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Originally Posted by enemyat_thesix
Wow. I could not disagree with a post more.
Are you serious? Do you listen to Devourment and Nile and say, this is the same kind of music? I'm sorry, but you either have a very bad ear or are just lazy and want to label everything as being "metal", or "punk", "rap", etc. The truth is, subgenres are real, and possess distinct qualities, enough to set them apart from other their parent genres and sibling subgenres.
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What I'm trying to say is that all these sub genres are just rehashing ideas and sounds from each other and coming up with a supposed NEW sound when it is just a variation on themes. NILE and DVOURMENT seem poles apart musically. Listen closely and they are not too disimilar in there approach to music.
If a band takes an outside influence and comes with a different sound (say AGALLOCH) and proclaim a new genre, I would agree because not many bands will sound like them and they are approaching their songs from a completely different angle. Listen to this track and you wont have heard a lot of music that sounds similar, even though it's over 20 years old. If VOIVOD created a subgenre then I would agree again. (incidentally they just called themselves a Metal band)
I am not saying that sub genres suck. You are missing the point. what I am saying is that many many sub genres sound ridiculously similar.