Favorite type of metal (rock, metallica, goth, classic)

cbz1009 · 04-22-2008, 01:25 PM

thrash hands down

~~Oomph!~~ · 04-26-2008, 11:16 AM

I'm not sure I would list 'hard rock' as a sub-genre of Metal, it's the other way around if anything.

Rainard Jalen · 04-26-2008, 11:42 AM

Neither is really part of the other. Metal simply emerged out of hard-rock. You wouldn't have blues as an option for your favourite type of rock, even though rock emerged out of blues.

Hunty · 04-26-2008, 08:12 PM

I like gold and platinum. Especially when they're records with my name on them

Alfred · 04-26-2008, 09:06 PM

I would like to know what people find enjoyable about Grindcore. From what I've heard (Napalm Death, A.C., some myspace garbage) it's nothing more than a bunch of down-tuned guitar chords and really fast drumming accompannying a shreiking/growling vocalist. That's two steps away from noise.

tkpb938 · 04-26-2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

I would like to know what people find enjoyable about Grindcore. From what I've heard (Nepalm Death, A.C., some myspace garbage) it's nothing more than a bunch of down-tuned guitar chords and really fast drumming accompannying a shreiking/growling vocalist. That's two steps away from noise.

It can be emotionally cathartic?

Voice_of_the_Soul12,13,01 · 04-30-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

I would like to know what people find enjoyable about Grindcore. From what I've heard (Nepalm Death, A.C., some myspace garbage) it's nothing more than a bunch of down-tuned guitar chords and really fast drumming accompannying a shreiking/growling vocalist. That's two steps away from noise.

Grindcore isn't really focused on creating good instrumentals or tasteful music. It's about playing as fast and as loud as you can, screaming at the top of your lungs to get a message out. Not my favorite genre, but I do enjoy bands like Napalm Death and Agoraphobic Nosebleed whenever I'm in a mood for music I want to kick ass to...... or imagine myself kicking ass because, well, I'm listening to it in my truck and there's no ass to kick. It's a, uh, conundrum.

Alfred · 04-30-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Voice_of_the_Soul12,13,01

screaming at the top of your lungs to get a message out.

Most of the time I'm not even sure if there IS a message.

tkpb938 · 04-30-2008, 05:35 PM

Listen to genghis tron as a good intro to grindcore.

Voice_of_the_Soul12,13,01 · 04-30-2008, 05:37 PM

Well, in, say, Anal ****'s case, you could say that. They just aim to be the anti-thesis of music, being as offensive as possible and noisy. Grindcore's lyrical themes involved social and political issues, to gore and death, to pornographic themes. Whole range of things.

I don't blame you for not liking grindcore. It kind of is an acquired taste. I know a few extreme metal fans who are into bands like Beneath the Massacre and Necrophagist who can't stand grind.

View Poll Results: Favorite type of metal?
Regular melodic metal	20	7.97%
Death metal	24	9.56%
Black metal	17	6.77%
Doom metal	8	3.19%
Goth metal	8	3.19%
Grindcore	9	3.59%
Industrial	17	6.77%
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal	7	2.79%
Progressive metal	24	9.56%
Thrash	38	15.14%
Hard rock	21	8.37%
Metalcore	10	3.98%
Nu-metal	9	3.59%
Viking metal	6	2.39%
Power metal	13	5.18%
Rap metal	5	1.99%
Some other metal	15	5.98%
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04-22-2008, 01:25 PM
cbz1009 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	thrash hands down

04-26-2008, 11:16 AM
~~Oomph!~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Watertown, NY Posts: 240	I'm not sure I would list 'hard rock' as a sub-genre of Metal, it's the other way around if anything.

04-26-2008, 11:42 AM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,719	Neither is really part of the other. Metal simply emerged out of hard-rock. You wouldn't have blues as an option for your favourite type of rock, even though rock emerged out of blues.

04-26-2008, 08:12 PM
Hunty Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15	I like gold and platinum. Especially when they're records with my name on them __________________ "They say the heart of Rock & Roll is still beating, which is amazing if you consider all the blow it's done over the years" - JJ Blair

04-26-2008, 09:06 PM
Alfred California Über Alfred Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 968	I would like to know what people find enjoyable about Grindcore. From what I've heard (Napalm Death, A.C., some myspace garbage) it's nothing more than a bunch of down-tuned guitar chords and really fast drumming accompannying a shreiking/growling vocalist. That's two steps away from noise. __________________ I was young too, I felt just like you, hated authority, hated all my bosses, I thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself, "What do you really want?" Last edited by Alfred : 04-30-2008 at 05:25 PM.

04-30-2008, 05:35 PM
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04-30-2008, 05:37 PM
Voice_of_the_Soul12,13,01 #1 Schuldinist. Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 343	Well, in, say, Anal ****'s case, you could say that. They just aim to be the anti-thesis of music, being as offensive as possible and noisy. Grindcore's lyrical themes involved social and political issues, to gore and death, to pornographic themes. Whole range of things. I don't blame you for not liking grindcore. It kind of is an acquired taste. I know a few extreme metal fans who are into bands like Beneath the Massacre and Necrophagist who can't stand grind. __________________ When the day of Judgment comes, no value for human life or blind visions of peace will save you. Your strength or lack of will determine your right to live.