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Originally Posted by MicShazam
I don't think I entirely agree with that.
Why does metal exist? Cause it's louder than not-metal. The entire purpose of metal is to burst skulls. This is why punk and metal go so well together. This is why so much prog metal is garbage, not just because it's recycled Genesis, but because it doesn't understand the simple principle that metal needs to destroy your speakers.
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I mean, sure, I might be bored by a lot of metal that just wants to be rowdy, but there's always exceptions. I really like this album:
There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
Why does metal exist? Cause it's louder than not-metal. The entire purpose of metal is to burst skulls. This is why punk and metal go so well together. This is why so much prog metal is garbage, not just because it's recycled Genesis, but because it doesn't understand the simple principle that metal needs to destroy your speakers.
Unsurprisingly, I respectfully disagree with this. Metal isn't just about being heavy and aggressive. Not to me. It's a genre that foregoes some amount of subtlety in favor of amplification, but you can do a lot within the boundaries of the various musical traits that make metal what it is - not to mention break those boundaries and do something really interesting.
I just changed my album picks for the MB Metal Classics yesterday and one of those albums nicely encapsulates what's cool about metal in my eyes, in a way. The Arkona album, Yav. It's got everything that defines metal under one roof.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Ey.
It's good too, of course, but there's a particular song on the other album that's my favorite from the band.
Average score of 9, this makes it in with no problem.
However, just barely enough people voted for it to qualify, so in future, let's try to get more votes in there for each album. Yeah, I know I'm one to talk: I didn't vote either. My bad.
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