This is so... bad. WTF did They do with Cyriis' vocals?

Yeah, this is shaping up to be one of the most embarrassing albums in the history of metal just as I predicted. The music is nothing more average but the vocals are on another level of manure. If the whole thing actually does get released, I might review it just for the lulz.

When I was a kid I had Agent Steel's Unstoppable Force on repeat. This is such a disappointment. John Cyriis' vocals were always an acquired taste but it's clear from this that he is no longer up to it - and the producer has tried to synthesize the hell out of the recording to mask this obvious fact. Not sure how this got beyond the cutting room floor tbh.

Written by nikarg on 17.10.2020 at 01:10

If the whole thing actually does get released, I might review it just for the lulz.

I beg you, please do so

This is a Agent Steel cover band called Agent Steel

So no one told the vocalist he can't sing?

Written by JoHn Doe on 17.10.2020 at 14:42

So no one told the vocalist he can't sing?

Let's just blame this vocal performance on the COVAIDS just like everything has been / is being on this year

Written by Joppe on 17.10.2020 at 14:54

Written by JoHn Doe on 17.10.2020 at 14:42

So no one told the vocalist he can't sing?

Let's just blame this vocal performance on the COVAIDS just like everything has been / is being on this year

I don't think the guy was ever that good in the first place...

Written by JoHn Doe on 17.10.2020 at 16:49


I don't think the guy was ever that good in the first place...

No, but he was not so bloody awful either. I sing a lot better than him when I am in the shower. Mind you, I am probably the worst singer in the whole Balkan region.

WTF it sounds like he sings from the toilet

What in the actual captain crunch fuck is this?!?!

jesus christ, i used to love Agent Steel back when they first released Unstoppable Force.
This? Dear God, that's just frighteningly horrid...

Hmmm....ironic that I recently asked this question:
What does it take for you to give an album a 1 or 2?

Wait....oh shit...this is the first single...that means they think this is the BEST song on the album?!?!:nono:

Trick or treat? i hope this is just a trick! but seriously the music is alright but the rest...

"She chose this pla-*NEET*" ?

oh ok, it's all over the song

Well, as this stage, the singer isn't even the problem, just wtf are those effects?? is it a bugged autotuner?

from 2:50 there's also a strange noise in the left channel, just like the mix engineer forgot to mute/gate some static noise in the guitar amp

Written by JoHn Doe on 17.10.2020 at 16:49

I don't think the guy was ever that good in the first place...

Well, I like his vocals on the old albums as they fit well in speed metal. I remember also people were very excited in 2011 when James Rivera and Rick Mythiasin were with the band, but it's hard to say which would be better as I haven't heard any Cyriis record since 80s.

The song reminds me of "Beyond Illusions" by Depressive Age. It has this 90's thrash vibe.
But the effect on the vocals is quite... hmm, I don't know how to put it... it's shit.