of showing range and you are right, they were trying to get a wider audience since we know most people dont like loud tracks.Its really amazing some bands were able to pull it off.