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Old 08-19-2012, 08:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheBig3 View Post
the reason that happens is because fans of metal don't branch off. Many people who don't listen to metal would probably say 20 genres sound exactly the same. Meanwhile, someone who's burrowed their head into the Metal Sand, as it were, can hear massive differences between them.

Those cats need to get out of the house more.
Actually the reason it happens is that the terminology is useful to the people who use it, same as any other descriptive term that enters the lexicon.
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