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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks
Ummmm....no. At The Gates were always and will always be a Melodic Death Metal band. The "Gothenburg" sound they had has been bastardized by today's "metalcore" acts.
And "tech grind". Call it what you will, my point still stands, it's kids ripping off the bands that ripped off the founders of the style. Real grind = Carcass, Nasum, Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer, Birdflesh.
I call it scene grind because of the people involved in it. It's not heavy or "brutal", it's weak breakdowns and a lack of playing ability covered up by the use of pitchshifters or drum machines. And kids go bat**** crazy for it and I really think a lot of it has to do with "rebellion". All adolescents go through it, when I was first getting into real death metal around 9th grade, I'd blast it from my room to annoy my mom and dad, I've since grown out of that but half the guys in these bands are over 20.
It's not good, not unique, and simply caters to chick pants wearing homo's.
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The Gothenburg sound is precisely what grew into metalcore. Hatebreed are the pioneers of tough guy; they had nothing to do with the rise of metalcore (Snickers).
Cmon, tech grind breakdowns aren't weak. Listen to TGRH's 'They Say The People Elect the Government They Deserve, But I Don't Remember Knife-Raping Any Retarded Nuns.' and Vessels Cast from Crippled Hand's 'Ladies Drink Free' for two grand examples.
I don't wear chick pants, nor do I blast any music from my room, with the exception of Merzbow and Animal Collective. How would you classify me, and my enjoyment of tech grind?