Hi, I'm actually a huge melodic death metal fan. Don't feel too bad about responses from people who don't like metal in the first place, since they'd probably think even the best metal voices sound like crap. You aren't that bad, but there's definitely something lacking in your voice, and I don't know whether it could be fixed or you just don't have a natural metal vocalist's voice. Perhaps the talent of sounding good is rare, and you either have it or you don't. Or maybe there are things you can do. I really don't know. The following are just guesses, they might be complete bs. I have no expertise. (Well I used to sing when I was younger and have a good natural ear for music, but that's all, I have no idea what goes into singing metal).
I kind of wish the second and fourth songs didn't have the original vocalists in the background, as it got slightly confusing. I think you sounded best in the second song though.
The first thing I notice is that your voice often just sounds a little young while singing. Maybe when you get slightly older this will be fixed.
It also sounds like there isn't enough emotion in your voice. I don't know whether this is fixable or not, but while listening I feel like you aren't doing it strongly enough or something, like I want to hear more intensity. But, again, I don't know if that's possible.
I kind of got the feeling that I'd like to hear your voice slightly deeper. You seem to be going more for the In Flames-ish higher pitched scream, and that works, but just a little deeper might sound better, if it's possible.
One thing I did like was, at the ends of some lines, your voice would trail off and it sounded really good. The best example is at 3:40 of Claws so Deep (and you started smiling and nodding your head afterward, maybe because you liked it too, lol). That sounded amazing. Maybe that's only a line-ending thing, but maybe it's possible to take whatever qualities are in there and extend it to the rest.
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