Musical Pet Peeves

The Batlord · 04-12-2015, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylstew

So basically, Crust + early death = grindcore?
You're right, the second half does sound pretty death.

edit: This is starting to give me headaches, but I think I'm coming to the conclusion that Grindcore is both punk and metal, Crust and powerviolence are Punk with some light metal influences, and modern hardcore is still a mystery. So I think I'm partially wrong, partially right.

Trying to make it cut-and-dry is pointless. By the nineties, thrash, death metal, and black metal were distinct genres, but throughout the eighties the distinctions between them (not to mention grindcore and even hardcore) could be so vague that classifying them is only useful in hindsight. Sarcofago was somewhere inbetween all three, early Sepultura likewise. Even early Slayer could just as easily be called first-wave black metal. Other bands that are called thrash, such as Sodom and Destruction, have early albums that are considered black metal. Obituary has a heavy Celtic Frost/Hellhamer influence the same as the Norwegian black metal bands. Listen to early Death demos and you can see a straight line going from those same influences until they finally record their debut which is death metal that's still not removed from thrash.

When genres are developing they're just too linked to multiple other genres for classification to be black and white.

**Janszoon** · 04-12-2015, 05:57 AM

Powerviolence, especially a band like Man is the Bastard, doesn't sound like "punk with light metal elements" at all, it sounds like something quite far removed from punk.

And what Industrial elements are you referring to in Grindcore? There's nothing about Grindcore that's ever seemed Industrial influenced to me. I can hear an Industrial influence in Powerviolence for sure but not in Grindcore.

**Janszoon** · 04-12-2015, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Trying to make it cut-and-dry is pointless. By the nineties, thrash, death metal, and black metal were distinct genres, but throughout the eighties the distinctions between them (not to mention grindcore and even hardcore) could be so vague that classifying them is only useful in hindsight. Sarcofago was somewhere inbetween all three, early Sepultura likewise. Even early Slayer could just as easily be called first-wave black metal. Other bands that are called thrash, such as Sodom and Destruction, have early albums that are considered black metal. Obituary has a heavy Celtic Frost/Hellhamer influence the same as the Norwegian black metal bands. Listen to early Death demos and you can see a straight line going from those same influences until they finally record their debut which is death metal that's still not removed from thrash.

When genres are developing they're just too linked to multiple other genres for classification to be black and white.

Exactly. That's why I say 80s hardcore was clearly a subgenre of punk but later hardcore is its own thing by and large.

Dylstew · 04-12-2015, 06:46 AM

I..I dunno, I'll just shut up, say I'm wrong and stop thinking about this.

**Janszoon** · 04-12-2015, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylstew

I..I dunno, I'll just shut up, say I'm wrong and stop thinking about this.

There's not really any right or wrong here. It's a lot of gray areas. We're just choosing different places to draw boxes around things for different reasons.

Dylstew · 04-15-2015, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

There's not really any right or wrong here. It's a lot of gray areas. We're just choosing different places to draw boxes around things for different reasons.

Yeah, you're right, I guess my perception of punk is just really broad.

HellCell · 04-17-2015, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Two Spirit

Here's mine:

- Songs that take forever to end.

I'm not talking about long songs in general, but instead I'm referring to those songs that drag on and on long after the chorus/verses are done. It usually includes drawn out guitar solos, random gibberish or electronic sounds, or sometimes minutes of complete silence for no reason. Marilyn Manson is guilty or this, with many of his tracks ending way after they needed to.

^This

Robke · 04-18-2015, 11:44 AM

Playing fast for sake of playing fast

**Janszoon** · 04-18-2015, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Robke

Playing fast for sake of playing fast

As opposed to what? Playing fast to power an airplane?

Robke · 04-18-2015, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

As opposed to what? Playing fast to power an airplane?

As opposed to, for example, learning how to play over actual chord changes or at least having a clear melody line.

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