Modern melodic metal tropes are the problem. They're ****. They're pop music tropes coming from a tradition that has issues with pop music tropes and so can't truly reconcile what they're going for with the history that produced their sound in the first place.
+10000000000
Couldn't agree more. Not only that, but the productions are so slick and overpolished that there is absolutely zero point of any riffs actually being there. If you're going to play like a pop band, don't try and pretend to be a metal band.
Anyway, in relation to the topic:
The Batlord
11-04-2018 04:38 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Unitron
(Post 2012146)
+10000000000
Couldn't agree more. Not only that, but the productions are so slick and overpolished that there is absolutely zero point of any riffs actually being there. If you're going to play like a pop band, don't try and pretend to be a metal band.
Anyway, in relation to the topic:
If you're going to make pop then make the best pop.
Mondo Bungle
11-04-2018 04:40 PM
if you're going to make pop then you're a fraud
The Batlord
11-04-2018 04:41 PM
You only say that cause you're a hipster who's more interested in novelty than in quality.
Mondo Bungle
11-04-2018 04:51 PM
I actually only say that cuz that album is called Pop :0
The Batlord
11-04-2018 04:56 PM
Really? Cause I think you can't really do any of the genres you mash together well so you use mashing them together as a crutch for actual creativity.
Frownland
11-04-2018 04:57 PM
Mondo Bungle
11-04-2018 05:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 66Sexy
(Post 2012156)
Really? Cause I think you can't really do any of the genres you mash together well so you use mashing them together as a crutch for actual creativity.
