Is extreme metal boring now?

**Janszoon** · 05-10-2014, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

I guess I just generally associate the word 'extreme metal' with ****ty music praised by teenagers, heavy on the 'core'. And if I like it, I don't call it extreme, I call it by a more definitive name. No offense meant to core fans.

For instance a lot of the bands Ninetales brought up I never thought of as extreme because their songs have melody, thus placing them, in my eyes, within a more proper genre.

To me it's just a label that makes it easier to discuss a chunk of metal. Like any genre-related terminology it's not a judgement of quality, just a shorthand way of describing a group of related things.

Carpe Mortem · 05-12-2014, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

To me it's just a label that makes it easier to discuss a chunk of metal. Like any genre-related terminology it's not a judgement of quality, just a shorthand way of describing a group of related things.

Yeah I think I just don't dig deviating from my own invented definition for 'extreme' haha. It's too ingrained.

But, if I were to do so, I'd have to say extreme metal isn't boring now, nor has it ever been. If anything, the black and death bands have definitely gotten more creative and it's a genre that keeps seeing more and more growth with more and more experimentation. Today's bands are a far cry from the **** I used to listen to.