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03-24-2011, 05:31 PM | #5241 (permalink) | |
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03-24-2011, 05:51 PM | #5242 (permalink) | |
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But like every musical genre there are plenty of diamonds in the rough, there are certainly some more mature-sounding bands worth anyone's time such as Electric Wizard and Sleep.
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03-24-2011, 05:56 PM | #5243 (permalink) | |
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Yeah a lot of metal is trash, but so is a lot of any "popular" genre. you always get the fanboys who think they can write something decent clogging up the tubes. But if you use that logic, then music can only be good if it's obscure, and that's something I definitely disagree with.
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03-24-2011, 06:02 PM | #5244 (permalink) |
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Maybe metal starts off with that. People that are die hard metalheads well into being middle aged I think take something more from it. I mean, to love it that long I think you really have to. There is more of a community amongst metal fans than any other genre. Every single town you go to will have a metal fanbase and a guaranteed crowd you can hang out with if you are into that. I used to hate metal myself but after hanging out with that crowd in multiple towns now, it has really endeared me to the culture. Usually they are really nice people, especially since a big interest in metal stems from being very insecure (most of the time). Until you insult a band they like, they are very welcoming. I can dig it.
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03-24-2011, 06:26 PM | #5245 (permalink) | |
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03-24-2011, 07:00 PM | #5246 (permalink) | |
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03-24-2011, 09:22 PM | #5247 (permalink) | ||
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03-24-2011, 09:37 PM | #5248 (permalink) |
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@ Wayfarer: No it isn't .
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03-24-2011, 10:20 PM | #5249 (permalink) |
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That's an awful argument!
@Wayfarer: I actually liken heavy metal to classical music perhaps more than most other genres of modern music. Extremely technical instrumentation with lengthy composition, and a lot of heavy metal "is not melody-driven with a few clear and simple harmonies underneath. It is instead a cloth of many threads, all of which must be followed (simultaneously) before the fabric entire and any patterns woven therein become evident." |
03-24-2011, 10:23 PM | #5250 (permalink) | |
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