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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
All the tr00 metal elitists I'm aware of have a huge love affair with Amon Amarth (no that there's anything wrong with that, awesome band) but aren't they considered melodeath? If anyone says the words "viking metal" I will destroy them. Lyrical themes do not dictate a sub genre.
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I've noticed that too. Metal elitists don't seem to like gimmicks, but Amon Amarth has one of the most gimmicky images out their (but like you said, they are good). In the end, if you are an elitist, you are a follower. People develop elitist tastes so that they can call themselves "trve metal" or "cvlt" or what have you. Even if they liked melodeath, they wouldn't admit it. Something allowed Amon Amarth to slip through the melodeath filter for these elitists. It provided an outlet for them to satisfy the melodeath needs they keep buried deep inside
