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Originally Posted by Unitron
No, I don't make the rules of metal, but you've got to draw the line somewhere. What elements of metal does Amaranthe have? They have growls and generic power metal riffs, but everything else about them is pop. So they technically have metal elements, but I personally would never consider them to be metal and they don't feel like a metal band to me. To each their own, I don't care if people like them.
"boring 80's metal elitist" I didn't know that could be applied to someone who's a fan of a lot of nu metal bands and considers Blue Cheer, Gun, and Golden Earring to be metal before Black Sabbath.
and before an argument starts about "you only consider stuff you like metal", Limp Bizkit is metal. They suck, but I would never try and argue that they aren't a metal band.
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Metal drumming, metal riffs, metal vocals. Plus they're not really doing anything that hasn't been seen in all sorts of other metal bands for 20+ years, except for the riff style, which is more current.
"No, I don't make the rules of metal, but you've got to draw the line somewhere"
I draw that line at bands that don't have metal elements.
Like Mumford & Sons.