personally i dont think your ppl's bands play their instraments to their full capabilities. maybe its just the few bands i've heard.
KSE and In flames sing and have good lyrics in most songs....no rhyming or much swearing, only a couple words an album.
in flames used to have solos but the last 2 albums have been lacking. bands shouldnt expirement on their expirements.
they do have nice harmonys
specially in the choruses.
yet they do scream because it makes the singing sound better. nevermore sucks.
howard of killswitch has a great voice and anders of inflames is also good most of the time, yet they dont sing like little bitches that complain over stupid stuff.
inconclusion they are great singers but their music does involve screaming or "growling."
as i lay dying doesnt count. they are good but very little singing except in a few songs and mostly talk about girlfriends...blah blah blah, yet have good not predictable lyrics somethimes.
i wonder if all that made sense. they have amazing singing chorus's. metaphor is a cool "ballad" by inflames. very unique compared to the rest of their stuff.