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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
'Indie' is a bad comparison, as it's not really a genre to begin with - it's just an 'idea'. A great deal of the sounds that might be characterized as 'indie' tend to have virtually no stylistic elements in common at all.
Aside from that, I'd say that there are probably more 'sub-genres' associated with 'indie' by fans of alternative music than there are sub-genres associated with 'metal'.
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Yeah it is a catch all term that I probably should'nt have used but one that I cannot be arsed to change. To be fair though, you don't get 'blackened alternative' or 'melodic alternative' and i think that 'indie' sub genres are more easily delineated and make sense. Whereas a genre of a genre of a genre is annoying to me. I suppose it's because i'm over 30. Everyone I know over this age finds sub sub genres ridiculous and not as clear cut as they are supposed to be. It's only an opinion though and most new metal fans like to use these sub genres, so good luck to them.