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Originally Posted by Trollheart
No you can't. That's how all this [insert genre here][insert sub-genre here]-core nonsense got started. What makes something "core", huh? What are Iron Maiden? If a "core" metal band, are they metalcore? If not, why not? Marillion? Progressive-core rock? It's ridiculous in my opinion to think you can just add -core to a genre/sub-genre and make a new sub(sub?) genre.
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Ok, the reason for me using things like ''happycore'' and ''whatevercore'' is simply for a lack of better sub-genre names. I don't know every sub-genre that has ever existed, so for a lack of knowledge I just put ''happycore.'' It describes the album in that it has a very happy sound. I on the other hand (supporting my first point) had no idea that happycore was already an established genre.
For the Iron Maiden part, I think my first agrees with this in that I did the ''-core'' thing from a lack of actual sub-genre names. I would never call Iron Maiden a metalcore band, because metalcore is an established genre so it wouldn't make sense to call them metalcore.
I am not trying to create new genres here. This kind of thing should only be used for artists that are so unique that the current genres and sub-genres do not do them justice. This doesn't apply to Kishi Bashi. I will try to use ''-core'' as sparingly as possible for now on.