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Originally Posted by TheBig3
I mean that there seems to be one-upsmanship. I.e. its not fast enough, heavy enough, real enough...and it tends to have the direction of being negative toward a band, more than positive toward another.
In short, there seems to be something thats acceptable, and then something thats not. "Band A plays (for example) fast enough. I don't compliment them for that, I just find it acceptable. However, Band B does not play fast enough. Therefore, they aren't real [Genre]."
Its almost as if purists are trying to defend the true root of that genre.
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I'm still not sure what you're getting at. Traditionally in jazz there was a certain amount of competitiveness among musicians, and it's something that the genre probably benefitted a lot from since it inspired people to really push themselves. I think a similar thing exists in most other virtuoso-type genres from metal to classical to bluegrass. But I don't see what that has to with the value of metal subgenre naming.