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Originally Posted by elphenor
In the "academic" sense metal is popular music
It's not blues, jazz, or classical
Where conversationally we wouldn't refer to it like that
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Blues is popular music too. So is jazz. Academically, it's popular music or "art music". In other words, Classical and then everything else, folk genres. It's incredibly pretentious, especially since classical music isn't all that great, but that's just how it is.