Big Four Bands Thread Round 19: Gothic Rock

[Norg]

black metal should be interesting .....

[dankrsta]

Originally Posted by bob.

Thank you.....this was exactly the answer i was looking for.....i had never heard the term "freak folk" and was getting extremely conflicting answers from internet searches and what people here were saying it was

also it's wonderful to see you and i hope to death you and your family are well

hey bob, good to see you too...I posted a mix in the beginner's guide thread

Originally Posted by Frownland

If Vibracathedral counts then I'm unsure about my vote.

Ah, I saw your post about free folk. For me New Weird America, freak folk, free folk and neopsychedelia are all part of the same creative movement from the middle/end of the 90s onward. I use freak folk and free folk often together (and interchangeably). While neopsychedelia is more spacey and cosmic, freak/free folk has that 'ancient' tribal quality. So if you want to emphasize a more experimental, improvisational side then Vibracathedral absolutely counts, if you want a more 'pop' side, than Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart etc will do. Also New Weird America sort of lost its meaning since there are so many artists in this genre from all over the world, especially Scandinavians.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Norg

black metal should be interesting .....

I got three out of four so far, I'm looking for one more Black Metal band and I'm set. What are some heavy metal bands that are in the blackness sub-genre?

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Freak Folk was suggested a few days before the round startef. Plus, I made it very clear from the start I didn't want another wouldn't use another punk genre do soon.

I may have to reread that a couple of time to understand what you just typed. I wasn't jonesing for either a Folk Punk or Freak Folk big four. Just from my perspective I saw more people mention Folk Punk. Maybe you should had done Folk Punk as "Rogue Folk" this way you could avoid any redundancies in genre/sub-genre titles. If you do Black Metal next isn't that doing the same thing you said you were trying to avoid? You just got done doing Nu Metal last week.

So I guess we have to wait awhile before a big four of Freak Beat bands? (of course if it was put to a vote) But I don't think it should really matter cause Freak Beat music ain't really the same as Freak Folk, that's if you go by what a sub-genre sounds like, not by the sub-genre titles.

[Tristan_Geoff]

^^^

Or Anti-Folk for that matter

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

^^^

Or Anti-Folk for that matter

Ah yes, The Uncluded (anti-folk/folk-rap), Regina Spektor, etc. etc.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Ah yes, The Uncluded (anti-folk/folk-rap), Regina Spektor, etc. etc.

I meant in terms of engulfing folk punk. Not strictly that genre but a lot of the bands cross over.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

I meant in terms of engulfing folk punk. Not strictly that genre but a lot of the bands cross over.

ahh, ok

[JGuy Grungeman]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I got three out of four so far, I'm looking for one more Black Metal band and I'm set. What are some heavy metal bands that are in the blackness sub-genre?



I may have to reread that a couple of time to understand what you just typed. I wasn't jonesing for either a Folk Punk or Freak Folk big four. Just from my perspective I saw more people mention Folk Punk. Maybe you should had done Folk Punk as "Rogue Folk" this way you could avoid any redundancies in genre/sub-genre titles. If you do Black Metal next isn't that doing the same thing you said you were trying to avoid? You just got done doing Nu Metal last week.

So I guess we have to wait awhile before a big four of Freak Beat bands? (of course if it was put to a vote) But I don't think it should really matter cause Freak Beat music ain't really the same as Freak Folk, that's if you go by what a sub-genre sounds like, not by the sub-genre titles.

I considered not doing black metal, but hardly anyone was voting for the last two rounds, and nu metal and black metal are worlds apart in terms of popularity and generally accepted quality. We need a more popular genre to acquire votes. Plus, people have been preparing for the black metal round. That's why I have the next genre planned out a week in advance.

Although, if we do black metal, we won't be doing another metal genre for about a month and a half at minimum. There's still plenty in the realms of rock, pop, jazz, ambient, electronic, r&b, world music, etc. that we haven't touched upon.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I considered not doing black metal, but hardly anyone was voting for the last two rounds, and nu metal and black metal are worlds apart in terms of popularity and generally accepted quality. We need a more popular genre to acquire votes. Plus, people have been preparing for the black metal round. That's why I have the next genre planned out a week in advance.

Although, if we do black metal, we won't be doing another metal genre for about a month and a half at minimum. There's still plenty in the realms of rock, pop, jazz, ambient, electronic, r&b, world music, etc. that we haven't touched upon.

Another month and a half!? ... man are you strict.

[JGuy Grungeman]

Originally Posted by elphenor

how did grungeman end up in charge of this anyhow

I created the thread, and the game, and I ran the one on RYM.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Another month and a half!? ... man are you strict.

How so? We have many different "major" genres to tackle. I think two metal genres in 4 weeks and doing another one really soon after that would just turn this into another "metal album survivor."

We have rock, pop, alternative, indie, folk, soul, funk, ambient, electronic, hip hop, jazz, classical, regional, country, and many more. I think tackling too much metal too quickly will get tiring and will get metal done far too quickly.