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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd
I answered that earlier - just go one level; maybe two. Heavy Metal can be divided into Pop Metal, Black Metal and/or Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Industrial Metal, Speed Metal etc. Does it really need to go beyond that? 
Just as important - the usage of terms that ANYONE can understand, even if they arent familiar with a genre :
A person can be totally ignorant to a genre of music but if I tell them its "Speed Metal", that paints a nice mental picture to describe the music, doesn't it? It communicates the description.....but when terminology gets further subdivided into sub-genres beyond that - using phrases that only make sense to the vernacular artists or fans doing it - is when it gets ignorant.
For example: Mathcore........
I mean, really! WTF does that mean to the layman music listener? That it totally rocks the High School Trigonometry class?  |
well I mean black and death metal are completely different, so theres that. Math-rock/metal does have a distinct sound too. And I mean some genres just have dumb names, but it doesn't mean they aren't separate from others in some way. wtf does "shoegaze" mean, but its a pretty recognizable genre.