Haunted Shores

A few months back I did a review of Haunted Shoresin which I suggested, after hearing their Final Fantasy cover, they go on as an instrumental duo. Well, just to spite me, they went ahead and enlisted ex- Periphery vocalist Chris Barretto to take the job. I have actually never heard Periphery, nor want to, but Chris' rough vocals on Haunted Shores' latest track, 'When in Oslo', is decent. Or at least would be if not for the random emo-pitched clean vocals interlaced throughout. *sigh* Call me a purist, elitist, whatever--maybe I am. In my defense, I listen daily to tons of metal bands that make use of clean vocals, but I really could live without this one. What are everyone else's thoughts on this development? What about clean vocals, which kind do you like/love/hate in metal? You can listen to 'When in Oslo' here... if you must.

Haunted Shores

From: USA
Discography: “Maelstrom” (2007), “Following Ivy” (2009)
 
Formed in 2005, Haunted Shores is a thrashin’ metalcore act with one LP and two full lengths under their belt. Currently unsigned HS is:
Mark Holcomb- guitar/bass
Misha Mansoor- guitar/bass/programming
 
I first heard Haunted Shores sans vocals, on their myspace and it reminded me of Darkest Hour (Kris Norris-era). Vocalist Nicholas Dodd on 2009’s “Following Ivy” did a really great job complementing the thrashy nature of the instruments- but after hearing HS’s cover of the Final Fantasy VII theme song, as well as Sentient Glow and Immaterial without vocals; I want to see where they could go as an instrumental duo. That’s just one man’s opinion- what’s yours?
 

Links: www.myspace.com/hauntedshores