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Originally Posted by windsock
Sure but I don't think the point being made is that a band needs to be experimental or super creative to be good. Rather, if a band has a lack of originality at their core then what's causing them be enjoyable at any level below the surface? There's only so far you can go with a fun, fast song and an energetic performance. Especially when there's a hundred thousand more bands right in the line behind you with the exact same energy and have the exact "from the heart" sound as you do, and to top it off their songwriting is brutally similar to your own. What makes that thrash band, or the hundred thousand others, truly stand out at that point? I'm sorry but I can't help hearing the massive amounts of similarities and cliches in thousands of different bands, similarities and cliches that are infuriating when they get repeated ad nauseum. It's irritating just like it is with the thousands of same-sounding indie rock bands.
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Does the band make me want to put my fist through a wall? Yes? Then they're enjoyable. End of story.
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That aside, I do think thrash peaked earlier than doom, even though it started over a decade later.
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Doom started earlier than thrash with Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar, and Saint Vitus.