Why metal will never again be the dominant genre (blues, jazz)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-12-2007, 02:23 PM

Same list , but with all the crap taken out.....

sleepy jack · 04-12-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Jeez metalheads have no sense of humor.

or taste!

BA DA CHHH!

Voodoo Chile · 04-12-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

Blackened death metal is quite a valid genre - if you listen to enough death metal, the need for that label becomes instantly obvious. A blackened death metal band like Abominator sounds quite different to a melodeath band like Dark Tranquillity.

Why is there a need for any label? I mean, I guess it's just a personal thing. I've never felt the need to call Meshuggah "Technical Post-Thrash", or call Opeth "Progressive/Melodic Death Metal". They're just metal bands to me. No, they don't sound the same, but they're both fundamentally metal bands. Like I said, I can understand why some of the broader subgenres might be useful, "Thrash Metal", "Doom Metal", etcetera. I mean, while My Dying Bride and Slayer are both metal bands, they don't sound very much alike. So, sure, I can appreciate the more expansive subgenres, but I've never felt the need to go any deeper than that, personally.

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They only sound virtually identical to the bands you already like (i.e. Slayer) if you're not very familiar with the genre.

I used to listen to nothing but metal. I'm familiar with most styles of it, and I can honestly say that a lot of the bands I listened to were just ripping each other off. Though I didn't realize it at the time.

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That's quite a bold/cynical statement to say that all thrash/speed metal bands either try to sound like Slayer or sound nearly identical to them.

I never said all thrash metal bands are trying to sound like Slayer. I said that, to me, many of these "sub-subgenres", or in some cases, even subgenres, aren't very useful at all. But I guess that's just me. When I look for music, I'm looking for something original - something I've never really heard before. Sure, I like Tool, but I don't really care to hear a bunch of bands that sound essentially the same as Tool. That's why I got bored of listening to (some) metal. Sorry to generalize, but the fast-picked E's and jumbled shrieking were only stimulating for so long.

Inuzuka Skysword · 04-12-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Same list , but with all the crap taken out.....

Where is Doom Metal? Doom Metal is the greatest genre known to man.

Muzak · 04-12-2007, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Same list , but with all the crap taken out.....

wow, I would rather have the original one that that.

Merkaba · 04-12-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

or taste!

BA DA CHHH!

Lol, oh man, that joke makes adidasss look straight.

mookey · 04-13-2007, 11:41 AM

Which bands fall into this genre ?

Post anarchtic pseudo contemporary emo thrash rock?

swim · 04-13-2007, 12:56 PM

1905, everyone knows that.

boo boo · 04-13-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by enemyat_thesix

coming from the kid who gets wet over Conor Oberst.

Oh snap!

jolly_roger · 04-23-2007, 04:53 PM

I think that the simple solution is to get better bands that can once again unify the genre-I think that LEd Zeppelin is a great example of this, but the problem with that is that everyone took one part of their eclecticism and left the rest. Some bands to Dazed and Confused and made stoner metal, some took the rain song and made it a part of pop. Somebody must once again reunite the light and shade.

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jolly_roger Groupie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Midwest, U.S. Posts: 11	I think that the simple solution is to get better bands that can once again unify the genre-I think that LEd Zeppelin is a great example of this, but the problem with that is that everyone took one part of their eclecticism and left the rest. Some bands to Dazed and Confused and made stoner metal, some took the rain song and made it a part of pop. Somebody must once again reunite the light and shade.